Chapter 2

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"You're……you're pregnant?"

It didn't matter how many times he said it, it still didn't sink in or make sense at that moment. That was until Kate offered him a simple explanation.

"Yeah" was all she said while trying to sniffle away her gathering tears.

"Why didn't you call me?" he dumbly asked despite knowing her reasons for avoiding him all this time. However he wanted to her it from her mouth because he felt in some ways that it would give him a sense of clarity.

"I can't…..I can't do this right now." she struggled to get out as the feelings she tried so hard to suppress all this time surfaced within a matter of seconds due to his physical contact with her. His touch still so electrifying that all she wanted to do was give in

"Is this baby mine Kate?" he decided to ask instead, secretly bracing himself for the worst, but he maintained some semblance of hope in his heart as well.

"Would it matter?" she spat out a little harsher than intended but she couldn't seem to push away the memories of that awful night. The night he had accused her of cheating, despite her best efforts to convince him that it was nothing of the sort.

In her mind he should have known that they were past obstacles like that, but no, he let it get to him and as a result he had not only destroyed what they had, but he also destroyed himself in the bargain and that hurt her more than anything. To see him now so sunken; virtually lifeless and slightly trembling with each touch he had initiated over her.

"I'm sorry." she somewhat relented whilst briefly covering her face to get a hold on her emotions which was a considerably hard thing to do during this time.

"No. I'm the one who should be apologizing Kate. It's just that……hearing you mention his name again brought it all back. What happened between you two on the island and I just felt like...like I was the other guy again." he attempted to explain and he was shocked to have her laugh in his face in response.

"You're an ass you know that." she conveyed and he simply raised his eyebrows in return while allowing the hint of a smile to grace his rather sunken features.

"So is it?" he urged once again while making his implications crystal clear as to what he was getting at, his hand now cupping the recess of her slightly rounded belly.

"There's been no one else Jack." She explained hoping that he would catch on to the intent of her statement and she was rewarded with a thankful smile in return, but he was still rather hesitant in any other action her heart expected him to follow with, and truth be told she wasn't all that sure as to what was going to happen from this point onwards. One thing she did know though was that he had to give this addiction up, especially now.

"Jack?" she worriedly questioned when she seemed to receive no solid response in return, and for a moment she expected him to back out of this and she knew without a doubt that it would kill her. However she calmed considerably and then grew incredibly emotional when she saw that he was eyeing a specific spot. The area where their baby was growing and when he was satisfied with absorbing as much as he could of the heart warming view, he looked back up at her once again and said……

"Thank you." He offered before leaning over to hug her. His embrace tight yet friendly at the same time and Kate didn't think to make the distinction because all she could think about was how good it felt to be in his arms again. Her emotions getting the better of her as a result and he immediately pulled away apologizing, but she just pulled him back to her without a thought to consider. However as time went on, realization slowly kicked in, the faint scent of liquor on him being the most pungent element and decision for her to then disengage herself from him.

"So…..um." she started out and was at a sudden loss for words when took the chance to simply gaze at him. The sheer depth of his focus and concentration on her astounding to say the least, and in some ways it made the thing she was itching to ask all the more harder.

"So……how's Aaron?" he asked in an attempt to prolong the inevitable but a part of him still shared an almost paternal sense of concern over the little guy.

"He's fine." She simply responded but slowly felt the need to express the truth because hiding anything more from him would only bring them back to the reason they had split up in the first place.

"He misses you, you know." She confessed and felt her heart break when she saw him bend his head down to hide the emotion that overcame him at that very moment. The selfishness of his actions at the time really hitting him hard now, and he knew a simple sorry wouldn't make it go away in the slightest, but he hoped that there was still a chance to make amends, and maybe there was, he thought to himself as he gazed at the woman now seating herself beside him.

"I miss you." She silently revealed with the utmost emotion while allowing her trembling hand to graze the roughly textured side of his face. Her touch willing him to instinctively lean into the promise and warmth it offered, but he momentarily pulled away knowing that he wasn't deserving of it in the slightest. The recollection of what he did to her that night stinging his mind, and as if almost sensing it Kate quickly continued on in an effort to convince him that he was more than deserving of her love. Although in an effort to prove it she felt the need to come clean with everything. So with that she searched her purse and then pulled out a passport sized photograph of a small blonde haired girl.

"Her name's Clementine." She announced as soon as he caught sight of the picture in her hand, and when he furrowed his eyebrows in confusion, she went onto explain the significance of this little girl and the details of the arrangement she had promised Sawyer she would maintain. By the end of it he was left in a state of shock but he felt somewhat relieved to know that, that's all it was.

"Wow."

"Yeah, I know." She added and then locked eyes with him. Her mind screaming out the words, but she seemed to lack the confidence in saying it because she was afraid that he would only turn her down in return. However she felt an arrangement like this would surely benefit his well being in the long run cause suffering the withdrawal of an addiction at this stage was a hard thing to maintain. It would obviously require the presence of another person and she felt that she was the perfect candidate for it. So with that in mind she took a deep breath and then proceeded with expressing what was playing on her mind the whole time.

"Come home Jack."

So what will he do? Come next chap and Jack has something to tell Kate as well. Something that could potentially jeopardize things, but I can assure a resolution by the end of it, especially since there's a jaby on the way ;)

So what do you think guys?