Author's Note: I ended up changing my plan for this story midway through this chapter. Hopefully my new ideas work out even better than the originals. It's shorter than the last chapter, but I thought it was a good stopping point. I hope to have chapter 3 up in the next few days! This story may not be any longer than three or four chapters. We'll see what happens.

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Chapter 2

It was a Wednesday morning in Dharma. Both Sawyer and Juliet were scheduled to work until late afternoon. The sub had come in over the weekend with a new batch of recruits and Horace had announced to the security team that once the newbies were settled in and trained a new head of security would be named.

Paul, the last head of security had been shot by the hostiles the day Sawyer, Juliet, Miles, Jin, and Daniel arrived in Dharma. Since then Horace had been pulling double duty doing his own work and taking the position of security head until a replacement for Paul could be found. Sawyer didn't tell anyone, but he hoped he got the promotion. Dharma security was the first honest job he'd ever had and he was proud of his work. He wanted to prove to himself that he could be a good man and do good things. He thought a promotion would be the perfect way to do that.

Sawyer entered the kitchen find Juliet standing at the counter pouring a cup of coffee. She was dressed for work in a blue jumpsuit and boots. Her hair was tied back in a neat ponytail. She turned at the sound of his footsteps in the doorway and smiled.

"Coffee?" She asked raising the pot in her hand.

Sawyer gave a mumbled "Yeah. Thanks." Before plopping into one of the kitchen chairs. Juliet sat a cup of coffee and some toast in front of him while he laced up his boots before sitting down across from him.

"So what's on the agenda today?"

Sawyer took a sip of coffee and a bite of toast. He didn't recall ever telling Juliet exactly how he liked his coffee, or his toast for that matter, but she always managed to make everything just the way he liked it. "Horace's got me training the new recruits. Today we're going over the monitors and learning how to write reports. Should be fun." He said with an eye roll and a voice that implied he expected his day to be anything but fun.

Juliet let out a short laugh. She stood and placed her empty mug in the sink. "I've got new recruit duty, too. We can swap horror stories tonight." She smiled at him. "What would you like for dinner?"

He downed the rest of his coffee. "Surprise me." He grinned.

The smile never left her face as she shook her head. "I hate it when you say that." She looked over at the clock in the living room. "I'm going to be late!" She hurriedly stuck his plate and mug in the sink alongside hers. "I'll see you tonight!" She smiled again and was out the door.

Sawyer smiled too on his way to the security office. He wasn't looking forward to babysitting baby Dharma members all day, but he was looking forward to spending the evening with Juliet. Some nights she went over to Amy's. Others the two of them hung out with Miles and Jin, but tonight it was just Juliet and James. He knew no matter what happened throughout the day she would listen to what he had to say about it. He wondered what she would make for dinner. He knew it annoyed her when he didn't give a real answer when she asked what he wanted. Sometimes he did it just because he thought she was cute when she was frustrated. Juliet. Cute. Another instance where he knew she would kill him if she knew what he was thinking. He took the thoughts from his head. He wasn't going to go there. He couldn't go there. It just wasn't going to happen. He walked into the office thinking about which book he would that night.

Juliet spent the morning with the motorpool's lone new recruit. Kent was nice, although maybe a little too nice for her liking. He was in his mid-twenties with dark hair that almost reminded her of Jack. His hair, however, was the only similarity between the two men. Juliet wasn't sure if it was because he was in a new place with new people, he wasn't used to working with a woman, or if he had always been perpetually flustered. He wanted to do well and he worked hard. The problem was every time he didn't know an answer or messed something up he became even more flustered than he was generally. He stumbled over his words and his face turned an interesting shade of red. Even worse than that was the fact that the man didn't know a wrench from a hammer and Juliet had no idea how he'd managed to end up in the motorpool. She tried to help him out as much as she could. She figured she'd gotten stuck with training him partially because she was still one of the newest members of the department, but mostly because the guys would rather walk into hostile territory than deal with two weeks of Kent's ignorance of all things mechanical.

They broke for lunch and Juliet was happy for the break. She didn't dislike Kent. She just wasn't all that fond of working with him. His constant questions left her mentally exhausted. At times she felt as though she was explaining engines and braking systems to a child. "Wait. So you really are supposed to change the oil that often? It's not just something the mechanic says to keep you coming back?" He'd deadpanned that morning. Juliet had sighed and explained to him what would happen if you didn't change the oil in your vehicle regularly.

Juliet had hoped to see Sawyer, Miles, and Jin over lunch. They usually all ate together in the cafeteria if they could and she knew they would enjoy Kent's oil change confusion, but she didn't see any of them.

When she got back to the motorpool she grabbed the keys to the number four jeep. "We're taking this one out for a test drive. We've had some complaints about it making a funny noise." She'd told Kent who simply nodded in response before getting in the passenger seat.

Sawyer looked at the clock again. Just a few more hours until he could go home. He was in the security office with Miles and their four new recruits. Miles had monitor duty and was currently explaining the screens, buttons, and knobs to their new team members. Sawyer was only half listening while leaning against the wall next to the short hall that led to the cells when Horace walked in. Sawyer straightened immediately at the sight of his boss.

Horace had a smile as usual. "How's it going today, Jim?"

"Great, H! We'll have them trained in no time." Sawyer gestured towards the recruits.

"Good to hear!" Horace's smile grew which Sawyer did not think was possible.

It was then that the door to the security station flung open and Mark, the head of the motorpool, came running in. He froze when he saw Sawyer and stopped to catch his breath.

Sawyer's brow furrowed in a mixture of confusion and concern. "What's going on?" He asked and all eyes were on Mark.

"It's Juliet." He panted as his chest heaved under his blue jumpsuit. Clearly the man was not used to running across the Dharma compound.

"What about her?" Sawyer's voice was hard and angry. His face held no emotion, but his insides were doing somersaults. He was scared.

"There's been an accident." Mark said.

"What kind of an accident?" Sawyer's heart was pounding in his chest as he tried to keep his voice steady.

Mark stammered and his words came out in one long breath. "She was test driving the number four jeep with Kent. He came running back a few minutes ago. Said they hit a tree." He paused momentarily to catch his breath. "He couldn't find her."

Sawyer was terrified. His best friend, his rock, was out there somewhere and she was hurt. His anger boiled over at the thought of losing her. "What do you mean he couldn't find her? He just left her out there?! Who the hell is this guy?!" Sawyer yelled his questions at Mark who all but cowered under his gaze and voice.

All eyes turned to Sawyer. Miles wasn't sure if he was more concerned for Juliet or the man who loved her even though he doubted Sawyer himself realized the depth of his feelings for the doctor. The recruits watched the exchange in stunned silence. They were all wondering what they'd gotten themselves into by coming to the island.

Horace put a hand on Sawyer's arm in an attempt to calm him. "Kent's a new recruit in motorpool." He said. He, too, was worried, but his voice didn't show it. He was calm and collected. Their fearless leader, as usual.

Mark regained his composure after wilting under Sawyer's outburst. "She must have been thrown from the jeep during the crash. Kent knew he'd need help so he came back as fast as he could." He explained.

Sawyer grabbed his rifle just in case. "We gotta go." Worry was evident in his voice this time. He turned to Miles. "They're all yours." He said, nodding to the recruits. He was headed for the door before the younger man could respond. "Where'd it happen?" He called to Mark over his shoulder.

"We usually do test drives over by grid twenty three." He responded.

Sawyer was out the door and running towards the motorpool. Horace and Mark struggled to keep up. They all hoped to find Juliet soon. And in one piece.