Yeah you're right she did go back to Sawyer, but it's not like you think... Sawyer will not come off in a good light here, but hey! Does he ever?... All i can say to you is, Kate didn't go voluntary to Sawyer... but you'll read more about that later
Jacks heart raced, his eyes focused on the small imitation of himself that stood infront of him. The little girl inched closer and Jack bent down to her height. She stopped just a few steps from him and tilted her head to the side, staring at him as if looking for something she had lost.
"Daddy... is that you?" she asked watching as Jack broke down, the tears falling freely from his eyes and a smile on his face.
"Yeah baby, it's daddy..." The little girl threw herself at him, his arms opened to let her in and then closed around her tiny frame as her head found his shoulder "...I can't believe I found you..."
The little girl tightened her grip on Jacks top, he could feel her body shaking and knew she was crying. He rocked her back adn forth gently in his arms, one hand resting on the back of her head the other on her back as he lifted her off the ground. His eyes closed tight as he fought back thoughts of this being nothing more than a reccuring dream. No... This was all too real. After Five years he had finally found her and this time he hasn't letting go. Her small body held tigh in his arms he felt her legs wrap around his waist securing her place in his arms. He placed a gentle kiss on her neck rubbing her back soothingly as she relaxed in his arms.
"I missed you daddy..." she muffled against his shoulder, her grip on him tightening like she never wanted to let go.
"I've missed you too baby..."
She pulled away from Jack to look him in the eyes, she knew no one could lie when you looked them straight in the eyes and her next question was something she needed an answer to.
"You won't leave again... will you?" she asked helplessly. Jack, not wanting to point out that he never left her just shook his head and looked into the eyes of hs daughter. Her childish innocence had been replaced with the sad hue of the worries of the world.
"I'm not going anywhere..." he told her, pulling her back to his chest again and kissing her forhead "...not without you..."
They just stayed that way for a while, lost in the comfort of their father/ daughter embrace. Her head rested gently on the chest of a man she could trust, and in his arms the body of a child who's place had always been right there.
Faith was the one to break the embrace, stepping out of Jacks arms and looking down at the floor. Silently scolding herself for nearly forgetting everything she had told herself... Never Trust Any Man...
She knew Jack was her father but he had let her down. No matter what way she looked ta the situation he hadn't been there to save her when Sawyer got drunk. He wasn't there to stop Sawyer the time he threw her against the wall after she had tried to protect her mommy. She looked at Jack and shook her head, he just knelt there confused and full of anger, angeer for what they had done to her and anger for what he had let them do.
She watched him beat himself up inside, and she felt something she hadn't thought about before. Maybe her mommy hadn't told her dadddy where they where. He had said he was looking for her... maybe he really did want her, maybe if he had known where she was he would have come for her sooner. She looked at him he looked so tired and old, his eyes were weary and his complexion pale and drawn.
"Are you okay Faith?" he asked her softly, watching as she studied his face. She looked skeptical for a moment and then gave him a warmed look as she finally asked for something she only ever asked in her dreams. She took a step forward, her hands tucked into the pockets of her torn jeans and her eyes fixed not on Jack but on her black battered converse for fears of rejection.
"Daddy... can I come home, please?" she begged, Jack choked up again. She honsetly didn't think he was gping t leave her here did she? She had lived anough denial and heartache to last a lifetime, Jack didn't want any of that for her.. what he wanted for her was the life she deserved. Playing hide and seek with her firends in the waist high corn that fiilled the fields at the back of his house. Watching her from the kitchen window as she scaled the huge Oak planted to the left of the fencing. Seeing her smile as he would hand her a forbidden cookie and tell her 'not to tell mom'. She shoud be carefree and happy, he thought watching as she awaited his answer. He opened his arms again and nodded his head, confirming that he would take her with him. Take her away from this place bacuase what Princess didn;t deserve the chance to be rescued. He wtached her step to him and in her eyes he saw the tears that had previously fallen from his own. Taking her in his arms once more he felt the warmth her body held and the love she had for him, as she wrapped her arms tightly around his neck once more.
"Of course you can come home..." He told her wishing that he had always felt the way he felt right now "... it hasn't been home without you".
There was a lot to do... alot that needed to be said, done, fixed... starting with Faith. He knew he wasn't going anywhere without her but he also knew that Kate wasn't just going to give her up. There had to be a reason why she had kept her from him all these years right? He just had to keep reminding himself how good it felt to be stood there, in his arms the little girl that time wouldn't forget, the little girl that meant more to him than anything in the world. He was ready to see Kate and Sawyer again, he was ready to tell them he wasn't going to give Faith up... not without a fight...
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