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Chapter 3: Her Corny Sunsets

"Here it is." Kate said turning around and smiling at Sawyer.

Sawyer gave her a 'Are you kidding me' look. With raised eyebrows Sawyer looked around the deserted corn field below them.

"What am I suppose to be lookin at Freckles?" Sawyer asked looking all around him.

They were standing on a large hill and all around them were large stalks of corn, he could see where they had cut across the field and he smirked knowing the owner wasn't going to be too pleased. It was starting to get dark and the sun was setting in the west. He looked at the setting sun and a smirk came back to his lips. Was this what she was so excited about? A sunset?

"It's the best place to look at the sun setting. It's beautiful isn't it? It's my favorite place to just come..." Kate said trailing off.

He watched as she looked at the sun setting and he couldn't help thinking that both she and the sun were beautiful, he'd never admit it though.

"Yeah...I guess it's pretty." he said rolling his eyes and taking a cigarette out and lighting up.

Kate laughed, "can't you go five minutes without smoking?"

"Freckles, I walked up that damn hill, that took over 5 minutes."

Kate laughed and shook her head. He watched as the curls swayed from side to side.

She checked her watched and groaned, "sorry, but I gotta run. I'll see you in school tomorrow."

Sawyer nodded and leaned against a tree on top of the hill. "Bye."

"Will you be able to find your way back?" Kate asked biting her lip a little worried about him.

"I'll find a way."

"Are you—"

"I said I'd find a way, Freckles." Sawyer snapped as Kate looked like he'd slapped her.

"Ok." she said quietly and started walking down the hill.

Sawyer sighed watching her and took another drag then blew the smoke out. He watched the rest of the sunset then stomped on his cigarette and started his way home.


Finn watched as the guy named Sawyer and some other guy with long black curly hair punched each other. He looked around at the other people and wondered why they weren't stopping them from hurting one another. Finn looked up at Claire and saw a worried expression on her face. He didn't understand.

"I don't get it. Why does Sawyer think that other guy had handcuffs?" Finn asked tugging on Claire's arm.

Claire glanced down at him and opened her mouth to start speaking when a tall African American guy got in and tried to break them up.

"Hey guys, come on, man." the guy said half-heartedly.

The guy looked around for assistance and sighed when no one took the intuitive.

"Hey!" the guy cried this time with a little more passion.

Finn watched as Sawyer swung at the other guy but missed. Finn smirked at Sawyer and would've called him out on it when Jack came running out of the woods, like a hero.

"Hey! Break it up!" Jack yelled. Then yelled it again when they didn't listen.

Jack grabbed Sawyer as Sawyer yelled, "get off!"

The African American guy ran over to the other guy.

"That's it! It's over!" The African American guy yelled.

"Son of a bitch!" Sawyer yelled trying to get away from Jack.

Finn looked around for Kate and took off running for her when he finally saw her. He ran through the gaggle of fighting guys and he missed getting hit by Sawyer struggling around by mere inches.

"Hey!" Kate yelled when Finn ran into her arms.

"Don't do that ever again! You could've gotten hurt!" Kate cried glaring at Sawyer from where she stood holding her son.

Sawyer glared back but stopped fighting against Jack.

"It's over!" Jack yelled pointing at Sawyer then looking at Finn and Kate.

"Are you guys ok?" Jack asked.

Finn smirked, "we're fine, boss-man." Finn retorted as Sawyer let out a bark of laughter.

"I'm sick of this redneck!" the guy that Sawyer was fighting previously announced.

"You want some more of me, boy!?" Sawyer yelled starting to fight against Jack's grip.

"Tell them! Tell everyone what you told me! Tell them that I crashed the plane! Go on! Tell them I made the plane crash!" The middle eastern guy yelled angrily.

"If the shoe fits, buddy!" Sawyer snarled.

"What is going on?" Jack yelled as Sawyer finally got free of the doctors grip.

Finn watched as the middle eastern guy muttered something under his breath.

"What's going on?" Jack yelled again.

Finn tugged on his mother's hand, "They found your—"

"Finn, shh, let the grown-ups talk." Kate said nodding to Jack.

"Look, my kid found these in the Jungle." The African American guy yelled holding up a pair of handcuffs.

Finn tugged harder on Kate's arm.

"Mommy! Those are—"

"Finn! Be quiet." Kate snapped picking him up.

She noticed a few people were looking at them.

She looked at the little boy and sighed, "remember what we talked about? Those aren't mommy's." Kate whispered in his ear.

Finn nodded and buried his head in Kate's curly hair.

"—back row of business class the whole flight. Never got up."

Kate looked up to see Sawyer had been talking and trying to make his point against the middle eastern guy. Kate glanced at the handcuffs put quickly put her head down hoping no one noticed.

"Oh!" the guy yelled angrily.

"And for some reason—I'm just pointing this out—the guy I saw next to him didn't make it."

"Thank you so much for observing my behavior."

"You don't think I saw them pull you out of line before we boarded?"

Finn watched as the guy tried to push past to get to Sawyer and Sawyer went pushing past Jack, or at least tried to.

"Come on, bring it!"

"Stop!" Kate yelled making Finn jump a little.

Kate put the little boy down as everyone turned to her.

"We found a transceiver, but it's not working. Can anybody help?" Kate asked looking around.

Finn watched as the guy Sawyer was fighting raised his hand

"Yes. I might be able to."

"Unbelievable! Ph, great! Perfect! Let's trust this guy!" Sawyer yelled walking in a circle as everyone watched him.

"Hey, we're all in this together, man. Let's treat each other with a little respect." Hurley said finally speaking up.

"Shut up, Lardo." Sawyer snapped.

"Hey! Give it a break!" Jack yelled getting in Sawyer's face once again.

"Whatever you say, doc. You're the hero." Sawyer said shoving past Jack and disappearing along the beach.

Finn watched him go then turned to his mom who pulled him over towards the jungle.

"Finn, please do not mention mommy's past anymore. You know what will happen if people find out what mommy did, right? You cannot tell anyone. Don't talk about the handcuffs or the plane or the marshal, ok?"

Finn nodded looking at her with big blue eyes.

Kate sighed and pulled the boy into a hug, "what did you do with Claire?"

Finn smiled, "well, nothing really, we started reading Huckleberry Finn. Oh! But before that I had to pee so I went to the woods and I met this guy—the guy that was fighting the other guy!"

Kate felt her heart pound faster.

"Which guy? The guy trying to fix the transceiver?"

Finn shook his head, "the other guy, Sawyer."

Kate took a deep breath in then slowly let the breath out, "I don't want you talking to him, ok?"

Finn nodded slowly, "was it cause I peed on his tree?"

Kate giggled, "come on, you look dirty."

Finn rolled his eyes, "there's no shower."

"There's an ocean."

"I don't wanna shower in the ocean."

"Come on, let's go find our suitcase and shampoo."

Finn sighed, "I don't wanna shower."

"Too bad." Kate said smiling at him.

"Mooommmy!" Finn whined.

"Come on, Finn." Kate groaned picking the kid up and going over to some torn up suitcases.

Too distracted to look for theirs she grabbed some fresh cloths that looked like they'd fight her and Finn and some shampoo. For a moment she felt a little guilty from stealing from the dead but shook it off. Finn moaned and groaned all the way to a isolated part of the beach where they could shower. While Kate was in the middle of washing Finn's blonde hair an Asian women came out of the woods. She pointed and said something in her language then trampled off again.

Finn looked at Kate confused.

"What was she talking about? We don't know Chinese."

Kate smiled sadly, "they're Korean, be nice."

Finn sighed rolling his eyes then went under the water getting ride of the soap in his hair.

"Mommy's going to—can I help you?" Kate asked seeing someone else emerge from the jungle.

The middle eastern guy, Sawyer was fighting before, looked at them and looked hesitant for a minute before deciding to walk over to them. Kate watched as the guy looked anywhere but at her naked legs.

"The transceiver is working. I was thinking we'd walk up before it got dark."

Kate looked at Finn then back at the guy.

"I'm Kate this is Finn."

The guy smiled, "Sayid."

"So you fixed it?" Kate asked smiling hopefully.

Sayid nodded, "we need to get to high ground now. I'm leaving now would you like to come?"

Kate looked down at Finn and nodded, "hold on though, I need to find someone to watch him."

Sayid nodded watching as they walked off back into the jungle and to their camp.


Finn watched as his mom talked to the doctor. He was once again with Claire, although this time he knew who she was and he was less happy about it. Because they ran so much, his mom and him, he was usually always with her, she never had time for anyone else then him. Now on this stupid island she was leaving him all the time. He bit his lip hard as he felt the familiar sting behind his eyes. She was leaving again and it was because of that stupid guy Sawyer was fighting and that stupid Jack-guy.

Finn looked around the beach angrily looking for someone who would keep his mom her, until he saw Sawyer reading a letter on some wreckage. Finn smiled knowing that if Kate saw him talking to the guy she specifically asked him not to talk to she'd stay.

"Hiya Sawyer." Finn smiled stopping in front of him.

Sawyer looked up from his letter scowling to see who interrupted him.

"What do you want, short-stuff?"

Finn continued smiling at him.

Sawyer looked around perhaps wondering where Kate was.

"Where's your mom?"

Finn shrugged still smiling at Sawyer, "Sawyer? Why were you fighting that other guy? Was he bad?"

Sawyer laughed, "why do you ask? Your mom send you over here to ask?"

Finn shook his head, "she's over talking to the doctor, Jack." Finn said the smile drooping slightly.

"I don't think she likes hanging out with me anymore. I have to be with Claire again, she's going on a hike."

Sawyer looked at him with raised eyebrows, "with who?"

"Sayid—"

"who the hell is Sayid?"

Finn giggled, "the guy you were fighting! How can you not know who your fighting? You have to have a reason to fight them, right? I got in a fight once."

Sawyer howled with laughter, "you're 3!"

Finn scowled, "I'm 4! Almost 5!"

Sawyer stopped laughing immediately.

"4? You're four?"

Finn nodded, "how old are you?"

"That ain't any of your damn business, kid."

Finn smirked, "how's my age you're business?"

Sawyer looked at him.

He studied that smirk and that familiar ice cold feeling ran through him again.

"Where's your daddy?"

Finn shrugged, "I—"

"FINN!"

Finn turned around fast to see his mother jogging over to him.

"What did I tell you?" Kate yelled taking Finn's arm and dragging him away from Sawyer.

"Relax Freckles, we were just talkin." Sawyer said rolling his eyes.

Kate glared at him, "didn't I tell you know to talk to him? Didn't I?"

"Maybe I didn't wanna listen! Why are you leaving again?" Finn whined yanking his small arm away.

Kate sighed, "I gotta go, baby. You know why."

Finn whimpered, "do I have to stay with Claire again? She's nice but...she's big."

Kate smiled sadly, "just one more time, baby, I swear. Ok?"

Finn rolled his eyes then glanced at Sawyer, "are you staying here?"

Sawyer looked at the little boy then at Kate.

His blank expression slowly turned into a smirk, "nope, I'm goin."

Finn glared then turned back to Kate who had a similar expression on her face.

"Please! Please! Don't go!"

"I have to, sweetie. We need to get off this island."

"If we leave what if the po—"

"Finn, we're leaving. I'll see you soon. Let me bring you over to Claire."

Finn moaned while Kate had to almost drag him over to Claire who was writing in her diary.


"why are you here?" Kate hissed.

"Thought we could use this time to catch up." Sawyer said smirking.

"Maybe I don't wanna catch up with you."

"We can talk the really dirty stuff now cause your guy ain't here."

"What—"

"Finn, you know, your kid? Didn't forget about him didya?"

Kate stopped in the middle of the path and turned around, "What. Do. You. Want?"

Sawyer smirked, "answers, darlin."

"I'm not your darling."

"At one point you were."

Kate scowled and tried to walk faster in the group. They were lagging behind as Sayid was in front, Charlie in the middle, and Boone and Shannon in front of them bickering like always.

"Hold up, Freckles. I wanna talk to you more." Sawyer said grabbing her arm.

"I'm so not in the mo—" Kate stopped talking as she heard a funny noise.

"Oh my God." Shannon yelled as the noise came closer.

"What the hell's that?" Boone yelled looking around.

"Something's coming." Kate said quietly.

"It's coming towards us." Charlie yelled as everyone started running back the way they came. Kate stopped when she saw Sawyer wasn't with her.

"Sawyer!" Kate yelled as he just stood there.

Suddenly as the thing emerged he brought a shot gun and started shooting at whatever had been running towards them. The thing dropped at his feet and slowly everyone crowded around him and the thing that almost attacked them.

"T-that's a bog bear." Shannon whispered eyeing the white creature.

"You think that's what killed the pilot?" her brother asked.

"No...no that's a teeny tiny thing compared to what killed the pilot." Charlie said using his fingers to show size.

"Guys this isn't just a bear. It's a polar bear." Kate whispered.

"So it is, Freckles." Sawyer said looking at his gun.

"That can't be a polar bear." Boone said.

"It's a polar bear." everyone replied.

"Wait a minute polar bears don't usually live in the jungle." Shannon said feeling proud of herself for pointing that out.

"Spot on." Charlie said.

"No polar bears don't live near this far south." Sayid said.

"This one does." Boone retorted.

"Did. It did." Sawyer said smugly.

"Where did that come from?" Kate asked suddenly.

"Probably bear village! How the hell do I know?"

"Not the bear—the gun." Kate asked already knowing full well where it came from.

"I got it off one of the bodies."

"One of the bodies?"

"Yeah, one of the bodies."

"People don't carry guns on planes."

"They do if they're US Marshals, sweet-cheeks. There was one on the plane." Sawyer said looking at Kate.

Kate sighed and rolled her eyes, trying to keep the red out of her cheeks.

"How do you know that?" Kate asked hoping Sawyer didn't see her blush.

"I saw a guy lying there with an ankle holster, so I took the gun. Thought it might come in handy. Guess what. I just shot a bear!"

"So why do you think he's a Marshal?"

"Because he had a clip-on badge. I took that, too. Thought it might be cool."

"I know who you are. You're the prisoner." Sayid said suddenly.

"I'm the what?" Sawyer asked confused.

"You found a gun on a US Marshal? Yes, I believe you did. You knew where it was, because you were the one he was bringing back to the states. Those handcuffs were on you. That's how you knew where there was a gun." Sayid yelled pointing at Sawyer.

Sawyer laughed, "piss off!"

"You are the prisoner."

"Fine, I'm the criminal. You're the terrorist. We can all play a part! Who do you want to be?" Sawyer asked nodding at Shannon and stepping closer.

In one fast motion Kate stepped forward and took his gun off of him. She pointed at the ground and quietly asked how to take it apart. Kate then handed the clip to Sayid and got ready to hand the gun back to Sawyer.

"Ah, Kate, always havin to spoil my fun." Sawyer said smirking.

Kate glared and stepped forward to give the gun back. He grabbed her arm and yanked her forward.

"We gotta talk, Freckles, you know, about this lil gun problem here."

Kate yanked back and scowled, "go to hell Sawyer."

"Already there sweetheart."

Kate glared and started walking to get to higher ground.

"Come on, Finn's waiting." she murmured as Sayid walked behind her and everyone got back into a line.

As they got higher up and noticed Sawyer was right back next to her. She grinded her teeth in irritation and watched as they got to a steep hill and the sun started to set in the west. Suddenly she was reminded of another time she and Sawyer climbed a hill years ago.

"Feel familiar, Kate?" Sawyer asked glancing at her.

Kate shot a look at him but remained quiet. "You know, haven't been able to look at a sunset without thinking of you. I don't see what you have to be so angry about, I should be the angry one. You left me, remember?"

Kate bit her lip to keep from replying, she remember alright.

"Let's try the transceiver." Sayid said looking around and taking his backpack off.

Sawyer looked over at her. "You ready to be rescued, Freckles? Will you run when we're finally on the boat?"

"Sawyer, can't you shut up for five seconds?"

"Not a chance, Freckles, not a chance."

"Figures."

"Why do you leave him?" Sawyer asked suddenly as Sayid opened his bag.

"I don't." Kate said giving him a scandalized look.

"I love him."

"Really? Cause it doesn't seem that way to me. Must suck to have a runner for a mother. Might wake up one day and she'll be gone."

Kate turned towards him and brought her hand up to slap him hard and fast. Sawyer chuckled as he brought a hand up to his now bright red cheek. She was glad everyone else was preoccupied with the transceiver.

"You've gotten better of the years, Freckles. Now woulda look at that sunset, down right gorgeous."

Kate looked at where he was looking and sighed.

It was a gorgeous sunset.

"I'm not ever going to leave him." Kate said as Sayid walked around trying to get some bars.

"I love him." Kate whispered as the sun got lower.

"You loved me and you left me." Saywer said quietly as Sayid finally got a bar.

(A/n: I know, it was really REALLY long. Hope you guys enjoyed it!)