Kate wiped away her tears and pushed them open to at least try to look normal, but she knew her eyes were red and they were soar. She hadn't cared about going after Sawyer, she knew him far too well, and she wanted his trust back. She didn't believe he was going to hurt Jack in any kind of way. What she was afraid of though, was that he would expose to Jack that she and Sawyer had sex, and all of this would be ruined. But she hoped that Sawyer knew better, she had faith in him.

When she finally decided to go to talk to Jack, she didn't feel her soar eyes anymore, but she felt fairly good actually. As long as jack wouldn't see her tears, there would be no worries.

- "Are you okay?" Jack asked as soon as Kate stood by him. She raised her eyebrow in confusion. He pointed easy at her face. "You've cried." Kate chuckled nervously, and remembered that Jack could never see past a face that had recently cried. He was too sensitive. Kate wasn't used to be around a sensitive man, not at all. But she loved it now. She had seen Jack cry, and when he had she appreciated him even more.

- "Did Sawyer talk to you?" Kate asked, trying to find out if she should lie to Jack or if she simply couldn't.

- "Sawyer?" Jack looked confused, and yet he had an obvious look on his face. "No, why? Something to tell me, Kate?" Kate looked down at the sand for a split second but then faced Jack again and shock her head.

- "No, it's nothing." She said, quiet. She couldn't believe herself. How could she stand here right in front of him and lie, once again? No she could not do this anymore! "Okay, there is something," Kate blurted out, almost shaking by her nervousness.

- "I know," Jack told her, and her eyes got wide opened. She asked him again if Sawyer told him, but Jack chuckled and shoke his head. "No, I saw you". Kate pressed together her eyebrows and took a step back.

- "What? You watched us?" She practically yelled out. She was so shocked of the revelation, and she couldn't believe Jack would do such a thing. Jack laughed once more, but she still saw sadness in his eyes.

- "No, I didn't watch you", he said. "I just saw you lying in his arms, only blankets--" He couldn't finish his sentence. He loved Kate, and he hated that she had chosen Sawyer over him. He wanted her, and she had hurt him so much when he saw them together. Kate looked away, embarrassed of what had happened four days earlier. She had been sorry about many things in her life, but this definitely took the price. "Kate, I don't know where you stand, at all, at this moment, but I assume that Sawyer was the one for you, but... couldn't you at least have talked to me first?"

- "Jack, I don't want to be with Sawyer, not now, not ever. I made a mistake, and I already told him that. But what was I suppose to do, Jack? Wait for something to happen to me, so you could save me? I don't always want a hero, Jack." Kate felt the warmth of a tear again against her cheek, and quickly wiped it away. "How could you look at me and not see all the things that I kept just for you. I've been here, all along, for you, and you never took the time to see me." Jack took a step closer to her, and dried away more tears from her red cheeks. He even went so far that he embraced her with his big, bold arms. Differently from the last time he did so, she also held him, and she let all of her emotion flow out of her.

- "Wake up, Kate", Jack said and smiled at her. "I've always been here for you, but I've never had the guts to do something". They watched each other with tensed looks, and Jack smiled at her shyly. "I love you", he said and before he knew it, their lips were touching.

- "I love you too", Kate said. For the first time in a very long time, Kate had dared to say the three words. If only this moment would last forever. Kate didn't think she could have a future with Jack, because of her past her present and future. As soon as this moment were over they would have to go back to realtiy, but right now, that didn't matter. They knew where they had each other, and for the first time they really shared an honest trust.

THE END