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Chapter 4: The Trouble with Taking Advice
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Kate woke up early the next morning feeling sick. She ran out of her tent ready to gag noting that Jack had saw her she ran as fast as she could into the jungle and threw up. She was wearing a pair of blue plaid pajama bottoms and a baggy white long sleeved shirt.
"Kate?" she hears jack voice say from a few feet away. "Are you alright?"
She wipes her mouth and looks up at him. "Yeah I just ate some rotting fruit is all; I'll be fine." Jack nods and smiles.
"Heard you and Eragon laughing for about three hours yesterday, must have been something pretty funny."
"Aragorn…his name is Aragorn." She blushes. "Yeah we…we were laughing at the realization that both our lives are screwed. By the way Jack did you know that Sam has a wife and two daughters, Merry has a son and a girlfriend and Aragorn has a son and had a wife?" She says changing the subject.
"Yeah, there's a scene in Lord of the Rings that mentions Aragorn's son, and they mention Sam's family at the end of book three, and Merry mentioned his son."
Kate smiled and they walked back to the beach together. She went back in her tent taking one last look at Jack who was whispering to Juliet who was nodding and watching her.
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"Juliet, I would like you to take her to the staff. She threw up this morning saying it was food poisoning, from rotting fruit. It wouldn't take this long for it to make her throw up."
Juliet looked sympathetically at Jack. "You think she might be pregnant?"
He shrugged. "Please just take her there." Juliet patted Jack's cheek and then kissed him lightly.
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Kate came out of her tent to find Juliet standing there.
"Kate can I have a word?" She asked smiling as usual.
Kate nodded. "Yeah sure."
Juliet pulled Kate to the other side of her tent. "Kate have you thought about the possibility that you might be pregnant?" She asked getting straight to the point.
"Yeah…I've been meaning to talk to you about that." Juliet nodded.
"Come on the staff is only a few hours away, let's go." Kate nodded and followed her into the jungle.
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Kate and Juliet arrived at the staff soaking wet. It had begun to rain and they had both been unprepared. Kate sat down in the chair and let Juliet squirt some of the cold liquid on her bare stomach and listened as the rhythm of the baby, her baby's heart beat could be heard from the small monitor in front of her. Juliet pointed out the fetus and congratulated Kate who started to cry.
"Juliet I don't want you to tell me it's going to be alright. Because it's not, I am officially screwed!" She screamed and Juliet just started to laugh.
Kate looked at her furiously. "What's so funny?" she bellowed.
"You think you have it bad, did I ever tell you that Ben is in love with me, and just over two months ago he killed the man I loved, well Ana Lucia did but still." Juliet stopped laughing at looked at Kate who started to Laugh.
"Can this island get any better?"
"It can for you, Kate you…you need Jack to help you get through this, I hope you'll tell him. Because I am officially backing off before Ben does something irrational"
"Like?"
"Kill Jack."
Kate froze. "He...he would do that?"
"Yes, now tell Jack I'll be back. I have to go do something. I'll be back" Kate nodded as they got up and walked out of the staff. She watched as Juliet walked the other way.
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"Where's Juliet?" Jack asked as she walked back onto the beach.
"She left me, said she had something to do, she was walking in the direction of the Barracks Jack, I don't know what she was doing."
"Where'd you two go?"
"As if you don't know." She said walking past him.
He grabbed her arm. "Well, can you tell me the results?"
She smiled sadly. "I'm pregnant, and I'm not going to tell Sawyer." She shook him off her arm and kept walking towards her tent only to stop and turn around.
"Jack…I…" that was when she couldn't handle it, she fell to the ground crying.
"Hey…hey Kate it's alright." He says sitting beside her and taking her in his arms.
"Jack I need help, advice, anything!" She moans into his chest.
She propped her upright. "My advice is first you tell me where Juliet really went, and why, and what she said to make you do this. Then we'll see what advice I have after that."
She smiled. "She told me that, she had was going to back off because I need you, and because she was afraid Ben would do something irrational. Then she told me she had something to do and that she'd be back. And that Jack is the absolute truth."
After a few minutes of silence Jack finally spoke. "Kate my advice is that you let me help you get through this, you'll be fine. I mean Sun is. She's perfectly alright, none of the normal symptoms have started and they were supposed to start almost a month ago. Kate you'll be fine." Jack smiled supportively at her. "And I also suggest that you tell sawyer sooner than later."
Kate nodded and got up. "You know what the trouble with advice is?"
"What?"
"It makes you feel like you don't know what to do with yourself. Like you're completely dependable, you know?"
Jack nodded. "Kate I can assure you that you are independent." Kate smiled and kissed him on the cheek and they went their separate ways.
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"How's the book?" Aragorn asked as he sat next to Kate.
"Well, I am very sorry about Boramir." She smiled at him sadly.
"He was a strong fighter. I can't believe that your almost already done that book."
Kate shrugged. "What else do I have to do on this island?"
"True. So did you take my advice?"
"Yes, I went with Juliet and she told me that I was indeed pregnant. Then I went to Jack, and he told me to stay with him, and tell Sawyer that I am pregnant."
Aragorn nodded. "Good for you, and thanks for taking my advice."
"Thanks for giving it. So what have you been doing?"
"Well, Merry and Pippin, I mean Mark and Paul; have decided to be cowards and leave to join John Locke's camp."
"And what do you think?"
"I think that they are being idiots and that Frodo… I mean Fred won't let them." Kate smiled and nodded giggling slightly.
"So when are you going to tell Sawyer?"
"When I'm ready." She said looking over at the man who Locke had kicked out of hs group when he tried to explain that Kate was just trying to help.
"Fair enough. You want to go for a walk?"
"I think a walk would be nice."
Aragorn stood up and offered her a hand and she very dramatically pretended to stand as though she was pregnant.
Aragorn laughed and they started down the beach together.
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A/N: I hope you like it, I know I know short chapter sorry. Please Read And Review!!
Next Chapters: Jack gets jealous when he sees that Kate has made a new friend. Sawyer learns Kate is pregnant. Juliet does something irrational. John has a new prisoner. Jack visits Locke's camp. Merry meets Claire and Aaron. Pippin meets Sayid and finds him very interesting. Sayid is annoyed. Hurley realizes that something is very familiar about the new people. Jacob makes an appearance. Legolas and Frodo find Sun in labor alone in her garden. Jack returns with Juliet. Kate is jealous again. Aragorn realizes what Kate has been doing. Aragorn falls in love with Kate. Sawyer beats the crap out of him. Kate finishes Lord of the Rings. Kate finds out the sex of her baby. Jack and Kate make up. Kate and Aragorn make up.