James

"You can't run away from trouble. There ain't no place that far." - James Baskett.

Dear Sawyer,

I'm sorry. I really am but I had to go, I knew it was only a matter of time before the cops showed. I guess I was right. They're still after me and I know they're getting closer, I have to be careful. Yes I saw you at the lake and I wanted to come over so bad but I couldn't. I don't know if anyone's watching me. It's a big city and I have to be careful. There's more cops and more people who will be able to see me or recognise me. No one knows. Not Jack, not no one. Just you. Sawyer I have someone I want you to meet. Meet me. Same place. Same time as before. Remember tell no one.

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He read the letter slowly taking in every word. But their was one line that grabbed him every time, he said it in his head over and over, trying to work out who. Who did she want him to meet?

He was early again. He watched, constantly looking over his shoulder. Then he saw her, her hair tied back, she gave a brief smile at him and he rose from the bench.

"Hey"

"Hey" Kate mimicked, pulling him into her. She felt so safe in his arms, the world couldn't reach her, couldn't harm her as she stayed wrapped in those arms. Eventually she pulled away, her eyes glistening with tears.

"Where have ya been?" Sawyer asked, as he caught the falling tear with his hand.

"….About"

"You ok?"

"…Yeah….you?" Kate asked, suddenly feeling awkward, she hadn't spoken or seen him in five years, but to her he still looked the same as the last time she saw him.

"Better now….now that I've seen you….now I know your ok" Sawyer replied as he watched another tear fall down her pale, freckled skin. Her eyes no longer glistened or glowed. They were dead. Just like he thought she was for all those years. But now, looking at her, she could have been. The former smile, that pulled at his heart strings was no longer their, it was forced and weak. She wasn't the Kate he knew, she wasn't the Kate he fell in love with and most of all she wasn't his freckles. They, the supposed people that are meant to protect you, the police, had torn her apart, ripped her down, caged her, made her run, she looked exhausted, he knew and she knew, this wasn't her. This was the women she'd become. Cold and hard. Unattached and weak.

"I'm sorry….y'know…. for everything…I never wanted it to work out like that" Kate answered, her head down.

"I know….its ok…" Sawyer bent his head down to hers then straightened himself, lifting her head up with his hands. "So…who do you want me to meet?" Sawyer finally asked, the question had plagued his mind all morning. She didn't reply, she walked away from him, constantly looking around. Sawyer followed. They got to her car and she indicated at the backseat.

A little blonde haired boy, lay asleep in his car seat, his small hands wrapped around a blanket that covered his body. He must have been about four years old. Was she going to tell him he was his? He couldn't be a father. He didn't know how. But the little boy, his blonde hair, the small dimples that could slightly be seen through the window. They were his traits, he was Sawyers, he himself couldn't deny it, he wouldn't deny it. He sighed loudly, shaking his head a little, before putting his head in his hands and looking up. Astonishment spread across his face. He had a son. He and Kate, they had a son.

"I cant do this anymore Sawyer…it…it isn't fair on him…I want you to take him…take him and don't try to find me….ev-"

"Kate…I-I cant…" Sawyer interrupted, turning round and leaning his body on the car.

"Yes…yes you can" Kate opened the back door and lifted the sleeping boy out. "Tell him…tell him that I will always love him" Kate kissed him and placed him gently in Sawyers arms, also leaving a blue bag by his feet, Sawyer tried to grab her but couldn't as the boy shifted in his arms. "His name is James" Kate smiled, tears falling rapidly down her cheek as she shut the door and turned the car engine on.

"No!…Kate…Kate!" Sawyer tried to run after her, tell her she couldn't run for ever, but the boy began to wake and started to cry. He started to cry for the person that had left him behind. His mommy.

"Hey…hey don't cry" Sawyer rubbed his back gently, he didn't know how to look after a four year old. He didn't want to look after him on his own. He wanted Kate and so did James. They both wanted the women that was born to run.

"Where's mommy?" The little boy looked around at his surroundings and began to shift, Sawyer found it hard to hold onto him but eventually got a good grip and the boy settled down, but felt uneasy against him.

"Erm….well she had to go for a while…but were gona find her" Sawyer looked into his blue eyes, tears began to form and he didn't know what to do. He wasn't a daddy. He didn't know how to be one.

"I want my mommy!" James began to scream and kick against Sawyer's clutch, tears spilled down his cheeks like Kate's had.

"Hey come on…mommy's coming back soon…I promise" Sawyer spoke softly, not wanting to upset him again. Suddenly he stopped, his attention on Sawyer.

"Who are you?" James asked, whimpering a little.

"Well….I knew your mommy…a long time ago" Sawyer signed placing the little boy on the ground and taking him by the hand as they began to walk, Sawyer looked back one last time, the road that Kate had drove down, Sawyer was going to drive down. One day, sometime soon, for James, for himself, for their newly found family. Sawyer would drive down that road, follow his heart and find Kate, before it was too late.

"You can't run away from trouble. There ain't no place that far."

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Ok, I was a little unsure about this chap, mainly the way it was going. So I need you to review. Did you like it? Was it what you expected? Please let me know, I beg. Now its obvious Sawyer and James will go and find Kate, do you like that idea?? I'm going to have them spend a few days together, Sawyer doesn't know where she's going so, y'know he'll need to ask James things and try to work out were Kate might have gone. Kate will still be apart of the fic though. Anyways thanks for reading and to the people that have reviewed! Your great!! Ideas are welcome, though I have the next few chaps written, things can always be added.

Next chap a flashback of what happened when they was rescued.