Sayid started back at Jack with a blank expression. "Really?" He asked. Jack nodded eagerly. "Oh."

"Yes."

"But if they find her then…well…we'll be held accountable as helping a wanted convict." Sayid explained.

"Oh yeah." Jack responded stupidly.

"Oh yeah." Sayid agreed.

*

Kate felt Jack crawl into bed with her. She turned and lay on her side and faced up. "Hey." She whispered.

"Hey hey." Jack whispered back.

"Did we win?" She asked.

"Um." Jack responded.

"The hockey game." She said through a large yawn.

"Or right, we lost." Jack told her.

Kate rubbed his shoulder gently and yawned again. "Sorry, babe."

*

Kate walked out of her and Jacks bed room, a towel rapped around her body. "I want a hippopotamus for Christmas…" She sang quietly entering the kitchen. She opened the fridge and got out an apple. Sayid and Jack both sat at the table, Sayid eating cereal, Jack and bagel and both, reading the newspaper. They looked up at Kate.

"Oh yeah, Kate…" Jack started when suddenly Hurley walked into the room.

"Hey, Hurley." Kate said casually and walked out, holding her apple. The three men watched her leave. She stopped at the bedroom door. "HURLEY?!" Kate exclaimed. She span around and saw Hurley grin. "Hurley!" She cried happily. Hurley came forward and hugged Kate despite Jacks noises of protest. When they pulled away Kate looked at Jack. "Calm down." She turned to Hurley. "What are you doing here! You look great!"

"I look the same, Kate." Hurley said. He did. "I'm just stopping by, I hear you and Jack are quite friendly these days, though." Jack chuckled from the table. "Go over and give your man a kiss, Kate." Hurley nudged her in Jacks direction.

"Hurley!" Kate laughed.

"Hey, I've never seen you kiss before!" Hurley cried.

"Hurley, that's embarrassing!"

"Sooo?"

"I'm not gunna do that!"

While Hurley and Kate were fighting Jack got up from the table and walked over to Kate then pressed his lips firmly against hers and pulled her wet body to his dry one. Jack pulled back after a few moments and turned to Hurley.

"Are you happy now?" He asked then grinned at Hurley's farcical expression.

"That's hot, dude."

*

Kate was in the apartment alone the rest of that day. During her lunch of a chicken sandwich left over from Jacks hockey game snack, the phone rang. Kate ignored it like she normally did at first, not wanted to accidentally get into trouble. She ignored it until the voice mail came.

"Hey, Jack? Its Susanna. I was wondering when you were gunna come pick Amberly up, I think she misses you and…"

Kate grabbed the phone.

"Hello, Shephard and Jarrah residents how may I help you?" Kate asked sweetly.

"Oh!" Susanna said. Her voice was dripping with honey. "Are you Jacks girlfriend?!" She suddenly exclaimed.

"Excuse me?" Kate asked in shock.

"He told me had his eye on someone named Kate but I don't know who that is. Are you Kate?"

"Um yeah."

"Oh my goodness! It's amazing to talk to you!"

"Thanks…who are you?"

"Susanna." Susanna said. Kate didn't respond. "I'm Jacks aunt." Kate let out a sigh of relief. "Anyways, nice to talk to you, can you just tell Jack he can pick up Amberly around eight-ish tomorrow night?" Kate didn't answer.

"I'm…I'm sorry, I forgot, who is Amberly?"

"Why, his daughter of course."

So, now we know Jacks secret. What happens next?