This chapter takes place in the middle of season 3.
Kate pulled open the medicine cabinet in Ben's bathroom. She scanned the little shelves with a scavenger's eye. Aspirin, anti-fungal cream, Pepto… Too much information, she thought. She could hear Sayid rifling through drawers in the kitchen. She wondered whether he was really up to doing this. He had just been shot the other day. And he had taken a beating for making contact with Alex. It would do him good to get back to camp and take some time off. In the meantime, she hoped he would find chocolate syrup in there somewhere. She lifted her bag up and scooped the entire contents of the cabinet into it. She slung it over her shoulder again and slipped across the hall into another room. As it turned out, it was Alex's room. Kate turned around and walked out again. It would be rude to loot stuff from a person who had saved her life. And Sawyer's too. God, he would have loved to be here today. Kate couldn't help smiling at the thought. She could just imagine him trying to strap a sofa to his back. "This is nothin'," he'd say while struggling towards the door. Kate smiled wider as she went to the hall closet and took a couple of clean towels. A moment later, she turned her head to the sound of a terrible crash from the kitchen followed closely by Sayid cursing in Arabic. Time to go find that chocolate syrup, Kate thought as she rushed to help him.
