Author's Note: This chapter is dedicated to Ella Jullian and Luluz, who, judging from their super-nice reviews of my story, have been waiting patiently – okay, not so patiently – for it. Hope it is worth the wait, y'all, and that you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it! – Megs

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The light from the torch candles illuminated the crystal-clear water of the lagoon, casting long shadows in the setting sun. In the middle of the circle of torches sat Jack on a large plaid blanket. Two champagne glasses, rescued from the galley of the plane, sat beside him.

"Wow," he said, getting to his feet when he saw Kate coming through the vine curtain. "Wow. You look…you look amazing."

Kate blushed and looked down at her feet. "Well, I had a little help from our friends."

"Me, too," Jack told her, gesturing at the torches and champagne glasses. He put out his hand to Kate, who took it and allowed herself to be led onto the blanket. Jack handed her a glass.

"I'm sorry it isn't real champagne," he said apologetically as she took a sip.

"It's delicious, " Kate exclaimed after taking a sip. "What is it?"

"Mango juice and a little vodka," he told her, delighted at her reaction. "Rose made it for us this afternoon."

"It's fantastic," Kate said, draining her glass. "Jack, this is amazing. Everything…my wildest fantasies could never even come close to how perfect this is."

"I'm glad," Jack said quietly. "I've wanted to do this for you for a long time now. I wish it could be real champagne and a real meal and a nice restaurant and…"

"Shush," Kate said, stopping his words with two fingertips over his lips. "I mean what I said. This is perfect. If we were back in the real world and you had asked me to describe the perfect date, this is exactly what I would have described, even knowing that all those other things were available. Thank you for doing this."

"You're welcome," Jack said, leaning towards her. His lips met hers in a kiss that began slow and soft, then began to intensify. He felt her lips parting to allow him access to the inner recesses of her mouth. He began to explore the warm, soft depths with his tongue, delighted when it came in contact with her tongue. He allowed his hand to glide down her side, barely glancing off her breast. He was rewarded with a moan that seemed to come from the depths of her soul. It took every ounce of willpower he possessed to pull away from her. Her eyes flew open and he was pleased to see the longing in them.

"Just a pause, sweetheart," he told her, reaching for his backpack. "I have a surprise for you."

"Isn't this enough?" Kate asked, still stunned from the power of their first kiss.

"You tell me," Jack said, pulling something out of his pack. "Close your eyes and hold out your hand." Kate complied and felt something placed in her palm. She open her eyes and saw….a Snickers bar. It was a little dented and mashed, but the logo was recognizable. She looked at Jack in disbelief.

"How did you…where did you…wha…" she couldn't form a coherent sentence.

Jack grinned at her. "It was in my pocket on the plane. I always carry something sweet when I travel since my blood sugar tends to drop when I'm in the air. I've kept it hidden ever since."

"You mean you've had this the whole time and haven't taken even a bite?" she asked, her eyes still on the candy bar in her hand.

"Yep," Jack said, still smiling. "I guess maybe I was thinking that this day might come one day and how happy it would make me to be able to give you something like this since I would never be able to give you diamonds while we're stuck in the middle of nowhere."

"Jack, I can't eat diamonds," Kate said, tearing into the wrapper. She broke the candy bar in half and handed him a piece. "This is better than the Hope diamond." They both sat in silence for several moments, savoring the flavor of chocolate and peanuts that was almost foreign to them now.

"Wow," Kate said, swallowing the last of the candy. "I'd forgotten what chocolate tastes like."

"Me, too," Jack said. "Is it as good as you remember it?"

"Oh, yeah," Kate said, rolling her eyes. She looked over at the man who had planned this amazing night. "Hey, Jack?"

"Yeah?"

"You know how they always say that chocolate is an aphrodisiac?" she asked his slyly.

"Yeah?" Jack said again, hoping this was leading where he thought it might be.

"Well, turns out they're right," Kate said, leaping on top of Jack and pinning his arms to the ground as she began to ravage his mouth with her own.

Jack responded immediately. Taking advantage of his superior strength, he easily flipped Kate over onto her back, his lips never leaving hers. He positioned his body over hers and Kate was delighted to feel the evidence of his desire for her pressing into her thigh.

After several moments, Jack pulled his lips away from Kate's and paused to look at her. "God, you're beautiful!" he breathed as he stared at her lying on the blanket, her dark hair spread out like a halo behind her. He grinned wickedly. "But you're wearing too many damn clothes." As she giggled, he lifted her off the blanket and slid the borrowed top over her head. He pressed her back to the ground and took in the sight of her creamy breasts rising over the top of the cups of her lacy black bra. He lowered his mouth to the dip at her collarbone and pressed a series of small kisses up her neck to the base of her ear, his fingers entangling themselves in her beautiful hair as he had dreamed of doing so many times before. As Kate's moans grew louder, Jack moved his lips back down her neck, ending up at the swell of her breasts. He reached behind her and undid the clasp of her bra, lifting her right breast of its cup and into his mouth. She sighed as he made little circles around her nipple with his tongue, then moaned as he sucked the nipple into his hot, wet mouth. He made several playful nips at her before turning his attention to her other breast, giving it the same care he gave the other one.

Kate was panting by the he finished his treatment of her breasts. She reached for his belt buckle, noticing his own need straining against the denim of his jeans, but he pulled away from her wandering hands. "Not yet, baby," he said. "Not even close." He placed a chaste kiss on her lips, moving his strong surgeon's hands underneath the flimsy material of her skirt. He stopped suddenly and looked at her in astonishment. "No panties?" he asked in disbelief.

Kate grinned wickedly at him. "Shannon's idea," she said, thrilled and aroused by his reaction as she felt his hardened member strain against his jeans even more. Jack groaned and pulled the skirt over her thighs in one fluid motion. He ran his tongue down her flat stomach, then began to place small kisses up and down her thighs. Then, without warning, he plunged his tongue into her most secret of places, making Kate arch her back in pleasure. Her moans grew steadily louder as his mouth made love to her warm, wet center. How long can he keep this up? she wondered, her eyes closed and her head thrown back. Most guys only kept up this action for a few cursory moments before moving on to bigger and better things…but there was Jack, her Jack, pleasuring her as if he never meant to stop.

Jack gave himself a few minutes of simply enjoying the taste and scent of her before turning his attention to the rhythms of her body in order to best pleasure her. He licked up and down her wet slit, pausing every few moments to plunge his tongue inside of her. As he sensed her growing arousal, he began to pay more attention to her clit, flicking his tongue across it sucking it, biting it. As Kate's breath quickened, he added two fingers, thrusting them in and out of her wetness at a frantic pace.

Kate felt the sensations building inside of her body as her orgasm inched closer to the surface. "Jack, Jack, Jack," she moaned as she rode the crest higher….higher….higher. "Jack!" she screamed as she fell, her center tightening around his fingers in a series of seemingly endless spasms.

It was several moments before the sensations subsided and Kate's breathing returned to normal. She opened her eyes to see Jack lying next to her.

"Ummm….thank you?" she told him, scooting over to snuggle up beside him. He responded with a kiss and Kate was delighted to taste herself on him.

"My pleasure," he said, lying back and pulling Kate toward his chest.

"No, my pleasure," Kate told him, making him laugh. "We're only just getting to your pleasure." She sat up and placed her hands on his chest, straddling him between her legs. He grinned up at her and laced his fingers behind his head as if to say, I'm yours.

Kate began the way he had, with a series of kisses around his neck and across his upper chest. She flicked his hardened nipples lightly with her tongue and, with his sighs as a sign of encouragement, used her teeth to lightly bite them. She then planted warm kisses along his stomach, pausing to admire the hard muscles bunched up in his abdomen.

Jack gave a sharp intake of breath when her hands glided over the denim material at his crotch. She grinned at his obvious arousal, unbuckling his belt slowly. She unfastened the button on his jeans, then slid the zipper down. Reaching under him, Kate scooted the jeans down his legs, then tossed them aside.

Placing her fingers in the waistband of his boxer shorts, she slid them down his thighs and was rewarded by the sight of his large hardened member springing free from the confining material. She wrapped her hand around it and slid it up and down several times as Jack gasped in pleasure. She smiled, happy that she could give him pleasure, and lowered her mouth to his cock.

"Kate?" Jack stopped her before she could take him into her mouth. She looked up questioningly. "Um, Kate, I know a lot of women don't like doing that so, if you don't want to, well, it's…" he faltered, torn between wanting to be a gentleman and wanting her mouth on him.

Kate smiled at him. "Well, Jack, fortunately for you, I'm not like a lot of women." She resumed her position and took him into her hot, wet mouth.

It was a feeling unlike anything Jack had ever known. He had received numerous blowjobs in his lifetime, but the women giving them usually acted like it was a huge effort and that they were doing him a giant favor. Judging by the moans coming from Kate's throat as she worked him, she was enjoying as much as he was.

Kate alternated between taking him deep into her throat and sucking him in short, light movements. She paused in between to lick around his head, enjoying the taste of the salty fluid that was beginning to gather there. She lifted him to lick the underside of his shaft, taking his testicles in her hand and lightly massaging them before sucking him down her throat again.

Jack felt his pulse quicken and knew his release was close. "Kate, you can move away now, I'm going to come," he panted. She continued to work her mouth around the base of his cock, oblivious to his words. "Kate, oh god, Kate," Jack moaned. "Kate, I'm coming, I'm coming!" His body jerked and spasmed, shooting a hot stream down her throat.

Kate sat up and lightly wiped her mouth with the back of her hand. She moved up to lay beside him, his panting making her deliriously happy. "I guess you liked that?" she teased him, enjoying the feeling of his arm wrapped around her.

Jack rolled his eyes. "Well, maybe a little," he answered her in the same teasing manner. He kissed her lightly. "Kate, that was amazing. No one ever…I've never enjoyed oral sex that much before."

"Me neither," she told him, returning the kiss. He pulled away from her and leaned up on one elbow, staring down at her.

"What?" she asked him, slightly concerned at the serious look on his handsome face.

"I just can't get over how beautiful you are," he told her and Kate could hear the honesty and emotion in his voice as he spoke. "Your hair –" he stopped to run his free hand through her tousled curls – "your face" he moved his hand down to stoke her cheek – "your body" his hand moved down the length of her – "and your heart" he finished, placing a kiss on the mentioned area. Kate felt her insides lurch at his tender words.

"Jack, I…I," she began, a tear slipping down her cheek.

"What is it, love?" he asked, kissing the tear away.

"I love you, Jack," she said simply.

Jack's breath quickened at hearing these words from her for the first time. She had told him she was in love with him earlier but this was the first time she'd said the actual words. Jack stared at her, wanting to remember every detail of this moment – the moment his life changed. Overcome with emotion and unable to speak, he lowered his mouth onto hers and hoped his kiss told her everything he so desperately wanted to say.

Kate responded to his kiss enthusiastically and was surprised and delighted to feel him begin to harden against her leg again. God, the man has stamina, she thought happily. He shifted a bit, kicking his boxer shorts – which were still hanging off one leg – the rest of the way off, then lowered his body onto Kate's. She felt him position himself just about her wet entrance, pausing to look at her.

"Is this okay, Kate?" he asked her softly. "Is this what you want?"

"Oh, yes, Jack," she replied breathlessly, straining her body to meet him, disappointed that she couldn't quite reach him. "I want you inside of me, all the way inside of me."

Jack needed no further encouragement. He shoved his rock-hard cock inside of her in a single thrust, then stopped to make sure she was all right. He took her moans as a positive sign and placed his hands on her hips to guide her. Soon they were moving together, his cock thrusting in and out of her with an increasing speed. God, he couldn't believe how good she felt! So tight, yet so ready to receive him in the depths of her warm wetness. He bit back a groan and was surprised to realize that he was struggling to keep from coming just as a teenage boy would.

Kate lay on her back, thrusting her hips upward perfectly in sync with his movements, trying to pull him in as deep and fully as possible. His large member filled her and pressed against the most sensitive parts of her body, sending waves of pleasure coursing through her with each thrust. Jack grabbed one of her legs and shoved it up onto his shoulder. The new position allowed him to fill her even more completely than before and caused him to graze her g-spot with each thrust.

Kate felt her orgasm begin to build inside of her. "Jack," she moaned, grabbing his head and pulling his lips towards hers. Soon their tongues were moving with the same thrust pattern as their lower regions. Kate moaned against his lips, feeling the tremors beginning in the depths of her belly and radiating outward. "Oh my god, Jack!" she screamed as the fire that had been burning suddenly exploded, sending the tremors shooting up and down her body. They lasted and lasted, each small movement from Jack adding to the sensations.

Finally Kate lay still beneath Jack. "Oh, wow, Jack that was….you're….I'm….wow." He smiled down at her and kissed her parted lips.

After Kate's breathing had returned to normal, Jack slowly began his movements again. "Is this okay?" he asked her. "Are you all right with this?"

"Oh, yes, Jack, this is wonderful," she replied, shocked and pleased to feel the fire in her belly begin its slow burn once again. She arched up to meet his thrusts. "But I'm ready for you to come, Jack. I want to make you come, I want you to feel like I just did. Please, Jack, come, I want you to come," she panted. Jack's movements quickened and Kate's body exploded once again in another powerful orgasm. The sensations caused her to tighten around Jack's rapidly thrusting member, which was all he needed to send him over the edge. Kate felt him tense up and she shuddered as she felt her insides coated with his hot seed. Jack gave one final thrust before collapsing on top of her, his breath hot and heavy on her throat.

It was several minutes before either of them spoke. Jack finally lifted himself off of her and placed a sweet kiss at the base of her throat. "Sorry I'm squashing you," he said apologetically, moving to the side and finally breaking their connection.

"You're not, " Kate said honestly, moving over to wrap her naked body around his. "Jack, that was incredible. If I had known….well, I think I might have just jumped on top of you that first day just as soon as I had finished stitching you up."

Jack laughed. "Hey, I don't really think I would have minded all that much, truth be told. I've been pretty crazy about you since the day I met you, you know."

Kate nodded slowly. "Jack I'm sorry that…" Jack's lips on hers stopped her words.

"Kate, I thought we agreed to live for the now," he said as soon as they broke apart. "That means no tomorrows but no yesterdays either. We both fucked up more times than I care to count. But it doesn't matter anymore. We're together now and that's all that matters to me." He took her face in his hand and stroked her cheek gently. He spoke seriously now." You don't have to be afraid of anything anymore. You're what matters most to me now and I'll always protect you and be here for you. There's two of us now." He lowered his lips to hers again.

"Yes, two of us," Kate murmured against his lips as she felt herself begin to melt beneath him once again.