At the same time as Sawyer Ford was attempting to seduce Ana-Lucia Cortez in his car, Jack picked up the phone. It was Charlie, who sounded ecstatic. "You won't need to worry about that reunion anymore, Jack! Claire and me -- we're getting married! And you're invited!"

"Uh.. reunion?" Jack said slowly. Then he shook his head and laughed. "Congrats, Charlie. For you and Claire. And thanks for the invite. When is it?"

"Not sure yet," Charlie said, "I'll get back to you soon. Just wanted to let you know!"

There was a loud click! and Charlie hung up. Jack stared stupidly at the phone before lowering it. A wedding? Charlie and Claire? And what the hell was all that about a reunion?

Jack scratched his head and sighed. A wedding? He hadn't been to one of those in a long while.

Hmmm..

---

And so, three months later, Jack found himself modelling a tux for Ana, one that he had just picked up three days prior.

"So, what do you think?" He asked her.

Ana grinned. "Looks good on you," She said, "Haven't seen you in one of these in a long time."

Jack chuckled. "Yeah. What about your dress? Not gonna try it on for me?"

Ana recoiled a little. "Uh.." Jack sighed. He knew how self-concious Ana could be about wearing a dress. "Yeah." She said, brightening a little. "Just give me a minute.." And she disappeared into the next room. It was several minutes before she appeared in the doorway, wearing a cocktail dress that seemed like it had been made only for her.

"So?" She said nervously, turning around. "When I tried it on in the store, Shannon thought it looked good on me, but.."

Jack stood up and went to her. He slipped his arms around her waist. "It's beautiful. You look beautiful." He said gently, and she did.

Ana smiled shyly up at him. "You better not just be saying that." She grumbled, prodding him slightly.

"Why would I just be saying that?" Jack replied, raising his eyebrows.

Ana had begun to blush furiously. "I'll just go and.. take it off," She mumbled, and then she was gone again.

"Need any help?" Jack called to her, grinning to himself.

"No thanks, I'll manage," She called back to him with a chuckle. Several minutes later she emerged wearing only a robe. "Need any help with that tux?" She asked, looking up at him with a wicked gleam in her eyes.

"Oh, yeah, sure thing," Jack replied primly, sweeping her up in a quick motion and carrying her into the bedroom.

---

The wedding was two weeks later during mid December, at a large hotel called The Freemore. Jack marvelled at how beautiful it was as he walked inside, arm and arm with Ana. As they walked, he began to see people he recognised. Boone, Shannon's brother, was loitering in the hall with a girl Jack didn't recognise. She was tall, blonde and looked a little bit like Shannon herself. Also, to his surprise, he noticed Libby standing nearby, with a couple of young kids, two boys, no older than three years old. As they drew nearer, Jack also noticed that Libby was expecting.

"Libby!" Ana said happily, going to her, "Oh my god.. are these--?"

"Yep," Libby said cheerily, though she looked tired and her complexion seemed quite pallid. "This is Matthew and Luca." She said happily. She was holding Luca in her arms, while Matthew stood behind her, hiding away from Jack and Ana.

"Hey, guys!" Ana greeted them, smiling down. "And what's this, Libby? When's your due date?"

"January," Libby said promptly, beaming at them, "If it's a girl, we'd like to call her Liza. If it's a boy, we're naming him after his daddy."

"Jack!"

They all spun round. Jack grinned. It was Hurley, clambering towards them through the throng of peole that were continuing to arrive. "How ya' doin', Hurley?" Jack greeted him with a smile as the big guy approached them.

"Pretty good," Hurley said breathlessly, bending over to catch his breath. Though he was still quite large, the fact that he had lost weight did not go unnoticed. Even Ana looked impressed.

"What's up, Hurley," She said brightly, grinning at him.

"Hey Ana-Lucia," Hurley said happily, "You met the gang, huh?" Going over to Libby and putting an arm around her.

Jack laughed, "Yeah, sure did. But where's the guy that used to say 'dude' in every other sentence?"

That raised a few chuckles from Ana and Libby.

Hurley merely grinned. "I guess I.. grew up - dude." He said slowly.

"Yeah, there's the man I remember," Jack said happily, clapping him on the back.

"So, how long have you two been--?" Libby began, but Jack cut her off.

"Just over three years," He said proudly, and his arm tightened around Ana's waist as he gave her a quick squeeze.

Just then, Shannon walked up, accompanied by Boone and Sayid. Both men were dressed to kill in tuxedo's that to Jack's dismayed looked better than his. "Hey, guys! Boone's here!" Shannon declared, gesturing towards her brother.

Looking slightly embarrassed, Boone stepped forward and recieved friendly kissed from both Ana and Libby, a hug from Hurley and a hug from Jack himself. Sayid watched all of this from behind, looking sour-faced.

"Thanks guys," Boone said, grinning broadly at them, "Took hours to get here from New York."

"Ah, but you're here now," Shannon said pointedly, and they laughed.

Suddenly, Sayid stepped up and grabbed Jack's hand, shaking it.

"Hello, Jack," He said lowly, "It's been a while."

And a while it had been, for Jack hadn't seen Sayid in over four months.

Jack nodded curtly and smiled, "Hey, Sayid." He replied, grasping Sayid's hand before letting it go. "Where's Charlie?"

"Liam's talking to him upstairs," Hurley told him, "Dude, you need to meet Liam. Charlie's brother, y'know? So anyway, he's pretty cool."

Suddenly Libby took his hand, "C'mon you, let's go and sit down. You guys coming?" She asked the rest of them.

"Sure, right behind you," Ana said. With that, Hurley picked up Matthew, while Libby was still holding Luca, though her face looked rather strained. The others started to head in their direction.

Jack had been about to follow when Ana drew him away from the crowd of people in the hall. "I hate weddings," She muttered, "When was the last time we went to a wedding?" She asked, looking up at him with a knowing smile.

Jack gave a chuckle. "I guess that would be our wedding," He said, "And don't worry, I hate them too. Ready to go in?" He added.

"Yeah," Ana nodded, taking his arm. Jack smiled down at her and they began to follow everyone else. Suddenly Jack caught sight of a tall, moody looking man with a blonde head or hair and knew it was going to be a long day.

They all assembled for the nupitals, which didn't take as long as Jack had anticipated. As Claire and Charlie said their vows, however, Jack thought back to his own wedding.

"We met by chance in an airport bar. You asked if I was married. I said no. We arranged to have a drink on the plane, but before we could, the turbulence hit.. I thought I'd never see you again, but I couldn't forget you. So when I saw you again, I couldn't believe it. And when I saw you again, I just knew. And that was it. I love you, Ana."

At the end of his vows, Jack had also added: "Oh, and we did finally get around to having that drink, folks."

A ripple of laughter from the crowd. Then Ana had said her vows.

"What can I say? Jack said it all, really. Well, several months before.. the crash.. I was involved in an officer involved shooting. I.. I thought my life had ended that night. I lost my baby, and soon after that my boyfriend. I thought it was all over. Then a few months later I met Jack. We didn't speak for a while after the crash, but then we met up again, and.. it was like.. I can't really explain. But you, Jack, you're everything that all of my past boyfriends weren't. You've got, what they didn't have. And for that, I'll always love you."

After Claire became Mrs Charlie Pace, the guests all flocked out and over to the reception, a large room which had been reserved for the wedding. The time was half past four, so it was already dark outside. Jack noticed Sawyer again as he entered. Atleast Ana hadn't noticed him yet.

Forgetting Sawyer, he walked up to Charlie and Claire. "Hey, guys. Congratulations."

"Just glad you could make it Jack," Charlie answered, taking Claire's hand.

"Thanks to the both of you for coming. It means a lot." Claire added happily, beaming at them.

"Well, it means a lot that you invited us," Jack said, smiling. After talking with thebride and groom for a while longer, Jack and Ana left them and went to sit down.

"They look so happy," Ana said dreamily, watching as Charlie exchanged a few words with Hurley and Liam. At that moment, laughter erupted from the three of them.

"Yeah," Jack agreed. And it was true, they did look happy. Jack wondered how long it would take before the fights began, the bitter arguements over nothing inparticular. He glanced over at Ana and frowned.

She turned to him. "Seems like everybody's getting pregnant lately. Claire, Libby.. and I have a feeling that Nikki's expecting, too," She said lowly, indicating a short blonde girl, who was standing nearby with a man Jack assumed was her boyfriend or husband.

"Uhh, who?" He said, feeling puzzled as he looked back at Nikki and the other guy.

Ana glanced at him, a grave look in her eyes. "You think..?" She began slowly. Jack sat up, both surprised and horrified at the same time. Ana appeared to notice and she stopped. "No, I mean.. I'm sorry."

Jack stared at her. "Ana.. are you asking--?"

"No," Ana replied quickly, shaking her head.

Jack wondered.

---

As she left the room after making up and excuse to Jack about wanting to go to the bathroom, Ana felt nauseated. She couldn't believe she had brought up wanting a baby to Jack. He was probably in a panic now.

Clutching her stomach, Ana decided to head outside for some fresh air. She soon found the exit in the lobby and stood outside, glad to taste the evening air. Inside, the party roared on. She could hear it from where she was, the noise was just..

"Well hello there."

Ana wheeled around. She was shocked to find Sawyer standing before her, holding two glasses. "Champagne?" He said, offering her a glass. Reluctantly, Ana took it from him, looked at it and frowned.

"Didn't expect to see you here." She said quietly, turning away from him.

Sawyer smirked. "Hey, I'm also a member of our little group. Drink the champagne, Muchacha, judgin' from the way you're lookin' right now it'll do you some good."

She did. It was a relief to taste it, to have a drink in her hand after what she had just done. Sawyer grinned as she drank. In seconds she had completely drained her glass.

"Thirsty, huh?" Sawyer remarked, looking impressed.

Ana ignored him and sat down. "Why didn't you call me again?" She asked as he sat down in the vacated spot next to her.

"Had stuff to do.." Sawyer murmered, "So, where's Jack? You guys okay?"

Ana sighed and for some strange reason that she would never understand, started to talk to Sawyer about how things had been between her and Jack, and how she had just talked to him about wanting a baby.

"Well, ain't that somethin'," Sawyer said, clearly surprised that she had told him this, "Actually, kinda' surprised that you an' Jacko haven't already popped one out." He cocked his head and grinned. "S'only a matter of time though, Hot Lips."

"Is it?" Ana said miserably, "I sometimes get the feeling that we're.. it's like he's changed, or I've changed.."

"Well, I'm not an expert in this area, but.." Sawyer looked her in the eyes. "If this is how you feel, you should be talkin' to him, not me, Muchacha. But in my opinion the mans a fool. Tryin' for a kid means.. well, you know what it means. An' you're pretty good, Muchacha, I should know."

"We swore never to talk about that again," Ana said thickly, still holding her glass.

Sawyer smirked. "Yeah, whatever. You need another drink?" He asked, grinning expectantly at her.

"Trying to get me drunk?" Ana inquired, giving him a wan smile.

"Maybe I am," Sawyer teased, meeting her eyes. For a moment she actually considered kissing him. She had considered it before, three months ago, in his car just outside of her appartment. She hadn't done it then, but maybe now..

They had been almost nose to nose when suddenly there was a movement from infront of them. They broke apart, Ana feeling a tad bit embarrassed. However, when she looked up, her embarrassment turned into something else.

Ana looked up at Sawyer, who's jaw had dropped. He had forgotten her now. He was staring up at a familiar face, somebody Ana recognised from a long time ago.

"Hey, guys."

It was Kate.