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CHAPTER TEN

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"I'll take ya" he ran to his room and got dressed quickly. Sawyer drove above the speed limit to the hospital and when they got there, he hadn't fully stopped before Juliet leapt from the car and ran to the emergency room.

Sawyer followed her and saw a hysterical Kate. Once she saw that he was there, she squared her jaw and turned away. "What happened?"

Kate eyed him then looked at Juliet "He was driving home from work when someone ran a red light and smashed into his side... he's in surgery right now" her voice broke off and she started to cry again.

Sawyer left them alone, he felt like an outsider. Jack was his best friend, he was worried about him too, yet she wouldn't speak to him about it.

He came back with coffees for them both; Juliet took hers gratefully where as Kate turned away from him "I don't want your coffee" Sawyer placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Kate just take the coffee" she shook her head "Just leave Sawyer, i don't want you here"

Kate folded her arms and sat down on one of the chairs. Sawyer sat down heavily in a chair on the opposite row "Kate, we have ta talk... about us" Kate looked at him incredulously.

"You want to talk about us? My brother is lying on an operating table, his life in mortal danger, and you want to talk about us?" she scoffed then added "I can't believe you, leave, or I'll get someone to make you leave"

Juliet shot him a look; they both knew she was serious. Sawyer got up slowly and murmured "I hope he's okay" before leaving the waiting room. He sat outside on the wall that was out front and sighed.

Obviously he wouldn't fully leave; he loved them too much to do that. He wished that he had alcohol with him, he really needed a drink.

Juliet came out a while later and sat beside him "Knew I'd find you out here" he smiled lightly at her. She placed her hand on top of his "You'll just have to give her time, she's been through a lot lately"

Sawyer nodded "I fee like such a jackass, and I've hurt her because I'm stupid" Juliet smiled at him "You're human Sawyer"

He shrugged "Juliet, he's out of..." Kate stopped when she saw that he was still here, she cleared her throat then said "He's out of surgery..." Juliet nodded; her and Sawyer stood up and followed Kate inside and to his room.

One of Jack's surgeons was waiting outside of his room for them "Miss Austen, he's had a minor operation, he's still intubated for the time being and is still under some anaesthesia, so I'm only letting one of you at a time okay?" Kate nodded.

Juliet leaned against her "He'll be fine" Kate gave Juliet a thankful smile and entered the room, he was attached to all sorts of machines and looked pale, she was so scared for him.

Kate brushed her fingers over his hand "Hey" she knew he was unconscious but she liked to think that he could hear her.

"Jack, mom and dad are getting the next flight back, they'll be here in the morning..." she let out a shaky breath "Please be okay" she wiped away a tear then went outside.

Juliet calmly entered the room but teared up when she saw him "its Juliet..." she kissed his forehead "I don't want to leave but i have to"

She leaned next to his ear and whispered "You better be awake by the time i come back" she could have sworn she saw a smile. She kissed him one more time before leaving to go home.

Kate still refused to look at Sawyer, they were outside of Jack's room "Katie" she turned away, Sawyer groaned then lowered his voice "Kate"

She spun around and glared at him "What?" Sawyer sighed then looked up at her "Jules told me the truth... you should have told me" Kate frowned then shook her head "I can't do this right now"

A nurse went into his room to check up on him, Kate entered the room as she was taking out his intubation "What are you doing?" the nurse smiled at Kate

"I'm just taking out this tube so he can breathe on his own, it's normal procedure" Kate nodded.

She felt Sawyer come up behind her and kiss the top of her head "I'm gonna make it up to ya sweet pea, i promise" Kate closed her eyes and listened to him speak.

She was still mad at him but she needed him to lean on, all the things that had happened to her were beginning to wear her down.

Kate leaned against him for support, his arms entrapped her making her feel momentarily better. They looked around the room as the silence was shattered by a loud beeping noise.

The heart rate monitor showed his heart rate slow right down then a line formed, the beep turning to a constant noise.

Kate gasped and ran over to Jack, wondering what was happening "Jack, Jack?!" the doctor from before ran in with two other doctors and lowered the bed so that he was lying flat. Kate was in hysterics, she wouldn't stop crying his name.

Dr Walker clenched his jaw and pointed at Kate "get her out of here!"

Sawyer wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her out of the room, she was trying to resist him but he tightened his grip "Sawyer, let me go" he spun her around, pulling her close and whispering in her ear

"Let the doctors handle it" Kate was still crying hysterically when the doctors came back out.

"What happened doc?" Dr Walker looked at Kate sadly then back at Sawyer "Jack's lung collapsed, but we re-inflated it and he's breathing on his own now, its a common problem that can be solved"

Sawyer played with Kate's hair, hushing her "Is he going to be okay?"

Dr Walker bit his lip "For now, he is steady, but we're going to monitor him over the next twelve hours, if he does well, he should make a full recovery"

Sawyer kissed her ear "See, Doc says he'll be just fine" Kate hadn't moved her face away from his shirt, she was afraid to in case everything went back to being bad.

He felt Kate's fingers grip onto his shirt and pull him closer. The doctor came back and placed a hand on Sawyers shoulder. "I'm sorry but visiting hours are over, you can come back in the morning"

Kate mumbled something, the doctor looked confused "What was that?"

Kate pulled herself away from Sawyers chest, her face tear stricken "I'm not leaving" Sawyer stroked her hair "Kate" she pointed at herself then at Jack

"I'm NOT leaving him alone!" Dr Walker sighed "Okay, but you'll have to be quiet" Kate nodded and went into his room.

Sawyer followed her but she refused to look at him "I'll be fine, go home Sawyer" he knew she wouldn't budge on the situation, so he sighed then left.

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Sawyer yawned; he hadn't got much sleep last night. He'd been too busy thinking about what happened with Jack and what happened with Kate.

He got out of his car and drank down some coffee "Oh James... is Jack okay?" he spun around to see Sam and Diane run towards him.

Sawyer shrugged politely "Last night he was touch and go... Kate stayed the night" they nodded and quickly made their way to his room.

They went in and saw Jack look around the room in boredom; Kate was asleep on a chair. "Jack sweetheart, how are you feeling?"

Diane went over and kissed his forehead. Jack smiled weakly "Hey mom, I suppose I'm good" Sawyer waved at him. Jack tipped his head at Sawyer.

Sam sat beside his daughter and stroked her head "How long has she been asleep for?" Jack turned his head slightly and smiled.

"Couple of hours, she was still awake when i woke up at three" Sam leaned over and nudged her slightly "Katie, wake up" Kate mumbled something then blinked a few times.

"Hi" she smiled at him then up at her mother. She got up and stretched her cramped muscles.

Kate walked over to Jack and stroked his arm lightly "I'm glad you're Okay" Jack smiled at her, then tipped his head towards Sawyer and gave her a look.

"Hi Sawyer" he smiled warmly at her, all he wanted to do was wrap her in his arms but the look Jack gave him made him weary.

Kate paused then swayed as she momentarily fell asleep. Diane held onto her arm then said "Katie honey, you should go home and get some rest"

Kate shook her head "No I'm fine" Diane eyed her carefully "You have to get rest honey, now go" Kate sighed then nodded.

"Okay, but I'll be back later okay" Jack nodded at his sister and smiled "Okay... just get some sleep" Kate nodded.

Sawyer smiled at her "I'll take you home if ya like" Kate sighed "Sure, thank you" they both left the room and Sam waited until they were out of sight before questioning Jack.

"What is he doing here? I thought Kate said she never wanted to see him again" Jack shrugged "Don't know... she said that he was here last night, along with Juliet..."

Sam scowled "I don't want him hurting her again... i swear to god if he does I'll hurt him"

Diane sighed "Sam, give them a chance to talk things out before you hunt him down, okay?" Sam looked at his wife sadly "Okay..." she smiled at him encouragingly

"So be nice to him" he eyed her "Why are you on his side?" Diane rolled her eyes "I believe that he'll step up and do the right thing... he's always been fond of Katie"

She pulled away from her husband and sat on a chair at Jack's bedside, "You want anything?" Jack shook his head. Sam ran his hands over his hair then sat down, he hoped that Sawyer wouldn't pull anymore crap; he hated his daughter to be sad.

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Sawyer pulled up outside of the Austen residence and smiled at Kate "thanks Sawyer" she made to get out of the car but he pulled on her hand "Kate... can we talk?"

Kate sighed deeply "All i want to do is forget, i want to forget about how i was pregnant, about how i lost my baby... and i want to forget about the last two months i spent with you"

Sawyer closed his eyes, her words felt like he was being stabbed. "Kate, please"

Kate looked at him sadly then rolled her eyes "Okay... come in for a while and we'll talk" Sawyer sighed with relief "Okay" they got out of the car and made there way inside.

Kate went into the kitchen and brewed some coffee, once it was made she poured them both a mug and they sat on the sofa in the living room.

Kate leaned into the sofa, tucking her legs underneath herself; Sawyer sat as close to her as possible "What do you want to talk about Sawyer?"

Sawyer put his mug on the table and looked at her sadly "I wanted to say that... I'm sorry, for leavin like i did" Kate continued to stare into her mug

"I got scared, and i wanted to talk to the one person that would tell me what to do, my mom's always been there for me"

Kate frowned "You think i wasn't scared? I would have been the one who had to go through the pregnancy and labour... so don't tell me that you were scared"

Sawyer tried to put his hand on top of hers but she pulled away "Kate, when i came back i knew what i wanted, it was you and the baby... i quite liked the idea of us being a family"

Kate closed her eyes but a tear managed to escape "Then why were you kissing Ana..."

He bit his lip and sighed "I wanted to forget... i thought you had an abortion and it killed me that you didn't want something of me growin inside of ya"

Kate scowled and shook her head "You would have known that i wanted that baby when i saw it on the ultrasound, it made me so happy, if you were here"

Her voice began to break up and she ran her hand over her face "You have some nerve to say that you wanted to forget... i was the one that felt dead on the inside because my baby didn't have a chance at life..."

She stood up and spat at him "Don't be such a selfish bastard"

She began to walk away but Sawyer spun her around and pulled her towards his chest, she struggled against him but he held her close and whispered in her ear

"I'm sorry, i know I'm a selfish bastard, i can't turn back the damn clock and stop what happened to you. But I'm here now and we'll deal with this"

Kate began to cry, her arms were flailing around, trying to hit him, but he stopped her and let her melt into him once she gave up her futile attempts.

Sawyer hushed her and stroked her hair soothingly. Kate grabbed onto his shirt and cried onto it, he could feel the material dampen where her head was.

Sawyer picked her up and carried her up to her room and lay her down on her bed, when he tried to walk away, she grabbed onto his hand and looked at him pleadingly.

Sawyer sighed, but he climbed onto the bed, lying beside her. His hand ran through her hair as she cried, it must have been about ten minutes before she calmed down.

"Sawyer?" he looked up at her wet eyes sadly "Yeah?" Kate leaned down and kissed his mouth softly, she pulled back but there was only at the most a centimetres width between them

"I was so scared... i still am" Sawyer nuzzled his nose off of hers and said "I'm sorry"

Kate placed her head back on his chest and quickly fell asleep. Sawyer ran his fingers through her hair, just staring blankly at the ceiling.

He didn't know what else to say to her, what could he say? He stayed awake, not wanting to fall asleep in case she needed him.

After a long time in silence, he carefully moved her head from his chest and placed it on the pillow beside him. Sawyer got up quietly and went down the stairs to make some coffee.

Once the pot was ready, he poured himself a mug and drank it quickly, he was rather tired.

He was just washing up the dishes when Sam came home, the older man glared at Sawyer as he walked into the kitchen "Why are you here?"

Sawyer frowned "I brought Kate home" Austen clenched his jaw "I know, but it didn't mean you had to stay here"

Sawyer looked at him seriously "What is your problem with me?" Sam stared back at him, his tone dangerously low

"You got my daughter pregnant, left the damn state, you weren't there when she lost the baby; you screwed around then you come in here acting like nothing has happened"

Sam walked closer to him and clenched his fists "She's had enough heartache, we want her to get well... so i don't want you here, you're just going to make things worse"

Sawyer scowled at him "I aint leaving" Sam smiled at him "Leave or I'll make you leave"

Sawyer smiled right back at him "I aint leaving this house before i talk to Kate" the older of the two cracked the bones in his jaw then tilted his head

"Give me one reason why i should let you stay?" Sawyer sighed "You don't need ta know the reasons why"

Sam sneered at him "Yes, i do... i don't want you making her feel worse, so what you going to say that it's her fault? That you don't want anything to do with this, you just wanted to get her in bed, is that it?"

Sawyer shook his head, his voice dangerously low "No"

Sam smiled at him "Then what? Huh, it was just a bit of fun, you don't want anything serious to happen; you're glad about what happened because you don't really want her"

Sawyer clenched his jaw; he was seconds away from punching Austen. "You keep talkin, but you're just makin up bullshit"

"Am I? How do i know you're not the one making up lies so that I'll let you near my daughter?" Sawyer glared at him and ran his hands over his hair, rage coursing through his body.

"Because i love her" Sam's scowl melted. Sawyer paused, oh god, did he really just say that to Sam? He looked to the older man for confirmation, and then closed his eyes.

Upon re-opening them he saw the older man glance behind him for a second then sigh. Sawyer turned around slowly to see Kate standing at the door, her eyes glazed over with tears again.

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Katie: i completely love Matthew Fox, so I'd never kill him off, whatever i write he'll be safe in ;)