Chapter 10: It's Not That Simple

Sayid, Desmond and Sawyer walked solemnly into Kate's room and closed the door carefully. The sight of Kate just lying there, helpless, shocked them completely. She was one of their friends, and they wanted, more than anything for her to wake up.

Sawyer walked slowly over to the chair near Kate's bed and sat down on it, never taking his sight away from her. He missed her so much. He would do anything just to make her wake up. He loved her, but it was a different kind of love to Jack's. Sawyer loved her as a friend, somebody who he could have a fun time with; laughing, making jokes, and talking. He wanted her to wake up, he hated seeing her like this, but he knew that it would take quite some time.

Sayid and Desmond walked over and the three of them spent some time thinking about Kate, hoping that she would wake up and second.

'I'm sorry, Kate.' Sawyer said as he brushed the hair out of her face. Desmond and Sayid were amazed at the fact that he would apologise for something, but they knew from the way he said it that he meant it with all his heart and they knew everything Sawyer was talking about.

A few minutes later they walked out of the room again and the rest of the people who hadn't seen her yet, exited the hospital and went to find a hotel to stay during the night so they could come back tomorrow and see her.

Sawyer stayed, however. He wanted to talk to Jack about why he didn't tell him about Kate in the first place. They walked into Jack's office and both sat down facing each other. Jack had a feeling that this 'conversation' would be more like an argument but he was surprised when he heard Sawyer's voice and the way he talked to him.

'Why didn't you tell me?' he asked, looking down at the wooden desk where Jack was sitting on.

'Because I knew that you would have wanted to see her and you would have wanted to come that day, but they wouldn't let you in. I knew that you would have put on an argument when they would have tried to throw you out when you didn't obey the rules.' Jack replied with the same tone.

'So if I didn't find out yesterday, you would have never told me?' Jack didn't like the direction this was going in.

'No.' he answered simply, expecting Sawyer to throw in a sarcastic comment at him, or an argument but he was even more surprised when he just nodded.

'Who hit her?' he asked again.

'Well... this is going to sound weird-' Jack replied as he shifted around uncomfortably.

'Why?' he asked yet again, this time getting even angrier.

'My ex-wife.' Jack sighed. The blood rushed to Sawyer's face as he clenched his fists together.

'So, you just let her hit Kate?!' Sawyer said, hotly.

'No, you don't understand.'

'Oh, I understand perfectly, Doc. You probably care more about your ex-wife than Kate so you didn't care what happened to her.' he argued.

'How could you even think that? How could you even say that I don't care about Kate when I was so outraged to find out that Sarah hit her?!' Jack yelled as he stood up, hitting his fist in frustration at the desk.

'So, why didn't you tell me, then?' Sawyer argued yet again, standing up to face Jack face-to-face.

'I told you that already, Sawyer.' Jack sighed.

'No. You just care about yourself. If you really cared about Kate then you would have argued with the laws, whatever it took so they could let everyone in to see her.'

'Sawyer, it's not that simple. It's really not as simple as you think. I can't change the rules of the hospital. I already argued with Kate's doctor so he could let six people in. If I argued with anyone else, then they have the right to throw me out and-'

'Oh, now I get it. You care about them firin' you. Yep, it all makes sense now. Trust you to do somethin' like that, Jackass.' Sawyer spat at him.

'You're pathetic, Sawyer. You really are. I love Kate, much more then you think and know. Why do you always want to argue? Why don't you listen for once?!' Jack asked, softer this time. Sawyer looked at him with an unreadable expression and shook his head at Jack. The man was impossible. Jack thought and waited for another sarcastic comment or a brand new nickname but his answer surprised Jack the most.

'As you said, Doc: It's not that simple.' Sawyer answered, simply, and walked out of the room.

Where did all my reviewers go? You don't like the story any more? Oh, I guess that's okay then... sheds tear

Nah, only joking! You don't have to review if you don't like it. Well, there was chapter 10 for you! Oh, and to clear any confusions, this fic is going to stay Jate and only Jate:D I know that I had a little bit of Skate there, but that was requested by some of the reviewers and I thought that it would be realistic to write it in, but that won't mean that it will change to Skate: It's always going to be Jate:D