Chapter 10

'I can't believe it's you, time seems to have severed you well'

'Matt, it's good to see you're okay but'

'Butttttt, what?'

Kate eye's started to wonder; she looked down and noticed she was drenched after being hugged by a wet topless ex-boyfriend. Then Jack conveniently entered the picture

In an accusing tone 'This guy'

'Kate is he bothering you'

'No its fine, he's just an old friend'

'I was definitely more than that' the arrogance in his voice was comical

'Yes, yes you were, but then you had to ruin it, it took me a long time to get over you but now that I have, I really don't want to see your face again'

Mathew gave Jack a good looking over and Jack knew what he was assuming, but he never wanted to correct him and neither did Kate apparently as she moved closer to him.

'Mate, my face up here'

Kate giggled and used Jack as a cover which never helped the assumptions, not that they cared. Jack was preoccupied with having Kate touch his bare skin that he failed to notice that Matthew had lunged towards him. It was Sawyer though who stopped it by tackling him to the ground and straddled him

'I wouldn't even try bucko'

Cleary embarrassed Matthew got up and left without any further words.

'Thanks Sawyer'

Over the last few months Kate not only grew attached to not only Jack but Sawyer as well, he might have not given off a very good first impression but he was slowly becoming like a brother and a close friend.

Sawyer was about to start throwing questions but he saw Kate was still firmly attached to his brother's side so he graciously nodded and walked away to find his mother.

'He seemed like a nice guy'

'That lovely creature was my first boyfriend'

'Oh, what did he do?'

'He started telling lies about me for attention, saying I had done things with him to his friends even though I never, it was hard at the time but I'm over it'

'Poor guy, it must have been hard for him'

There was confidence in Jack's tone

'If I didn't know any better I'd say you're flirting with me'

'And if I never knew better I would say you're enjoying it'

He went in to slowly embrace her from behind with a kiss on the cheek, until

'Oh God, I'm getting you all wet'

'I was already wet'

It took them a second, but then there teenage maturity kicked in and they had to laugh at how that just sounded considering the circumstances. The laughter finally faded and there was a sense of ease about where this relationship was progressing to, so Jack had no issue with taking Kate firmly by the hand and guiding her down the beach.

They reached Margo and Sawyer who were prepping there large picnic, too busy to notice them linked together. They both sat down and awaited the hand out of food.

'There you two are, I wanted to get a photo, so get ready while I go find someone to take a picture'

Jack, Kate and Sawyer all huddled together; with Jack lightly caressing Kate's back a bit lower than he probably should of but she had no objections.

It appeared Margo had found someone to take a photo, so she joined the group and got into professional model mode but Sawyer caught sight of his brother caressing Kate and silently muttered

'Finally'

The picture taken really captured a moment; things were going to change and they were going to progress, so it was time to let go of the past and find out where this new road leads to.

A/N I really should make these things longer…. Anyway thanks for the review emerson023 your story is inspiring this one, they are worlds apart in terms of content and quality but I really appreciate your kind words, I'm writing this lacklustre little story for the fun of it and for the little time I have invested it I have enjoyed it. In three weeks' time I'm finished school :) so I plan to read and review other stories on this site and add to this, I'm excited.

P.S Margo's present to Jack is revealed in the next chapter, it's pretty predictable so you can probably guess what it is. It may or may not be condoms.