A/N: Thanks for the reviews, I hope you enjoy this chapter. The song in this chapter is Greatest Love of All by Whitney Houston.

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"He still doesn't like the fact that we're together does he," Sawyer asked as they walked down the beach.

"Don't worry about that today," Natalie said and they sat down. "Jack worries to much, I can take care of myself. But he's my brother and I guess its his job. But I worry about him to though."

"Of course you do," Sawyer said.

"The same way I worry about you," She told him as Sayid walked by. Natalie looked up at him and smiled, he smiled back slightly but walked on.

"Is there something going on with you and him?" Sawyer asked.

"No, No," Natalie said. "We talked a lot after you left and he's been taking Shannon's death hard, he really did love her and she actually had genuine feelings for him to."

"How do you know about their feelings for each other?" he asked curiously.

"Well believe it or not Shannon and I were actually getting along, started to talk a lot."

"Unbelievable," Sawyer sighed and Natalie leaned against him.

"In a way we had a lot in common," Natalie said. "I'm glad to have you back," Natalie added.

"I'm glad to be back," Sawyer said.

"There was a moment there in the hatch when Jack was working hard to save you, that I thought I had lost you," Natalie admitted.

"There was a moment when I thought I had lost you to," Sawyer said.

"I knew something had happened to you, I could feel it. I think everyone thought I was crazy."

"I'm sure they didn't."

"They did, I saw they looks I got, the only person who didn't think I was crazy was Sayid," she told him.

"Oh," Sawyer said.

"He told me you were fine, that you always bounce back," Natalie said. "I realized he was right, you do always bounce back and you wouldn't just leave me."

"Never," Sawyer said and he kissed her.

Later that day Natalie found Jack at the hatch.

"We need to talk Jack," she said.

"Yeah we do," he agreed.

"I know you don't approve of me and Sawyer," she said.

"I'm never going to like him," Jack told her.

"Well then I guess it's a good thing I didn't ask you to then isn't it?" she said.

"Natalie…"

"I know you're never going to like him Jack and that's fine you don't have to like Sawyer, just the same way he doesn't have to like you. I don't expect you two to like each other," she told him.

"Natalie, I just want you to be careful and take care of yourself."

"I am Jack. But you storm off every time you see me and Sawyer together, I just thought you'd be used to the idea that I'm with him by now."

"I don't know if I'll ever get used to it," Jack admitted.

"Jack," Natalie sighed and ran her fingers through her hair. "You're my brother, you're family and I love you," she told him. "I love Sawyer to and there have been times when I don't know what I would have done without him."

"Natalie are you happy?" Jack asked. "Does he make you happy?"

"Yes Jack I'm happy, Sawyer makes me very happy," She said smiling.

"Ok that's all that matters then.," Jack said. "Natalie," Jack said taking her hand in his. "We're family and I love you no matter what," Jack told her as a beeping sound started.

"I'll go," Natalie said and Jack nodded and she left.

As Natalie walked backed to the beach she ran into Ana Lucia. She hadn't officially met Ana Lucia yet but she knew who she was.

"Hi," Natalie said

"Hi," Ana Lucia said. "So you're Natalie," Ana Lucia said.

"Yeah and you're Ana Lucia," Natalie said looking at her.

"Yeah," Ana Lucia said. "I wondered what you look like, to make Sawyer want to get back to you."

"Whatever," Natalie said and she walked away.

Natalie walked back to the beach and found Sawyer in the same place she left him.

"Hey," she said.

"Hi," Sawyer replied as she sat down. "Where did you go?"

"I went to talk to Jack," she told him.

"Oh, did it go ok?"

"Yeah actually it did," she told him. "I ran into Ana Lucia."

"Oh," was all Sawyer said.

"Jack asked me if I was happy, if you made me happy," Natalie told him.

"What did you tell him?"

"That you did," she told him. "I told him you made me very happy."

"Good," Sawyer said. "I'm glad I make you happy."

"I haven't been this happy in a long time," Natalie said and she scooted closer to him. She looped her arm through his and laid her head on his shoulder. "I'm glad you're back even if we are still stuck on this island," she added. "This place is a lot better with my best friend here," she whispered and Sawyer smiled.

"Thanks but I hope I'm more than just you're best friend," Sawyer said.

"You know you are."

The next morning when Natalie woke up she looked over and saw that Sawyer was still asleep next to her. She smiled at how different he looked when he was sleeping; vulnerable and almost innocent, something Sawyer wasn't.

"Sleepy head," she muttered and kissed him lightly on the forehead. She then got up and went to gather her clothes and decided she might as well try to get her clothes as clean as she can. After gathering her clothes she walked over and joined Rose who was already washing and hanging clothes up.

"Morning Rose," Natalie said.

"Good morning Natalie," Rose said as Natalie dropped her clothes on the ground. Have you met my husband Bernard?"

"No I haven't," Natalie said looking over at Bernard. "Its nice to meet you Bernard," Natalie said holding her hand out.

"You to," Bernard said. "So you're Natalie, Sawyer's Natalie."

"Yes," Natalie said nodding and she smiled at him.

"You're not what I pictured," Bernard admitted.

"I don't think I'm what most people picture when they think of Sawyer," Natalie told him. "Its alright."

"Well it was nice to meet you, I'm going to go take a walk," Bernard told Rose and he kissed Rose before leaving.

Natalie began to wash her clothes, Rose looked over at her and smiled.

"How have you been doing?" Rose asked.

"I'm good," Natalie answered.

"I see you did finally talk to Sawyer," Rose said and Natalie nodded. "Is he ok after everything that happened?"

"Yes he is, thanks for asking," Natalie said. "He's still sleeping now." She added. "I didn't know what to think when I saw him after Eko brought him back. He was laying in the hatch and Jack was trying to save him, hoping he could save him. He looked horrible."

"Jack's a good doctor," Rose told Natalie as they hung clothes up on a line they had hung up.

"He's a great doctor, a good person and the best big brother anyone could ever have," Natalie sighed. "I'm glad I have him."

"I know you are honey," Rose smiled.

"But you know Jack doesn't like Sawyer and it makes it so hard being with him," Natalie admitted. "I love Sawyer so much, but Jack's family." She added and Rose nodded. "Its just Sawyer, Well…no guy has ever treated me like that, you know taken care of me, especially after all the stuff that happened."

"And we all know Sawyer probably doesn't do that often," Rose said and Natalie nodded. "We all saw what he did to Scott."

"I know," Natalie sighed reaching down and grabbing a shirt.

"He's taken good care of you and treated you well,"

"Yes he has." Natalie told her.

"He loves you, you know that."

"Yeah I know, I have a letter, thanks for that by the way," Natalie said and smiled at her.

"You're very welcome."

"He also said it before he sailed away."

"Good, I'm glad you seem so happy," Rose told her and they were both quiet as they continued to do laundry.

Natalie started to hum softly to herself as she was hanging clothes up. Then she started to sing softly, Greatest Love of All by Whitney Houston.

"I believe the children are our are future, Teach them well and let them lead the way. Show them all the beauty they possess inside, Give them a sense of pride to make it easier Let the children's laughter remind us how we used to be. Everybody's searching for a hero, People need someone to look up to I never found anyone who fulfill my needs, A lonely place to be. So I learned to depend on me. I decided long ago, never to walk in anyone's shadows. If I fail, if I succeed At least I'll live as I believe. No matter what they take from me They can't take away my dignity.
Because the greatest love of all Is happening to me, I found the greatest love of all Inside of me. The greatest love of all, Is easy to achieve Learning to love yourself It is the greatest love of all," Natalie softly sang.

Meanwhile Sawyer had woken up and saw Natalie was gone and he wondered where she went. He got up and looked around and saw her with Rose. He got up and decided to make his way over there. As Sawyer got closer he heard Natalie softly singing and smiled. He had only heard her sing once, but he liked her voice and wanted to hear her sing for him. Natalie just finished hanging her last pair of shorts up when she felt a pair of strong arms circle her waist. Natalie smiled knowing immediately it was Sawyer and she leaned back against him and placed her hand over his hands.

"You finally decide to wake up," she teased.

"Good morning to you to," Sawyer said. And Natalie turned around to face him and he leaned down and kissed her. "If you were doing laundry you should have told me, you could have done mine."

"You can do your own laundry, I'm not your maid," Natalie told him and smirked up at him.

"I think I've been a bad influence on you, you used to be a lot nicer to me," he said and she shrugged. "I heard you singing," he added.

"Yeah I was singing."

"You know I like to hear you sing," he said.

"No I didn't, you've only heard me sing once," she told him.

"Yes but that was enough to know I like to hear you sing," he said and she smiled. "If you're done here, want to take a walk?"

"Yeah, I just finished," she said and he nodded unwrapping his arms from around her waist and taking her hand in his. "Bye Rose, I'll be back later," she told her.

"Alright, have a nice walk," Rose said.

"We will," Sawyer and Natalie said.