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In this chapter, I am introducing a new P.O.V.: Carol's.

Disclaimer: I have never owned any of these characters.

Carol

"Jack?" Carol was dazed and only mildly surprised. It made just as much sense to her that she would open her eyes to see her husband alive and aiding her as it did that she had actually survived that horrible crash. Maybe I didn't survive, she thought. Maybe this is all just some kind of dream...

"I'm here, Carol. Just close your eyes and breathe. We're getting you some water."

"Okay." Carol felt a bit disquieted by the throng of people standing around her, but she had more pressing things on her mind. "By the way, honey, I think I may have left the stove on. You should probably run home and..." She was unconscious before she could finish her nonsensical statement.

Jack stood up quickly. "Hurley, carry her over to that bedroll and lay her down. Make sure to elevate her head. Boone, hurry up with that water. Charlie, get down the bandages and pain medicine. Michael, go find me some excess cloth and a strong piece of branch, I am going to have to make a splint for her leg. Steve, Scott, whatever your name is, we need..."

Carol's eyes fluttered and her hearing returned. She watched her husband as he shut down all emotions and went into his "doctor mode" that she had always hated.

"Wow. The irony is killing me." Carol strained to hear the words of a man with a thick Southern accent and a nastily smug tone.

"I don't want to hear it, Sawyer." Carol's curiosity was even more piqued. It seemed that this man, Sawyer, was talking about her to a woman.

"I do! Let's see, Freckles, you decided to have an affair because you think it won't hurt the wife, then it turns out the wife is here and hurtin'!"

"You are an insensitive ass, Sawyer. Leave me alone."

"Isn't it great how quickly he abandons you for her? Look, he isn't even glancing in your direction. Any thought of you has totally left the doctor's mind."

"If you don't shut up, I'm going to slap you."

"Why is this bothering you? It was an affair. There weren't supposed to be real feelings involved, sweetheart. What, are you like in love with him or something?"

Carol heard a sharp intake of breath from the woman, then feet storming away. The man called Sawyer chuckled again before wandering aimlessly away.

Who is that girl? she wondered

Carol had her answer just three days later.

Holding back tears, she pressed her head against his chest. He instinctively put his arms around her and caressed her back. Leaning close, he closed his eyes and breathed in the calming scent of her hair. For them, the room seemed to expand into nothingness until they were the only two people in the world right then.

It was all Carol could do not to jump up and scream at this woman she didn't even know.

"Kate..." Jack softly whispered her name. The sound broke the gentle spell and brought the lovers back to reality.

"I need to go. I am so sorry, I know that you have Carol now..." Hurridly, Kate stepped away from Jack and turned to leave.

Reaching out, he caught her arm. Kate turned to face him, straining with the effort of stopping herself from going back into his loving arms. "Kate, you have to know. No matter what..."

Carol could not take this anymore. She would rather kill this girl than hear her husband declare his love for her. Carol did the only thing she could think of to ruin the moment: she let out a moan and murmured, "Oh, Jack. I am in so much pain. I need you, my love."

"I am coming, Carol."

She risked opening an eye to watch with pleasure as that Kate woman spun around and ran out of the medical tent.

Her husband slowly slipped his wedding ring back on and turned, only to see that his wife again seemed to be sleeping peacefully. Distraught, he began to light a small fire, cursing his situation.

On the bedroll, the "sleeping" Carol was also distraught. Anger coursed through her and jealousy rose up.

She had never before really desired her husband's love. She knew that he proposed to her under extreme pressure from his father. Their wedding had been such an extravagant and busy affair that she hadn't had time to get to know her fiancé. She would have been an idiot to believe that he was in love with her. As she was most certainly not in love with him, it had never bothered her. As long as his paycheck kept coming in to their shared back account, Carol could not have cared less.

But suddenly, Carol wanted Jack to be hers and only hers. It seemed that seeing how he could be with another woman, seeing him outside the wall he always had up to defend himself from hurt, Carol had come to the realization that Jack Shepard was indeed a man worth loving. Unfortunately, it seemed like it could be too late...

Carol stopped herself from moping. She had always eliminated her problems before, this was just one more.

Kate was obviously a threat. Carol saw that she was going to have to do something about this other woman in Jack's life...

Next chapter: Carol plots revenge against Kate while and unsuspecting Jack is again forced to reconsider his morals with some help from a certain elder...

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