Chapter Two: Long Road

"So what is it?" Jamie asked anxiously still holding Jack's hand. They were walking down the beach for awhile now, and her feelings were mixed with worry, excitement, and confusion. But she couldn't let Jack down, she just couldn't.

"You'll see," he simply answered looking down at her with a sweet smile. He then turned his eyes back to the beach that they walked on. Jamie looked back at where Sawyer lay, he was still there, but she was hoping that he wouldn't wake up, because if he did who knows what extent he would go to, to find her.

They'd passed a few castaways here and there, but not many. It wasn't until now that Jamie realized how far Sawyer had taken her down the beach just to find a spot to stay. She almost felt worried now at how far she was.

She trusted Sawyer, she could tell that he was a man who would never lay a hand on a woman in an aggressive way, and that he was honest in every word he said, especially when he simply said with no worries that he was hated by all, now that's honesty, just what she liked.

She always wanted a man that would tell if she looked fat in a pair of clothing or tell her when she was eating to much, and just tell her anything honest that most men wouldn't. And she could sense that Sawyer would.

Now Jack on the other hand, he would say she looks gorgeous in clothing even if she looked like a Blue Whale. That's nice in a man because that means they wouldn't want to hurt any woman's feelings, but she was always attracted to the overly honest ones.

They could now see the most civilized area, Jack started to walk faster, Jamie hurried her pace also. Once they were by the fire he warmed up his hands and so did Jamie. Then he started towards the tree line and stopped for a moment and looked at her.

"Now," he started with honest, caring eyes, "if you don't want to go into the woods with me that's fine. But inside the woods is where my little 'surprise is,'" he said still watching her.

She did have hesitation, looking into the woods for a moment starting to bite a nail. She really wanted to honestly, but she was so scared. But she had a strong man beside her, she wasn't alone. So she moved towards the tree line beside Jack. "I'll go," she said gulping preparing to enter.

Jack smiled and nodded. "Okay, take my hand," he said holding out his hand. Jamie took hold of it and off they went. Jack would push back every branch by her, being the kind gentleman he is. He would look back at her every now and then too just to see how she was doing.

She would just answer his caring look with a sweet smile, he would smile back still holding branches and bushes. They must have been walking for 30 minutes now and she was starting to get tired. Jack was also getting tired, but he insisted and promised that they were almost at a resting spot, so she took his word for it.

After about 5 minutes they saw the clearing that Jack promised and insisted upon. She let out a breath of relief and sat on the ground. She looked up at Jack who was also pretty tired. They both smiled at each other for a minute.

"That was tiring," he said rubbing his forehead, taking a seat beside Jamie.

"Yes it was," she agreed. "But we should hurry before the light comes."

"It's only quarter to two in the morning." Jack said laughing a little bit.

"Well, you never know."

"Okay then let's go, it's not that far now." Jack said leading the way through the woods again.

They were walking for at least 10 minutes when Jack came to a stop. Jamie's eyes opened wide, it was beautiful what she saw before her.