Ok here's where i had problmes so i just added the two chapters together.So enjoy.
Nightmares of Worry
Screams came piercing through the night. Shattering through the trees, splashing against the waves. Like everyone, Kate had awoken with the shrieks. They had made their way close to her as she came to her feet. All of them stared into the darkness all questioning the same thing.
"What was that?' Boone questioned. Kate looked back at him as Shannon approached.
"Didn't you hear? Someone screamed." Shannon barked.
Kate looked back to the trees wondering who it had been.
"I know it was someone screaming. But who?" Boone asked as his eyes focused back with Kate's.
"I don't know." Kate's voice wondered off as she headed into the jungle. Not paying attention to the others not following her.
"Kate wait." Boone called catching Kate by the shoulder.
She turned back to him.
"What?" She questioned with worry dripping on her voice.
"We can't go in there." He warned.
"We have no clue what's in there." He explained dropping his arm.
"But what if someone's out there?' A woman questioned form behind them.
"Yeah we can't leave them out there." Kate insisted heading out again.
"What if whatever's out there got them? And when she goes out it gets her?" Shannon questioned.
Boone and Kate looked back at each other for and idea what to do.
"She's right. We don't know what that was." Boone tried to convince her.
"Metro's right.' A voice came closer. They all looked back to see Sawyer. Kate refused to roll her eyes letting him get to her.
Everyone else seemed to pay attention to what he said.
"Anyways the doc probably already saved whoever it was." Sawyer announced standing in his spot close to Kate.
Everyone looked back at Kate for a plan of action.
"I hate to say he's right.' Boone hated to admit because everyone knew at that moment Sawyer's face was growing with a tight grin.
Again they looked to Kate. Not so much for a plan, but a reaction to Sawyer. She had not clue what to say or do. She had no idea what had happened. "We can't do anything." Boone said as he with the others wondered back to where they were sleeping.
Leaving Kate stand there in Sawyer's gaze. Barely even acknowledging him she walked back to her bed. She remained quiet, as she knew she was following her. Sitting down on the cloth covering the sand she pretended not to watch him walk by.
"Nighty night Kate.' He whispered walking to his tent with his hands tucked deep into his pockets. She kept her gaze uncontrollably on him as she snuggled down next to the fire. She wondered why he had called her Kate and not some obnoxious nickname.
The next day brought the question of the night before. Everyone was quiet as they tried to go on with what they were doing that morning. Waiting for word from the caves. Kate stood in her usual spot in the sand looking out into the middle of nowhere. Her gaze was to nowhere in particular. Her feet barefoot in the sand as she let the surf bury her feet.
She paid no attention to anything else around her.
"This is new." She heard. She knew who it was without turning around. Looking back, Jack stood there with a curious smile on his face.
"You standing here. Doing nothing." He said looking out to the water. She let a gentle smile grace her face. Blushing she looked away.
"I'm doing something. I'm sinking." She said as she looked back out to the water.
There was a slight silence between the two with few comments in between and then Jack became silent with worry on his face.
"Claire's gonna have the baby soon." He nearly whispered. Kate looked up to him.
"She had some sort of nightmare last night." Jack explained as he turned to head back up the beach. She could tell he was worried. His face and actions showed. And he was.
Delivering a baby on an island with medication to numb the pain was a headache he didn't want. Worse what were they gonna do when she finally has the child.
Kate followed him. Turning around she looked away from Jack as she caught Sawyer's eyes. He stood in his tent seeming to keep a watchful eye over her. She looked away, but kept the thought in her head as her and Jack walked up the beach. Her thoughts turned Claire. It was gonna be offal for her to deliver that baby. Also hard for Jack having to help her deliver it. He was gonna be even more stressed out. She looked up to him. He seemed not even to pay attention to what he was doing. His mind was completely on Claire and what they were gonna do.
"So what are you gonna do?" Kate questioned as they stopped at the edge of the trees.
"Well I'm gonna try and make her as comfortable as possible before it happens." Jack breathed out.
Both stood there pondering different thing, but the same idea. What was gonna happen once Claire gave birth. How were they gonna raise this baby? If it survive they'd all have to help out in taking care of it. If it didn't make it seemed just as hard. Taking care of a grief stricken Claire would be emotionally and physically draining.
"Well I have to go and get some water and fish." Jack sighed as she looked up at him.
She said nothing as he slowly pulled away walking off to the others. She stood there just watching him.
Quickly pulling out of her daze as she walked over tot her material pile close to the wreckage. She passed by Shannon and Boone, who still gave their curious stares. Brushing it off she headed over to the wreckage. She went through it again looking for the axe. Not to cut down wood, to get some bananas. Thinking that that was too much for that small job she began to look for a knife.
"Doc told me the pregnant girl is fixing on having her baby real soon." She heard Sawyer's voice.
"Claire's having a baby. And Jack told you?" She questioned as she stopped and turned around.
His grin had fell without he noticing it.
"Fine I over heard it." He corrected himself. Kate went back to rummaging through the stuff as he watched over her.
"You think he can do it?" Sawyer asked.
"Who can do what?" Kate asked back as she became frustrated at his questions.
"Do you think the Doc can deliver the baby?" Sawyer repeated. "Jack is a certified spinal surgeon and extremely good doctor.
" Kate relied as she gave up on the pile and headed off with Sawyer in toe.
"That's supposed to mean something Freckles?" Sawyer asked with a husky laugh.
"He fixed your arm didn't he?" She asked back to him. Sawyer looked down at his arm.
"Oh yeah. Forgot about that." Sawyer remarked with a leaning stare.
"He also bandaged Boone when you beat him up for no reason." Kate added expecting a comment from behind her.
He said nothing about it.
"Fixing a few cuts and kissing a few boo boos doesn't mean you can deliver a baby." He spat. She stopped in her tracks causing Sawyer to the do the same close behind. She quickly turned around and looked him fiercely in the face.
"He is the only qualified doctor here. Unless you wanna take a stab at it I'd shut up and let him do his job." She snapped. Sawyer seemed to back off as his eyes lifted from her to the water.
"I'll go seeing that you have an appointment." Sawyer smiled as he walked off not before looking again to the water.
Kate's eyes followed ending on Jack who was coming up the beach to her. She slowly looked away to Sawyer and back to Jack. Who had made her way to her. Although his actions were towards her his mind wasn't. He looked towards Sawyer with an evil eye. Kate stood there waiting fro him to speak.
"He wasn't bothering you was he?" He asked looking down at her. She hid the fact that she was aggregated by the question she nodded her head.
He seemed satisfied with her answer.
"Well I need to head back." Jack said trying hard to look her in the eyes. He seemed nervous about something. Maybe the thought of Claire. It seemed to be torturing him.
"Be careful." Kate said looking away from him. He gave her a weak smiled as he head past her towards the trail to the caves. She stood there not wanting to look back and watch him leave, but she couldn't help it. She turned, but was too late. He was submerged by the trees as she watching him walk away till the next day.
Nightfall came over the island. Everyone eased up as they settled down for sleep. Amazingly Kate was extremely tired and ready for sleep. As she lie there watching the fire her lids became heavy. Slowly they feel as sleep consumed her. Screams again floated in the air. Waking her suddenly. This time no one was at their feet. They were sitting up staring into the trees.
"It's Claire.' Kate announced remembering the sound.
"Two nights in a row. That's odd." Boone replied as he lay back on his blanket.
"She's probably dreaming about never getting off this crap hole island." Shannon remarked as she turned over. Kate looked back at the two and the others as she back down.
She did it slowly as she thought of Jack having to deliver the baby. This seemed to haunt her as it did him. Worrying her into sleep.
The sun rose with questioning of Claire. Kate wasted no time doing nothing. She made her way into the jungle to chop some wood. As she carried it back to the beach she saw Hurley heading towards her.
"Morning Hurley." Kate breathed as she dropped the wood next to the dwindling fire.
"What's up.' She asked turning to him.
"Well I took it upon my self to start a census. So we know who everyone is." Hurley explained to her with a gentle laugh.
"Is this Jack's idea or yours?" Kate asked with a tilted head.
"Me, but Jack approved it." Hurley relied. Kate smiled kind of surprised it wasn't Jack's idea. But he seemed to involved with Claire to dwell on any other ideas.
"Ok shoot." Kate said, as she was ready for anything Hurley had to ask.
"Name?' Hurley asked. "Kate." She smiled.
Hurley looked over his next questions.
"Last place of residence?" Hurley started. Kate stood silent at the thought of the question. So did Hurley. He remembered her mug shot and the fact that her last residence was a jail cell.
"Dude I'm sorry." Hurley apologized.
"Look don't worry about it.' Kate insisted. Hurley seemed to wanna go to the next person with the small guilt of his last question. He slowly headed off.
"Melbourne." Kate replied. Hurley turned around and oddly looked at Kate. Who had a smiled on her face. He quickly wrote it down and turned away.
Turning back to lay out the firewood. Kate quickly spotted Jack coming out of the brush with Charlie close behind. She wanted to find out what new with Claire. Leaving the firewood she trotted off to them.
"Jack." She called getting him to stop. Him and Charlie turned to head her way. "How's Claire doing?" Kate questioned.
"She's getting worse. She had another nightmare last night." Jack sighed. Quickly Charlie came to Claire's defense.
"Nightmare." Charlie questioned. "It was real. She was terrified man." Charlie yelled.
"Hey." Kate yelled back.
"Look Charlie all I am trying to say is this is the second night in a row. The night before she was sleep walking. I mean how could someone attack her and not wake one of us when we all sleep no more then 10 feet away from each other?' Jack exclaimed.
"Wait someone tried to attack her?" Kate questioned with worry in her voice. "She claims and if she doesn't stop stressing out it could trigger an early labor." Jack answered.
"She's telling the truth.' Charlie stated more calmly. They looked to him. "Someone tired to hurt her." He nearly whispered as he walked away and down the beach.
"Charlie.' Kate called.
When he didn't comeback she turned back to Jack.
"Who do you think did it?" Kate questioned pushing every contradiction Jack had told her out of her head.
"Kate she had to have been dreaming." Jack breathed as they headed off towards wreckage.
"But what if she didn't?" Kate proposed as they stopped. "It's possible. We have no clue what's on this island." Kate explained.
"She said someone attacked her not something." Jack said as they stared down the shore again.
"How well do we know people on this island Jack? We have no clue." Kate contradicted. Jack looked at her with a gentle smile.
"You're right we don't. Hopefully Hurley's new idea will help us." Jack said with more of a light head.
"The census.' Kate smiled. "How'd you know?" Jack asked.
"He already interviewed me." Kate said. "Really." Jack laughed.
Kate nodded her head as she wondered why he seemed so interested about it. Then her thoughts turned to why he was out here. Certainly not for fish or anything. The silence between the two brought the reason to Jack's mind.
"Do you guys have nay blankets or pillows you're not using?" Jack questioned. "For Claire?" Kate asked.
"Yeah. I'm gonna try and make her as comfortable as possible until the baby comes." Jack explained. Kate thought about it then remembered the pile.
"You can check the pile." Kate pointed towards the wreckage. Jack trotted away towards it. Kate slowly followed. As the sun became too much she pulled her hair back fixing it to her head.
She walked over to Jack. Standing behind him she watched over his shoulder. He picked through and rummaged the junk finding a couple blankets and small pillows.
"Find what you were looking for?' Kate asked knowing he had. She spoke only to make conversation. Seeing that he seemed somewhat distant from her. Maybe he felt weird about the kiss they shared. Maybe it was Claire.
"Yeah I found what I needed." He replied as he got up and turned around.
He didn't even look her in the face. She wanted to know what she could do. "Anything I can help with?' She asked. Jack finally looked at her.
"Not right now." He answered as he headed towards Sawyer's tent. Kate didn't even notice. She engorged in trying to break Jack. Then she realized it was Claire. He was worried about the baby.
"Well what can I do later?" She questioned.
"You can wash these clothes and get them back to us." He nearly ordered handing her the bag off his back. She was slightly stunned by his order.
"Ok." She said taking the bag. He looked her square in the eyes. "I really don't have time to do with getting ready for this.' He said with true honesty.
"Ok no problem." Kate smiled. "Thank you so much.' He thanked as he turned and headed into Sawyer's tent.
Finally Kate realized where they were. Her attitude didn't change as she headed unknowingly after Jack. Sawyer seemed to be waiting for them. "Aw the odd couple." He greeted them. Brushing it off they stood strong.
"What could I do for you?" Sawyer questioned. Jack stepped forward.
"I need to know if you have medication hidden." Jack questioned. "Well that's for me to know and you to find out." Sawyer smiled. Jack didn't seem to like that answer.
"Look we really need to you tell us. Or do you not remember last time?" Jack asked fiercely as he eyes turned to the bandage on Sawyer's arm. Kate and Sawyer stared at Jack in shock.
Was he really gonna resort to that again? If he was he was serious.
Sawyer clenched his jaw in frustration. Bending over he picked up a small green suitcase. Opening it he turned it around for Jack. "What's your pick?' Sawyer asked. Without caution Jack walked forward and squatted down over the medicine. Both Kate and Sawyer kept a watchful eye over him as he skimmed over the bottles.
Picking out three he got up.
"You mind telling me what this is for?" Sawyer asked closing the case outing it back on the ground.
'Claire.' Jack nearly whispered. He seemed in a daze as he turned around and walked past Kate and walked out. She turned around as she watched Jack walk away. She was extremely worried about him now. He seemed on edge. Sawyer on the other hand was fixated on Kate.
She quickly looked back to seem him staring at her. She took no thought of it. Too worried about Jack She snubbed him as she turned around and walked out.