It's been 4 months. / I'm sorry! I just seem to lack motivation in updating! It's weird! I mean, I'm on everyday and I watch Lost religiously every week but…oh I don't know. Anyway, this is going to be a hard story to continue writing because I am becoming a Sawyer fan (not necessarily Kate/Sawyer, I'm not sure yet. Though Jack REALLY got on my nerves in Whatever the Case May Be. Grrrr.) But I'm going to press on anyway, and stay true to my original storyline. So I hope you enjoy!

(By the way, this is now going to have to be completely categorized as AU because what we've found out about different characters doesn't fit in. And Claire is still safe and sound, with memory intact.)

In Her Eyes

Chapter Three: He Knows

Kate's eyes opened with a start.

She sat up quickly, almost gasping for air. Another nightmare, she thought. That's all. Keep it together Kate, that's all it was!

"Musta' been quite a dream you were havin' there, Freckles."

Wide awake now, Kate sharply jerked her head towards the all-too familiar voice. She saw Sawyer sitting about two feet behind where her head had been, smugly smoking one of his cigarettes.

"Yeah, well, everyone has nightmares," she replied, trying to shrug it off. She got up and began dusting herself off, in preparation to go start the morning off with a hike or…something. Anything but sitting there discussing things related to her past and herself with Sawyer of all people.

"Well color me crazy but that didn't seem like just any ole nightmare to me," he flashed her what would be considered to those who didn't know him his award winning smile and waited in anticipation for her response.

She didn't bite though, and just gave him one of her trademark Kate stares (A/N: oh cmon you guys know the one I'm talking about!) before starting off towards the tents.

Sawyer didn't even turn around as she went by, but when she was a few feet behind him he called out to her, still facing the ocean.

"You'll have to tell me more about Jared sometime, though." He paused briefly as she stopped dead in her tracks – he knew she had. "We can sit around the campfire and swap stories about people who've done us wrong, and how we got even." Sawyer stressed the last word with a malevolence so apparent it fit the island perfectly.

Kate screwed her eyes shut for just a few seconds before she found the words to reply.

"What did you hear, Sawyer?"

"Well why don't you just come and sit your pretty self down here on the sand next to me and we'll have a nice little chat? I'm sure we can work something out between the two of us." He grinned again.

"Sawyer. What. Did. You. Hear?" she ground out each word between slightly clenched teeth. She was trying not to let him see her fear. It wasn't working very well.

"Oh c'mon Freckles. That's no way to treat the man who knows your secret. Oh wait, I forgot. You don't treat those kind of men nicely, do you?"

Unable to keep control of herself any longer, Kate turned back around to head towards the camp once more. She was feeling too many emotions at once: fear, anger, sadness; she just didn't know how she would react if she had to keep playing that game with Sawyer.

She gasped suddenly as she felt Sawyer grab her arm tightly and whip her around to face him. His whole demeanor had taken a drastic change. His angry eyes were so close to her face, and seemed to be invading even closer with every heartbeat. Which for Kate, was now quite often.

"Don't turn your back on me, Kate." The way he said her name – her real name – sent shivers down her spine, but she tried to remain expressionless; she couldn't let him know she was afraid of him. "If you want me to keep your dirty little secret from everyone else on this island you're gonna have to start paying me some respect." He paused as he looked somewhere other than her eyes. "And maybe a little something else too."

"I don't know what you're talking about," she said resolutely, but her voice gave her away as it trembled slightly, and she couldn't quite look him in the eye.

"Oh yes you do, Freckles. And so do I. I know all about everything you did, and everything that happened. You talk a helluva lot more in your sleep than anyone I've ever met. But that's probably what did you in last time, too, isn't it?"

Kate finally managed to look him in the eye again, but had no words to say.

"Hey!"

The feuding castaways looked over and saw Sayid coming towards them from a side patch of trees. Sawyer dropped Kate's arm.

"Is there a problem here?" Sayid addressed Kate as he approached, gently, but with a hint of venom directed towards the other male.

"No problem here, Ali Baba. Me and Freckles were just havin' a little talk. Ain't that right Freckles?"

Her eyes flickered to the ground for a second, but she looked back up to Sayid. Her voice was quiet as she spoke.

"Everything's fine Sayid. There's no problem." He didn't seem to believe her.

"Are you sure, Kate?" She nodded her head.

"See? Everything's just fine."

"Alright," Sayid conceded. He looked between the two once more, as if he was seeing a visible manifestation of the tension that was there. "Charlie and I are going on a fruit gathering expedition, and we could use another hand. Kate, would you like to come?"

"Okay," she shook her head slightly. "Okay, just let me go get my pack."

She was glad for the temporary escape of Sawyer's presence. But Kate knew she'd have to face him again. She also knew she couldn't let the others find out about her past.

What was going to happen?

Okay well um….there's that! And! I had an idea! Because I never seem to have much motivation to write, there's a way you can motivate me! For every person that signs upIN THE LINK in my profileand completes an offer, I will update a chapter the day I receive verification of the offer being complete. So that means if 10 people sign up in the same day that's 10 chapters! Lol…it just works out because I've been spending all my time trying to convince people to sign up so I can get an iPod, but this way, if people sign up, I can worry about writing chapters! Eh? Yeah! (ps if you have any questions leave them and I'll answer you)