Sawyer, who had been watching this all go down in the brush, clenched his fists. He hated Boone more than anything in the world right now. He wanted to run out and stab him, but Kate would never forgive him if he did.
Sawyer stood up. He was so angry. But he couldn't possibly do what he wanted to relieve his anger.
He walked away, trying not to make noise so Kate wouldn't kill him. He decided to go swimming in the spring. But once he got there, he didn't feel much like swimming. He knelt down and drank some water. He paused for a moment. Was the crazy dude really right? Had Ethan really drugged the water.
"What am I thinking?" Sawyer muttered. He drank some more, then he splashed his face. He stared at his reflection. He smacked it. "You're an idiot, Sawyer." he said to the water. "You just blew the best chance you could have had with a girl. It's over"
He left. He was still furious. He took a walk back to the the caves. He bumped straight into Jack.
"Oh. Hey Sawyer." Jack said. He usually ignored Sawyer when he saw him, but today he'd decided to try and be nice. Maybe Sawyer would return the favor.
"Hey," Sawyer said, but he was proccupied.
"what's wrong?" Jack asked him.
"Nothing." Sawyer mumbled. "Okay." Jack said. He began to walk away.
"Yeah, and Freckles and Boone over there were just makin' out." Sawyer called, getting madder with each word he spoke. Jack turned around. "What"
Sawyer sighed. "Boone," he said. "and Kate. I saw them kissin"
"You're kidding"
Sawyer looked at Jack. "You don't wanna believe me, you don't have to believe me. But I'm telling you, I saw it with my own eyes." When Jack gave him a look of disbelief, Sawyer said, "I'm only trying to help"
Sawyer turned and left, leaving Jack all alone.
It's a lie, was the first thought in Jack's mind. Kate would never do that to him. She liked him. Did she really? How could he be so sure.
Jack was angry and confused. He kicked a nearby tree stump. "JACK!" Saiid was running from the direction of the beach. "JACK! Nikkolas- he escaped, but we found him"
Jack ran to catch up with Saiid. "What"
"Nikkolas escaped- we don't know how, but Shannon found him, and he's back at the caves"
"That's all?" Jack said.
"No." Saiid said. "Shannon claims to have been attacked by him. She seems fine, just a little distraught"
Jack went to the caves to see. shannon was leaning beside the cave wall, and Nikkolas had been secured once more. Boone was nowhere to be seen. Neither, to Jack's disappointment, was Kate.
"Are you alright?" Jack asked Shannon.
"Yes." Shannon replied. "I think so"
Jack checked her out just to be sure. But once he was finished (she was fine), he went to find Kate.
He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw her alone on the beach. Darkness was falling. He sat down beside her.
"Can I ask you something"
Kate didn't answer.
"Kate"
Kate was staring at the waves. "Kate, can I ask you something"
Silence. Then,
"I'm sorry, Jack"
Oh, no. Jack thought. She didn't.
"Sorry for what?" Jack asked.
Kate was crying. "I shouldn't have played you like that. But I swear to you, I didn't do this on purpose. I really, really, really liked you." Jack's heart broke. "Kate," he whispered.
"I'm so sorry." she whispered through the tears. "I didn't mean to hurt you"
Jack was beyond being nice anymore. He'd really liked this girl, and then there she goes with some other guy.
"Yeah, well..." he fumbled for words. "You did." Kate was still crying. "Trust me, Jack, I didn't mean for things to end up like this"
"They still did, Kate. They still did." Jack stood up to leave.
"Well, just so you know, I can't control the way I think!" she called after him.
"I BET YOU COULD!" Jack yelled back.
Kate got up and ran to him. "I said I was sorry!" "Sorry doesn't change the way I feel, Kate." Jack said. "Well, I don't know why I ever liked you in the first place. I didn't know you were this selfish"
"Well, AT LEAST I NEVER KILLED ANYONE!" The second Jack said it he knew it was a mistake. Kate just shook her head.
"I said I was sorry. And I still am sorry. And if you want to be friends, I'm still here. But if you want to go on like this, be my guest"
Kate left.
Jack sat down on the beach. He rubbed his forehead. Man, he blew it this time. Boone, however, had never felt any better. He knew he'd liked Kate since the first time he saw her, at the airport in Sydney. "I just kissed the most beautiful girl in the world." He told his reflection as he took a bath in the spring that night.
"Yeah, don't rub it in"
Sawyer approached. Boone gasped.
"Sawyer, come on, man"
"No, you come on, man. Do you know how crappy I feel right now? All because of you low-life scum"
Sawyer jumped into the water with a huge splash and punched Boone across the face.
"SAWYER, NO!" Kate yelled. She came running when she heard the splash. "NO!" she jumped into the water.
"And you," Sawyer hissed. "I thought you were better than this-" he pointed at Boone.
"News flash, Sawyer!" Kate cried. "I never liked you! I HATE you! And what me and Boone do is none of your business. So just leave us all alone, okay"
For a minute Sawyer just stood there. "I hope you're happy." he said to Boone. He splashed them both, then left.
Boone and Kate were just standing there. "I don't care what those two say." Kate said. "I love you, and they're just full of themselves"
Boone looked at her. He was still thrilled that she finally knew whose face he saw when he fell asleep at night. He gently pushed a strand of Kate's wet, curly brown hair out of her face. "Don't worry, Kate." he said gently. "They're just jealous"
"It's my fault." she said. "I played Jack. I didn't like him. Why didn't I just tell him that in the first place"
Boone didn't know what to say to her.
"I'm going to bed." she said. she kissed his cheek. "I'll see you in the morning." Boone waved. Kate left.
Jack was alone in the caves. Well, not alone. But he wasn't talking to anyone. He watched enviously as Charlie and Claire played with baby Alex.
See, Kate. he was thinking. That's what we could have had. "Can I talk to you?" Kate said, approaching. Jack didn't answer her.
"If you want to be a little kid about this, then fine. But you can't say I didn't apologize." Kate played with her fingers and looked at her feet as she talked.
"I shouldn't have lead you to think we had something more. Because we don't, Jack. We just don't. Everything happens for a reason, you know that. This happened for a reason too"
"Kate," Jack said. "I didn't mean to go off on you like that. I was just upset"
"I know," she said. "Do you still want to be friends"
Jack smiled. "There's something I could use out here"
Kate smiled too. She excused herself and went to find a place to sleep. "Kate!" Shannon called.
"What do you want, Shannon?" Kate asked.
"I wanted to apologize"
"For what"
"For... for everything. For only thinking of myself, and for being... well, a bitch." Shannon smiled. "And as long as we're out here, we might as well get along, seeing as it doesn't look like we're getting off anytime soon"
Kate looked at her. Was she serious?
"So..." Shannon said awkwardly. "We can be friends now, right"
"As long as you promise to do some of the work around here." Kate said. She broke a smile. "Yeah"
Shannon smiled. "Thanks, Kate." she left.