Chapter ten:

Hey guys! This is the final chapter! Yay! Some of you got confused with the Kate-dead thing. Remember in chapter eight Ethan said to Kate he was going to make a copy of her, make it look like he killed her, and then when Jack found "her", he wouldn't come looking for him? Sorry for the confusion. Ok, now on with the story, I hope you love it!

Kate's POV

When I woke up, I found myself, once again, on a blanket on the ground, in the hospital tent. I yelped out in pain when my body finally registered that my shoulder, along with the rest of my body, was in immense pain.

"Kate!" Jack yelled, panicking.

"I'm alright," My voice managed to croak out.

"Here, take these," He handed me some painkillers and a bottle of water to wash them down with. I took them without argument this time.

"I took the bullet out, but the bleeding has only slowed down a little," He informed me.

I nodded.

"Kate, I need to know what happened with Ethan."

I was staring off into my own peaceful world, when I remembered that Jack was waiting for an answer, and I started to explain.

"When Ethan took me for the second time, he took me back to his hideout, chained me up and started beating me up. He told me of his plan to somehow create a copy of me, make it look like he killed me, and when you found me, you'd think he had. He said when you thought I was dead, that I-I would have to stay with him forever."

Tears fell freely down my cheeks, no matter how hard I tried to prevent them from coming.

"Kate, it's ok, he's dead now," He said, bringing me into a warm hug.

"I know."

After a minute silence, Jack spoke up.

"Kate, there is still one thing I don't understand. What were you talking about when I tried to get you to drop the gun? What was that all about?"

"He gave me a needle, a drug, when I was unconscious. It made me see you in him. He abused me when I thought it was you. That's why I didn't talk to you. That was Ethan's plan all along. He said it was just a fun game he was playing," I finished.

The sobs that I wanted to stay in; burst out suddenly and Jack was cradling me in his arms, where I felt, at least, a little safe.

"It's ok, Kate. It's ok," He said stroking my hair, trying to comfort me.

"You know, you really did scare me when you had that gun to your head," Jack told me, "Did you do it to escape Ethan when you thought I wasn't going to come?"

I nodded.

"I'm sorry, Kate."

Jacks POV

After about ten minutes of sobs from Kate, she had stopped.

"Kate," I said, lifting her chin and she looked at me expectantly, "About what you send to me before you passed out on our way here…."

"Oh yeah, that, don't worry about it," She said, sadly, taking her eyes off mine and focusing them on the ground. I could swear I saw a tear escape her eye. I knew she thought I didn't feel the same way, but I did, so I decided to show her how I felt.

I lifted her chin up once again and gently placed my lips on hers. After I began to be needy of oxygen, I reluctantly broke the kiss. I noticed Kate was still uneasy and still looking at the ground.

"What's wrong, Kate?"

"I don't deserve you," She whispered, but loud enough for me to hear.

"Why would you ever say that, Kate?" I exclaimed.

"Well, I'm a criminal for a start. I got captured twice by Ethan and couldn't even defend myself. You deserve some you actually deserves you," She said, looking anywhere but my own eyes.

"Kate, look at me," I told her.

To my surprise, she did as I asked.

"You are smart, funny and the most beautiful woman I've ever met. That's just some of the things I love about you," I smiled at her.

I leaned in closer to her and gave her another passionate kiss on the lips.

"Thank you, Jack."

"For what?"

"Everything."

I smiled.

"Get some sleep now. I'm going to have to do a lot tomorrow to help your body get better."

She lay down and I kissed the top of her forehead. I covered her with the blanket, and she had already fallen asleep before I had even left the tent.

Kate's POV

I opened my eyes and a soft groan escaped my lips. I looked around, and saw Jack fast asleep beside me, with his arm draped over me. I carefully got out of his arm, trying not to wake him, and slowly started limping out of the tent and I walked towards the ocean, where I relaxed my aching body. After a while of looking out into the ocean, I took my gaze off it, and lowered it to my broken arm, where I was surprised to see that Jack had already tended to it with two sticks and a bandage. I smiled at this, and I noticed that he had also bandaged my sprained ankle too. But my smile slowly drifted away and was placed with a rather troubled expression. I had finally got the man of my dreams, but no matter how much he tried to convince me, I felt like I didn't deserve him.

The sun was now rising and I continued to watch. It was beautiful, and it was one of the few things that helped me relax. Everyone was now stirring and when they saw me, they gave me scared looks. But their curiosity got the better of them and I found myself being bombarded by questions, which I was forced to explain what happened. After that, the crowd had died down, except for one person. Sawyer.

"Hey, Freckles," He said.

"What now, Sawyer?"

"I wanted to see how you were."

I gave him a shocked look, "No, really?" Thinking he was just joking.

"Truth be told, I was actually really worried about you, Freckles,"

I giggled.

"Go on; laugh it all up, then."

"Thanks, Sawyer," I smiled in gratitude.

"Hey, no problem," He smiled.

Jack came out of the tent and came and sat on the other side of me.

"Well, I'll leave you two alone, then."

He started walking away.

"Hey, Jack!" He yelled back, "You take care of her."

He nodded.

"And you, Freckles, listen to what the Jackass has to say, ok?"

"Yeah, sure," I answered with a smile.

Sawyer then walked off.

"So, Kate," Jack said, draping his arm over my good shoulder once again, "How are we feeling today?"

"Great!"

"Great?" He repeated.

"Well, apart from all the injuries, of course."

"Let me take a look at your shoulder."

I turned around carefully, so he could check it out. He took the bandage off of it and inspected it carefully.

"It looks like it has stopped bleeding."

I sighed in relief, "Good."

Jack laughed.

"You'll be up and about in no time, climbing trees again, no doubt."

"Now, that, I can't wait for! It's so boring just sitting here doing nothing, when I could be helping the others."

"Stop worrying about the others, Kate. For once, worry about yourself. Just, take this time to relax, get better."

"Ok."

He leaned forward and kissed me tenderly on the lips.

"I love you, Jack."

"I love you too, Kate."

My doubts about being with Jack drifted away, while I sat there, leaning my head on his shoulder, watching the waves crash upon the shore.

THE END!

I have finally finished! I hoped you guys liked the story, I know I did! I was thinking about doing a sequel to this, about when they get off the island, but I don't know what to write, sorry! Well, c-ya and thanks for all the reviews!