(A/N: Eek! I'm so sorry! This chapter is mega late, but my internet was all screwed up for a whole, then I joined a role-playing group inline, and this slipped my mind for a while. And then I tried to type this up last night, but Microsoft Word was screwed up. It's time for me to think about getting a new computer, 'eh? Lol. Also, I must forewarn you, this is a fluffy chapter, especially for Charlie and Claire. Enjoy!)
(A/N#2: For all you Jack fans out there, there's a shirt of Matthew's on e-bay up for grabs. The lot number is 3876236417 I think last time I checked, it was up for about 75.00 and there was no bid on it yet. The auction closes up March 2nd.)
Disclaimer: No worries, I don't own them. ((Points to Lost cast and crew)) "You and Me" is copyrighted by Lifehouse. –LOST- is copyrighted by my dear friend, H.B.
Saving Kate-
Chapter 13-
You and Me-
As Kate shifted in her sleep, Jack turned his head to look at her. He had taken out the bullet and bandaged her up, but that still didn't make things better. The color was slowly, oh so slowly, returning to her face. The first rays of the sun had peeked above the horizon and were shining faintly through the lively canopy of treetops above. Claire and Charlie had finally fallen asleep not too soon after he and Kate had appeared.
Jack had felt weird undoing Kate's shirt when she was passed out. He didn't see anything personal, but still. He had kept on telling himself it was for the best anyway, he had needed to get that bullet out, and then dress the wound. Now that was all done, he had just sat back and enjoyed the time he still had with her, awake or not.
One of the morning showers had begun once more. That's what everyone expected. For the last past month, it had rained everyday at 6:00am. The storms eventually died away around 9:00am, and that's when the day begun.
Jack wasn't up for nothing; he had sat up all night, making sure Kate was ok. Her fever hadn't broken; in fact it was getting higher. And then Jack was waiting for someone. Locke. The middle-aged man had left him when Jack had needed his help the most. At the edge of the cave's mouth, inside enough so the rain didn't fall on him, yet close enough that he could feel it's moist, cool air enter the cave, Jack sat.
-LOST-
Kate suddenly bolted straight up, screaming, partly from the nightmare she had just experienced, and partly from the pain. Jack had turned around, and in no time at all, he was by her side.
"Kate! Kate!" he tried calming her down. "Kate, everything's fine."
Kate's screams had eventually turned into whimpers. Then to tears. She buried her face in her hands, letting the tears flow where Jack couldn't see them.
Jack had remembered the ill-fated day when he had found out what Kate had done to get herself in trouble with the law, he remembered leaving her to cry, and now a pang of guilt fled through his heart.
"Kate… its ok." He said, rubbing her back.
Charlie had rushed to the cave.
"Jack! What's wrong? I heard screaming."
"It's just a nightmare, or at least I think it is." Jack said, trying to reassure Kate and talk to Charlie at the same time.
Kate lifted up her head. It was just a nightmare. What was she, a wimp? Resorting to tears because of some nightmare? That wasn't right, she had done things a whole lot worse then a nightmare. She wiped her face, bit her lip, and looked at Jack.
"You're right. It was just a nightmare." She said, breathing hard.
"That's good to know." Jack said, and gave her a smile.
-LOST-
Charlie yawned and headed back to the cave, though Claire had met him the in pouring rain.
"Was that Kate? Is she all right?" she asked.
"It was but she's fine." Charlie said, stumbling into his cave. Claire followed him.
"What was it about?"
"No idea."
"I bet it was about Ethan… by the way, what happened to him?"
"I shot him." Charlie said, half-asleep, he had no idea that what he just said was so bad.
"You shot him?" Claire nearly screamed at him.
That woke Charlie up enough. "What? Yea, I mean he deserved it."
"Charlie! You just don't shoot a man without knowing anything, without having proof!" Claire was just too stunned; Her best friend on the island had shot someone.
"Oh, and him taking you, nearly killing me, and then taking Kate and shooting her, isn't proof enough?"
"I don't agree with what he did, but you just don't shoot someone out of the blue saying "Oh, since you got me mad, you're dead", do you? 'Cause I sure as hell would like to know!"
"No, but when he takes someone I love, it's a completely different matter!" Charlie boomed back.
"Oh! So now you love Kate? Who's next? Sun?" Claire shot back. She hadn't felt this angered and upset since Thomas left her.
"What! No! I don't love Kate, or Sun for that matter!"
"That's good to know! I don't… I can't… I really don't need this fight right now. I'm going to leave before I do something I regret." Claire said, her voice getting quieter.
"Claire… No! Don't leave! We can talk this out. I mean, couples have fights all the ti-" Charlie started.
"Charlie! Couples don't go around shooting people just because they did something that got them ticked!" Claire cut him off.
"Claire, just for your information, I don't love Kate. I don't love Sun. I don't love anyone… that is, except you. I've never felt this way about anyone before but maybe pregnant blonde chicks turn me on," Charlie smiled. "Or maybe it's your personality, but I don't want to lose you. Not like so many other people I've hurt over the years."
"Charlie…" Claire trailed off.
"No, let me finish." Charlie said. He had said too much, it was waaaaaay too late to go back now. "Have you ever fallen in love with someone you've only known for two months? Do you think it's possible?" He finished. Sitting for what seemed like an eternity, the two looked at the ground in the cave, only letting the rain break the silence.
-LOST-
"Kate?" Jack walked over. "You still awake?"
She opened her eyes. "Yea." Kate couldn't sleep; she had only been resting her eyes, hoping that slumber would somehow take over once more.
"You still feeling ok?" Jack let the doctor side of him open up a bit.
"Well, if you mean my shoulder's still in pain, like it has been for the last past tow days, and you mean that I'm not passing out from blood loss anymore, and you mean that I'm bored out of my mind, then yea, I'm okay. If you don't mean that, then what the hell are you talking about?" She gave him a small smile.
Jack chuckled. "Yea, rehab isn't all that great, now is it?"
"It's like torture. There's nothing, and I mean nothing, to do. It's all staring up at the cave ceiling, wishing you could see the sunlight and feel the familiar ocean breeze play across your face." She sighed.
-LOST-
Cause it's you and me and all of the peopleWith nothing to do, nothing to lose
And it's you and me and all of the people
I don't know why I can't keep my eyes off of you.
-LOST-
(A/N: So, we had a little Charlie and Claire fight in there, mixed with some Kate/Jack fluff. I finally got over my writers' block about 2 days ago, thank the lord!)
Reviews to the reviews that my reviewers left me:
Evermore: You'll see Sawyer soon enough, I promise. And Jack'll have his fight with Locke about… ((Whispers)) two chapters from now.
Orlando-Crazy: Lol, thanks!
Rain1657: Thank you so much! I know, I was all depressed in my writing for awhile. Oh yes, Kate shall go to hell and back before she gets better, I promise. Lol. Yea, Jack took it as a huge surprise.
You win a Lost episode this Wednesday! Woo! And a nice Sawyer ass-kicking from Jack. Now I have to put it in there! Lol. ((Shifty eyes)) You all think Ethan's dead… bwahahahahaha!
0.o… Wow, only 3 reviewers? Oh well. Lol.
(A/N: So, Claire and Charlie had their fight, but it wasn't much of a fight… it ended up being a fluffy fight at the end. And then I promised Rain1657 a Sawyer ass-kicking for her prize. And Jack'll fight with Locke in about two chapters… so there. Gosh, Jack's in a fighting mood, ain't he? Lol. Anyway, see you guys next chapter.)
(I shall leave you with a quote)
"If we could accomplish what we are capable of, we'd astonish ourselves."
Unknown (lol!)