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Sawyer sat on the beach watching the sun melt into the sea. He sat thinking about Annie. He sighed and stretched his legs out into the sand. He heard footsteps behind him but didn't bother to turn around; he knew who it was already.

"Why do you even bother coming here Freckles?" He questioned starring out at the ocean. Kate stopped and sat down next to him.

"Maybe because I know you better then you think." She said slowly joining his watch of the sea.

"Freckles I'm a complex man, you can't even begin to understand me." He snapped back at her.

"I know you love her." She said slightly lowering her head. She watched his reaction. He looked at her and she could tell that she was right.

"Maybe you're right Freckles." Sawyer said sadly as he turned and looked at Kate. "Maybe you're right and now I bet you want to know everything." He said turning to look back at the sea.

"Who is she?" Kate questioned figuring she'd eventually get it out of him. She now had opened a part of him up and she liked this insecure Sawyer. He sighed and began to tell her.

"Her name's Annie and that's all you need to know." He said standing up and walking away towards his tent.

"Sawyer wait." Kate said as she ran towards him. He turned around and faced her.

"Freckles, I said that's all you need to know." Sawyer said as he turned away from her and walked into his tent. Kate stopped. She'd found out who she was, but it still wasn't enough. She watched as he sat down beside her and calmed her. She walked back towards the caves.

Kate sat down and leaned against the cool stonewall. All she could think about was the time she kissed Sawyer. How it felt so good to kiss him. She kicked herself for thinking that. She didn't want to like him, but when she compared him to Jack, Jack just seemed so plain.

"Kate did you find anything out?" Jack questioned squatting down beside her.

"Yeah, only that her name is Annie." Kate said watching Jacks reactions go from hopeful to irritated.

"That all?" He inquired.

"Yeah, but I have a feeling that Sawyer and her are lovers." Kate answered. Watching Jacks expression turn from irritated to happy.

"How he managed to get a girlfriend is beyond me." Jack laughed. Kate glared at him and Jack stopped. "You actually think this guy has a sensitive side?" Jack questioned, knowing full well what Kate was going to say.

"He does, he's just too insecure about it to actually be sensitive. But if you ask me I think things might change." Kate explained as she stood up. "Sawyer's going to change." She said walking away from Jack.

Sawyer sat down next to Annie and watched her sleep. He felt guilty calling Kate freckles when it was her nickname. He only called Kate that because she reminded him of Annie. Hell he only asked her to kiss him because he wanted to be kissed again. He sighed and watched her breath.

Sawyer was sleeping lightly when she woke up screaming. Something had clearly disturbed her to cause such a fit. Sawyer calmed her down only after she had screamed for nearly five minutes.

He held her close and she sobbed on his shoulder.

"What's wrong?" he soothed as she slowly stopped crying.

"They tried to hurt me." She whispered into his shirt.

"Who are they?" he questioned as he brushed the hair out of her face.

"The others."

"What others, baby you have to tell me it's the only way I can help you." He pleaded with her, as she just looked at him. "Please…" he begged.

"They want my baby like they wanted Claire's." She sputtered as he held her back and looked into her eyes.

"Baby? What baby? You're not pregnant. Are you?" Sawyer spewed as the look on her face told it all.

"Sawyer?" She questioned. He just looked at her; the timing for her memory to kick back was almost too perfect. "Sawyer, it's me Annie." She stated starring at him.

"Yeah, it's me. What's this nonsense you're speaking about a baby?" He questioned her.

"What? I'm not pregnant." She stated looking at him carefully. He thought about telling her what she just said but thought it best to leave things alone. He just hugged her.

"Freckles you have no idea how much I've missed you." He breathed.

"I've missed you too Sawyer, I've missed you too."

He stood there holding her in his arms glad to feel the warmth of her against him once more. Glad to know that she knew who he was. He was whole again, he didn't have to feel numb and empty anymore.

Thanks for all your reviews! I'm excited now that people actually like this story...b/c I had posted it on another site and it got some pretty bad reviews there. I'll keep posting more and keep trying to make it interesting! )