She lied to me- he could tell by the expression on her face. The evil glint in her eye, and the smug grin. My conscious didn't want to believe it but…. Kate's a professional criminal, and a professional liar. He couldn't trust her worth a damn anymore! I guess I'll just have to play along for a bit, and maybe she'll feel guilty enough to confess…

Claire walked over- more like hobbled over to me and plopped down in the sand.

" How are ya feeling?" I asked.

" Kate I'm pregnant- I'm huge- I feel horribable." She laughed humorously. "How are you doing?"

" Oh… I'm holding up I suppose." I looked over at her, and her protruding belly and realized that is how pregnant I will be in another 7 months.

" Kate… Kate…" Claire was calling me back to the land of the living.

" Ya?"

" What do you think is going to happen to us?" she asked question's that went unanswered lingered near her. " I mean my baby can't…. I don't think we can…." She hesitated, and then I offered the word she wouldn't use.

" Survive."

" Ya. A baby needs nutrition, and a good home! This damned beach is not a good home!" she complained. I couldn't even imagine what she was going through, the hell that was draining her or energy. She was 8 ½ months pregnant. I didn't blame her.

" We're gonna be okay Clair. We will." I said with conviction to her. But in the back of my mind I whispered. " We have to be."

I was walking toward the lush, green trees, just to take my mind off things for a while I spotted Sawyer. Okay, I was acting irrationally but I was just so pissed off at everything. So I slowly bent down- picked up a rock, and threw it as hard as I could at him. The only thing I heard was the thud of the rock on the ground. Then I heard someone breathing from behind me.

" Saw that one coming Freckles. You did that to me once already 'member?" My breath hitched in my throat. His breath was sweeping across my neck and sending shivers down my spine. Wait a second-! This is Sawyer we're talking about. I turned around determined to set him straight when his lips came crashing down on mine. I was about to pull back, but for some reason I couldn't. I violated my rules, my priorities, and wrapped my arms around his neck. The feel of his lips on mine- the passion, the intense pleasure. It was all there. But I didn't love this man, or care for this man as much as I cared for Jack. The only thing that could stop me from kissing Sawyer was-

" Wow Kate am I interrupting?" asked a cold, hard, steely voice. JACK! I immediately broke off the kiss. I look over Sawyer's shoulder and saw Jack. Jack was looking through tiny slit eyes; glaring at me like I was stupid enough to even consider KISSING Sawyer. Which I am.

" NO."

" YES." Sawyer and I both said in unison. Sawyer sighed. " She's lying Doc- she was all over me." Sawyer said arrogantly like I CAME ON TO HIM! PLEASE!

" What? You bastered! He's lying Jack I swear!" I knew my plea sounded so dumb- at least to my ears it did.

" I don't care Kate. Really its your life to screw up." And he walked away. Boy, when I start making messes- I just can't stop. When Jack walked away, I punched Sawyer so hard that it hurt my knuckled.

" You jerk." And I walked away- leaving Sawyer moaning in pain and my ego destroyed.

Thank you all for reading it. Glad you enjoy my story. Jack and Kate romance is coming up REALLY soon. Stay tooned.