This is a very short chapter, but there is reason to that, the next chapter is very long and very important so you all can just wait!
Ethan: and cram it
(smacks Ethan) Be nice
Ethan: sorry…
Pangs of Guilt
Chapter 28
Penny For Your Thoughts
The fire seemed brighter this night then usual. The way it tangoed with the dark colors of the jungle always brought you into a trance. The firewood cracked and embers flew out and died in the gentle night sky. Never making it high enough to become a star.
Jack walked up behind her and draped an airplane blanket over her shoulders. She turned away from the fire and smiled at him as he sat down beside her, pulling the cover tighter over her shoulders.
It had been a month since they'd be attacked, with no casualties on their side. She really didn't know what happened to the six army men, but Locke had explained to everyone that one had gotten away before he could 'deal' with him. So everyone's senses were heightened.
Jack hadn't let her out of his sight since, which was comforting, though she thought anyone else would've found it annoying. She felt relieved knowing that Jack was always no more then ten feet away from her at anytime. This was partially do to the man still running around out there somewhere, but it was mostly do to the fact that Kate looked like she was going to explode.
She was eight months pregnant and could barely even move anymore. She made it to the fruit trees some days, but other days the hike was to strenuous and Charlie opted to go instead of her, if she'd watch Alex.
Now she was sitting beside Jack watching the fire with him, since it was his night and he practically insisted Kate accompany him, if she wasn't too tired. She looked away from him and back into the fire.
After a few moments of endless silence Jack asked, "Penny for your thoughts?"
Kate smiled and looked back at him, "Nothing important really, just thinking about stuff."
"What kind of stuff?" Jack asked, "You don't have to tell me if you don't want to, but it'll be an awfully long night if we sit in silence."
She laughed quietly, "All kinds of things from, 'Are we going to get off this island?' To pretzels, potatoes and mustard."
Jack laughed loudly, "Pretzels, potatoes and mustard?"
"Cravings," Kate added, "I want to throw a lot of mustard and a lot of potatoes in a blender and dip pretzels in the results."
"Any chance you can muster up a craving for something more available and less gross?" he asked slipping an arm around her.
"Nothing is less gross then bananas," She replied leaning her head on his shoulder.
They were interrupted by screaming, but neither were concerned with it, it was the screaming they'd heard for the last two days. Alex had begun to sprout his first tooth which was apparently an extremely drawn out and painful process.
The six-month-old screamed all day long until he fell asleep, the only solace they had, was giving him something to rub his gums against, but so far nothing had been found.
Kate suddenly laughed, "What?" Jack asked.
"He woke up Maverick," she explained, "She'll never get to sleep now." She added as Jack placed his hand on her stomach at the onslaught of kicks.
"We should go see if Charlie and Claire need help with Alex," Jack suggested, "We have to stay up all night anyways."
Kate nodded in agreement. Jack stood up first then reached down and helped Kate into a sturdy standing position; they walked slowly towards the cave of the crying infant. They knew everyone else in the camp was upset about their loss of sleep, but everyone was kind enough not to say anything.
"Hi guys," Jack greeted as they walked into the cave.
"Hello Jack, sorry about all the bloody noise," Charlie apologized as he paced back and fourth bouncing Alex up and down.
"I can't find his bottle," Claire explained as she rummaged through all the babies items at the side of the cave.
"You guys look like you could us a little break," Kate explained, "Jack and I can take Alex for the night," She offered.
"I don't want to put you guys out," Claire explained.
"It's not problem at all," Kate, answered, "Jack and I have to watch the fire anyways, it's further away from the caves so no one will hear the crying as much. And we could use the practice."
Claire smiled, "Okay, but if you tire of him, just bring him back here, and wake us up," she handed them a bag with one bottle, some clean cloth diapers, a spoon and some premushed bananas.
"Wake us up out of our lovely dream-filled sleep," Charlie added as he handed the screaming baby to Jack.
CrAzYhOrSeGiRl88 Hmmm Kate should have her baby fairly soon, it all depends how much I can stretch out the chapters. The island invaders are gone…
Ethan: For now…
October Sky AKA Evermore, I hope you can wait this time, because the next chapter is MUNDO! Lol PS, love you story and I can't wait for you to update!
Tatiana No you're right they are safe until I write another chapter. Lol but mostly it's focused on Jack and Kate now.
Pink Pinker Yeah I was so angry at Sawyer and I screamed "Someone tell him to shut the hell up!" and like right after Jack was like "SHUT UP SAWYER!" and I was like (swoon!) But that's what they want us to do, so they can kill of Jack. If they do I swear, I'm stopping writing and only writing hate mail!
Eliza4892 Yeah I skipped the cleaning of the caves chapter because basically nothing came out of what I wrote. Lol believe me their all say for a while
Lostobsessivefreak There are more military guys but it's way way way way in the so far that I can't even think about writing it now (Although I just wrote the one of the most important chapters in the entire book I mean story lol) I didn't write how Kate managed to get that one inept guard but I'm sure it was good (I'm guessing she set up a trap) like a rope one, there's always one of those…
Ethan (sticks out his tongue) Jasmine my new friend gave Sawyer his precious ice cream so ninner ninner ninner
Laurenasburfa I'm glad you like my story, it's not going to stop anytime soon so be glad for that.
Ethan is in fact a robit, but he's not evil anymore (seems someone just switched his controls to diabolical instead of setting them on prancy).
Lol I've never seen LOTR (any one of the movies) So sadly I have no clue what you're talking about
Ethan: you need to get out more Shiggity
Yeah well, cram it up your cramhole…
ABC Glad you like the story. Sadly I've never seen Top Gun, like LOTR, and any of the Matrix, and a couple other important movies lol. But, BUT I have seen Maverick lol.
Rain1657 I'm glad you like the story so much, And I try to keep all the characters in their true form, well save for Shannon, I gave that girl an emotional make-over. There's a lot of her coming up, a lil' bit o' something something with Sayid perhaps…
Ethan: For the love of God make sure they're careful, the last thing the island needs is another baby…
I thought you liked babies?
Standardblack The baby's fine, totally fine. Nothing wrong with it. And be glad you don't have to worry much more. (they'll be parents in no time and have double the work to do)…
Ethan: I think she just gave you a clue…
Freckles-101 Lol Pregnant ladies are scary their all panicky and hyper and get angry to easily. She probably just went like biatchcakes on his ass and like flung him into the waterfall…
Jackluver928 Actually I had to give my baby back, but I'd like to think I was in more of a Claire situation, where they both helped out, but the real daddy is nowhere to be found.
Ethan: I was Unkie Ethan tear
Smilez4eva It's called baby think it over, it's used in parenting programs. It cries randomly and looks like a real baby. Lol it's supposed to teach me not to be a teen mother.
Andraste Tree Lol that's okay (if you have your computer by your bed) everytime I stay home sick from school I always end up writing or reading fanfic.
I'm glad you got a semi-good looking doctor, I always seem to get the stupid old ones
Ethan: Thanks for the maid outfit, maybe I can make it so Scott or Steve can help you get better
Scott: Steve's dead
Steve: Dude, I'm not dead you are.
Ethan: It hurts my brain!
Oreata I hope this chapter was good to ya!
JasmineHR Kate's fine, you see by the powers given to me by my father Chronis, I can magically skip through the time of the story. See so now it's a month later.
(ice cream hit me in the face) AHHHHH OMG DON'T YOU KNOW I'M LACTOSE INTOLERANT!
Ethan: Ha ha she's gonna die!
Sawyer: MY ICE CREAM!
Shannon: I'm TRYING TO SLEEP HERE!
Boone: SCREAMING IS FUN!
Alex (cries)
Charlie: Bloody perfect, in your midnight fiascos you've managed to wake up the baby
Claire: You lot should be ashamed of yourself the way you carry on is like… OMG is that peanut buttah?
Jack (yelling from upstairs) We're trying to get freaknastay up here!
Everyone in the kitchen: Sorry!
Welcome to my world, wipe your shoes before you come in ;)
FanOfLOST They're gone for so long, you guys will seriously forget about then I'll bring it up again and you'll be like OMG I remember those idiots.
Whilrwind-2005 I wasn't but it's not going to happen until the soldiers come back which isn't going to happen for awhile either. OMG you won't believe the stunt I pulled. You guys are gonna be like "OMG, OMG OMG I NEVER thought you'd do that" and I'll be all "You have no idea" lol so believe me, it's like a heart attack shocker!
Skater Thanks, I update pretty often so keep checkin' back
Ethan: Next on Pangs Of Guilt, the something happens and then you guys will review and be like "OMG, OMG Shiggity update now or :insert death threat:" Then after that Shiggity tells me in ten or so chapters, another big jolt comes that no one is expecting.
PS Y'ALL When I finally do put in Shayid Jr I need a name for them, I don't know what gender the baby is going to be (I was leaning more towards girl because Shannon seems more dominant) So if you wanna tell me what you want it to be, and the name, also (I'm not promising anything so DO NOT ASK WHEN IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN! Lol what you want Charlie and Claire's second child to be named but once again THESE BIRTHS OF SS AND CC ARE NOT HAPPENING FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS SO DON'T BE ASKIN'!
Ethan: Yeah or I get to attack!