A/N: Please leave me some reviews guys. I'm really feeling unloved and may quit updating it.

Kate was the first to walk into the house. Neither of them had actually seen it. Sawyer had just taken the first house they could afford that came "fully loaded." He figured it must be bad by the fit of laughter that Kate went into. He walked in and started laughing along with her. This house was like, well horrible. It looked like the worst parts of the 60's and 70's had thrown up all over it. It had ugly green floral furniture in the main room.

After Kate washed her face in the bathroom- there were two, she used the one that had a 60's flower power theme-they explored the house. It looked as though decorated by a mad man. Kate had tears of laughter falling down her cheeks by the end.

Sawyer sat down on one of the animal print chairs on the den. "I could kick myself for keeping my money in separate bank accounts." He said.

"Why is your money in separate bank accounts." Kate asked attempting not to focus on the absurdity of this room, or even this house. It looked like drunken sorority girls had decorated it.

"Because I have them under different names. Not everything I do is exactly legal. I can't risk doing anything with it right now but I may get a buddy of mine to transfer some money from a joint account we have, enough to at least change this house some. I sure as hell ain't living in this hellhole. I can't stand hippies."

Kate turned enough to turn on a lap, the sun was going down and all the shades were drawn. Then she laid down on the couch putting her hands behind her head. Her shirt rose up a bit exposing some of her stomach. Sawyer did his best not to focus on it, finding it exceedingly hard.

"I'm going to go get some groceries and necessities." Sawyer said standing up. He needed time to clear his head. The realization of the situation was hitting him and he wanted to run.

"Want me to make a list?" Kate offered.

"I don't need a list Freckles. I've shopped before." Sawyer said sounding annoyed.

"Well I'm going to need some feminine things. You know, tampons, a hairbrush, girl deodorant. Are you sure you don't want a list."

"I'll get it." Sawyer said sounding slightly pissed. Kate just sighed knowing that he wouldn't get everything she needed.

"The phone rang 3 times while you were gone." Kate sounded annoyed.

"Well sorry." Sawyer said not sounding sorry in the least, or even much like he was paying attention. "I don't suppose you cook do you?" He asked looking over the bags filled with microwaveable dishes and soup cans.

"I can make killer chocolate chip cookies but that's about it." Kate said grabbing a bag and helping him unload. "I was looking around the place while you were gone. It's not really a bad house."

"Still looks like shit." Sawyer said putting up the last of the food. "I called my buddy while I was out. He said he could probably transfer most of my money into my bank account. So we're good."

Sawyer had felt so relieved at this. Yet also pissed because he thought that he wouldn't be able to transfer the money, how the hell was he supposed to know, that his buddy Frank had come up with some elaborate scheme and gotten a lot of Sawyer's money transferred to some of his accounts. Count on Frank.

"Which room you want?" Kate asked, putting a tray of bagel bites into the microwave.

"You mean all this and I can't share you room?" He smirked at her. All he got was an eye roll.

"Okay then I'll take the red one you take the green one."

Sawyer pulled himself out a can of tomato soup and started cooking it. His eyes kept drifting over to Kate, despite efforts to stop it.

Sawyer woke with a start. He hadn't gotten to sleep until late last night; he had stayed up watching talk show repeats with the survivors and dwelling. He was prone to dwelling. What the hell had woken him up? It was almost instantly clear. "Wakeeeee up." Came Kate's voice. She was sitting beside him.

He turned over to look at her. She had her back up against some pillows. And what was that smell? "What the hell is burning?"

Kate grinned. "I tried to make breakfast."

"And why'd you wake me up?" Sawyer asked still laying down. He could see the clock. It was 9:30 in the morning.

"I was bored. I've been living on an island for months and now I'm supposed to stay inside. And there's kids outside on our lawn, and I can't go yell at them."

Something about the way she said "our lawn" got to Sawyer. A picture of them sitting on the porch, a little kid playing at their feet came into his mind. And frankly that scared the hell out of him. He wasn't a family man; he'd never be a family man. In fact he didn't have any desire to be a family man.

Kate poked him. "You falling back asleep."

"Trying."

"Well get up." She pulled the covers off of him, quickly pulling them back up when the fact that Sawyer slept in the nude became apparent.

He couldn't help but laugh. "You ain't shy are you Freckles?" He teased.

"If someone else is in the house you could wear clothes." She laid down next to him on top of the sheets.

"Well number one I wasn't expecting you to come in here and pull the sheets off, and second I sure as hell wouldn't mind if you slept in the nude. I'd be waking you up everything morning sweetheart." He smiled at her.

Kate rolled her eyes. "Do you think about the words you say before you say them?" Sawyer laughed. "And when you do say them do you actually hear what your saying?"

"I didn't say a thing that wasn't true." Sawyer pushed himself up on his elbows. "Your welcome to take off those clothes anytime darlin."

"I was so wrong." Kate said, chiding herself.

"'Bout what?"

"I was thinking that maybe once you got off the island you'd be a little less…. disgusting. Which really makes no sense."

"But you clearly had to see something in me to let me come with you."

Kate got up and walked to the door, stopping and turning around in the doorway. "I like your hair." She smiled and walked off.

Sawyer put his hands behind his head. She liked him.

Sawyer stuck a piece of toast into the toaster and put on a cup of coffee. "I was thinking about buying a new house. One away from kids." He said the last word with disdain.

Kate really didn't think he was serious. "Yeah and where do you plan on going?"

"A mountain cabin." Sawyer said serious, a little to serious for Kate. "I was thinking about it last night. It would be safer."

Kate looked up from the scratch in the table she was picking at. "Are you serious?"

"Yeah I'm serious."

"No."

"Why not. You'll probably get caught here. Stupid kids, probably break a window or something. It's to dangerous."

Kate stood up. "You know what I think it is to dangerous." She made her way through the living room. Sawyer was completely confused. He heard her footsteps going up the stairs.

He sighed and got up and followed her. She was in her room packing. "What the hell are you doing?"

She looked at him seriously. "I'm leaving. This isn't right. I have no idea what the hell I was thinking."

"You ain't leaving." Sawyer said going over to her.

"I'm not?" Kate seemed testy at the moment. But Sawyer really didn't care. He was not about to let her just walk out and get herself in jail. He wasn't prepared to see her in handcuffs and wasn't going to let her go.

"No your not." Sawyer said firmly. "You'll be caught within 30 minutes of going out there. You're a headliner baby, and I betcha there's a reward for finding you. You have made a joke of the system in a few countries. I don't know how the hell you evaded it as long as you did but no one's going to help you out when there's a reward for you, no matter how nice your ass is."

Kate looked at Sawyer, hurt but covering it up with anger. "I'll figure it out."

"Your not anyone special. Sorry to break it to you but you don't have any special powers. And there's no way in hell you won't be convicted. I don't really know exactly what the hell you did, but I know no one's going to let you off of all the charges."

"And why the hell do you care if I leave?" Kate angrily zipped up the bag she was putting things in.

"Because I'm not a heartless bastard. You were just about the only one who actually gave a damn about me out there, and I'm not going to watch you put yourself in that much danger."

"And what makes you think I gave a damn." Kate said it without thinking. She immediately regretted the words as soon as she'd said them. She did give a damn and she knew that meant something to him, even if he wouldn't ever admit it.

Sawyer looked at her. He was hurt. "Maybe I was wrong, you are a selfish bitch."

Kate had turned her back; she was checking drawers to make sure she'd gotten her meager possessions. She immediately spun back around. "I'm a selfish bitch? I didn't ask you to run off with me, and buy an ugly house, because you're a con man who can't keep all his money in one place. I didn't ask you to put yourself into this position because you've finally realized that your life is worthless and you want to do something. I didn't put you in this situation and don't make me feel like I did!"

Both of them were in full defense mode. "No but I figured you wouldn't go walking out of a house that's in my name, so that you can get caught. You walk out of here now and someone in this neighborhood will turn you in, you got that? And they'll trace in back to me and I'll end up in prison. Now I've done my fair share and I ain't looking to face my sins right now, so you aren't leaving this house!"

Kate knew he was right. She wanted badly to walk out, just to do it. But it was a stupid move. If she walked out now she had no chance. She glared at him. "Get out my room."

"With pleasure." Sawyer said going downstairs and slamming the door. A picture feel in the hallway revealing a hole in the wall. "Stupid fucking house!" He yelled kicking the picture, which only gave him a hurt toe. He laid on the couch and tried to watch tv.

There was a steady knocking on the wall outside the living room. What the hell? Sawyer got up and went to the porch and looked to the side of the house. Some kids were playing wall ball on his house. "What the hell you kids think your doing? This ain't your house, you little brats."

One girl looked at him. She was probably ten and looked like she'd been playing in the mud. She was the kind of child now matter how many times you washed she still looked dirty the second she got out of the tub. "Mr. Higgins let us play wall ball."

"Well Mr. Higgins was a fool, this is a shit hole house. Now I ain't happy living here already and your making it miserable. So get the fuck out my yard and don't come back 'less you want me to break your legs. Ya go it?"

The kids looked at him, like they were trying to figure out if he was serious. "Get!" He yelled waving his arm at him. At once all the kids took off running.

Sawyer sighed and went inside. He'd say it again, damn kids. What the hell was he thinking moving into this house. And to top it all off he could smell burning. His toast was ruined.

Kate went downstairs around 2 in the afternoon. She'd calmed down a bit. She took a shower and then made her way downstairs. Sawyer was in the living room peeling up carpet. The floor was rotted underneath and he looked about as angry as she'd ever seen him. She looked around noticing various other things Sawyer had discovered such as the fact that under the refrigerator there was a hole in the floor.

"I was wondering how I got the whole house, with the furniture for 50,000." He looked at Kate.

Kate was disgusted this place was a dump. "Okay lets get out of here. But I ain't going to no mountain house. Maybe jone of those places where the houses aren't in neighborhoods but they aren't a mile apart either. So that I can at least go out on the back porch when it's dark. But so that there are people around. I just want people around, I don't know why."

"Fine I'll get you your damn people. I'm calling the realtor tonight. She told me it wasn't the nicest place but she said it was in a nice neighborhood and it was basically a starter outer house. She obviously just wanted this place off her hands. Well I ain't doing that. She's giving me my goddamn money back if I have to be on the phone all night.

"Well then quit peeling the damn carpet so it doesn't look like you've destroyed the place." Kate said sitting down.

Sawyer threw a real estate book at her. "Choose a house. Under 500,000 dollars please."

Kate looked up at him startled. "Your fucking kidding me right?"

Sawyer looked at her confused. "No I ain't kidding you. And then after that preorder some furniture from one of these catalogues I got from my buddy's wife and buy some stuff. If I got to leave with your crazy ass, I'm at least going to live in a nice place."

Kate smiled. He trusted her to pick out furniture.