A/N: Thanx for all the reviews. I'm starting my plans for this sequel, it should be good, hope yall will read it! Well, here goes another chapter! I own no lost people

Chapter 10: The Christmas Wish

It was clearly Winter time on the island, though there was not a flake of snow. The mornings were breezy and nights were fiercely windy. Isabella was doing better however, despite the miserable weather, though Sawyer was still worried about her. He had kept Cecilia away from her as best as he could, but it was getting harder and harder to tell her "no".

By Hurley's checkbook calender he had found in the wreckage 22 months ago, it was three days until Christmas. No one was really in th mood, but Sawyer wanted Cecilia and Isabella to experience a half-descent Christmas, like traditional American families. The truth was, he had never had one, too. So he found a tree with a good amount of branches and cut it down with the ax. While hacking, Kate joined him.

" What are you doing, James?" She asked, walking into the clearing. Sawyer jumped with fright. He was at least a half a mile into the jungle and hadn't heard her coming.

" Oh, I'm cutting down a tree." Kate smiled.

" I can see that, for what, may I ask?" She asked, sitting down on a fallen deadwood tree. He stopped his hacking.

" Don't you know? Its Christmas for Christ's sake, gotta get into the spirit!" He was trying to sound sarcastic, but it wasn't working. He wanted to do it all. Kate smiled, genuinely.

" That's nice, do you need help?" Sawyer's first instinct was to say no, but then he stopped. He liked her, she liked him, they both knew it, and she asked if she could help him.

" Sure, that would be, uh, nice." He began hacking again.

" I haven't celebrated Christmas for such a long time, " Kate said, a bit day dreamy," I never had anything to celebrate, I guess." Sawyer stopped again.

"Me too. I just, didn't do it, I hated spirit around it when everyone was so damn happy." He said. Kate gave a small laugh.

" I guess we have another thing in common!" She stopped quickly. Sawyer knew she was thinking about their " I never" game. The tree fell to the ground.

" OK, well, I was thinking we could put this up in the center of the caves clearing and let Cecilia make some ornaments from whatever, then she could find or make gifts."

" We have a huge amount of wrapping paper on the flight, we could use that!" Kate piped in. Sawyer smiled.

" Alright, then we can decorate stuff, the way it is back in the real world." Sawyer finished. He and Kate lifted the tree over their shoulders.

" This was such a good idea, James, Cecilia will love it." Sawyer sighed.

" That's why I'm doing it." Silence fell over them after that sentence. Kate was deep in thought. Sawyer was acting like a normal guy, even better then a normal guy. She smiled, she liked him even better. Her jealously over Jack and Samara's friendship was ebbing away. Sawyer was deep in thought too. He liked Kate more then she knew. Both deep in thought about the other, there silent parade reached the caves.

" What is it, Sawyer, what's the tree?" Cecilia was sitting on a log, playing patty-cake with Walt.

" You remember I told you about the other world, Ce?" Sawyer asked. She nodded.

" Well, back in that world, when it was cold outside, we celebrated Christmas."

" What is Christmas, Sawyer?"

" It's a holiday, a time for fun stuff. This one, we set up a tree and put pretty things on it and we give presents to each other." She looked mildly confused.

" Oh, its fun?" She asked. He nodded.

" Very fun." Her face beamed with a wide, toothy smile.

" Cecilia, you can help Kate make pretty things for the tree while I put it up." He stood up and turned to Kate.

" You could probably take her down tot he beach and use shells, I think we have a roll of twine in the storage part of the caves." Kate nodded and smiled.

" OK, Ce, go with Kate." Cecilia took Kate's hand and they started to walk down the path.

Sawyer had a harder time with the tree. He dug a deep hole and tried to stick it in it, but it kept falling over, usually on him. After his fifth attempt, Michael came over with a small bucket.

" Here," He handed it to Sawyer, " This is s good as cement, it should work." Sawyer bent down and began to unfill the hole for the um-teenth time.

" Setting up a Christmas tree for the kid?" Michael asked. Sawyer nodded in between digging.

" Yup." People had began to gather around them.

" That's nice." He said.

" You don't strike me as the holiday person, Sawyer." This was said by another voice, Jack's. Sawyer stopped and stood up. He didn't want to pick a fight, but he was getting more and more irritated with his sarcasm.

" There's a lot that doesn't strike you about me, Doc, my name is not Sawyer, its James. Don't think you know me when you don't" He said, advancing on Jack. He stopped, and turned back to his digging.

The cement mixture helped a lot. By the time Kate and Cecilia came back with shells and twigs, it was standing magnificently in the middle of the clearing. After everyone had eaten dinner, Kate, Sawyer, and Cecilia sat b the fire and began to make there ornaments. Sawyer didn't consider himself an artsy person in the least, but he obliged. Cecilia was taking special care to paint her twig ornament with paint made form everything from colored mud to paint made from powdered kool-aid. Samara had brought from her camp, a small repair kit that had glue and thread. They stayed up late, probably the latest, making the ornaments. At what seemed to be early morning, they fell asleep, Cecilia on one side of Sawyer and Kate on his other.

The next morning, Christmas eve, they hung the ornaments. Kate had made a star out of wrapping twine around a dead starfish. It wasn't bad, especially for the circumstances. Then Kate went with Cecilia to help her find a present for Cecilia. Sawyer scoured the camp all day, looking for thing he could make or give. He found odds and end like a photo album, a pair of expensive new sandals, a perfect shaped shell, and a black Sharpie. He sat for a moment, looking at the objects then set to work.

He wrapped them as best he could, and placed them under the tree. He saw Kate and Cecilia over in a corner. When Cecilia saw him, she called.

" No! Sawyer, you stay over there, no peeking!" She called. Sawyer smiled. He decided to go and see Isabella. She was reading the book he had given her. She looked up when he walked him and greeted him with a hug.

" Oh, James, what you've done for Cecilia, I am in so much debt to you!" a tear rolled down her face. She wiped it aside. Sawyer smiled sheepishly.

" It was no problem, I see Kate had visited you recently." He said, regarding her name change for him.

" Oh, James is such a nice name, you should keep it." He chuckled.

" Yeah, I've been thinking about it, so, how are you feeling?" He asked. She smiled.

" Oh, I'm feeling very good, thanks to your Christmas spirit!" He stayed and talked with her until noon time. Then he went out to where Kate and Cecilia were. They had just placed there presents under the tree. A few other people had put gifts under it for there family members that were among them. People were gathering around them, all smiling and asking what they could do to help. After a while, they had people setting up log "chairs" for everyone in a large circle around the tree, people making long strings of red berries from the trees and, people clearing out brush and debry from the caves so that when the people from the beach came up the next day ( all said they would).

The next morning, Kate, Sun, Jin, and Sawyer got up early. Locke had managed to find a large boar and Jin had contributed 14 large fish. That, with the guava, papaya, mango, and coconut fruits, there was a good enough amount of food to feed all the survivors good. Sun and Jin, who had made up a little bit, where roasting the fish on one fire and Kate and Sawyer where roasting the boar on another fire. Kate had even found a rosemary plant and rubbed it on the meat.

It was truly a beautiful sight to see Cecilia wake up. She opened her wide eyes groggily but they lit up at the sight of the tree.

" Christmas!" She yelled. Sawyer looked up from his reading. People started to come up from the path from the beach.

" Come here, Cecilia! You've gotta show Sawyer his present!" Kate called. Cecilia stood up and ran to them. She walked around the tree for a moment and came back with 2 parcels.

"One for Sawyer, one for Katy." She handed them out. Most people had gathered around the fire. Sawyer unwrapped the present. Inside was a small, smooth stone Cecilia had painted. It had a stick figure girl and a stick figure man with a heart over it.

" This is wonderful Cecilia! I love it." Cecilia beamed. Kate's was a red shell with paint spots on it. Sawyer picked up his and handed one to Cecilia and one to Kate.

" Ooh, is that my name?" Cecilia had opened her present. It was a picture frame with dried flowers stuck in it. In the center, he had written her name in his best handwriting.

" Yes it is, do you like it?" He was answered with a hug. He turned to Kate. She was opening hers.

" This is beautiful James! I love it!" He had give her the perfect shell he had found. She picked up her presents. She had made one for him too. She had given Cecilia some multicolored ribbons for her hair. Sawyer opened his . It was a piece of paper with her writing. It read:

Dear James,

As I sat and thought what I was going to give you, I thought about what we had gone through. I didn't like you one bit at the beginning, I'll be honest. I didn't like Sawyer. But Cecilia brought out something in you that was just amazing. She brought out the man that I dreamed of as a girl. I like James, a lot. I've found myself, without thinking about it, thinking about you. I know you had a bad life back home, but remember, Cecilia cares for you and so do I. Have a happy Christmas, James

Love,

Kate

Sawyer folded the letter and put it in his pocket. That was one of the best presents he had ever received. They both looked up at each other at the same time, smiled, and looked down again.

There was so much food that day! Mostly, the survivors had eaten the bare minimum. But for the first time n a long time, they all found themselves full! After everyone had eaten and had begun to chat, Sawyer took a plate of food to Isabella. She was sitting on hr first-class seat looking happy, but a bit lonely. Her face lit up at the sight of him.

" James! Oh, merry Christmas!" She hugged him tightly.

" Oh, same to you, here's some food." She smiled and took it eagerly. After eating most of it, she reached under her seat.

" Here, your present." He looked up in surprise.

" Oh, thank you!" He opened it. He let out a little gasp. It was a shaving kit. Not just a razor, but shears and shaving creme.

' Where did you get this?' He asked. She smiled.

" Oh, It was from our camp, I was going to give it to you anyway." He was in shock.

" Oh Thank you! This is incredible." She smiled.

" Jack said it would not be smart for me to give Cecilia a present, so tell her I send all my love and kisses." Sawyer nodded. He picked up the present from Cecilia and Kate. It was a necklace made of shells. She put it on the second she opened it.

" Oh, I miss her." He stayed with her until the sun started to wain. He found Cecilia and Kate near the fire. Kate was telling Cecilia about the world outside the island.

" There's a place, Cecilia, its called Disenyworld, there is parades, rides, people dressed up in funny costumes, and the biggest castle you will ever see, Cecilia. It's a million times bigger then our hut. And a million times prettier." Kate was saying. Cecilia stood up and sat in Sawyer's lap automatically.

" Sawyer, I wish I could go to Disenyworld, with you and Katy and mommy." She said.

" So do I, I wish I could get of this island." Sawyer sighed. He wished a lot of things. He wished he could get off the island. He wished that Isabella would get better. He wished he could tell Kate everything he's wanted to tell her. But he knew it in his heart, That wishing was no good.

A/N: Sorry for the super long chapter. I'm sorry about the james/sawyer confusion. I just didn't want everyone to automaticly call him James. In my sequel, he will only be refered to as James. Plz tell me what you think so far. And remeber the Disenyworld thing! See yah