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Chapter 2: Reunion of Old Friends


"Welcome back," Kate said with a smile as Sawyer and Jin stepped out of the rowboat.

Sawyer smirked at her, "Miss me freckles?" he said as he walked past her to Jack.

"Hey Doc, got any pain killers?"

Jack looked at him and then to his shoulder, "What happened?" he asked as he noticed the blood covering Sawyer's shirt.

"It's a long story," Sawyer replied, "Just give me some Tylenol or something."

"Jack pulled his pack of his back and pulled out a small bottle of Tylenol and handed it to Sawyer. He opened it and swallowed four pills before turning back to Kate and Sayid who were helping people into the rowboat.

Kate stopped as soon as she realized Sawyer was watching her. She walked over to him and shielded her eyes form the sun. Sawyer looked at her and smirked, "Can I help you?"

"You could tell me what happened out there," She replied as she hinted for him to follow her away from the group. Sawyer walked the short distance to the woods with her.

"Why does it matter?" he said, his tone a bit more inviting than usual, "I'm alive, aren't I?"

Kate looked at him, "You're not as cold hearted as you make people think, you know that."

Sawyer glared at her. He knew, he just didn't like it. "I think you've lost your mind since the last time I saw you freckles."

Kate rolled her eyes and walked down a small path made by Lock during his "hunting" expeditions.

"Where are we going?" Sawyer asked as he followed Kate down the path.

"The boat isn't going to leave until tomorrow morning. I thought we could spend some time together before we get back to civilization and I get thrown in jail," Kate said in a solemn voice.

Sawyer grabbed her arm and stopped her, "If this is your last night of freedom, how about we make it memorable sweetheart."

Kate looked at him for a moment then turned away and kept walking. "No thanks."


The boat was just large enough to hold all 48 of them. Jack had already asked the captain to show him all the first aid items they had and had been patching up small ailments for the past hour. He was just finishing up on some of Shannon's cuts when Michael came up to him looking for Sawyer.

"I don't know where he is. I saw him and Kate a while ago but I don't know where they went. I guess we just hope they get back before tomorrow morning or we're leaving them here," Jack said with a smirk.

Michael nodded and thanked him. Jack wasn't sure weather he should be angry or happy for them. He didn't know why but he knew Kate saw something in Sawyer. With a sigh he stood up and walked to the bow of the boat. He was almost going to miss this island. For the past two months, it had been home and he didn't really have anything to look forward to when he got back the L.A. He almost wished he could stay on the island, just for a little while longer.


Kate stopped at set down her bag when they reached the waterfall. It was the first place she and Sawyer had gotten along as friends. Right up until they found the briefcase at the bottom, of course.

"Now isn't this sweet," Sawyer said as he looked around, "Care for a swim?" he asked as he slowly pulled his shirt off, revealing the bandages on his shoulder.

Kate looked at his shoulder, "How did that happen?" she asked as he walked to the edge of the water.

"An accident with a pistol," He replied, sitting down on a log next to the pond. He tried to avoid eye contact but Kate was persistent. She sat down next to him and gently forced him to look at her.

"You were trying to protect them, weren't you," she asked softly.

"Well what was I going to do?" he asked, "Let them take the kid? Nobody's that heartless.

Kate smiled and looked at his shoulder, "Can I take a look at it? See if it's infected?"

Sawyer looked at her for a moment, "Fine."

Kate slowly unwound the bandages that had been carefully wrapped around his upper arm. It hurt but Sawyer didn't say anything. Kate's soft hands worked their way around his shoulder for a moment the down his arm as she pulled the last of the bandages off. The wound was red and slightly swollen. The bleeding has stopped but it was still painful. Kate touched the area around the wound gently but Sawyer pulled his arm away, "Watch it!" he yelled, his eyes filled with anger and pain.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you. We should go back. Jack needs to look at that." Kate said softly as she picked up the bandages and slowly began to rewrap his arm. When she was finished, Sawyer stood up and grabbed his shirt. "Let's go."

With a sigh, Kate stood up and followed him back down the path towards the beach. It would be nice to sleep in a real bed tonight.