Disclaimer: I don't own anything… Although I wish I owned Sawyer, I don't.

Author's note: If anyone knows Kate's last name, please tell me. I know it, I just don't remember it >. cry...

Chapter 4: The Last Moments


A series of cries rang down the hallway in the hull of the boat. Sawyer's eyes opened slowly as the cries found his ears. He yawned, sat up, and started to get out of bed before he realized Kate was still there, asleep. The cries rang out again. This time he could make out Walt's voice, "We're almost there! We can see land!"

Sawyer stood up and walked around the room, picking up miscellaneous articles of clothing and sorting his from Kate's. By the time he had finished, Kate had opened her eyes and sat up on the bed. Sawyer turned around and looked at her, not realizing that he still wasn't wearing anything.

"Kid says we'll be at the mainland soon. You should get dressed." Sawyer said as he pulled his boxers over the exposed flesh of his lower body.

Kate stood up and began to pull her clothing over her own body, not taking her eyes off Sawyer. She was so scared of what was going to happen when the boat docked. The whole world must know they were on their way. She would be arrested as soon as she stepped foot on land.

When he had finished dressing, Sawyer walked over to Kate, an unreadable look in his eyes. Kate looked up at his just as she finished buttoning the last button of her blouse. She noticed the still blood soaked shirt Sawyer was wearing.

"Last night," She began, "I hope I didn't hurt you…" She motioned to his shoulder. Sawyer looked at his briefly then back to Kate.

Kate felt Sawyer's soft hand on her neck, "Not at all. You actually took my mind off it momentarily." He leaned in and pressed his lips gently onto hers. "Goodbye freckles."

It was all she could do to keep tears from coming to her eyes. It was so hard for her to connect with anyone and she had fallen in love with Sawyer. She would never be the same if forced to leave him. Kate let out a soft sigh as Sawyer left the room.


Jack looked around the deck at all the people he had come to know. They were all so egger to get back home. Why should he bother going home? There was nothing there. And now he had even lost his chance with Kate. Maybe he had misread her signals or she his. Regardless, she has Sawyer now and there was nothing he could do about it.

Jack's mind would have continued drifting is a hand hadn't touched his shoulder.

"Jack," came Kate's voice from behind him, "Are you ok?"

He turned around and looked at her. Her hair was everywhere, blowing in the wind and in front of her face. She was beautiful. Just looking at her reminded him of how much he didn't want to go back.

"Fine," he replied as he turned around and looked back at the mainland. He didn't want to look at her now, right after Sawyer was finished with her.

"Did you sleep well?" he asked, mocking her without being too obvious.

"Jack," Kate said, her tone rather annoyed, "I'm sorry." Kate knew apologizing wasn't going to help. She knew how mad he was that she chose Sawyer over him. "I didn't mean for this to happen."

Jack scoffed, "You didn't seam to mind last night. There are only two ways to explain that scream. Either he attacked you or you let him get on you. The way I see it, it was the later." Jack turned around and glanced at her briefly then walked away, not wanting to hear her reaction to his comment. He didn't want to see her any more than was absolutely necessary.


Sawyer saw the lights before anyone else. There were within ten minuets of the shore. The red and blue lights danced over the ocean. He knew they were for Kate. He hated to admit it, even if it was only in his head, but he was going to miss her when she was gone. There was so much more to her than the other girls he had been with and now he was never going to get the chance to find out.

The boat pulled into harbor. Kate and Sawyer stood near one another as a line of cops pointed shotguns at the boat. One of the officers stepped forward with a piece of paper.

"I have a warent for the arrests of Kathrine Austin and James Ford."

"What!" Sawyer said, in the most pissed off voice Kate had ever heard.

Kate looked at him, "What did you do?"

Sawyer looked at her, "It's not important. Let's just get this over with. At least we're getting arrested together, Freckles."

Kate studied his eyes as the castaways pointed them out and the officers headed for them. Sawyer looked almost sad. Sawyer stared back at her for a minuet before he grabbed her around the waist and pulled her into him. Just before the cops pulled them apart, he was able to show Kate his affection just as he had that night.

Kate's eyes filled with tears as two officers pulled them away from each other while others put handcuffs on their wrists, forcing them to leave the boat before anyone else.

Sawyer never took his eyes off Kate as she was forced into the back of a police car and followed by an officer. He watched her just up until the moment he was forced into his own car and followed by an officer. He knew why he was being forced into the car, he just didn't know how they had found out.