Okay peoples, this is my very, very first fic. I am an avid Jater fan and I noticed we were running a little low on Jate fics recently so I decided to get off my butt and start writing. Now my writing skills aren't that great but I hope you enjoy it anyways!
Jack squinted at the light as it began to creep into the caves. Yet another godforsaken day on the island was about to begin, and he could only wonder what 'surprises' the day would bring. He looked down at his watch. 6:04 a.m., and he had yet to sleep a wink. He was tired to the bone, but there was way too much on his mind to even attempt to get some sleep. It had been four months and still no one had come for them. He had witnessed way too much already. Claire's kidnapping, Ethan getting shot, Boone's murder. All the while everyone is looking to him to be the leader, to make the right decisions, to be the hero through it all. He sat up and leaned against the cold, hard cave wall as he glanced among all the sleeping bodies. Charlie lay sprawled out on a blanket with Claire and Erin sleeping peacefully nearby. Jin and Sun slept unusually close, saying as they had yet to make-up. Jack could hear Hurley's loud snore in the distance as his mind wandered to Kate. After everything that has happened she still insisted on staying on the beach. Sayid was there and he could protect her. He hoped. But Sawyer was also there. And he definitely didn't trust Sawyer. He hated how he called her Freckles, and how he stole that kiss from her that day he had tried to get the inhalers. He had a way about him, and he didn't like it. He didn't know how he had come to care about Kate so much. Ever since she stitched up his back that first day, there was an undeniable connection. He had an overwhelming sense to want to protect her, like it was his job to see to it that nothing would harm her. He knew he shouldn't worry about her so much, after all, it wasn't his job to worry about her, she wasn't his girlfriend, he didn't own her and he didn't have any right to tell her what to do. But he wanted so badly for her to come with him to the caves just so he could know she was safe. So he would know that if that monster, or whatever that thing was, came crashing through the island he could protect her. But now he had no control over that. Anything could happen to her down there and he wouldn't even know it. She could be so stubborn at times. And it worried him that whenever there was a hike or a hunt into the woods she would always be the first to volunteer.
Jack jumped up, startled as Sayid burst into the caves, interrupting all of Jack's thoughts.
"Jack!" He yelled, trying to catch his breath,
"Over here, Sayid, what's wrong?"
"Jack, it's Kate, She was there when we all went to sleep but now, sh-she's gone!"
"What the hell do you mean she's gone!" his voice cracked, full of worry, "Sayid, I told you to keep an eye on her!"
"Jack I'm sorry, but I can't watch her 24 hours a day, she is an independent woman, she wouldn't allow it!"
Jack rushed out of the caves as fast as he could, Sayid right at his heels.
"Jack where are you going?" he yelled, trying to keep up.
"I have to find Kate."