(A/N: This chapter is going to have such a twist. I'm afraid that I lost the people's attention, so here's yet another story entwined into this one. :) )

Disclaimer: I don't own Lost.

-Searching-

-Chapter 8-

-Caught For The First Time-

As he reached in for another kiss, the lights suddenly flashed on. "Sir! What are you doing here?" The nurse had returned.

Jack sighed. "I was here to see her." Was his answer as he silently pulled away from Kate.

'No, don't!' Kate's mind silently screamed. 'I need him here!'

"Well, perhaps this is a good time to tell you then…" The nurse clutched the papers she held in her pale white hands like a lifeline.

Jack's face held many questions, but he voiced only one. "…She's going to be okay, right?" He didn't even recognize the tired sound that came from him. So much had happened, crammed into this small time slot, that he didn't know what he would do if Kate was lost to him.

"Yes, sir, she's fine." She said, smiling that smile that all nurses give people; the one that looks so forced, it's almost funny. "She just needs a bit of surgery."

Jack's face paled considerably, along with Kate's, her hand clenching his so tight that it almost lost all signs of blood flow. Why did she need it? What for? A whole new wave of inquiries flooding through him, he didn't even notice his hand going numb. "Err, when is it?"

The nurse gave a nervous chuckle, hoping it would lighten the matters. "Tonight, sir. Right away. Without it, there is a very possible chance of her dying." She absently gave away her cover without realizing it. She finally thought over what she had said, as Jack's face filled with horror.

"I thought you said she was okay!" Jack screamed at her. What the hell was this woman thinking, lying to him? "We have a right to know these things, and the hospital damn well knows that they have to tell the truth, no matter how bad it sounds!" Trying not to give the woman a lecture, he sighed and finally grasped the thought that he couldn't feel his fingers. Looking down, he found Kate's arm shaking uncontrollably. "Kate?" He questioned her, "You okay?"

She nodded, just to soothe him; to make him feel better, even though a sinking feeling was filling the pit of her stomach. Her arm just shook harder, sending her in a frenzy of fear. She didn't want Jack to worry, but she could tell he knew something was up.

"Kate… Why is your arm shaking?" He asked her, his reassuring voice made her heart flutter.

"I don't know." Kate's voice even was quaky, "but it won't stop." She spoke the honest truth then. Soon she had to let go of Jack's hand, the trembling got so bad.

"Get the doctor!" Jack bellowed, his thoughts shooting off in all directions. "Tell him it's an emergency." Smoothing back Kate's hair, he held her chin in his hand. "Everything will be okay, Kate. I promise you that. In a couple weeks, you'll be coming home with me, and we can have a nice celebration, and eat all the junk food we want to. Get a couple old movies, and just relax on the couch. We'll be okay, Kate." He held back the tears, because it simply killed him to see her like this, but he couldn't break down on her. He was the only thing she knew here, the only friend, and friends didn't give up on each other, not now, not ever.

The nurse soon returned with the doctor, and Jack got pushed out of the room, saying the patient needed her privacy.

"Dr. Jack Shepard?" A man called out, looking around the hall. The doctor was afraid that he had some rather bad news.

"Yeah?" Jack got up and walked over to him, "Is she okay?"

"Sir, you may want to sit…" The man directed him towards a chair.

"I don't need to sit." Jack protested, "Just tell me right now."

"No, believe me, you'll want to sit for this news." The man forced Jack down into the hard plastic chair, trying to stall for time.

Jack sighed irritably, "Now I'm sitting. Tell me."

"Good news first," The doctor started off, "Ms. Austin was pregnant-"

"Woah, hold on right there. Kate wasn't pregnant, she would of told me." Jack interrupted. "She would of, I swear." He shook his head, not wanted to believe it. He couldn't be a dad, not now. He already had too much going on in his life, with Kate and his job, and now was definitely not the time to become a family man, no matter how great it sounded to him.

"Well, sir, she was. About two months in." The doctor sighed, the next piece of information wasn't as wonderful. In fact, it was quite sad if you asked his opinion on it.

"Wait, what do you mean by was…?" Jack asked, a horrible feeling made it's way into his heart, slowly crushing it. He already knew what was coming next, the look on the man's face confirmed it. "…You aren't serious…" He managed to get the words out, though how he didn't know.

"Sir, the baby was lost at 10:47am this morning. That's why Ms. Austin wasn't feeling too well." The doctor replied, "I'm terribly sorry to have to be the one to tell you this news."

"…No. It's not possible." Jack tried as hard as ever to hold back his tears. All this came way too fast at him. First, Kate was pregnant, and they were going to be parents, and now they weren't. And all this had been suppressed into 5 minutes.

"We haven't told Ms. Austin yet, sir. We didn't know if you wanted us to tell her, or if you wanted to take on the task yourself." The doctor stated.

"I'll tell her." Jack automatically replied. He was the one who needed to declare the loss to Kate, not some old man dressed in a white coat.

"Then we'll give you a couple minutes alone." The doctor headed into the room to ask the nurses to leave, giving Jack some time to actually think how he was going to break it to her. How would one tell the love of their life that they had lost their unborn child?

"Sir, you can come in now." The doctor came back out, and opened the door for Jack. Jack could of swore that he heard the man whisper "Good luck" into his ear as he passed into the hallway.

Kate looked up at Jack, her eyes filled with fear. "Did they tell you what was wrong?"

"Kate…" Jack took a deep breath, preparing to head into a long conversation, filled with emotion, and eventually tears.

-LOST-

A/N: Eeeee! I cried when I wrote this chapter, it was filled with such tragedy. Please don't hate me, and lots of fluff next chapter. I PROMISE! Half you guys are probably on the edge of your seat going "What the hell just happened here!" And most likely will have to read the sickening news again, and again, before you get it through your heads. CrAzYhOrSeGiRl88, your prize from a couple chapters ago will be put into play next chapter. And it'll be a REALLY long chapter hopefully. And, I dunno what happened, but this story ain't coming to an end any time soon. Sorry if I confused you guys. No question for this week, sorry guys. :(