Chapter 5- The Switch

"Hey Blondie," Sawyer said as he approached Shannon who was still in her little black bikini, "I gotcha a present."

"Finally, what took you so long?" Shannon replied in her usual sarcastic attitude that stated I'm a bitch and I know it.

"It's only been a couple of hours."

"A couple of hours too long."

"Hold up there sticks, I got you your damn fruit and now you need to do your part and get me my stuff."

"I will in a second, let me finish relaxing, then I'll bring it to you." Shannon said.

"Okeedokee then I'll be in my tent." Sawyer turned and started to walk towards it.

"Wait!" Shannon yelled as she sat up and put her sunglasses on her head, "What about my mangos?" she asked.

He stopped, turned and replied, "No rum, no mangos." and continued walking.

"Fine, I'll get it now." Shannon said. She then got up and went over to her luggage, pulled out a bottle and walked back taking her sweet ol' time.

-LOST-

Kate sat in shock with tears still streaming down out of her eyes, rolling down her cheeks and then falling to the ground, forming a puddle next to where she sat.

Thinking back to the last time she had felt this way, Kate realized that it was directly after the car crash with Tom. She had felt so horrible for so many days after and she was never totally able to forgive herself for what had happened.

Know that she would have to pull herself together sooner or later, Kate stood up, wiped the tears from her eyes, took a big breath and went back down the path that her and Jack had come up.

Heading back towards the beach, Kate saw what looked like Sawyer and Shannon arguing, probably over something stupid, so she headed over to them.

"No, that's not fair, I shouldn't have to!" Shannon shouted at Sawyer in rage.

"Hey you guys, how's it goin'?" Kate asked as she approached the two of them.

"Sawyer's an ass." Shannon replied.

"It's not goin' that well." said Sawyer.

"Why not?" Kate asked.

"Well," Sawyer started, "Blondie there asked me to go fetch her some mangos and she said that I would get rum in return, so being the gentleman that I am I agreed. Now she won't give me the booze until I give her the damn fruit."

"And he won't give me the mangos until I give him the alcohol." Shannon added.

"You guys are like frickin' second graders!" Kate said laughing, "You know what, give me the mangos and the rum and I'll switch them…OK?"

"Fine." Sawyer answered.

Shannon also replied with, "Fine."

Not breaking each other's eye contact they handed the stuff to Kate and she handed it back only with the rum to Sawyer and the mangos to Shannon.

"Happy?" she asked. Then she rolled her eyes and walked away. So did Shannon and Sawyer.

As Sawyer headed back to his beloved tent, he couldn't help but think of how hot Shannon was when she opposed him. Though he wasn't use to this behavior, and knowing that she was going to be hard to crack, he was still up for the challenge.

Author's Note:
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