Finding treasure together of course brought them closer. They were each other's first pick on any adventure they might find themselves embarking on. So when Kate came over to Sawyer, looking ready for a hike it was no surprise.
"Hey." He said looking up from the book he was reading.
Kate took her backpack off her shoulder and put it on the ground. She sat down Indian style next to Sawyer. "I'm sure you've heard about The Black Rock."
"Course I heard about The Black Rock." He smirked. "Seen Captain Barbosa lately?"
"That was The Black Pearl."
"Good way to ruin a joke Freckles."
"It was a bad joke. But I want to go check it out again. There might be something we could use on it."
"So you want me to go on hike through the forest of doom. To find a ship that's likely to blow up and even if it doesn't the floor will probably give way?"
Kate nodded and smiled. She faked a flirting voice. "You know Sawyer, I'd really appreciate it if you came with me. I'd be scared all alone in the big bad forest."
Sawyer rolled his eyes. "You're really bad at that."
Kate went back to her normal voice. "So you coming or should I go ask Jack?" She picked up her backpack.
Sawyer sighed. "I'll
go."
Kate smiled. "I knew you would. I told Claire I would
help her rearrange. I'll be back later."
"Okay."
"Where'd you get this?" Kate asked holding up a baby carrier, apparatus.
"Charlie made it." Claire said smiling. She fiddled with Aaron's blanket.
"You two are so cute." Kate told her
"He's so in love with Aaron." Claire smiled at Kate.
"With Aaron?" Kate laughed a little. "He's in love with you Claire." Kate looked at Claire, who had the look of a schoolgirl. "You know it too. He'd do anything for you. And yes he does love your baby to." Kate sighed and thought of the life she wished she had been able to have with Tom.
Claire smiled. "He's cute, don't you think?"
Kate grinned back at her. "Yeah he is. You should loosen up with him."
"But what if we get rescued? I'm already so attached. I'd hate to start a relationship then have to leave."
"Claire we might not be rescued for a long time. You should be happy while you're here, and I bet Charlie would go with you wherever. You could be a rock mama." She laughed a bit, thinking of the absurdity of Claire, as a 'rock mama."
Claire laughed. "Maybe your right."
Kate put the cradle back under the covering she had made with the board and saw Charlie coming back holding Aaron. "Well here comes your lover boy now."
Claire turned around and
waved at Charlie smiling. "Thanks Kate, and you and Sawyer are cute
too."
"We're not a couple. He's just a…friend."
Claire laughed. "You should loosen up and be happy while you're here." She repeated Kate's words to her.
"Are you going to tell me you didn't hear that?" Sawyer asked. He'd supposedly heard something three times in the last five minutes.
"I hear birds Sawyer." Kate said stepping onto a stick that loudly broke. Next thing she knew she was on the ground, Sawyer on top of her and their were rocks where she had been standing.
"Could you not get yourself killed?" He asked still over her.
"Could you get off me?" Kate asked pushing him off and brushing herself off. Then she heard it to. The unmistakable sound of the monster. She looked at Sawyer fearfully.
"Run!' He grabbed Kate's hand and took off. They could hear the monster behind them. There was no way in hell they were going to be able to outrun this thing.
"That way!" Kate said pulling him with her into a more open area and then into some vines, hiding the same way she had the first time the monster had attacked.
She pressed her body up to Sawyer's who wrapped his arms around her. They could hear the monster just out of their sight range.
The monster moved closer. They could feel it's steps shake the ground and they felt it knock u against the tree the vines they were standing on were attached to. They could even hear it's breathing.
"I'm scared." Kate whispered into his chest.
"Shhh." Sawyer said listening to the monster. "I think it's going away."
And he was right. The monster suddenly went away with a loud roar. They could feel its steps as it walked away.
Kate looked up at Sawyer. "I want to go back." She said trembling just a little.
Sawyer nodded. "I think we should." He looked at Kate in silence.
She smiled at him just a little. "I think we should stick to the caves for a while." She said quietly.
Sawyer looked down at her and nodded. He realized his arms were still wrapped around her and he let go.
Kate slowly went out of the vines and Sawyer followed. They walked back to the beach quickly. Kate stuck close to Sawyer the whole time, carefully watching the moves she made.
Sawyer went to his shelter and sat down. Kate stood outside of it looking at him. It made Sawyer feel weird. She was weird. He couldn't comprehend her in the least. Half of the things she did were completely irrational. And now she was looking at him, with a weird half smirk on her face. "What the hell you looking at me like that for?"
Kate sighed; he was horrible to talk to sometimes. You would be thinking how wonderful he was when suddenly he'd say something so incredibly tactless that it would all disappear. "I was just thinking."
"Well could you not look at me funny when you think?" He asked lying down to start reading again. She was quiet for a bit, and Sawyer figured she was in one of those weird silent moods and went back to reading. As soon as he got focused though she started talking again. "Hey Sawyer."
He looked up at her, a little annoyed, a little amused. "Yeah?"
"If I decided to move back to the beach would you help me set up a shelter?"
"What?"
"Well I have never seen the monster come onto the beach and I had forgotten how much I love the sound of the ocean at night. You would you help me?"
"Fine. It's better than hearing you nag. Where you want it?"
Kate wondered why he had to be so standoff-ish. Why could he just say 'Sure I'll help" instead of putting it in his terms? Oh well, at least he agreed. "I was thinking some where near yours."
Sawyer cocked an eyebrow playfully. "Course you do." He gestured to the side end of his shelter where there was an overhang. "We could build off that." He said and then added as an after thought. "Cause you know, it would be easier."
Kate nodded. "Yeah it would be easier."
Sawyer and Sayid hauled the actual shelter part of Kate's 'cave home' to the beach while Kate carried her actual belongings.
"Thanks again guys." She said setting down a suitcase.
"No problem." They both said though Sayid sounded more genuine and Sawyer more annoyed.
Kate did help more when they actually started building. She wasn't going to sit back while they build something. Plus she could also talk to Sayid about how 'She was glad Sawyer had an overhang so that they didn't have to start from scratch.'
Neither Kate nor Sawyer would admit that maybe they actually wanted to have their shelter close together. Especially not Kate because then she'd have to admit to herself that the reason she had even brought it up was because she felt safer with Sawyer. And she wasn't supposed to feel safer with Sawyer. Sawyer was a bad boy. Plus she'd told herself a while back that she was giving up on bad boys.
Claire had offered to help but Kate had told her she could help once they were just moving belongings in. She didn't want Claire straining herself, but she was glad that she was actually forming friendships on the island. Kate had never really had close friends before, especially not girls. Now she had Sun and Claire and both seemed to be genuinely good people.