A/N: Okay guys we got 10 at last count :). Katie a hangover is when you wake up and you were drunk the last night. An overhang is where something, like part of the roof hangs over the house. Jack is in this chapter. I tried to do good but I really don't understand him, so if it's a little out of character that's why. I think I may have gotten a wee bit to fond of the italics in one part. But the conversation is supposed to have a lot of emotion in it. I hope you like this chapter, but be prepared to be mad at Michael.

Sawyer sat in his shelter reading. He was topless and sweaty from cutting down trees, to help the newest project on the island. One big covered area on the top of the beach and partially on the grass.

"Where's she at?" Jack asked walking up to the shelter.

Sawyer glanced to Kate's area, which was empty and shrugged. "I dunno." He went back to his reading.

Jack went over to Kate's area and looked around. He was lingering and it was annoying the heck out of Sawyer. He hated lingering.

"She ain't hiding." He said not looking up from what he was doing.

"I know." Jack glanced at him. "I was just looking around."

"Well are you going to be done soon?" Sawyer asked impatiently finally looking up from his book to acknowledge the source of his annoyance.

"Just waiting on her to get back." Jack said with a friendly smile, which could be described as nothing other than, laced with annoyance.

"Well last I saw her she went that way." Sawyer said pointing down the beach. "So why don't you go and looking for her doctor…stat."

"Okay. Bye Sawyer." Jack walked off down the beach in the direction Sawyer had said. In the end however it was Kate who found him.

"Hey." She said walking up to him drinking from a bottle of water.

"Hey. You moved." He said looking at her, almost with a hurt expression.

Kate nodded. "Yeah I felt safer down here?"

"Safer? Kate I explained to you why it was better to live in the caves." Jack said with a sigh.

"Jack, I said I felt safer. I want to be where I feel safest.""

"Well it's not as safe."

"You assume it's not as safe. You don't know that. They both seem about the same to me." Kate told him starting to walk. Not in a way to get away but in a way that said she wanted to move.

Jack followed her. "Well I can look after you in the caves. "

"I don't need watching." Kate said a little bit of annoyance playing in her voice.

"Well I just want to know your safe and it's easier with you in the caves and not down here with Sawyer." He said the last word thickly as if he had to strain to say it.

"Is that the problem?" Kate looked at him. "That I'm living with Sawyer? I'm a big girl Jack."

"I never said you weren't…but I just don't trust him." He put emphasis on the word trust like it was something sacred, and amazingly important. That he trusted him.

"Well Jack I trust him. And I'm in charge of my life." Kate leaned up against a tree when they started to get close to Sawyer's shelter. She didn't want to have this argument in front of him.

Jack shook his head as if dealing with a stubborn child. "Kate…."

Kate bit her lip finding the words that just wouldn't come to her. How she cared about him but she needed to be out here. That she felt like she could talk to Sawyer, even though chances it they would never share their secrets with each other. They still had a connection and she couldn't find that connection with Jack. He had never been in a situation similar to hers and as much as he wanted he didn't understand her. But how could you tell a person that?

"Please understand…" Kate said almost pleadingly.

"But I don't Kate."

Something in Kate snapped, and she didn't know why. She also wished with all of her body that it hadn't snapped. "That's the thing Jack you don't understand." She didn't say it condescendingly or as an insult but she knew that it had been quiet a blow to him. She looked at him.

"Jack, I'm…" She started but he cut her off.

"It's fine Kate. If you want to be out here with him then who am I to stop you? I only have your best interests at heart." He looked genuinely hurt as he walked away.

Kate tried to stop him. "Jack listen..."

He pulled his arm from her. "It's fine." He left again, conveying with his eyes that he didn't want her to follow.

Kate leaned up against the tree again and sighed. She honestly hadn't meant to hurt Jack. But she never did mean to hurt anyone.

Sawyer stretched and dog leafed the page he was on. He should probably go and do something. Being known as an asshole was fine but he didn't want to be a lazy asshole.

Kate had moved from the tree. She was standing in the water. Her shoes were on the shore and her pants were rolled up. She had her arms were partly out and the wind was blowing her hair. As Sawyer got closer he could see that her eyes were closed.

"You okay Freckles?" He asked, figuring about 5 other people had probably already asked her this question. But it seemed the right thing to do.

She turned around to him slowly, opening her eyes. "Fine." She smiled at him.

"You sure?" He asked smiling playfully at her strangeness.

She just turned back around closing her eyes again. Sawyer shook his head. Women. He would never understand her.

Sawyer helped Hurley move the logs.

"Hey dude what's up with Kate?" Hurley asked picking up a log.

"I dunno." Sawyer said glancing at him.

"Well what happened with her and Jack."

This got a full on look from Sawyer. "What do you mean?" He picked up another log and they both began walking back towards the pile they had started.

"I saw her and Jack walking and talking and then Kate must have said something cause Jack got this weird look at left. Kate tried to stop him but he kept going. She hasn't really talked to anyone since. She's in one of those 'Kate needs alone time' phases again."

Sawyer put down the log. "I don't know she hasn't talked to me."

"Oh." Hurley down his logs also, taking about two seconds before promptly and animatedly asking. "So you to a couple now or what?"

Sawyer looked at him, surprised. "No why?"

"Cause you're always off together, she's living with you and we all know you like each other. Only other people like that are Charlie and Claire."

Sawyer really didn't appreciate being compared to ex junkie-has been but could see where people might get the idea they were together from. "Well we ain't."

"Okay dude just asking."

"You won't believe what Hurley asked me today." Sawyer said trying to break the awful silence between him and Kate.

"What?"

"If we were a couple." Sawyer said a bit of a smile.

"Oh." Kate said flatly resuming the silence.

"What the hell is wrong Freckles? You've been all depressed the last few days yet you won't say anything."

Kate looked at him angrily. "Your not exactly a fount of information either Sawyer."

"I'm not acting all depressed and angry either. You remind me of one of those angry girl bands." Sawyer looked at her, he had added the last part just for effect and wanted to see the reaction. And then as an afterthought he said. "I hate those bands."

Kate looked at him. "Get the fuck off my case." She snapped. This was the second time today. "I don't want to talk about it, and you have no right to expect that of me."

"God Kate chill." Sawyer said defensively. "I just don't want to live with a pms'ing woman."

Kate rolled her eyes. "I'm going to sleep." She walked away to her 'bed' and laid down.

"Good night sweetheart." Sawyer said sarcastically.

Unfortunately Kate and Sawyer woke up at the same time the next morning and there living quarters were anything but large and bumping into each other was bound to happen.

"Watch it."

"You're not the only one here."

"Move."

"Ouch…my toe."

"God, could you take up anymore space?"

"I need to get over there Sawyer." Kate pushed past him grabbing a hairbrush.

"Well my shoes are over there to." Sawyer said knocking into her on accident but with a little more force than was necessary. Kate's foot hit a pole tripping her and she feel.

"Could you help me up?" She asked angrily.

Kate grabbed her hand and pulled her up. He put to much force into it due to anger and pulled her to much causing her to once again stumble. She fell into him and he caught her grabbing her by the shoulders. He stepped back a bit and looked at her keeping his hands on her shoulders. They stood looking at each other for a few seconds. Then he leaned down and kissed her.

They're lips had barely touched when they were interrupted.

"Hey Sawyer, can you help me get the roof up?" Michael called.

They both pulled away quickly. They glanced at each other and went back to what they were doing. Sawyer pulled his boots on and walked off to help Michael and went off to the caves to check on the garden.