The rain had brought most of the survivors closer together, except a group that had taken off on their own. Kate nor Sawyer really knew any of them though. They had decided to go to higher ground to be safer, but most people were staying in the guaranteed shelter of the caves. They also knew that higher ground could lead to landslides taking all of there belongings with it.

But most people were working together. They were trying to build up a better shelter before possible floodwaters came. They really didn't know what to expect and were hoping to be prepared for whatever it was.

Kate was sitting in a cave that she had basically deemed hers and Sawyer's. She was weaving a basket. If you could call the pathetic thing she had made a basket. It was to hold food or whatever they needed. All she knew was that Rose had come and showed her what to do and left her with supplies. She would rather be out helping the men, but no one was really giving her that option.

Shannon stood in the doorway. "Knock Knock."

Kate looked up. "Hey." She smiled at her. "Want to help?"

"I wanted to say thanks so much for yesterday. And I have no idea what to do." She laughed.

Kate held up her basket. "Obviously neither do I. And it wasn't a problem, I know better than you probably think."

Shannon looked at her a little uneasily for a second. "Locke says he needs you to help him with something to." She smirked. "Actually he asked me to help but I don't want to by myself."

Kate put down the basket making stuff. "What does he need help with?"

"I don't know. He's making something." Shannon told her. "Him and Sawyer. Part of the reason I asked you, also cause I wanted to thank you."

Kate didn't bother correcting her on the Sawyer comment. "Well then I guess we get to work with the boys."

"Yippee." Shannon said sarcastically pointing to a clearing a little bit away from the end of the rocks outlining the caves.

"Watcha making?" Kate asked going over to examine.

"It's going to make a roof for the caves." Locke said.

"It's supposed to make a roof for the caves." Sawyer added, probably just to piss Locke off.

"Why am I helping?" Shannon asked sounding a little put out.

"Because we thought maybe you'd like to get off your lazy ass and do something Sticks." Sawyer smiled at her.

Shannon rolled her eyes. "I do stuff."

"Tanning doesn't help the camp. "Hold this." He said to her. "And Kate you hold that one." He pointed to a bigger piece of wood.

Kate went and held it up. "I'm not seeing how this is going to work."

"Have faith." Locke said grinning. "It will work."

Shannon caught Kate's eye and gave her a look saying that she clearly thought Locke was a whack-job. Kate suppressed a laugh.

Sawyer looked between the two of them. "Told you two girls weren't a good idea."

Kate rolled her eyes. "We're just laughing. Must you be so crabby?"

"Yes, I must." He said mocking her.

Shannon looked between the two of them. "So how long have you two been married?" She asked.

"Not funny." Kate said.

"The little lady doesn't like talking about her age." Sawyer said finding all of this amusing.

"Could we just do the work?" Kate asked.

About an hour and lots of bantering later it was actually starting to look like this roof thing might work.

"I get it now." Shannon said sitting on a rock beside them. She hadn't really been that much help.

"That's good princess." Sawyer sighed helping the other two pick them up and move it.

"Okay here?" Kate asked backing up a bit more to where he had pointed.

"Yep." Locke said and they put it down. "Now we just need to secure it and it will be good." He smiled at them. "Thanks."

Sawyer nodded. "I got that rope."

Kate walked down to the beach and looked around. It was trashed. Everything was destroyed. She sighed rubbing her arms as a cool breeze went by. The air smelled of rain, and the sky was overcast.

"Pretty weird huh?" Sawyer asked coming up beside her.

Kate nodded. "Yeah."

"You know what's stranger?"

"What?"

"It's like loosing your home. We're all actually getting use to living here."
Kate nodded. It was true. She probably did more than others.

A light sprinkle started to fall down. Kate rubbed her arms some more; she wasn't prepared for the coldness. The sky got darker as if warning them to take cover. But Kate kept standing there. It had been like this the night she had left Tom. She could still remember the look on his face.

"Kate?" Sawyer snapped her back. "We better get going back." He said looking around. "Damn island." He muttered under his breath.

"Yeah." Kate turned around and started walking back. She still couldn't get that night out of her head.

"But I love you Katie. We were supposed to have a life together." He was damp from the misting rain he'd been standing in.

Kate had tears in her eyes. "I can't stay here. I have to do this." She told him choking up. She fiddled with her keys.

"Don't leave me." He begged her, his first tear of the night falling down his cheek. "Remember all our plans Katie. We'd have a family."

Kate held back tears. "Tom I want a family with you so badly but I can't stay here."

"Kate let me come with you then." He said to her grabbing her hand.

"You can't! I can't screw up your life." She started crying. "I have to go now. I love you." She said turning around and walking quickly towards the car.

"Kate don't!" Tom yelled crying now too.

Kate opened up the door and looked at him. Lightening struck illuminating him for a second. "I'll come back for you." She said getting in. She started the car and drove off, doing her best to see through her watery eyes.

"What the hell Kate?" Sawyer asked following her into the cave.

Kate snapped back and realized she had been crying silently on the way back. She quickly wiped her eyes embarrassed. "It's nothing."

Sawyer rolled his eyes. "Looks like rain."

"No kidding." Kate grabbed a jacket from Sawyer's bag. She hadn't gotten one for herself. Not only was she cold, there was a creepy feeling in the air giving her chills. She sat down at the back of the cave.

"Shit." Sawyer said after standing there for a minute or two. "It's raining hard again."

They could hear the water beating on the roof they had made that was outside their cave and hear it all around them.

Sawyer went and sat down next to Kate. "If you're worried about this it'll be fine."

Kate smiled at him a little. "I know." She leaned her head back against the wall. Sawyer nodded and the awkward silence resumed.

"There's nothing to do." Sawyer said after a few minutes.

"We could play truth or dare, but I suppose it'll really be just truth, not to much to do around here."

Sawyer rolled his eyes. "How old are we 12? Want to do my nails next?"

"Are you in or out?"

Sawyer grumbled, "Fine."

"Truth or dare." Kate asked smirking

"Truth."

"Are you jealous of Jack?"

"Hell no!" Sawyer said looking at her as if she was insane. "Truth or dare."

"Truth."

'You wanted to kiss me the first time." He smirked like a teenage boy.

Kate looked at him for a second. She supposed he could have asked her something worse. She sighed. "Maybe a little."

Sawyer smiled. "I knew it."

"Truth or dare."

"Truth…"

They played for a while, the questions mostly stupid, neither one of them wanting to cause more awkward silence by asking a serious question.

"8th grade." Kate said with a grin. "His name was Timmy."

"You kissed a kid named Timmy?" Sawyer laughed.

"Truth or dare."

"Truth." Sawyer laughed.

"When was your first kiss?"

"6th grade, with Mary." He smiled at her. "Truth or dare."

"Dare." Kate said on a whim.

Sawyer looked at her for a second. "Hmmm." He looked around the cave as if the answer would be written somewhere. "Just had to choose dare." Sawyer said smiling.

"It was getting to repetitive." Kate laughed. "Want me to call um my crush and tell him I love him?" She asked remembering her last game of truth or dare.

"Naw." Sawyer said a gleam in his eyes. "I dare you to kiss me." He smiled at Kate.

Kate should have known it was coming. She did choose dare. Maybe in the back of her mind she was hoping. "Double dare?" She asked playfully.

Sawyer rolled his eyes. "Whatever."

Kate laughed and then leaned in and kissed him. The kiss was different this time. It was more, playful if you will. Both of them letting their hands wander and biting at each other. After a while, needing to catch her breath Kate pulled back and looked at him smiling.

"Truth or dare?" She asked.

"Truth." Sawyer said almost in a whisper.

Kate got a playful look. "You have a crush on me don't you." She laughed.

"Your ridiculous." He said pushing at her a bit.

Kate pushed him over tackling him to the floor. "I really like this game." She told him.

"Me to." Sawyer laughed. "Come here." Kate leaned down and kissed him again