Shannon's screams turned into whimpers as the rest stood around dumbfounded. "Boone." She sobbed out.

"Shannon…the island…" She gasped out. He seemed in shock. "…Shannon…Shan…"

Shannon rushed over to him hugging him. "How are you here?" She asked sobbing into him.

He looked at her, his eyes completely full of fear. "I don't know." He said looking around to the others. "I think it was the island."

Jack was standing still. He was reminded of his father. Had his father really been here? Had be been hallucinating? Was the island causing them all to hallucinate?

"So you got brought back and you're telling us you don't know how?" Sawyer yelled at him earning him an elbow in the ribs from Kate. "Ow. What was that for?"

Boone shook his head. "I don't."

"Don't question him." Kate told Sawyer quietly.

"Your telling me, Lazarus here is back from the dead and I can't ask why?"

"Yes." Kate hissed at him.

Jack finally regained himself and went over to Boone. Soon enough they disappeared into Jack's cave.

"Figures." Sawyer muttered heading back to his cave.

They could hear the muttering over the rain. Everyone had there own theories on why he was back. And most of all people were scared.

"It probably ain't even him." Sawyer said grabbing a blanket and sitting down.

"What?" Kate looked at him. That thought hadn't even crossed her mind, though it was possible.

"How many people you see come back from the dead before?"

"How many people have you seen who looked exactly like dead people before?" Kate asked annoyed.

"Seven." Sawyer told her rolling his eyes. "Poor Iraqi, he's going to lose Little Miss Incest to her brother."

"Could you stop?" Kate looked at him.

"Whatever." Sawyer pulled out a book and started reading.

Kate grabbed a jacket and put it on going over to Jack's cave. Shannon was coming out of the cave and stopped Kate "Jack says he needs some time alone." She had tears in her eyes.

"What's going on?" Kate asked trying to look over Shannon's shoulder.

Shannon shook her head. "I don't know. Kate do you think it's really him?"

Kate looked at her. She'd never seen Shannon liked this before; she looked so torn and confused. "I don't' know." She hugged Shannon semi-awkwardly. It had been a long time since she'd comforted someone.

Shannon pulled away after a few seconds, looking almost embarrassed. "Kate thanks."

"For what?"

"For treating me like a human." Shannon did her best to smile through the tears. It was an unbecoming look, but no one did look good when smiling while they were upset. However Kate appreciated the gesture and smiled back.

"We all have skeletons in our closets and mistakes in our past. But they're just that, things that are pushed away into closets and the past. It only matters what's in your heart." She said shocked at herself for saying something that could almost count as profound. "Now why don't you go be with your brother? He probably needs you." Kate had developed an almost sisterly connection with Shannon and really liked having someone to be close with.

"Thanks." Shannon turned around and went back into the cave.

"That was pretty deep." Charlie came up behind her. "Thanks for talking to Claire."

Kate looked at him quizzically. "What?"

"The other day. She said you talked to her. And I have to thank you." He grinned slyly.

Kate let out a small laugh. "No problem Charlie. Good luck with that."

Charlie laughed. "Thanks. She's sweet huh?"

Kate nodded. "Yeah she really is." She looked over at Claire with Aaron thinking how lucky she was.

Charlie glanced towards the cave uneasily. "It worries me. You know? After they came for Aaron."

Kate nodded. "Yeah I do. I really wish he could remember what happened." She sighed.

Charlie nodded. "Me to." They stood in an understanding silence for a bit. "I'm going to go sit with her." Charlie said after a bit. "Thanks again." She smirked.

Kate laughed. "No problem." She headed back towards her cave, the rain was letting up.

"Find out anything?" Sawyer asked a few minutes after Kate came into the cave.

Kate shook her head. "Nope." She sighed sitting down next to him. "What's your biggest regret?"

Sawyer looked at her, head cocked to one side. "Who are you? Dr. Phil?"

Kate ignored him. She should have figured that he wouldn't tell her. "The rains stopping."

"Thanks." Sawyer said. "I'm running out of non-shitty stories." He held up the book and Kate exploded into a fit of laughter.

After a bit she regained herself enough to talk. "You are reading Flowers in the Attic." She started laughing again.

"It was all there was to choose from!" Sawyer said annoyed putting the book down and pushing it away from him, as if it had personally offended him.

Kate looked at him laughing. "That is hilarious." He she started taking deep breathes.

"Glad to amuse you Freckles." He sounded like he was getting pissed.

"Clam down." Kate pushed at him playfully. "You know if I was reading something like that you would have laughed too. Plus it shows you that I think you're really masculine." She said the last part in an almost mocking voice.

"Get out my cave." Sawyer pointed to the door.

"Your cave?" Kate fake choked. "This is my cave. You get out."

"No." Sawyer looked at her dramatically rolling his eyes.

"Would you quit acting like your 7."

"You are to!" Sawyer said defensively.

"Well why do we act like kids around each other."

"I don't know Dr. Phil." Sawyer stood up putting the blanket away.

"There you go again!" Kate stood up also.

Sawyer walked over to her. "I just need to let out my inner child sometimes Doctor. I think I need medication."

"You do need medication." Kate looked at him grinning. "I really want to go back to our cave. The one in the water."

"What brought that up?"

Kate shrugged. "I don't know. I just do."

"Well we can't. I'm sure it's amazingly flooded around there."

Kate sighed and then kissed him. Sawyer kissed her back pushing her softly to the floor. Kate complied moving down to the floor and wrapping her arms around him.

"Wait." Sawyer said standing up and going over to the fabric in the doorway, he closed it and then used the tie they had put on the wall to 'lock' it. He went back over to Kate and started kissing her again.

Finally they were able to finish what they had begun over and over the last few days. This time it was uninterrupted.