This is by far my favorite chapter. I hope that you all enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. The responses to your reviews are at the end.

-Romen

Dream Dates

Kate stroked the metal Haliburton suitcase on her lap. She drummed on it with her fingers. Her love was waiting so long to come...

At that moment, Boone appeared from behind a tree with the picnic basket. His face was red from the effort of carrying it.

"It took you so long," Kate said, trying to hide the annoyance in her voice.

It really didn't matter; Boone was totally ignorant. "I'm sorry to have kept you waiting, pun'kin." He set down the basket and stretched his arms.

Kate went through the picnic basket, making sure he'd brought everything. "Boar meat, some papaya, a few mangos..." She frowned. "Boone, you're missing something to drink."

"Oops; I must have forgotten!" He shrugged. "Do you want me to go get something?"

"No, no, it's okay." Kate sighed. "We can stop at the caves and get some water on our way back to the beach."

Boone sat down and began filling his paper plate. "Hey, what's that?" he asked suddenly reaching out to touch Kate's suitcase.

In a flash, Kate reached out her hand and slapped Boone on the wrist, he recoiled, sniffling, and soon, he burst into tears.

"That hurt!" he sobbed, rubbing his wrist.

"Sorry, I'm so sorry!" She looked at his wrist and could see three red marks where she had hit him. "Here, let me put my water..." That was when she realized they have nothing cold to put on his 'wound.' "Oh baby, please forgive me!" She took his wrist and started kissing it, marks from her bright pink lipstick remaining on his wrist.

"Come on, Jin, darling!" a shrill and familiar voice called. Boone and Kate turned around in horror.

It was...SHANNON! And she was with Jin!

"Should we leave?" Boone hissed.

"No, we're not leaving," Kate said loud enough for both Shannon and Jin to hear if they were all the way back at the beach. "We were here first, and we're going to have to have the rest of the picnic."

Shannon (who was holding on to Jin's arm with the grip of death) and Jin sat down about five feet away from Kate and Boone. They were sitting on a classic red and white checkered sheet, and Boone could smell the scent of freshly cooked fish.

"Oh Jin, you're soooooo romantic!" Shannon said, looking at her half-brother and that nasty girl...Kate.

"Moruget ssumnida," Jin said, shrugging. "Annyonghi kashipsio." He tried to walk away, but like I said, Shannon had the Grip of Death, and it's hard to get away from the Grip of Death anyway, but Shannon's was the worst. Her nails dug deep into your skin, so you were literally attached to her. Boone had often wondered if she used superglue as well...

"Here, have this fish," Shannon said, stroking Jin's cheek.

"Oh, Boone, you are so sweet!" Kate cried, grabbing Boone by the cheek and pinching up some skin. She began shaking his head back and forth. "You aw de cudest wittle ting!"

"That hurts!" Boone snapped, pushing her hand away. He wondered if this was Kate's Grip of Death.

"Shut-up!" Kate hissed, slapping Boone on the back of the head.

"Well, Jin and I carved our name into a tree!" Shannon called. "Right, Jin?"

He held his fish out to her. "Wonhashimnikka?"

"Wow, thanks! A fish!" She looked at Boone and Kate. "In Korea, that is a sign of true love. If you go on a picnic, and your true love gives you a fish!"

"That's not true," Kate grumbled. "I know enough about Korea to know THAT..."

"I bet you don't know how to say 'I love you' in Korean," Shannon said haughtily. She had heard some Korean on a TV show once, and she remembered what she'd heard. She was positive that's what it meant, because the two had kissed right afterwards. "Munorul tushigessumnikka."

Jin started choking. "Muno? Wonch'i anssumnida. Anio, choahaji an-ssumnida; muno."

"He loves me back!" Shannon cried. "Oh, Jinny..."

"Jinny is a girl's name," Boone pointed out. "Besides, I know what muno means; octopus."

"Maybe it has a double meaning," Kate said, "just like hit and read." Kate suddenly realized what she'd said. "No, I mean; Shannon, you're getting ridiculous. Boone doesn't love you anymore. We're already engaged," she lied, quickly rapping a blade of grass around her finger. She held it up. "See?"

Shannon held up Jin's hand. "See this? It's his engagement ring; to me! Besides, I don't love Boone anymore; I love Jin."

Jin shrugged. "Choayo."

"That's his wedding ring, you fool!" Boone and Kate cried.

"Wedding ring!" Shannon turned to look at him. "Why didn't you tell me that you were already married?"

Jin held up a hand in front of his mouth. "Jamkkanman kidaryeo jushipshio." He finished chewing. "Onul supkiga maeu nopssumnida. Kapshida." He began to stand up, but Shannon pulled him down.

"It doesn't matter to me!" Shannon cried, pulling him back down. "I've been with hundreds of married men before, and we still had a happy relationship together. This will be another one of these times."

Jin looked at Boone and Kate, a desperate look on his face. "Narul towa chushipsio."

At that moment, Sun walked in on the bickering couples. Her jaw dropped! "Jin, what are you doing?" she cried.

"This crazy girl will not let me go, she has a Grip of Death on me, and she has mixed octopus with the fish. Surprisingly, it tastes pretty close to the same. Also, she seems to think that we have had some kind of relationship in the past."

Sun glared at Jin. "She doesn't think that you've had some relationship in the past: she thinks that you're having a relationship NOW!"

Jin nodded, considering this. "That makes sense, but how do you know?"

"You don't have to know English to know what's going on through her head. I can't believe you! I'm going to go find Michael!"

"You are going to leave me here with this crazy girl, and run to the American man and his disobedient child with the big lips?"

Sun didn't answer. Instead, she just stormed off.

Meanwhile, back in the jungle...

Imzadi: Yes, Locke does have a twisted mind (throws head back and laughs manically). You'll just have to wait and see what he's up to...buwahaha

Pink Pinker: Sorry that I beat you to it! Anyway, Shannon didn't want over-exert herself by going after Jack when there was other prey hanging around on the beach.

xxHallieMariexx: Yes, that is one of my favorite lines too. It just seemed like something that Sawyer would do.

lostgurl: I'm glad you're enjoying so far!

Icgirl: I decided to play off Sun and Jin because it seems a little obvious sometimes that she knows English in the show.

Lil' Moony and Lil' Padfoot: I'm glad you're enjoying it! You names wouldn't have anything to do with Harry Potter, would they?...

-If I've forgotten anyone, sorry!