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Chapter 3

That night Kate stayed up, thinking. She watched as everyone was drifting off to sleep. The caves were more crowded than ever for not one person had stayed on the beach. Ever since Jin returned and the story had spread, fear had engulfed the whole camp. Nobody believed Kate about Sawyer. They all looked at her as if she was crazy. By what Jin had said, Sawyer probably drowned in the ocean. Kate knew her eyes weren't playing tricks on her, she saw Sawyer. She touched him; she felt his warm skin on her hands. The skin she thought she would never see, yet alone touch again. She didn't know what happened to him, but she promised herself she'd find him if it was the last thing she did. She had been a criminal and a murderer, but she was not fanatical.

What really annoyed Kate was the way Jack was acting. She was closer to him than she was to anyone on the island, she thought he trusted her. Why would she lie about something so serious? Jack hadn't spoken a word to her since they returned to the caves, and neither had Charlie or Sayid. They took her for a lunatic. Sun had come up to Kate and talked to her about it and told her that she believed her. Sun was the only one who had believed her. It was because of Jin. Sun assumed Jin to be dead, crying ever since she found the bamboo. She firmly believed that if Jin came back, Sawyer most likely did as well. Her faith meant a lot to Kate… at least she had somebody on her side.

Kate decided that she would go to sleep and go off hiking for tomorrow. She would look for Sawyer until she couldn't look anymore. She had to prove to everybody that she wasn't crazy… most of all; she had to prove to herself that she wasn't crazy.

Kate awoke, stretching her arms tiredly. She couldn't believe that she had actually gone to sleep with everything on her mind, but she had. Everybody was shuffling around, eating and socializing. She remembered what she had vowed to do the night before and immediately got up. She saw that everyone was being served fish by Hurley, so she approached him for her share. She got the fish she wanted, but not before getting an odd glare from Hurley and Charlie.

Kate sighed. Now she REALLY had to do this. Word on the island spreads fast, she thought to herself.
Kate packed her backpack with a couple of water bottles, some fruits, and a gun, just to be on the safe side. As she was fastening the backpack's buckle around her waist, Jack approached her wide-eyed and confused.

"Where are you going?" he asked, sympathy in his eyes.

"What does it matter to you? I'm the village lunatic." She said defensively, beginning to walk away.

"Kate, I need to tell you something." Jack pleaded, putting his hand on her shoulder, stopping her.

"What? Are you going to tell me how crazy I am? I think I get the picture, Jack."

"Kate, I never said you were crazy, you just assumed that. As a matter of fact, I believe you, and I want to go looking for Sawyer with you," he said, clearly shocking Kate by the look on her face. She stared at him without saying a word.

"What did you just say?"

"I said I believe you, Kate. I'm so sorry for behaving the way I did," he said, plainly ashamed of his actions the day before. "I thought about it… and I know you wouldn't be making it up."

"You have no idea how happy I am to hear you say those words," she said and gave him a warm smile. Jack believed her after all; it meant the world to her. Just when she thought she was alone, Jack came and backed her up.

After Jack had prepared his own backpack and told Sayid what he and Kate were going to do, they were on their way. They had decided to go to where Kate found Sawyer at first and make their way from there, in hopes of finding some clues.

"Jack?" Kate asked, walking beside him and looking in his direction. The sun reflected his face and showed off his honey colored skin. The sun had done him well out on the island, now he fit the full description of 'tall, dark, and handsome'. Kate couldn't help but admire him, hoping he wouldn't notice.

"Kate? Earth to Kate?" Jack had caught her staring at him, just as he was staring at her moments before. She was too busy remembering the way to notice, but he was admiring her as well. How the curls framed her gorgeous face almost perfectly. Her hazel eyes glimmered in the sunlight like a shining star on a dark night. Her beauty was breathtaking.
"Sorry," she said, blushing. "I was just going to thank you for having faith in me."

"Well, don't. I was such a jerk yesterday," Jack said, sighing again. He was upset with himself for even doubting Kate for a second. He saw how much it hurt her the night before as she stared at all the people, quiet and distressed. He never wanted to see her that way ever again, especially if he was the cause of it.

Kate smiled her signature smile. The same smile she used around Jack all the time. She was shy around him, and she didn't quite know why.