Disclaimer: The only thing I own in this whole story is... uh well that would be a total of nothin', but hey, at least I tried to find something... The qoutes in the precious chapter are not mine, as is this one who is done by someone named Matthew prior... whoever that is.
Rain, Rain, Go Away!
Chapter Three:
The winds grow high;
Impending tempests charge the sky;
The lightning flies, the thunder roars;
And big waves lash the frightened shores.
By: Matthew Prior
"Hey, will you wait up!" Sawyer yelled snappily to Kate who was charging ahead like a bull after a red scarf.
"Oh shut it, Sawyer!" Kate snapped back, "I've had enough of your whining to last me a lifetime!"
"Well, if you would just SLOW down, that wouldn't be a problem." He snapped back while slipping on some mud and wiping the rain that was pouring down out of his eyes.
"Slow down! Why should I slow down?" Slipping precariously on a twig, she regained her balance then went on, "YOU should move faster!"
"Faster!" He said outraged, "If I move any faster I am going to out run the damned energizer bunny!"
"If you go any slower you will turn into a statue." Kate retorted.
"Besides I'm wet and hungry and damn does this sand burn hurt or what?" Sawyer slowed down some more and saw Kate growl at this.
"You're just full of problems, aren't you?" Kate rolled her eyes and speeded of a notch, "Oh, I know it's just your nature, right?"
"Wait just a minute there, cupcake, I am not always a problem!"
"Right!"
"Am not!" Sawyer thought on this a moment, annoyed that Kate was giving him such a hard time. "I…I…do lots of stuff to help out."
"Yeah, just like you help hunt or gather food, or when you oh-so empathetically help others build their shelters or," Thinking of something really good, Kate pointed her finger in the air, "when you give someone back their belongings that you have stolen and horded away in that tent of yours."
Sawyer opened his mouth to protest but nothing came out.
"Yeah I can see how you have helped and not just been a problem." Kate finished sarcastically.
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Sawyer huffed along, chasing after Kate who wouldn't admit it but was as lost as he was.
"Damn it! Freckles! Would you just knock it off and stop for a second." Kate opened her mouth to speak and Sawyer raised his hand, "I know, I know, there I go again…whining."
Kate nodded satisfied that he finally agreed to her truth. "But we have been going is circles for the last hour in this blasphemous rain and we really need to find some shelter." Negotiating seemed to be his last resort, "That is unless you want that beautiful skin of yours to be permanently wrinkled like a darned prune!"
Kate sighed, "Fine." She sulked, "Lead the way because unless you want to sit underneath of a really big leaf and hope to stay dry, we still need to get to the caves."
For another fifteen minutes Kate and Sawyer searched for somewhere to lay low for a while until the storm blew over. Suddenly Sawyer made a grand swooping motion with his arm and swept the vines aside, "Ah-ha!"
"What?" Kate looked puzzled trying to figure out what Sawyer was looking at. "Wha-?"
"Come along buttercup and dry yourself in my shelter." Sawyer bent low in a bow, looking rather ridiculous with his dripping hair and torn clothes, but nonetheless was encouraged with Kate's surprised but genuine smile.
Then she saw the shelter. "Sawyer!" In front of her was a cave about six feet tall, less then ten feet wide and when deep back into the side of the mountain.
"What!" Seeing Kate's expression he continued, "It's safe trust me, I found one just like it back near the caves and it didn't have anything living in it."
"But," her voice started to go high pitched and Sawyer could tell she was far more afraid then she was letting on. "The polar bears could live in these caves." Turning on her heel Kate started to leave.
"Whow, whow, whow," Grabbing Kate by the arm he spun her around, "you just hold your lil' horses a second and you will see that this cave is just fine." Seeing the expression on her face he continued. "Really, Freckles, I won't let anything happen to you."
He turned quickly, 'Why did I just say that? Talk about revealing a little too much. Now she is looking at me with those piercing eyes. Damn it! Damn it! DAMN IT!' He entered the cave quickly, stooping slightly and moved further back.
"Come on, it's dry in here."
Kate entered hesitantly. "No bears?" He swore her voice wavered a little with a touch of tears behind thim, but it might have just been the echo in the caves.
"No, no bears in here." Sawyer confirmed as he plunked himself down for the fist time in two hours.
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It was nearly and hour later before Sawyer and Kate had a fire going and they started to get somewhat dry.
Kate couldn't stop shivering. She tried really hard, getting so close to the fire that the flames almost licked her shirt threatening to set her on fire. After that she stayed a little further back. Truthfully, she had stopped being cold a quarter of an hour ago, but she was still shivering, more like shaking.
Everything that had just gone on in the last few hours was too much for her mind and body to absorb. Vigorously she rubbed her hands up and down her arms than instantly regretted it. The various cuts and bruises on he arms throbbed in protest. "Ouch." She hissed in pain.
Sawyer turned and looked at her. He was lying on his back, trying to sleep.
Kate turned away, she didn't want to admit it but she couldn't even try to sleep. Every time she closed her eyes the feeling of drowning overwhelmed her, making her feel like she was choking and she would start to shake more. 'I almost died, today.' Thinking those words brought tears to her eyes. 'I was so afraid.' She wished she could tell someone those words and have them just hold her and tell her everything was going to be okay. Instead they kept repeating inside her head, burning her.
"Kate?"
She turned confused at the use of her name. That is when she realized she was crying. Hastily she rubbed the tears away. "What?"
"Are you okay?" He paused, "Damn!"
Kate's head shot up.
"'Course your not okay." Silence filled the cave.
Lost in her own thoughts she didn't notice Sawyer until he was beside her. Kate looked up startled, his eyes where filled with sympathy and something else. Something she couldn't identify.
He reached out an arm tenderly and wrapped it around Kate's shoulder waiting for her to rebel and push him away. When she didn't, he pulled he against his chest and was surprised when he felt her lean into him. She released a sob as he stroked her damp hair.
"It's going to be okay, Kate." He said since he didn't know what else to say.
To his horror Kate's sobs increased, "Oh, Kate, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you cry more. I was just… just…"
Kate raised her tear stained face from his chest and smiled, "Sawyer, you said just the right thing."
A/N: Yeah another chapter is up. This one was so much fun to write. Sort of fluffy in the end to which was soooo much fun to write, I might just do more of that... ((evil grin)). Well i hope you guys all like it and now review if you deem my story worthy of more chapters:-)
