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Stark Wars

One Down

On the Beach, next day...

Sawyer was back at his fort, laid back with a book and his homemade bifocals, relaxing as usual. "Sawyer?" Kate questioned, standing directly at his feet. He glance up from his book, a smug grin instantly crossing his face. "What can I do for you, freckles?" He questioned, squinting up at her from the sun.

"Are you busy?" She questioned, one hand on her hip. He eyed her curiously for a moment, wondering why she was being so friendly. "Do I look busy?" He questioned sarcastic, raising an eye brow. "Good" She confirmed with a grin that was all to suspicious. "Fallow me."

With that she turned and headed towards the jungle, leaving Sawyer in a state of confusion. He knew she was up to something, but decided to fallow her anyway. After all, the book he was reading was starting to get boring, and if anything, it would give him something to do.

"So where are we going, exactly?" Sawyer questioned, a few minutes into the jungle. Kate was moving fast through the trees, making it hard for him to catch up. "You'll see" Kate explained, glancing back over her shoulder and try to act as if she were annoyed. "That doesn't answer the question, freckles" Sawyer replied, persistently, stopping in his tracks.

"What, you don't trust me?" Kate questioned, raising an eye brow at him after turning to face him. This time she actually was annoyed. "Hmmm...no" He answered bluntly. Kate rolled her eyes. "If you don't want to help me, fine. I just thought you'd like some company that didn't live inside a paper cover" She replied moodily, and turned her back on him once again.

He watched her walk for a moment, half ready to turn himself around and head back to the beach. But then again, he'd followed her this far and nothing bad had happened yet. He sighed, and began following once again. Kate had waited until she heard his foot steps behind her to speed up once again.

She smiled to herself, listening to him curse at every branch of leaf that got in his way, especially the one's that were snapping back at him after Kate past trough. A particularly large one swung back and hit him right in the knee, causing a series of profanity to fly from his mouth. Kate muffled a laugh and waited for it to surpass before turning around.

"Would you stop fooling around, were almost there" Kate instead, giving him an aggravated look. "Its your fault!" Sawyer exclaimed in annoyance, kneeling down and rolling up his pant leg to examine his knee. "Quit being such a baby" Kate insisted, teasingly. Sawyer shoot her an offended look, but didn't say anything in response. Instead, he straightened back up and tried to walk best her could with the brass on his knee.

Kate smiled in amusement and shook her head as he limped ahead of her. It wasn't long before they reached the clearing, and came upon the huge waterfall they'd discovered together before months ago. Sawyer looked around the familiar place in confusion for a moment before turning back to Kate.

"You mind explaining to me what's going on here, freckles?" Sawyer questioned, raising an eye brow in her direction. "Just thought you might need some time to relax" She explained with an innocent shrug. "From what? I've done nothing but sit around on the beach all week" he explained in reply.

"Well, I thought it might be more fun to relax here...with me" Kate explained, trying to act as innocent at possible. God, Claire and Shannon were going to pay for this. "Oh, I see" Sawyer replied, a great big smirk coming across his face. "What's wrong? Doctor couldn't make it?" He questioned teasingly, shoving his hands into his pockets.

"I didn't ask him" Kate replied with a shrug, doing the same. This may be harder than she thought. "Really?" The grin on his face widened, proud to be picked first. Kate rolled her eyes. "Well, are we getting in or not?" She questioned, indicating to the huge pool of water beside them. "Fine with me" He replied, and pulled off his shirt freely. Kate ignored him, pretending not to notice as she un buttoned her jeans and pulled them off before hopping into the water.

"Ahh! Its cold" She exclaimed bluntly once the icy water hit her skin. "yeah, I can tell' He noted, looking directly at her breast. Kate looked down for a moment, not quite getting what he meant. After a moment, the light bulb went off and she rolled her eyes in annoyance. "Hey, come on. You can't blame a guy for noticing" He tried to defended himself, a playfully grin spread widely across his face. He was enjoying this way to much.

"Hey, I'm just glad you kept your pants on" Kate replied, teasingly, keeping her arms crossed over her chest, not that it stopped him from looking. "you got a problem with skinny dipping?" He questioned, raising an eye brow at her once again. "Not when its done in front of people" Kate replied smartly.

"Well, were alone now, aren't we?" He questioned, the smug grin spreading across his face. "I suppose" She replied, pretending not to be interested. "No one's around for miles" He continued, playfully. "Your point?" she questioned, raising an eye brow. "You know what? It don't matter. Your to chicken to do it any way" He scoffed, skeptically.

"To chicken to do what, exactly?" She questioned, an offended look crossing her face. "Skinny dipping. You don't have the balls" He replied, teasingly, knowing he was getting to her. "in case you haven't noticed, I'm a girl. I don't have any balls" she replied, sarcastically. "Oh, believe me, I noticed" He assured playfully, the grin on his face growing once again.

Kate rolled her eyes and turned around, moving her way into the deeper part of the water. "Oh, and just so you know, I have gone skinny dipping before" She explained, glancing at him over her shoulder. "Oh really?" He questioned sarcastically, laughing slightly. "What, you don't believe me?" She questioned, turning around once again.

"Nope" He answered bluntly. "Well, I have" She assured, moving backwards into the deeper part of the water. "Well then, prove it" he suggested, in reply. "How?" She questioned, shooting him a confused look. "Take off your cloths" He answered bluntly, a suggestive grin growing across his face. He expected her to roll her eyes, but instead, she shrugged her shoulders.

"I will if you will" She answered, catching him entirely off guard, though he tried his best to hide it. "Deal" He replied, unable to wipe away that smug grin. Kate moved through the water, making her way back to the surface and climbing out. She looked down at Sawyer, who remained in the water, looking up at her impatiently.

"I'm waiting" He noted teasingly, grinning up at her. Kate sighed, rolled her eyes, and pulled of her tank top, leaving her in nothing but a bra and underwear. "I must say, freckles, I am loving this side of you" He explained, looking her up and down. "Ok, your turn" She replied, pretending to ignore the remark.

He maintained his coincided little smirk as he reached his hands under the water and undid his pants. Kate watched with a blank expression as he pulled them down and tossed them onto the sand beside her feet. "Satisfied?" He questioned, knowing very well he had found a loop whole.

"Not really" she replied bluntly, placing her hands on her hips. "Oh? And why's that?" He questioned, acting as if he didn't know the answer. "Because your cheating" she explained, giving him a disappointed look. "Am not. First of all, your not naked. You've got two little bits of cloths that are still getting in the way of my view, and second of all, I did what you asked. If you want to see it, your just going to have to dive in" He explained smartly.

"Oh, no you don't. I'm not taking another thing off until you get out of that water" She confirmed in reply, crossing her arms once again. He looked skeptic for a moment, considering his options. "Fine, you win" He agreed after a moment. He climbed out of the water in nothing but his boxers.

Kate kept her eyes on his, acting as if she wasn't at all interested at looking down ward. "All right, freckles, your turn again" He explained, his grin had gotten out of control. Kate sighed, and turned her back to him momentarily to undo her bra. "Hey, that ain't fair" He insisted, keeping his eyes on her bare back all the same.

"Stop being such a baby and give me a sec" She explained, shooting a look at him over her shoulder as she pulled the thing off and tossed it aside. She took a deep sigh and turned to face him, making sure her hair did a good job in covering her up. Sawyer grinned nonetheless, making no attempt to act as if he were looking at anything else.

"Your turn" She reminded, doing her best not to blush. "Hold on, give me a sec" He insisted, playfully, putting a smile on her face. She tried to hide it as she rolled her eyes and crossed her arms, covering herself up more so than before. "All right, I'm done" He assured, lifting his gaze to meet hers sarcastically. Kate gave him an impatient look and said nothing in reply.

Sawyer willingly held up his end of the deal and carefully dropped his boxers. An amused grin crossed Kate's face, trying to hold back a laugh. His eyes narrowed in offense. "What's so funny?" He questioned, the smile dropping from his face. That's when he heard it. The sound of giggling coming from somewhere behind him. He turned around to see a group of the girls peeking over the top of one of the rocks, all with a look of shock across their faces, that grew even more dramatic when he turned to face them.

He glanced back at Kate, he was still trying to hold back a laugh. "Very funny, freckles. I knew you were up to something" He explained, not at all amused. Kate shrugged innocently as the smile grew upon her face. He sighed and turned back to face the group of gapping girls. "Like what you see, ladies?" He questioned, turning back to face them shamelessly, receive a few cat calls in reply.

"You know, if you wanted to get me naked, all you had to do is ask" He explained, turning to face Kate once again. "I know...but where's the fun in that?" She questioned, playfully. He nudged past her and grabbed his boxers and pants up off the ground, shaking his head as he walked off.

Kate waited until he was out of ear shoot to began laughing. The girls all ran out from behind the rocks and meet up with her. "Wow, Kate, I can't believe you pulled that off!" Shannon exclaimed teasingly. "I know, neither can I!" Kate explained, unable to stop herself from laugh. "Well, your not done yet. We've still got to get Jack" Claire reminded.

"I know. God, that's gonna be a tuff one" Kate nodded, with a sigh. "Well, I'm sure you'll figure out something" Claire assured, patting her on the shoulder. "Yeah, we believe in you" Shannon added, faking an over-dramtic smile. The girls were silent for a moment before they broke out into laughter once again.