Okay, this is a short chapter before I get to Kate getting to see what her life with Jack could be like.

Chapter 7

Back on the Island

It was almost 3 in the morning and the only sounds that could be heard were the steady crashing of the waves on the shore and the popping of the burning wood from the continuous bon fire. The reflection of the full moon played off the water giving the ocean an almost glasslike appearance.

But inside Kate's tent she continued to lay unconscious, her body fighting the venom and the fever that it brought on. Jack sat next to her applying a cool wet cloth to her forehead and arms. He and Sun had removed most of her clothing leaving only her tank top and underwear in hopes of cooling off her overheated body.

While Jack had put on a confident manner when he explained to Sawyer and the others that they would have to be patient and allow this illness to work it's way through her system, inside he was beating himself up racking his brain for something else that would help her, something that would cure her. All of his medical training and he wasn't sure he was going to be able to save the woman he care so deeply for. Sun had tried to get him to leave for awhile and go lay down in Sayid's tent, but he refused to leave Kate's side. He needed to be there to somehow let her know he was there holding on, helping her fight this.

Sawyer has been there for a couple of hours earlier. He didn't say more than a few words to Jack. He simply came in and sat down next to her watching her breathe. He even helped Jack put more of Sun's paste on her legs grabbing the bowl from Jack and scooping out a handful of the concoction before giving the bowl back. But the silence of the night, his sense of helplessness and the sight of Kate not moving except for the rise and fall of her chest drove Sawyer back to his tent.

Jack just continued to sit next to her, watching her, trying to keep the fear of possibly losing her for good buried deep inside him. Taking her hand in his he turned it up and brought the palm to his lips and softly kissed her wrist.

"Don't leave me, Kate. "He whispered. "Please don't leave me."