Kate opened her eyes slightly, her head throbbing with immense pain. Noticing finally that she had just awoken, she cried out in shock and fear. She sat up quickly and looked around, a surprised expression on her face. When she turned to her side, she saw Jack stir from where he had been sleeping. He shook his head, frowning, and blinked constantly, trying to become fully awake. He looked at Kate, raising his eyebrows in shock, and stood up. Kate smiled, a big wide smile, hopped off the makeshift doctor bed, and ran up to Jack, throwing her arms around him. Jack was shocked, and didn't know what to do. She he just put her arms back around her in a friendly embrace.

"Oh, I'm so glad to see you right now, Jack," Kate said quietly. She pulled away and looked up at him.

"Kate?" Jack said. "What happened? Are you okay?"

"Yeah. Why wouldn't I be?" she asked, raising an eyebrow.

"No...what happened to you back there?" Jack asked. Kate crossed her arms in front of her chest and took a step back.

"Jack, you okay?" she said, a smile about to form on her face. "I know you're playing the role of doctor-slash-leader on this island, but trust me, there is nothing wrong with me." Jack stared at her thoughtfully. "What?"

"Kate, I saw you...lying there...on the ground," he explained. "Do you not remember that? Maybe... No, that isn't possible. Kate, what do you remember that happened before you were knocked out?"

Knocked out. Kate gasped. Yes...she was knocked out. But by who? She shut her eyes and looked down, trying to think. She remembered running away through the forest. Then, finding...him. What? she thought. How could I have seen...

"Ethan," she muttered, frowning. She opened her eyes and looked up at Jack.

"Ethan? Huh? No, wait just a second here. Kate, first, you pass out and don't remember who the heck I am, and now you see...Ethan?" Jack frowned, also crossing his arms.

"What? I passed out?" Kate cried, her eyes widening. "What? And I didn't forget my memory... I still remember you. You're Jack Shepard, unless I'm mistaken, you're the first person I saw here and I love-" She cleared her thought. "I remember you perfectly! I don't know what you're talking about."

"No, Kate," Jack said. "You forgot everything about the island...the crash...me... Unless you suddenly had your sense knocked into you."

"My sense?" she cried. "What are you calling me? Stupid?"

"No, please, Kate, that isn't what I meant," Jack said. "I just need to figure out what the hell just happened." Then he frowned and said aloud, "You fell while running away from the monster before, and forgot everything. Then here you are, remembering everything as if nothing happened... Kate, do you remember anything? Anything at all that wasn't before running away from the monster? The, uh, first time." Kate looked at him oddly, confused.

"...No," she said honestly. "I'm sorry, Jack, but no. I don't think that I remember anything, at least. So, what you're saying is, is that I didn't remember anything... Not even you...? Is that even possible?"

"I don't know," Jack admitted, shrugging. He sighed. "Okay. Back to what you were saying." He shook his head. "I'll deal with that later. Okay, anyway, I have two questions on my mind right now. First, what were you saying about this Ethan?"

"Don't tell me you forgot about Ethan," Kate cried instantly, shocked. Jack's eyes widened too.

"No, no!" he cried. "How could I forget him? And...isn't he dead?"

"Yes," Kate replied quickly. "Well, I mean, no. I mean...well, I thought he was. But I saw him. I know I did." She sighed. "And I know what you're gonna say, Jack. That I'm hallucinating and all that. But please," her expression softened, "I'm not lying. Please, you have to trust me on that."

"Okay, then how'd you see him?" Jack asked. "I mean...like, why? Why did you see him in the first place? Did he, ya know, do anything?"

"He's the reason I passed out...," Kate mumbled thoughtfully, looking away. "Ah, this is all so complicated!"

"Okay, okay, I know, Kate," Jack said. "But bare with me. I'm just trying to help." His eyes cast downward, looking defeated. Kate winced as if she had just been hit in the stomach. What was she doing? Jack was trying to help her a-and...she was pushing him away. Which was what she had been doing all her life. Pushing her loved ones away. Until, finally, they all...died. But Jack was different. She had never, ever met someone she felt so strongly about. Kate realized she had to make a difference in her life if she wanted Jack. She smiled at her thoughts and put her hand on Jack's forearm, starting to walk. Jack raised an eyebrow.

"Here, Jack," Kate said, still walking. She quickened her pace. "I need to explain things in a more 'clearer way'. Okay, before I answer your first question, what's your second?" Kate asked, resting against a tree. Jack seemed to have become alert all of a sudden. That questioned Kate.

"Well...I might have been mistaken, but, you said...uh." Jack's eyes widened a bit.

"I said what?"

"Uh, something like, 'You're the person I love-' or something," he said, shrugging. Jack looked away, awkward.

"Oh...that." Kate looked away too.