Kate, Jack, and an Empty Hatch
From chapter 1:
Then the alarm went off. They were both rushing to get to the computer first. Kate sat down in the chair first and jack was standing above her. Kate punched in the number and was about to press execute when,
"Kate, stop. Those aren't the right numbers. It's 42, not 32." He was pointing to the screen.
"OK, I'm changing it." She wasn't used to Jack yelling at her like that.
"Um, I'm interrupting aren't I?" They both heard the Australian-British accent and immediately recognized the intruder as…
"Charlie, no we were just turning off the alarm. That's all." Kate said, barely able to speak after the surprise visit. She and Jack went to the back to get their clothes and get dressed.
"Yeah OK, I'll just leave you two to your 'alarm business' and get out of here. I think Claire is calling me." Charlie got out of there as fast as he could.
"That was close. Why do you think that he came down here at eleven at night?" Kate was already dressed.
"I don't know, he should be asleep by now. Claire too." Jack was dressed also. "So, Ms. Austin, do you want to go back to our 'game' or should we not take any chances and do our jobs?" Jack came behind Kate and put his arms around her waist and kissed the top of her head.
"I don't know. Maybe we should hold off on the games until we're out of the hatch and we can find a secret spot of our own." She put her hands over his and looked up at him.
"OK, I guess we shouldn't take any chances after what just happened. We don't want it happening again. That was already embarrassing enough. News of us has probably spread all over the island by now, if everybody isn't asleep." Jack laid her down on the couch and lay down beside her. They were so happy together, everybody knew they would be, it just took time. Lots of it for them to realize what everybody else saw from the minute they met.
When they woke up, it was time for them to leave. The next shift, Claire and Charlie and Aaron, came in and they all traded places. For a minute, Kate thought that Charlie hadn't told anybody, then Claire smiled at her and said "congratulations, I heard you two had a fun night down here." Kate was so embarrassed to even step out of the hatch and have to go back to the caves and face everybody there. Especially Sawyer. She knew that he would be the hardest on her and Jack. He hated seeing them together. He wanted Kate, she just didn't want him.