Kate let out a sigh as she slowly woke, the feeling of Sawyer pressed so close, so warm, made her feel complete, for maybe the first time in her life.
Sawyer had been lying there watching her for at least fifteen minutes, not wanting to disturb her, just wanting to watch her. She had the most peaceful expression on her face.
Kate awoke to see Sawyer, looking at her. "Hey," she whispered, a smile spreading across her face.
"Hey," he whispered, grinning back. His hand grazed her cheek, and then trailed down her arm, "Sleep well?" Kate smiled and gave him a little nod. "I think we found one hell of a way to fall asleep every night, from now on," he said. She laughed.
"You want some breakfast in bed?" she asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Only if you can get it and stay right here next to me like this," he joked.
Kate gave him a slow, wet kiss. "I'll be right back, I promise," she said getting up and dressing herself.
It was hard for Sawyer to keep his eyes off of her. She was beautiful. Sawyer rolled over on his back and sighed, yep he was in heaven. He had just made love to Kate the night before and now she was up getting him food. Yes, I'm a pig, he thought to himself, oink, oink.
Kate gave Sawyer one more glance, he looked happy, for the first time, he looked truly happy. She went out into the main living area closing the door behind her. She passed the computer expecting Locke or Michael, but there Jack was, sitting there like he was waiting for her.
"Hey," she said, a lump quickly forming in her throat.
Jack let out an annoyed laugh, "Hey? That all I get?" He rose, closing the distance between them. "I love you, Kate."
Kate looked at him like he had suddenly grown a second head. Sure, she cared for Jack, he was a great guy, but…….but what? She didn't deserve him? She needed her man to stand up for himself and tell her what he really wanted. "It's too late for that Jack," she said, her voice cold and devoid from emotion.
Jack swallowed hard. "Why in the hell did you kiss me like you did? You think I'm immune to feel things for you Kate? I'm not just gonna let you toy with me and then cast me aside," he said, roughly dragging her up next to him by her wrist, like he had before in the jungle. The only difference was this time it was unwelcome. She had made her choice.
"Jack, stop, your hurting me," she said, arm a flailing, trying to get out of his grasp. Seemed like Jack had grown a backbone and was going after what he wanted. "I love Sawyer," she shouted.
Jack's eyes immediately watered up, abruptly letting go of her arm. He hadn't slept in a while and Shannon's death was also taking a toll on him. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have…" he whispered. The truth had just slapped him in the face. She loved Sawyer, not him.
Kate put her hand on his forearm, "I'm sorry Jack, I had to get things straightened out and…..."
He roughly jerked away from her touch. "Michael should be here for his button duty soon," he said, coldly. He turned and stomped out as fast as he could. He was going to cry all right, just not in front of her.
Kate sighed, probably wasn't smart to go pissing off the doctor, when Sawyer still needed him, but she had to be truthful. Hopefully they were out of the woods with that, he felt like his temperature was normal.
She turned to see Sawyer leaning up against the wall behind her, he smirked. "How long have you been standing there, Sawyer?" she asked.
His eyes met hers. "Long enough. Listen I need to tell you something, Freckles," his tone and features growing very serious.
Oh, no, she thought, last night was just sex? It couldn't be, there had to be something else.
"I love you too," he said, cracking a little smirk, "Never thought I'd be able to say that to anyone, but….." he trailed off, gazing into her eyes. Yes it was hard, but he needed to get it out, maybe he wouldn't have to say it again. It was a little awkward after all.
Kate smiled, "Oh, you heard that?"
He nodded, moving towards her. His arm snaked out around her waist, pulling her up against him. His lips found hers and they kissed for several minutes. Sawyer eventually pulled back slightly, trailing kisses up her jawbone to her ear. "What's for breakfast?" he whispered, before he nipped at her ear.
"Me," she whispered and giggled a little.
"I like that idea," he said with a little growl.
They would have to deal with Jack more later, but for now they were hungry. They made their way to the pantry, stealing kisses here and there. They ate breakfast, slowly in the bedroom, both thinking of what had transpired them the night before.
"Think we could go down to the beach later?" Sawyer asked.
"Why ya asking me?" she said confused, "You always just do whatever the hell you want anyway," She laughed a little to let him know she was just kidding.
Sawyer rolled his eyes and smiled at her. "What I mean to say then, is would you go with me? If something happened I might need mouth to mouth or something," Kate looked at him.
"Or something? Huh?" she said, raising her eyebrow.
"You'll just have to go and see, Freckles," he said, he said with a shrug. A small pain buzzed in his shoulder. He wasn't sure what he had in mind yet either. But he was sure it had to do with him and her being naked and together, he thought.
They agreed to go but figured a little nap was in order first. Even if they didn't sleep, at least they were in each other's arms.