A/N: Thought I'd get this up before the new episode airs later tonight (yay!). Just a short missing scene that popped into my head. Another outsider's perspective.
Timeline: During the episode, Everybody Hates Hugo, after the famous 'shower scene'.
Rating: K
Disclaimer: They're not mine, no matter how much I wish it.
When Jack returned, he was smiling. Barely noticeably, but there was some amusement reflected in his eyes and he nodded amiably when he hunched down beside me among the pipes.
"So, did you find the source of the noise?" I asked.
Jack nodded, his mouth twitching upwards into a more recognizable smile. "Yeah, it was Kate."
"Kate?" It explained the smile.
"Yeah, she uh, she found a shower."
My eyebrows rose. "And you found her in the shower?"
If the light were not so dim, I would have sworn that he blushed.
"Well, she had a towel, Sayid. She's just doing her job." He pointed the flashlight through the maze of piping and concrete, in a direction we had not traveled yet. "Just like we should be doing ours."
As he began crawling away, the smile still lingering on his face, I shook my head and smiled myself. If nothing else, it would make for an amusing story around the campfire tonight.
END.