A.N.: Hey all you Skaters. I'm having fun doing this series; thanks for nagging me to continue:P Just kidding about the nagging. Anyway expect at least one more chapter in this story!

Trust me

Kate was staring sullenly into her fire, absently chucking little pieces of foliage and sticks into it, watching them sizzle and shrivel away. She jumped in surprise as a stick snapped and she whirled around to see Sawyer coming up behind her. He gave her a small smile and sat down beside her.

"You okay, Freckles?" he asked after a moment of looking at her quietly.

"Yeah, fine.." she said in a distant voice, her eyes settling back on the burning wood of her fire. Sawyer surveyed her for a second longer before reaching out his hand and taking hers in his, squeezing it gently. She gave him a small smile, but that was it before she returned her eyes to the embers. He smiled. He would cheer her up. He knew what she needed, and it was already all prepared. He let go of her hand and stood up, holding out his hand to help her up.

"Do you trust me, Freckles?" he asked, watching while she looked curiously up at him. She raised her eyebrow.

"I... I guess so, why?" she asked cautiously. He sounded excited about something, and she didnt know whether that should excite her or scare her. He shook his hand in front of her, encouraging her to take it. Finally she did and he pulled her to a standing position. She brushed off her jeans and squinted through the dim light at his face, at the glimmering of excitement in his eyes.

"You have to trust me completely. I'm gonna give you a treat." he told her seriously, trying not to let his eagerness show, trying not to grin. She stared at him, half nonplussed, half affected by the infectious happy feeling radiating from him.

"I.. guess?" she said with a slightly nervous laugh. He smiled gently.

"You have to promise you'll let me treat you... Let me do what I want for you... Really." he told her, resting a hand on her bicep. She looked at him suspisciously again, wondering what he was up to. Ah hell... she thought. Why not live a little?

"Sure." she told him, squeezing his hand. He grinned.

"Okay then, turn around." Kate did as she was told, though she was still wondering what on earth he was doing. He drew a long black piece of fabric from his pocket and gently pulled her long hair over her shoulders so it all hung down her back. She shivered slightly at the feeling but let him continue. She was slightly startled a moment later as he reached around from behind her and began to blindfold her, tying the strip of cloth behind her head.

"Sawyer..." she said uneasily, touching the cloth. He shushed her.

"Shh. Its fine, I'm not gonna let you get hurt or somethin'." He waved his hand in front of her face and when she showed no signs of having seen it, he was satisfied. True to what he thought, Kate could see nothing, and felt extremely vulnerable. He turned her around, smiling at the confused look on her face. "Let me lead you... don't worry." She stumbled slightly as she took a couple of steps forward and felt his hands on her shoulders tighten. She knew he wouldn't let her fall if he could help it, and she relaxed the tiniest bit from that thought. They went along through the jungle, the night darkness closing in on them, though Kate neither saw nor felt it with her eyes blocked artificially. Sawyer had his flashlight and led them along the path he'd chosen, going at a slower pace so she wouldn't fall.

"This is ridiculous." she commented after somewhere around her fifteenth stumble. He hadn't let her fall yet but she was getting sick of the heart wrenching shock of feeling like she was about to hit the ground. Sawyer smiled and squeezed her shoulders.

"We're almost there." She sighed and continued, bound by her promise to not complain. After only a few more minutes they arrived, and Sawyer slowed her to a stop and let go of her shoulders. Kate turned her head blindly.

"Can I take this off now?" she asked, pulling at the cloth.

"No!" he said hastily, hurrying back to her and pulling her hand away. "Here, lets sit you down..." He lead her over to a seat against a log that he'd propped several soft blankets against earlier. She was surprised to feel soft fabric behind her rather than ground, and the confusion registered on her face.

"Where are we!" she asked, really wanting to remove the blindfold. It felt so weird to not be able to see what she could hear and smell, and she wondered how blind people could stand going their whole lives without sight. It would drive her mad.

"You'll see soon enough." he said mysteriously as he hurried around, building a fire. Soon Kate could feel the brilliant heat from the flames, could smell the sweet scent of burning wood. Small beads of perspiration appeared on her forehead, and she longed to remove the blindfold again. She jumped when she suddenly felt Sawyer's hand on her cheek, gently rubbing her skin. She smiled slightly, lifting her hand to lay it over his.

"Can I please take this off now?" she asked pleadingly.

"Nope." he sounded amused, she noted. She sighed. "Come on Freckles, you said you'd let me pamper you."

"Pamper me?" she asked with surprise. "You never quite said it that way... in that case, pamper away." she said teasingly. He laughed and pulled her into his lap, wrapping his arms around her stomach from behind. She smiled as he gently rubbed small circles into her stomach, his fingers slipping occasionally on the material of her shirt. Eventually he stopped and she leaned back against him as he spread his legs and she sat in the crook of them. She felt him reached to the side and wondered what he was up to.

"Open up." he said gently, and she could hear paper crinkling.

"Why?" she asked, wondering what he was about to stick in her mouth.

"You'll love it, just do it." he told her, amused at her hesitance to everything. She shrugged and opened her mouth a bit, inhaling the smell of chocolate through her nose just before she tasted it. He placed a small piece of it on top of her tongue and when she felt his hand move away she closed her mouth, letting out a tiny moan of contentment as the creamy square melted. He smiled and wrapped his arms around her stomach again as she slowly savoured the chocolate, letting it melt completely before even trying to swallow it. He felt her swallow and smiled. "So how was that, Freckles?" he asked. She smiled.

"Heavenly." she replied, leaning back against him, surprisingly comfortable in his arms. He treasured her warmth for a little while before shifting so he could lay her down. She let him do as he willed, and felt her body bathed in the heat of the fire as she stretched out her body. She felt him lay down beside her, felt a hand brush hair out of her face. She wanted to ask him about the blindfold again but found she couldn't speak. She didn't need her eyesight to feel the love radiating from him. She didn't need to see his eyes to know that they contained a look of pure adoration for her, and she knew that he knew that hers would be holding the same look, only for him.

She shivered as she felt him lean in towards her, felt his warm cheek against her jaw milliseconds before she felt his lips caressing the skin of her neck. She exhaled sharply at the feeling that coursed through her body, one of ecstacy, amazement and shock that he was doing this to her and that she was loving it. He felt her shudder beneath him and smiled into his kisses. He slowly trailed up her neck to her earlobe, which he took between his lips and then gently bit it, causing her to gasp. He travelled from her ear down her cheek and finally ended at her lips, where he slowly began to kiss her. It was only a superficial kiss at first, but soon they were both breathless, Kate's arms wrapped around his neck, Sawyer's hands tangled in her wild hair. After endless moments Sawyer finally pulled away, leaving Kate panting slightly, still lying flat on her back. He gently pulled the blindfold up and off of her head, and they looked into each other's eyes. They both saw love, and it scared, yet excited them both equally. Kate stared into his eyes as her chest still rose and fell a bit faster than normal, her hand moving from his shoulder to his cheek, brushing the hair out of his face and smiling at the feeling of the rough stubble on his cheeks under her palm.

"Relax..." he whispered to her, leaning forward and planting a slow, gentle kiss on her lips. It was innocent, yet it left her pining as she gazed up into his eyes. Something that she saw glimmering there told her that this was only the beginning...

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