The next morning Sawyer woke up around 5:00am.The room was dark but he didn't turn on a light because everyone else was still asleep. He sat up and looked around. He saw Rose in the bed next to his, Larry on the cot against the wall...where was Kate? Then he suddenly remembered something. He looked at a lump of blankets on the bed next to him. He slightly pulled back one end of the blanket. He saw curly brown hair.

"Freckles" he whispered. She rolled over and looked up at him.

"What?" she said. Sawyer looked at her for a minute trying to see her clearly in the dim light. He really didn't have anything to say so he kind of made it up.

"Are you missin' the good ol' Doc yet?"

"You wake me up at..." Kate grabbed Saywer's wrist and looked at his watch "5:23 in the morning to ask me if I miss Jack? You have issues." She rolled over and tried to go back to sleep.

"Damn Freckles I didn't know you'd get all hot and bothered at just the mention of him." Kate kicked Sawyer in the knee. "Shit Freckles. That hurt's"

"Shut the hell up or I'll kick you again and you don't what to know where." Kate's voice was muffled by the pillows and blankets but it still sounded serious.

"Fine, Have it your way princess." Sawyer rolled over too. They were back to back and neither of them were having an easy time going to sleep. "Kate." Sawyer said after a few minutes.

"What is it Saywer?"

"Have you thought about what your gonna do when we get back?" Kate didn't answer but she rolled over and so did Sawyer. They were now facing each other and they were a tad too close. "You know...are you gonna run?"

"Probably." Said Kate looking down.

"Nothing to be embaresed about." Sawyer said. "I was just wondering 'cause I may have to do a bit of running myself."

"Why?" asked Kate.

"Remember when we played that game in the jungle?"

"I never." Kate said laughing. Sawyer smiled.

"Yeah well...that guy I killed...it was pretty recent. In Australia as a matter of fact"

"Oh Well you might not have to worry about that. I heard the Captain say something about Florida. We'll be back in the states."

"Yeah where my warrent probably is. I was deported from Australia."

"Saywer those two thing's have almost nothing to do with each other"

"Forget it." Sawyer looked at his watch. "What time is sunrise?"

"Um I don't know 6:30?" Sawyer sat up and pulled his shoes on. "Where are you going?" Kate asked.

"Saw a sign by the bar said opens at sunrise."

"Sawyer that is way too early to drink." Kate said sitting up in the bed leaning against the head board "And besides it probably ment the restaurant."

"I'll take my chances." He said as he left the room.

Kate looked over at the nightstand. The room key caught her eye. She quickly jumped up, grabbed the key and opened the door. She ran out into the hallway looking for Sawyer. She looked up and down the hallway but didn't see any sign of him.

She turned back to the door of the room and saw him sitting against the wall next to the door of the room with the letter in his hands. He seemed oblivious to anything or anyone around him. His eyes looked cold and hurt.

Kate hated that letter. It has always put him in a worse mood then the one he was in already. And whenever he took the letter out he was in a pretty bad mood to begin with. She sat down next to him, try to figure out what put him in the bad mood to begin with. She couldn't think of anything other then he was just naturally in a bad mood which kind of made sense but she still didn't get it. And then as if he was reading her mind he spoke.

"I want to help you." He said folding up the letter and putting it in his pocket. "Help you run." Kate looked at him shocked. "You said the Captain was talking about Florida?" Kate nodded still in shock. "It's about a days drive to Tennessee, and I have a house there near Knoxville that's kind of out of the way" Kate shook her head.

"I can't." A tear fell from her eye. "Thank you," she said. "but I just can't. The last time I stayed somewhere I was caught."

"You wouldn't have to stay for long. You know just long enough to make a plan or something" He put his arm around her. "And I would never let you get caught" He whispered. Kate shook her head again. She knew how hard it must be for him to say those kinds of things but the truth was she was scared. She sighed.

"Too many people who have tried to help me got hurt. I don't want to do that to you." She leaned against him. "I wouldn't be able to live with myself."

"I understand." said Sawyer sounding hurt. "You can take care of yourself." He stood up quickly almost causeing Kate to fall on to the ground. He walked down the hallway toward the stairs leading to the upperdeck. She almost followed him but decided not to. She went into the room and sat on his side of the bed and cried.

"Looks like I hurt him anyway." Kate mummbled as she fell back to sleep.