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Authors Note: I'm back! After like a month I know, I'm bad! But now I'm back from vacation and now I'm ready to get back to this story! This is a more...light chapter so to speak. Seven gets more serious.

Chapter Six:

Sawyer moved his feet. Sayid has decided to go through the night again. Since they would probably die if they stopped. After the cave in on the passage way, they had exited the cave and were back into the jungle. The hot and humid jungle.

He glanced at Kate, who was squinting her eyes in the darkness, she looked tired. He moved next to her and entwined his fingers in hers. She looked up and smiled. And he smiled back. But also, guilt raged through him, all of a sudden. The Ana thing. He needed to tell her, and...yet he didn't want her to find out either. If she did... he didn't know what would happen. He knew Jack knew, and he really hoped the Doc' would keep his mouth shut.

He placed the thought out of his mind for now, letting his thoughts return to Kate. Sayid looked back at them and smiled sadly. And then turned back. Kate felt sad for the man, after losing Shannon he was like a ghost of himself, he barley smiled and when he did; it never met his eyes. And he always looked at Kate and Sawyer enviously. Same when she was with Jack.

Jack. Now that was a situation that was going to be interesting. Was he jealous? Kate really wanted to be with Sawyer. He was...different around her. He also seemed more...himself around the others as well. But then Jack came in. Jack was the one every girl on this island would say to go for, he was a doctor, a hero, all around nice guy. But he would also want to change her, and he didn't like that she needed to have secrets. Sawyer did. Because he had secrets. He had a past, that he didn't like to talk about, and she did too. They were two pea's in a pod and Kate knew that her decision was Sawyer.

But it was telling Jack; which would be interesting. She didn't want to hurt him, although she knew it would. But she couldn't go on like this, running to Jack then Sawyer then back to Jack. She had chosen Sawyer.

Meanwhile...

Jack watched Jin and Sun, Jin fussing over Sun and making sure her and the baby were okay. He was happy that they were still together, even after the event that had happened a month or so ago. The raft seemed to redeem Jin and Sun. And he was happy for it.

But it also gave him a sense of loneliness. After Sarah, his ex wife left him for someone else, he hadn't really dated anyone else. And now, Kate had picked another man too.

Jack didn't want to hate Sawyer over it, since Sawyer had trusted him with the secret about Ana Lucia. The man's darker side seemed to have lessened and he was happy about that, but he also knew that when he and Kate would meet up again, Sawyer and her would be together, it was obvious. He already knew it. But he didn't know if he could control his jealousy. Try to maintain his temper.

But he had enough to worry about; without worrying about relationships. Alex had been "going to the bathroom" for over and hour now, and they were close to camp, they could see the beach now, and Jack was grateful for it. He was going to then go to the hatch and get some food and sleep. The bed was something he really, really wanted right now. But he also felt something odd. Alex. There wasn't something right about it.

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Sawyer felt Kate stop his walking for a second. Her hand rested lightly on his chest, and she faced him, her face close to his.

"You okay Freckles?" Sawyer asked quietly. Trying to control his breathing; Kate was close to him, inches from him. Their hands were still lanced tightly together.

"Sawyer," She said, trying to find the right words. "I want to tell you that...that...I love you too." She said, the last three words coming out in a dead whisper, that Sawyer had to strain to hear. He looked at her, his mind going numb from shock. Then, to complete his daze, Kate leaned towards him and kissed him.

It wasn't like their first kiss, which had been rough and fast, no, this one was slow and loving. Gentle and kind. Sayid finally cleared his throat. The two broke apart, still in each others arms, which were now around each other. He pointed a head of them and they saw the dim glow of camp. Hurley was sitting by the fire, alone. Rose and Bernard were sitting together and then, there was Jack, Sun and Jin, walking out of the other side of the jungle.

Sawyer and Kate sadly broke apart. Sawyer bent down and kissed her one last time before they walked towards the campsite.

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Jack finally told the two to get up and leave Alex behind, she had left them he knew it. Finally he got up and went deeper into the jungle. Soon they had come upon the camp.

Hurley was the first to greet them,

"Dude!" He said, "This has been one crazy week." He pointed to the other side of the island, where Sayid, Kate and Sawyer walked out of the jungle. Kate and Sawyer had there arms around each other. Kate was smiling and so was Sawyer. Sayid had a grim expression. "What happened?"

"I'll tell you later Hurley." Jack said. He felt the jealousy rise up like a fire. He controlled it as best he could and walked over to the three.

Sawyer saw Jack coming to them and he placed his arms tighter around Kate. Kate looked up at him and sighed, he could be so insecure sometimes.

"Are you guys okay?" The doctor asked them. "What happened?"

"We were separated Doc'. Got in a little Others trouble." Sawyer said. Kate looked at Jack's hurt expressing, she could tell that he was hurt over her picking Sawyer, but he caught her eye and flashed her a smile.

"I'm glad your okay." He whispered. "I was really worried about you Kate." He added.

Sawyer felt the old jealousy grow again. He ignored the comment for Kate's sake. And for Jack's. He was the only friend he had ever known, besides Kate at least. But she was his now. He hated to think that she was a possession but he had loved her ever since he had left on the raft. And now, she, on her own will, had chosen him. And he was ecstatic about it.

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It was morning, the sun rose in its usual orange glow, making the sky a beautiful pinkish color. Jack had gone to the hatch and checked out the remains. Today he was going to ask anyone to help him look for Locke, Eko and Desmond. Charlie had said there was an explosion and he had made it out before the hatch was destroyed.

He glanced around the beach. Looking from one tent to the next, his eyes unwillingly resting on Sawyer's tent. He glanced away when Kate came out, wearing one of Sawyer's baggy t-shirts.

Kate looked back at the Sawyer's tent, and Sawyer's sleeping frame. He was shirtless, his tan, strong arms clutching a blanket barley visible was the hem of his boxers and his feet stuck out from underneath the blanket. Her thoughts drifted to last night, after they had parted from Jack and the others and she blushed a little.

Then again the threat of the others was still there hovering over their shoulders.

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Claire got up and out of her tent, her face still etched from sleep. She didn't notice the hands behind her, until they were upon her, grabbing her mouth and taking her into the jungle.