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Jack just stood there in silence, his eyes glued to the thick red liquid. His mind raced with questions.

"Kate? Kate?" He looked down to see her fingers digging into her legs. "Kate!" He leaned down and scooped her into his arms. She cringed at his touch. "What happened Kate?" He rocked back and forth.

"Jack... I..." The pain was too much. He shook his head, turning her around so she was laying on her stomach. He placed his hands on her back and messaged gently.

"Kate... why didn't you tell me?" Jack had been trying to convince himsefl that it wasn't what he thought it was. That what he believed was happening hadn't been going on at all.

He didn't want to believe that she had been pregnant and was now in the middle of a misscarrage.

But the look on her face was too much for him to be able to let himself fall for it. He had lost a child he knew even had, never even knew about. He drew in his breath.

She was tense, but as his fingers worked on her back, she began to loosen up a bit. Her muscle spasms calmed down slightly.

"Kate..." Jack's voice was a whisper. Kate groaned.

"I'm sorry Jack." Her voice was sincere. He wasn't sure if she meant she was sorry about not telling him about the baby, or if she was sorry it was gone now.

"Kate..." He sighed. Kneeding her back. She groaned a bit and bit her lip.

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Kate put her hand on her stomach. She was getting bigger each day it seemed. She sighed content. Everything was perfect.

"Hey there Freckles." Kate stood up and turned to Sawyer.

"Hi there Tex." Kate smiled and walked up to Sawyer. He placed his lips over hers and she pushed towards him a bit.

"How've you been feelin'?" Kate smiled up at him.

"You asked me that about half an hour ago Sawyer." Sawyer sighed.

"Well I just want..." He smiled, pulling her close to him. "I just want to make sure you're ok. You and little Frimples." Kate rolled her eyes.

"You're not calling our child Frimples Sawyer." Sawyer smiled.

"We'll see." Sawyer placed his hand on her stomach.

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Kate opened her eyes. There was another sharp pain in her stomach.

"Oh..." Jack came over to her side.

"What is it Kate?" Kate stood up.

"It still hurts a bit." Jack nodded.

"Yeah." He looked away from her. "It'll do that for a bit." He sighed, standing up.

"Jack..." Kate looked at him. 'Come on! Don't do this to me Jack. Aren't we already too far apart already? Isn't it impossible for things to get any worse between us? Can you honestly say you wanted this?'

"You gonna be ok?" Kate slowly nodded.

"Yeah. I'll be fine." Kate sighed.

"Good. I'm uh..." Jack looked down at her. "I'm gonna go for a walk."

"Jack please..." Kate reached up for Jack. He pulled back a bit.

"Kate... I just... I can't." He sighed. "I'm sorry." He walked past her quickly and out of the caves. Kate looked out after him sadly.

"So I guess it's pretty much over huh Jack?"

TBC