This is just a one-shot that came to me when I was watching An American Tale: Feivel Goes West. So anyone who has seen that film might recognise Kate's song. I don't own either. Linda Rondstadt sings Kate's song, and Jack's song belongs to Elton John. I don't own anything, except Sun's pretty flower. Happy Xmas!

Their time on the island had reached its peak of peace. For three weeks, their key focus had been surviving. No one had been injured, kidnapped, and there was no sight or sound of the monster that lurked in the jungle. People weren't arguing, even Sawyer had calmed down considerably. It was almost...normal, or at least, as normal as it could be. Jack still had a lot to do in his reluctant position as leader, but he, for once, had a rare day when there was simply nothing to be done. He had delivered the water earlier than usual to the people still on the beach, and decided to look for Kate.

Kate. She was always the first person he saw in a crowd. She naturally stood out to him with her rich dark hair and her sparkling eyes that were always pleased to see him, even when she was mad at him. He definately cared for her, that much was obvious to her, but finding a way to tell her was impossible for him.

She wasn't at the beach. She hadn't been at the caves. She wasn't at the hatch either. Eventually he ended up at Sun and Kate's garden, wondering why he hadn't looked there first. She wasn't there either though, but Sun was tending to some flowers she had planted a week ago that were growing spectacularly.

"Good morning, Jack." She said as he approached.

"Morning, Sun." He smiled back, leaning to see the plants. "They're growing well." He observed.

"I am glad these ones did." She said proudly. "Kate was complaining that there was no colour to the garden, so I found these to cheer her up a bit." Jack smiled at the idea, but quickly covered it up, but not before Sun could give him that certain look that everyone had been given him when he was thinking of Kate, that look that told them that they knew. "By tomorrow this bud would have opened, and it will either be red or a very bright pink."

Jack nodded. "Speaking of Kate, have you seen her at all today?" He asked casually.

"I knew you would be looking for her." Sun told him with a sly smile on her face that he had also seen on the faces of the other survivors recently. "You always are looking for her."

"I ... uh...just needed..to speak to her about something." He explained. Did he? Or did he just want someone to spend a free day with?

"Yes, I should think you do." She said, the way a mother would expect a child to apologize for doing wrong. She smiled afterwards though, and pointed off the path. "She went to find some more seeds in that direction."

"Thanks." He said, before standing up and following the path.

"Jack?" Sun called after him. He turned around to face her. "You need to tell her." He wasn't sure he had heard her right.

"Excuse me?" He asked her.

"You need to tell Kate." She repeated. "Before she loses faith."

Jack gave a nervous laugh. "Loses faith in what?"

Sun smiled. "In love." Then she went back to her planting.

Jack bit his lip for a moment, and then walked away in the direction that Sun had pointed.

He had been walking for about ten minutes, when he heard a sound coming from the other side of some bushes. It wasn't a sound he had heard before in the jungle - it was someone singing. The voice was beautiful. Who's was it? More importantly, who would be out in the jungle this far on their own. Then he stopped and smiled to himself, who else would it be? It had to be Kate. He listened to the voice.

"I lose my way, no one cares.
The words I say, no one hears.
My life it seems, is a world of dreams.
Deep in the night, you'll find me.
Dream and you're right beside me.
Stay if you will stay, we'll dream the night away."

He couldn't help it anymore, and moved quietly to where he could see her. Standing beside a tree, he watched her as she sat with her back against a rock while she seperated different seeds into different piles on the floor. She had her head down, so she wouldn't see him. The smile on her lips was one of content, like she was thinking of something, or someone, that made her really happy.

"Dreams to dream, in the dark of the night.
When the world goes wrong, I can still make it right.
I can see so far in my dreams,
I'll follow my dreams,
Until they come true.

Come with me, you will see what I mean.
There's a world inside no one else ever sees.
You will go, so far in my dreams,
Somewhere in my dreams
Your dreams will come true.

There is a star, waiting to guide us.
Shining inside us, when we close our eyes.
Don't let go, if you stay close to me,
In my dreams tonight, you will see what I see.
Dreams to dream, as near as can be.
Inside you and me, that always come true,
Inside you and me, that always come ... - JACK?"

Jack jerked out of his trance of watching her and realised that she had caught him starting. He shifted awkwardly, and she looked at her hands. "Umm...hey." He said, unsure of what to say. This reminded him of the time he had caught her in the shower. Yeah, that was a memory that he liked, seeing her and knowing that all there was between them was a towel and beneath was...Stop it, Jack! He chided himself.

"Hey." She replied, with a smile that took all the awkwardness out of the situation. She patted the ground beside her, and invited him to sit down next to her. He walked over, setting down his bag, and crossed his legs, subconsciously mimicking her own sitting position. "Did, uh...did you hear that?" She asked, meaning her song.

Jack looked down and nodded with a shy smile. "Yeah." He answered.

"All of it?" She asked, and he nodded again. She laughed nervously which started him off laughing as well. "I'm sorry that you had to hear that." She said. "It probably sounded like a cat drowning."

"What are you talking about?" He said. "That was amazing. I've heard bands that sound more like drowing cats then what I just heard."

Blushing. Kate was blushing. More importantly, he had been the one to make her blush. "It's just something my Mom used to sing, and it stuck with me." She explained. "I don't know what made me think of it, but hey, thats life for you."

"Yeah." He agreed. "I remember when my Mom had the radio on in the kitchen, and her favourite song would come on and she would dance around while she was making the dinner. I don't even know what song it was, but I can remember how happy she was when it came on." He smiled at the memory, then turned to face Kate. "Have you ever done that? Danced around the kitchen to one special song?"

"I've never danced around the kitchen." She admitted. "But there always was this one song that could always make me smile when I was feeling down. Since the first time I heard it, I think I listened to it everyday for twelve. Even when I was on the run, I would hear it on radios and car stereos, and it would just make everything alright again." She was looking down in her lap, playing with her fingers as she always did when she was talking about her past. "Kinda wish I could listen to it now." She said sadly, but smiling softly when she looked up again.

"What song was it?" Jack asked quietly.

She shook her head, starting to laugh again. "No, it's a silly song." She said. "A guilty pleasure."

Jack grinned. "Oh come on, we all have those."

Kate smiled at him. "I'm still not telling you." She said playfully.

"But if you don't tell me, then I can't sing it to you." He told her. She looked at him strangely, a soft smile that wasn't concealing a laugh, rather a look of wonder.

"You sing?" She asked.

"If I have a reason to." He told her. She looked away again laughing silently with that real smile of hers that made him smile as well. "If you don't tell me then I'll have to sing a random one that makes me think of you and it will probably be one you hate." He reasoned, but realised his mistake, and Kate had picked up on it. He admitted that there was songs that made him think of her.

"You know what," She started. "Unless its something like 'Barbie Girl' I think I'm more intrigued by the random selection." She teased. Anyone who could see them would complain that they were flirting again, but to them, it was just conversation.

This time, it was Jack's turn to blush.

"Come on, Jack. You heard me singing." She told him. "It's only gentlemanly to return the favour."

He laughed. "It won't be a favour." He assured her. "It will be a disaster."

"I don't care." She said stubbornly. "I want to hear this song of yours."

Jack wondered if he should, but then realised she was either going to laugh at him, or with him. Either way, she was going to smile in some way, so he took a deep breath, and picked the only song that he knew all the words to, the song that reminded him of Kate.

"It's a little bit funny, this feeling inside
I'm not one of those who can easily hide.
I don't have much money, but boy if I did.
I'd buy a big house where we both could live.

If I was a sculptor, but then again no.
Or a man who makes potions in a travelling show.
I know it's not much, but it's the best I can do.
My gift is my song yeah, and this one's for you."

Jack stopped for a moment, and to his surprise, Kate picked up his hand on one of hers. Smiling at her, he saw that she was looking at him in a way she never had before, and he liked it. "Don't stop now." She said to him sweetly.

"And you can tell everybody, this is your song.
It may be quite simple but, now that it's done.
I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind,
That I put down in words,
How wonderful life is, while you're in the world.

I sat on the roof, and kicked off the moss.
Well a few of the verses, well they've got me quite cross.
But the sun's been quite kind, while I wrote this song.
It's for people like you that keep it turned on."

Jack raised his eyes to look at her when he sung that line, and something stirred inside of them both, Kate realising why he was singing this song. Their eyes remained locked together, neither wanting to look away.

"So excuse me forgetting, but these things I do,
You see I've forgotten if they're green or they're blue.
Anyway, the thing is, what I really mean
Yours are the sweetest eyes, I've ever seen.

And you can tell everybody, this is your song.
It may be quite simple but, now thats its done

I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind,
That I put down in words,
How wonderful life is now you're in the world.

I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind,
That I put down in words
How wonderful life is now you're in the world."

As he finished, he realised how close they were. Their bodies were touching, their hands still entwined and their lips only millimeters apart. The last part of his song, Kate could feel on her skin. "Jack..." She began, and looked directly at him. He thought for a moment that she was going to stop this where it was, but to his surprise, when she continued speaking it wasn't bad news. "That song that made me feel better all the time..."

He nodded gently. "You going to tell me what it is?" He asked with a smile.

She shook her head, and released her hand so that it was on the back of his neck, her fingers tracing over his skin. "I don't need to." She told him. "You just sang it to me."

Of the biggest coincidences in the world, Jack's luck with that song had to be climbing the charts. He didn't have much time to think on this though, as their lips met. It wasn't their first kiss, but this one wasn't as needy as it had been before. It was slow, passionate, loving, controlled. Everything they wanted it to be. When they eventually came up for air, Jack's heart was thumping in his chest, dreading this moment. He knew what happened last time, and didn't open his eyes scared to see what might happen.

"Jack?" But when her voice came, he could still feel it on his lips.

He opened his eyes to be met with hers. He smiled. "You're not running away?" He asked her, also thankful that this time they had kissed, she hadn't backed away looking at him with regret and left him. This time, she had stayed.

She shook her head. "Not this time." She told him, and kissed him again. "Thank you."

"For what."

"For giving me my faith back." She said, "My faith in love."

Smiling, remembering what Sun had said, Jack kissed her again, and again, until they both knew that they had to return to camp. This time, they came back hand in hand, and the stares they were getting were ignored. The other survivors knew that both their leaders would be happy now that they finally had each other. Yet they had each other all along, it was just letting the other know that was the difficult part.