Hey. Here's another chapter. When I posted the last chapter I already had this one done, and now I have chapter 4 done. So the quicker I get reviews, the quicker chapter4 will be up. laughs maniacally.
BEFORE YOU READ: I just want you to know that I do in fact like Charlie. He is just unfortuanately the perfect character for this chapter...
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"Just you and me right now little guy. I don't know where Sawyer is." Kate sat on Sawyer's makeshift bed. She sighed and smiled down at the little baby in her arms. Claire had told her she hadn't slept well the night before and she had just had a feeling Kate was the one to ask. She didn't know why, but she just knew that Kate needed it. And she likewise knew that she needed her sleep.
Aaron cooed in Kate's arms and reached out his hands to wrap around her finger.
"Oh Aaron…" Kate sighed. "I don't know what to do. I don't want to feel this way. I know Sawyer's not the type to share his feelings, but I wish I knew more about him. I don't want to feel like I need him around me all the time. I don't want him to have this much power over me…" Her words hung in the air. In her mind she added; 'I don't want to love him anymore.'
Aaron once again cooed. She looked down at the baby and smiled.
"You're a great listener."
"What did he do?" Kate spun around and noticed for the first time that Charlie was standing there.
"What? How long have you… what did you…"
"Everything Kate… I heard everything." Kate tried to think of a way to backtrack it. "I saw him you know… in the jungle." Kate's eyes widened.
"Is he ok?" Charlie nodded. He smiled to himself, noticing that she forgot to try to cover up what he'd overheard.
"He was fine. Not in a very good mood though." Kate sighed and looked down at Aaron.
"I knew that much."
"What did he do Kate?" Kate looked up.
"It was nothing Charlie." Noticing that Aaron had fallen asleep, Kate placed him in the Rocker, which Claire had insisted she bring over, just in case.
"Kate…"
"Would you just drop it?" Charlie shook his head.
"Don't you tell me to drop it! I asked you a bloody question!" Kate looked taken back a bit.
"Lower your voice Charlie. You'll wake the baby." Charlie grabbed Kate's arms and pulled her closer so she could hear him while he spoke.
"Kate… I'm not going to ask you again…" Kate couldn't help but start to struggle against him. Tears started streaking down her cheeks and she kept shaking her head.
"Why… why does it matter so much… to you?" Charlie shook his head and twisted her arm behind her back.
"Don't you sodding tell me what I can and can't do… you made me this way! You bloody well made me this way!" Kate pulled frantically, trying to get away from him. He was terrifying her. His tone of voice sounded evil, hurt, and almost possessed. Aaron awoke and began to cry. Charlie pushed Kate to the ground, causing her to knock her head hard against the edge of the bed. Blood rushed to the now open-wound right away.
"What the hell? What do you think you're doing boy?" Charlie turned, eyes of fire, not his own, to a very vengeful Sawyer.
"It was a simple question…" Kate put her hand to her head and held it tightly. She looked over and realized that there weren't many people at the beach, and the five or six that were there had migrated to a spot near them. She saw Claire running towards the scene, apparently just jerked out of a deep sleep.
"Well then… here's your simple answer!" Sawyer rushed forward and pushed Charlie onto the ground, barely missing the cradle. Kate got on her hands and knees and crawled over, grabbing Aaron in her arms. Shakely, she stood up and rushed to the crowd, where Claire was waiting with open arms for her son.
After handing Aaron over, Kate fell to her knees. Claire bent over, everyone else was watching the fight.
"What happened Kate?" Kate looked up.
"I was talking to Aaron… and Charlie came up. He kept asking me a question… just a stupid question that makes no difference weather he knew the answer or not… it was between someone else and me…" Kate looked down, catching her bearings and trying to stop the world's quickened spinning.
"Alright…" Claire nodded, waiting for Kate to go on.
"When I wouldn't tell him… and I put Aaron in the cradle… he… he attacked me. When he pushed me… I… my head…." Kate pressed her hand tight against the wound. "Then Sawyer came and…" Kate nodded to the scene in front of them. Claire nodded.
"Alright…" She sighed and stood up. "Do you think you can make it to that tree?" Kate looked up at a tree, a couple feet away.
"I think so…" Claire smiled.
"Ok, go lean against it, do not fall asleep!" Kate looked into Claire's eyes. Claire held Aaron tightly to herself. "I'm going to go get Jack. Kate sighed and nodded. Claire clutched Aaron to her chest as she ran towards the caves.
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Jack pressed the cloth to Kate's head. He sighed as he stood up.
"That should stop the bleeding." Sawyer was sitting in the corner, as Kate lay on his makeshift bed. "Don't go to sleep yet though ok?" Kate nodded. "Do you need me to stay to…" Kate looked at Sawyer.
"Uh… no. I um… kinda need to talk to Sawyer right now Jack. There are a couple of things that need to be said. Jack turned towards the other man. He was bruised in a couple spots and he held his arm tightly to himself. He looked back at Kate. "He just attacked Charlie… are you sure…"
"He was protecting me Jack." Sawyer seethed at the way Jack was acting as if he weren't just a few feet away from them.
"He doesn't care about anyone but himself. He wasn't…"
"He saw what Charlie did, and he acted. I'm grateful for that. I'm sorry Charlie was hurt but… I'm glad Sawyer did what he did." Kate glared into Jack's eyes. She felt sorry for speaking so rashly to him, but she hated it when he talked down about Sawyer. Especially after what Sawyer had just done for her.
Jack nodded silently.
"I just… I worry about you." Kate looked down.
"Well don't. I can take care of myself. Unfortunately, I do it a little too much." Kate looked back into Jack's eyes. Jack sighed.
"Kate… you don't have to kill yourself over what you did. It doesn't have to be like this. You're a different person. You…"
"No! No I'm not a different person Jack! I'm Kate Austin! No one else! I'm a fugitive, a manipulator, and a traitor." Jack took a shaky breath.
"You don't have to accept that. I've seen…"
"Don't Jack." Kate shook her head and was suddenly made aware of how close Sawyer was watching them. "It's my future. You can't change it. You can't fix the past Jack." Jack's eyes clouded over. "It just doesn't work that way." Jack's eyes burned into Kate's for what seemed like an eternity.
"Ok then." He walked away stiffly. And Kate did all she could not to call out to him. She didn't need him right now. She needed to be alone with Sawyer.
"Gee wiz Freckles. Didn't know ya had it in ya…" Kate looked up and Sawyer and Sawyer got that feeling in the pit of his stomach again. Stronger this time. He wanted to run, but he was calmer now. He needed to stay and make sure she was fine. Kate sighed and pulled herself off the bed. She teetered a bit and Sawyer instinctively stood up and wrapped his free arm around her. "Whoa there girl. What do you think you're doing?" Kate reached over and grabbed her backpack, slinging it over her shoulder unsteadily.
"We need to talk." Sawyer shook his head.
"You wanna talk about the weather? Go ahead. You wanna talk about cars? Go ahead. You wanna talk about that freaky bunker thing? Be my guest…" Sawyer paused. "Else we ain't got nothing to talk about." Kate sighed.
"Sawyer… please." Their eyes met and even Sawyer couldn't fight the bond between them. He nodded and started walking towards the jungle, his one-armed embrace keeping her on her feet.
Then, they disappeared into the jungle of mystery, in search of some answers they were both terrified to know.
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There's chapter 3. Remember to please RnR. (and check out the sites in my ads.) ;)
