Chapter 8-Sleeping or not?

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A/N: Ok. I have to say it. I am getting sick, I mean barf sick, of all the Jate fluff I have been reading! I know! It's terrible! I love the stories! They are great! But there is just SO MUCH OF IT! I still love Jate don't worry I am not going to go all Skaterish on you guys. Well maybe a little but not a lot. So just a warning, there's not probably going to be a lot of good Jate fluff in this chapter, or as me and angel of music lover like to say, cheesiness. Ok, here we go.

When Jack had told everyone to leave the room, Charlie and Claire had left for the beach. But Ana left the room and went to the couch. She wasn't going to let Kate be alone in the hatch with Jack and Sawyer. She was so happy that she had gotten to punch Kate. It's like all her anger was gone now. She still hated Kate but she was no longer angry, well, maybe a little. Ana pulled her hair back from her face; she missed her hair ties. Maybe she would be able to go look for some if she had a chance later. Kate was still in the room. Hadn't Jack's request for everyone to clear out include her? Then she heard a door slam, Kate was walking out of the room. She looked anything but happy. Her eyes met Ana's.

Kate looked away and went to the kitchen for something to soothe her throat. Ana just continued to sit there. Then the thought occurred to her to go check on the button. When Ana left the room Kate sighed. This was all too much for her. Since when did this get so complicated? She sat down where Ana had previously sat. She placed her water on the coffee table and put her head in her hands. She didn't cry, she just sat there wanting to be swallowed up by the earth. She knew she would need to be treated from all the sores on her body but she was going to stall as much as possible because being treated meant going to Jack and she had to tell herself she was done with him, no matter how painful it was, she needed to move on. He was hurting her too much. It was obvious that Sawyer cared for her. Maybe that's where her loyals should lie? She sighed. This was all too much for her to handle.

She heard footsteps in the hallway and voices.

"Yeah I haven't seen Jack since this morning. I saw Claire and Charlie coming out of the hatch as we were walking but they didn't seem very happy." It was Locke.

" Do you think something happened?" Sayid was with him.

"Don't know. I hope they are keeping up with the button." Locke replied.

"Whose shift is it?" Sayid asked.

Kate didn't want to deal with the men so she laid down on the couch and pretended to be asleep. She was talented at that from being on the run all those years.

"I believe it is Jack and Kate's but I saw Kate out this morning so I'm not sure of who is in here." Locke said and they then reached the living room where Kate was sleeping.

Locke put a finger to his lips. "Sh"

"Poor thing. Sawyer being in a coma has been too much for her." Sayid said, with a sad look on his face, you could tell it wasn't just about Kate. He was still dealing with his feelings. One thing Kate and Sayid agreed on was how much they hated Ana. Sayid had tried to talk to Ana and at least come to friendly terms but he couldn't bring himself to it. So they remained on hostile terms and he was fine with it.

"Hey." Ana said quite loudly and walked out of the computer room and into the living room.

"Hi Ana." Locke whispered.

"Why are you whispering?" Ana asked, annoyed. She was in no mood to deal with Locke's stupid games.

He pointed at Kate and Ana laughed, loudly.

"She's not asleep John. Trust me." Ana said.

"Look Ana let her rest. It's the least you can do. What is going on down here?" Sayid asked impatiently.

"Well, um let's see." Ana said, mockingly. "Sawyer woke up."

"What?" Locke and Sayid said and left Ana standing there and went into the room.

Back to right after Kate left

Jack couldn't believe what had just taken place in front of his eyes. He was so tired. So tired. He couldn't believe that Ana and Kate had actually fought. They were grown adults! He knew he should have checked Kate over but he just couldn't bring himself to do it. He collapsed onto one of the chairs in the room and looked over at Sawyer, He was asleep, or pretending to. Either way, Jack was fine with it. He wished Sawyer would never wake up. It seemed like ever since Sawyer woke up there had been mass chaos. Jack didn't know how much more he could handle. And he couldn't get over the look Kate gave him before she left. What was it? When he let go of her, he felt like he was losing her forever. Why did he feel that way? He knew he needed to talk to Kate soon. Not now, but soon. Today, he told himself. With that in his head, he slowly fell in the wonderful world of dreams, oblivious to the people talking outside the door.

Sayid and Locke rushed through the door and saw Sawyer and Jack sleeping. Well, Sawyer wasn't sleeping.

"Well howdy there fellas. Ya come to see the return of Sawyer?" He whispered.

"Hey Sawyer nice to see you're okay and awake. How long has Jack been sleeping?" Locke asked in a quiet voice., But they didn't need to worry for nothing was going to wake Jack up.

"Dunno. Like 5 minutes maybe. Why should I care?" Sawyer asked, now talking in a normal tone.

"Do you think that's comfortable for himm" Sayid said in his thick accented voice.

Jack was sitting on the chair, or more like laying it in. His feet were stretched out and his arms were crossed with his head down.

"No I don't." Locke said.

"Do you think we should move him?" Sayid asked.

"Nah he'll be fine." Sawyer said.

"Do you want to come out here Sawyer and sit on the couch so you won't disturb Jack and that way if Jack wakes up he can move to the bunk. " Locke suggested.

At first Sawyer protested but then he decided it was high time for him to go out and have some fun.

"Sure." And he got up, with great difficulty. Sayid offered a hand but Sawyer pushed it away.

"I can handle it." Sawyer glared at Sayid and feebly walked towards the door and held on to it for support. He looked round it. "What is this place?"

"It's the hatch. We found it while you were off on the raft. We'll explain later." Locke said.

Sawyer wasn't really interested anymore. He had spotted Kate sleeping on the couch and he knew that's where he wanted to go sit.

"You think you can handle everything here?" Sayid said.

"Yeah we're fine." Ana said. She was sitting up at the kitchen counter.

"Come on Locke. Let's go." Sayid said. Locke followed Sayid with great reluctance.

Sawyer went and moved Kate's feet and sat down and put her feet on his lap.

"Well. This is interesting." Sawyer said, glancing around.

"Yeah it is." Ana said, using this chance to get to know Sawyer better. She moved to the chair next to the couch and sat down.

"So you think you can fill me on some things?" Sawyer asked Ana.

Kate was still awake. She had tried to go to sleep but it hadn't worked. She was too curious. Then when Sawyer moved her feet on top of him her heart raced and she knew there was no way that she was going to go to sleep no matter how bad she needed it. So she just lay there with her eyes closed and listened.

"Well, when you fainted, Eko carried you here." Ana said.

"You have the hots for him?" Sawyer interrupted Ana.

"What?" Ana was clearly taken aback,

"Eko. When you mentioned his name you seemed to like glow or somethin'. "Sawyer prodded.

"No. No." She said it the second time with more certainty.

"Uh huh." Sawyer grinned.

"Anyways, we all met each other and talked and now we are altogether and there is a button in the hatch and every hundred and eight minutes we need to press some numbers in." Ana said, talking fast. She left out the part about accidentally killing Shannon.

"Uh huh." Sawyer didn't really care about the stupid button thing… He just wanted to get to the bottom of Ana's feelings. He didn't want to admit it, but when he met Ana, he liked her immediately. She had that roughness that Kate had never had. Sure Kate had killed someone, but you could see the regret in her eyes all the time. That frustrated Sawyer.

"What?" Ana said, embarrassed. No one had ever made her feel like this before. Feel all embarrassed and vulnerable. She didn't like it in one way, and in another way, she felt like a barrier had been let down.

"Why did you let Eko go through the jungle alone carrying me when there was the risk of Others around?" Sawyer asked, hoping he had struck a nerve.

He had.

" Because, because,.." She stuttered.

"Well your stupid friends were worried about you and they wouldn't shut up. Eko had his mind made up and there was no stopping him." She felt she had made up a good convincing answer.

She hadn't.

"Uh huh. Let me tell you what I think happened. I was getting deathly ill and you were concerned and you made Eko go." Sawyer said. "Am I right" He grinned.

"No. Eko suggested it. I let him go." Ana said, looking at Sawyer in the eyes now. There were so many mysteries in Sawyer's eyes. So many questions to be answered. She liked a challenge.

"Uh huh. Just what I though." Sawyer grinned.

"Well what about you?" She motioned to Kate. "What's up with you putting her feet in your lap."

Kate smiled and then quickly hid it hoping no one saw it.

A/N:OK so.There wasn't a lot of Skate. There was some Sana. In the next chapter, there will be a little more Jate and a little more Sana. Please review! Let me know what you want to see happen! Also, sorry for the lack of updates on The Blonde Invasion. I haven't been in the mood to do it and in order for it to be funny I have to be in the mood. I'll probably have it up tomorrow. Thanks!