This is going to be twelve chapters long in the end.

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Chapter Two: WOW

It was Kate's turn to sit alone. She was staring at the ocean. Jack hadn't spoken to her since the day before, and she wasn't keen on seeing him anytime soon. She wasn't angry, though. Upset, disappointed, and hurt, yes, but angry… no. She couldn't be angry at Jack.

She heard rustling in the bushes and glanced quickly to see Ana and Jack walking out of the trees. Jack motioned for Ana to continue alone.

"You have a right to be angry." He told her. She wasn't looking anymore, her eyes back on the ocean.

"Who says I'm angry?" She asked him over the crashing waves.

"Kate, I yelled at you for making mistakes that everyone else could have made just as easy… Who wouldn't be angry?" He asked her. She sighed.

"I'm not angry, Jack. I'm a lot of things, but not that. I'm scared, most of all." She revealed. He sat down beside her, a little too close.

"You shouldn't be scared. We're both alive, right?" He asked her. She nodded shortly, but he could tell she didn't really believe him. "I wanted to take you somewhere."

"Won't everyone be waiting for you at the beach? The caves? The hatch? After all, you're the hero." She asked. He let a small smile creep onto his face.

"They're all in the middle of eating lunch. That means that no one would notice for a long time that we were gone." He said. She narrowed her eyes, but after a minute, she nodded her head.

"How far from here is it?" She asked him. He pulled a piece of a shirt from his pocket.

"Far enough." He told her, tying it around her head, despite her attempt to move away. "I'm not going to hurt you. I promise."

He helped her to her feet and then carefully guided her. She could feel his hands warm on her shoulders and his breath on the back of her neck. It reassured her as he continued to lead her. Thirty minutes later, they stopped.

"I'm going to take off the blindfold, and I want to you to say the first thing that comes into your head when you see me." He told her. She nodded quietly and then he untied the blindfold. She looked up into his deep brown eyes and it felt like they worked and looked like they worked.

"It works." She said. The sun shone down on her face and all of her worries disappeared.

"What?" He asked, genuinely confused, but she just shook her head. He shrugged and quickly tugged his shirt and pants off, running towards the water. She slowly followed, leaving her shirt on and only removing her pants. She seemed to have relented, allowing them to play at the game they had played before the incident with the others, as they swam. But then he found himself kissing her. She responded after a surprised second, her hands moving to grasp his shoulders for support. He backed away slowly, and she froze. She slowly backed out of the water.

Jack let his eyes find the careful patterns in the sand. They'd been close, and then she'd changed her mind. If she'd just take the ten steps back to him, he would never ask for anything from her again.

"Do you love me?" She asked him, standing tall and confident on the beach, and he couldn't help but admire her long legs. He could hear the change in her voice, somewhere between anger and desperation, and couldn't answer her. She began to turn after a minute, her head shaking faintly and her whole body nervous and hurt. He stopped her after a minute, climbing from the water and stepping towards her. She stopped him as he reached for her, but she moved away.

He wanted to tell her that he did love her. Because although he wasn't proud of his role in this mess, he still loved her. But he couldn't bring himself to do it. She didn't want this. She wanted freedom. So be it. Things were going to change from here on out.