Challenge: Jack/Kate pairing but with Shannon trying to break them apart. Jack and Kate should be tense and happy respectively, and Shannon should be jealous and possessive. Maybe she could lure Jack into the jungle on the pretest of helping her find something, but on their expedition, Jack is attacked and left fighting for his life by one of the others. It's up to the other survivors to launch a rescue mission-maybe spearheaded by Kate and try to save his life.
So there you have it folks! Hopefully I'll do justice to it, Lisa! I'll try. And I want you to tell me honestly of what you think. I'm a pretty easygoing person so I don't get upset over anything that easily. Okay…well…on with the story!
Kate rolled her eyes at Jack as they packed water bottles into their backpacks. They were taking them down to the beach, just like they did everyday. In fact, they had been "going down to the beach" everyday for a while now.
Kate saw it as a chance for Jack to get away. To just let things go for a while - be himself. She liked that he could to that around her.
"Can you honestly say that you've never tried it?" Jack teased.
The dark headed woman chuckled at him. "I'm serious. I don't like trying new foods. It's kind of scary." She picked her bag up and slung it over her shoulders, waiting for Jack to do the same. "Especially, fried anything."
She watched him with a smile on her face. They had gotten much closer over the time they had spent on the island.
"You ready?" She asked eagerly.
Jack nodded standing up. "Yeah. Let's go."
They looked at each other and smiled and took a step forward before a voice broke in.
"Jack." Someone behind him tried to get his attention. Kate followed his lead by turning around to see Shannon. She was walking toward them with a smile on her face and one of those 'looks' in her eyes. "Where are you going? I've been looking for you everywhere."
The doctor looked apologetically at his walking companion. She just smiled sweetly, letting him know that it was okay.
"Sorry, I've been kind of everywhere today." He lied. He'd been with Kate all morning, but neither of them wanted anyone to know that. "What did you need?"
Shannon played with the top of the water bottle she had been holding. "Nothing really. Just wanted to talk. I haven't seen you in a while." She flipped her blonde hair out of her face.
"Okay." Jack replied. He felt Kate tug at his arm.
"Come on." She nodded. Kate knew that Jack didn't really want to talk to Shannon so she tried to help out a little.
"Umm…Sorry, Shannon. We're heading down to the beach. I'd love to stay and…talk but I need to get the water down to the others."
He waited for Shannon to say something along the lines of… 'Oh, that's okay. I'll just see you later then' but instead her face lit up and she smiled at him.
"What a coincidence! I'm going down to the beach too. Mind if I tag along with you guys?" She looked at Kate with somewhat of a flat glare.
Kate gave her a look back. "Not at all." She answered. Shannon grinned and passed them, starting towards the trail. Jack laid a hand on Kate's back as they started after her; each more exasperated then the other.
Kate looked up at Jack the look on his face was something she wished she could bottle. It made her laugh loud enough that she quickly covered her mouth with her hand. She looked to the doctor once more to chastise him and suddenly couldn't bring herself to do anything. He had a smile on his face that was so genuine that she had to smile back.
………
Shannon was bored out of her mind. She thought that walking with Jack would be fun but Kate had to come along. Now they were talking about doctor stuff and not even half of it made sense to her. It was like the two were speaking a different language.
She breathed heavily. This was not going like she'd hoped. There had to get Jack away from Kate. She just needed to know how.
A smile crept onto her face. She had it. Now she just needed to play her cards right.
"Guys…I'm going to go on ahead. I'll see you later." She interrupted the couple's conversation.
"O…kay." Jack said confused but thankful all at once. He looked down at Kate who just shook her head and shrugged.
"Whatever." She said under her breath.
………
Kate was standing ankle deep in sand by the time sunset rolled around. She was staying the night at the beach so she didn't make an effort to move just yet.
She took in a deep, soothing breath and closed her eyes; everything seemed to disappear. That's when she felt a pair of hands slip around her waist. She leaned back onto Jack behind her.
Jack held her, inhaling deeply; her scent was something he wished he could bottle. It was so unique. 'It's the essence of Kate', he thought.
"What are you doing standing out here?" He asked her quietly.
"Sinking. You should know that by now." The doctor chuckled. That is usually what she's doing when she was alone.
It was back to quiet as the couple just stood there in the ever-growing darkness of night. Little did they know that a pair of eyes was watching them.
