CHAPTER 4
Jack walked cautiously through the jungle. He was heading to the beach, specifically Sawyer's tent. He knew it wasn't going to be an easy task persuading Sawyer to give him the guns. He remembers Sawyer's words, saying that he'd die before he'd give them up, and hoped that it didn't have to come down to that. Jack stopped to rest for a moment. He took some water out of his bag and took a few sips as he looked at the area around him. It was then that he realized that he was standing in the same spot where Kate had kissed him. He thought about Kate and that moment. How upset she was. How he tried to comfort her and get her to open up to him. Kate was such a mystery to him. He wondered if she would ever truly let him in. His thoughts were interrupted. He heard a noise, it was a branch snapping. Someone or something was coming in his direction. "Jack?" he recognized the voice immediately, it was Kate, and he was glad it was her. He wondered if she would recognize where they were.
"Yeah, over here!" she heard him shout back. She followed his voice pushing through the brush and trees. She approaches him.
"Hey" Jack said in a surprised tone.
"Hey" She said, pausing for a moment regarding the familiar surroundings, "You going to go get the guns from Sawyer?"
"Yeah, that's the plan. What are you doing out here Kate?"
"Well you're going to need someone to help you carry all those guns back to the hatch" Kate said jokingly.
"I think I can handle it, but it's okay if you want to come"
"That, and I wanted to tell you something." She said in a more serious tone.
"Okay."
"I need to tell you the reason I was sorry." She said moving closer to him.
"I know Kate, you don't have to…"
"I just thought you were mad, that it made you angry." She said interrupting him.
"Angry? No. Kate, I was angry at myself… for reacting the way I did. For letting you leave and for not going after you. All I wanted to do was help you, to make you feel safe, when all I really managed to do was make things worse." Jack puts his hands on Kate's shoulders. "It caught me off guard. I'm sorry."
"You do make me feel safe Jack." Kate says looking up at Jack. Tears begin to form in Kate's eyes despite her efforts to hold them in. "Just don't ever shut me out like that again." Her voice was a little shaky.
"Okay, I promise". Jack puts his hand up to Kate's face and wipes away a tear on her cheek letting his hand linger for a moment. Admiring her beauty he gazed into her green eyes. It was at that moment that he decided not to hold back his feelings for her anymore. He leans forward and kisses Kate gently. She pulls him in closer, the kiss growing more intense. Jack's heart was pounding, this was different from any kiss he had ever experienced before, and for the first time was able to let himself enjoy it.
Kate slowly pulls back and looks up at Jack. They both smile. She rests her head on his chest. "I'm not letting you run away this time" Jack says jokingly holding her tightly.
"I'm never going to live that down, am I?" Kate says blinking the tears back. She smiles and says teasingly, "Don't you have some guns to get?"
Jack grins back, "No. WE have some guns to go get."
She steps aside and gestures for him to pass, "After you."
He playfully declines, "Nope I insist, after you." They continued on their way through the jungle side by side.
