Disclaimer: WARNING SEXUAL SITUATIONS IN THIS CHAPTER! There, you've been warned ;)

Kate walked the beach, asking everyone if they had seen Sawyer. No one had an answer that seemed to help in the least bit. She sighed, figuring it wasn't the best time to talk to him anyway. She went back to his shelter, where she had stayed rather often in the few months. She tried to lay down and get some rest, and even though she was utterly exhausted, she couldn't sleep. She just kept thinking about Sawyer, the way he made her heart flutter and how when they laid there together every night, something did feel right. But then there was Jack...she still saw that look in his eyes. The look she couldn't explain, but feel. She knew, deep in her heart how he felt, but everyday she fell more and more for Sawyer, and she was falling hard.

She thought back on that night, the night their baby was conceived. That night crossed both of their minds fairly often. And there were numerous times where they had to stop themselves from '"reenacting" it, but she wonder why they did stop themselves. She thought back on his kisses, the way his hands roamed her body that night. He could make her squirm and moan with a mere touch. It was as if their bodies were made for eachother, he touched every curve of her body as she kissed him with a passion like fire.

Her hormones overwhlmed her and she started to cry. She wiped her eyes as she heard a rustling outside. She closed her eyes and pretended to be sleeping. Sawyer soon enough slipped in, sighing as her saw her laying there. She was wearing a tank top that barely covered her growing stomach and some cargo pants that were also getting too small. The temperature was getting cooler so he grabbed a blanket and draped it over her.

She wanted to grab him and hold him tight, she wanted to kiss him with the same passion as before, but she was scared. Sawyer pulled off his shirt, then sat next to Kate. He sighed before laying down next to her, not even bothering to take any of the blanket for himself. He sat quietly in the darkness, thinking to himself. Kate sat up, suddenly, and softly said his name as she grabbed his hand, holding it tight. He too, sat up, barely making out the frame of her face in the dark.

"I'm sorry." She solemnly said.

"You don't need to say it." He replied.

"Yes I do, I can't do this, I can't play games and I can't...I can't let Jack get to me...I just...I'm terrified."

Sawyer touched her face gently. She was something truly special, the girl who amde him weak in the knees, the girl who made him want to give a shit about something for once.

He kissed her gently, as if to reassure her that he was there. But she didn't pull away, she wanted the moment to last as long as possible. She kissed him back firmly, pulling him as close to her body as she possibly could. She breathed in deeply, she smelled so sweet, her hair like silk as he ran his fingers through it. He pulled away and for a moment her heart stopped with anguish, until he began kissing her neck in a teasing fashion, his lips barely touching her skin. She squirmed a little, she wanted him and he knew it. He wanted to drive her wild, but then he stopped hismelf as he thought about the baby.

"We shouldn't..."

She knew exactly what he was trying to say, but she didn't want the moment to end. She wanted him, she needed him and she thought on it for a moment, she had known people that were pregnant and as far as she knew, she wasn't doing any harm. Besides, her hormones were so overwhelming, she couldn't stop herself as she kissed him again. He couldn't resist the temptation, his fears soon sibsided as he slowly pulled off her shirt. His hand running down the soft skin of her sides and down to her pants, unbuttoning them and quickly pulling them off of her.

Within moments, they found themselves in the exact situation that led them here...but this time, there was no alcohol involved, it was, raw, pure emotion. This wasn't casual sex, this was making love and when they fell asleep in each others arms, things felt right again, in place...whole.

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"Please Claire...ask him." Kate begged.

"Oi, why me? Seriously, I can tell he's annoyed enough of me. You ask him." Claire replied as she changed Aaron's diaper.

"Because It'll crush him if I ask him."

"I'm not getting in the middle of YOUR love triangle."

"Its not a Love triangle...its two guys infatuated with me...and me infatuated with one but..." Claire raised her eyebrow at her. "...Oh come on do this to me."

"Isn't it going to look strange that I'm the not pregnant one asking if its safe to have sex while you're pregnant. I already told you you're fine."

"...but the cramping."

"Its normal! It'll go away, especially if you DON'T have anymore sex." Claire said, giving a mishcheivious grin.

Claire looked at Kate's worried eyes and sighed. "Oh God, FINE."

Kate smiled, as Claire made her way to Jack who was pressing Sun's stomach, deep in thought.

"Uhm...Jack?" Claire asked.

Jack waitied for her to unravel her extensive list of random symptoms affecting Aaron.

"I'm just curious about something..."

Jack reached out to take Aaron, but Claire shook her head. "No No, he's fine." She smiled, "Its a random question really, I'm just wondering...if you have sex when you're pregnant... it doesn't do anything right?"

"You're not pregnant, are you?" Jack asked, eye wide. He peered behind her at Locke who was standing down by Kate, making small talk.

"NOOOO. NOOOOO." Claire replied. "I was just curious if it was...uhm...If it had any effect on...Oh forget it. Kate made me ask, she said she's cramping."

"Bad?"

Claire shrugged, "Bad enough that she's complaing, and rather paranoid."

Jack excused himself from Sun and walked down to Kate.

"How long have you been cramping?" Jack asked, as he walked towards Kate.

Kate shot Claire a look, then shook her head.

"Its been on and off since I..."

"I'm pretty sure you're okay, but I would be careful. Since you misscarried..." As he said this, Kate's eyes darkened with a familiar sadness, the sandess that had somewhat dissapeared when she found out she was still pregnant with the baby she now carried. She didn't talk much about misscarrying the twin, because it made her feel like an awful person, like she did something wrong. "...the other baby." Jack slowly finished. "I'm not going to say No yet, but if the cramping continues, I may need to give you an internal exam." Kate nodded and Jack turned and walked back over to Sun.

"Yeah, Sawyer will LOVE that." Kate mumbled.

"Was that so hard?" Claire asked.

"Remind me to kill you when I'm not pregnant, okay?" Kate smirked, sitting in the sand with Claire and Aaron, sharing a Papaya with her.