"Jack?" Kate called out, nervously. She swallowed hard, her body trembling. She NEEDED to do this, she couldn't play games anymore. She couldn't take it anymore, the hurt she felt deep inside, the confusion, she need to do what her heart told her, she couldn't run anymore. It wasn't just about herself anymore, it was about her baby...and it was about Sawyer.

"Yeah?" Jack said, walking out of the Hatch bathroom in just his pants, drying his head and neck with a towel.

He could sense the tension on the air.

"What's wrong?" He asked, walking towards her.

"We...we really need to talk."

They had been in this situation before, Kate nervously eyeing him as she trembled a little.

"I...I made a decision tonight."

He hoped it was something simple, something about her labor, something about baby names, but when he saw the seriousness in her eyes, he knew it wasn't anything simple.

She thought about Sawyer, her eyes to the floor. "I'm a complicated girl." She said. She looked back up at Jack. "And Sawyer's a complicated guy."

Jack's heart beat fast, he knew where this was going.

"And I Love him, Jack."

Jack took a deep breath, he always had a feeling it would turn out like this.

"I don't wanna be scared anymore, Jack. I've run for too long, I run from whoever gets too close. Soon enough, I'd just run from you too. Sawyer...Sawyer and I have something special, something I can't explain in words. And I'm sorry Jack, I'm sorry to do this to you. But Sawyer can't prove anything to me if I don't give him a chance."

Jack nodded slowly. "I can't change your mind Kate. This is your decision. But I'll never stop caring about you. No matter what, I'll always be here." He reached out and gently touched her cheek. As much as it hurt him to do this, he had to let her go.

"Thank You." Kate whispered, a tear falling down her cheek. Jack kissed her forehead gently, as she grabbed his hand and squeezed it.

She didn't expect it to be that easy for Jack, but she had no idea how much it hurt it to watch her walk away that night.

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"Where's Sawyer?" Kate asked, as she approached Charlie who was thumbing through one of Sawyer's many stolen books outside his shelter.

"What do you care?" Ana Lucia muttered. She and Charlie had made themselves comfortable outside of Sawyer's shelter, Charlie thumbing through one of Sawyer's countless stolen books.

Kate glared at Ana Lucia, and if if looks could kill, Ana would have fallen dead at that moment.

"Shut the fuck up Ana Lucia." Kate growled. Charlie sat up and put down the book, THIS was far more entertaining! "You are a miserable, selfish, little bitch. You're nothing but an instigating RAT." Kate could go on for hours if she really wanted to, but now really wasn't the place or the time.

"Look who's talking, princess." Ana growled back, giving Kate a smirk. "Now's not a good time sweetheart, you know I'm sure Jack's wondering where you are, run along now."

"Jealous?"

"Sounds like YOU are." Ana Lucia replied.

"You WISH I was jealous of you. What's there to be jealous off, some bitch who digs herself into everyone's business just so she can have SOMEONE pay attention to her? You're pathetic."

She turned to eye Charlie. "Where is he?" She asked.

Charlie pointed up to a clearing where the beach met the jungle. It was a spot Sawyer could be found in sometimes, enjoying a smoke or some alone time.

Ana glared at Charlie for telling her.

"I don't know what shit you're trying to pull again, Kate." Ana mumbled.

"Ana Lucia you better stay far away from me after I have this baby because I have every intention of knocking your head into a tree..." She said as she walked off, turning to add, "Repeatedly."

Ana Lucia scoffed as Kate walked away.

Kate nervously eyed the figure in the clearing as she approached. She wasn't quite sure what to say or where to begin, she decided to let her heart do the talking.

Sawyer gave a smirk as she walked towards him.

"Why howdy there, Sassafras, to what, or who do I owe the honor of this visit?" He said, with added sarcasm.

"Sawyer, I've got a lot to say here, whether or not you listen, that's your choice."

"I'm all ears, freckles." He responded.

"I made a mistake...shit, I've made many mistakes."

"You gonna tell me something I don't know?"

Kate sighed. "Look, all this time I've been away, has only made me realize how much I do love yo, Sawyer." She waited for some sort of asshole comment, but was greeted by silence. She continued, "I'm scared of what will happen to us, I'm scared of what will happen if we ever get off of her. But if I don't take chances, I'll never know what could happen. I told Jack...I told him I love you, Sawyer. I know its probably too late to matter, but, I do love you, more then I ever thought I could. I just want to be with you and raise our baby, and I can only hope things will end up the way they should be." She started to cry as she finished speaking.

Sawyer was speechless. He walked over to her, touching her stomach gently. "You don't know how long I've been waitin' to hear you say that." He said softly, hugging her as tightly as he could, he pregnant belly making it a little awkward.

He pulled away for a second, looking into her fierce green eyes. "I Love You, with all my heart." He said, barely above a whisper.

It wasn't something she could have ever predicted she'd hear from Sawyer's mouth the first day she met him. But now she knew better, the both had their secrets, they both had their problems, but in each other they found solace.