NOTES: Okay 17 was probably the sappiest thing I've ever written in my life ;) How many of you have cavities from reading that? LOL.

"Rainbow Sherbert." Kate finally said, "Yes, would have to be rainbow sherbert."

"That's all you've craved?" sawyer asked, raising an eyebrow. "Gee, Freckles in the movies its all pickles and chocolate."

"You get any sympathy cravings?" Kate asked.

"Yeah, Sex." Sawyer smirked. Kate whacked him in the arm playfully.

"Well, dion't think I can get ya any rainbow sherbert, sweetcheeks. Settle for some Guava?"

"Anything is better then Papaya." Kate said, a disgusted look spreading on her face. To this day, the thought of Papaya made her stomach turn. She looked at Sawyer, as he touched her stomach gently. "Has it hit you yet then in a couple weeks, maybe even less, we're going to be parents?"

"Freckles, I'm still stuck on you marryin' me outside a half finished church of sticks on an island, fuck knows where."

"In that case, I'm still stuck on the fact that we're together."

"Should I take that as a compliment, eh?"

"I didn't mean that in a bad way." Kate laughed.

Sawyer peered down at her stomach, as the baby wildly moved.

"Look, we've got our own 3 Ring Circus." Kate giggled.

Sawyer learned forward, cleared his throat and in a deep voice began to sing into Kate's stomach,

"An old cowboy went riding out one dark and windy day..."

Kate couldn't help but laugh as he continued on. "Upon a ridge he rested as he went along his way..."

"Sawyer, WHAT are you doing?"

"You ain't never heard Johnny Cash?" He gave her a strange look, "Tell me I didn't marry a woman who knows nothin' bought Johnny Cash."

"You're singing." Kate smirked.

"And?"

"Is it the end of the world?" She laughed.

"You prefer something else?"

Kate shrugged as she tried to choke back more laughter.

"Well, you know any Johnny Cash?"

"Sure I do, but its the principle here."

Sawyer glared at her, "I'm not doin' it to entertain you."

"All right fine, yes, I do know some Johnny Cash."

"You know Jackson?" He asked.

"Yes." Kate nodded.

"I'll sing Johnny, You sing June."

"You're serious?"

She sighed as she looked into his eyes, noting he was in fact serious.

Sawyer gave her a handsome smile before he started singing, urging her to join in. "We got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper sprout, We've been talkin' 'bout Jackson..."

They sang together, Kate stopping as Sawyer sang, "I'm goin' to Jackson, I'm gonna mess around, yeah, I'm goin' to Jackson, Look out Jackson town."

Sawyer eyed Kate, who blushed as she sang,

"Well, go on down to Jackson; go ahead and wreck your health. Go play your hand you big-talkin' man, make a big fool of yourself, yeah, go to Jackson; go comb your hair!"

"Honey, I'm gonna snowball Jackson!" Sawyer cut in.

"See if I care!" Kate finished.

"We're a regular Johnny and June."

"Hardly." Kate replied with added sarcasm.

"Kate?" The couple heard from outside the shelter. Sawyer smirked as her recognized Jack's voice.

"Why Howdy there, Doc." He said, as he peered out from the shelter's flap. "Bring us a toaster? Blender?"

"Sawyer." Kate said, slipping out behind him, with a roll of her eyes. "Its all right."

Jack gave a small smile at Kate, who softly said, "Hello, Jack."

"Kate, you're getting close, you've got to be near the end of your term. I'm going to need to start doing regular checkups."

Sawyer raised an eyebrow.

"You speakin' some kinda code, Doc? What's checkup REALLY mean?"

Both Kate and Jack didn't bother to respond.

"All right." Kate nodded.

"We should start now, come with me to the Hatch." Before Sawyer could say anything, Jack stated, "Sawyer, you're welcome to come along."

Sawyer gave a smug looked, nodding proudly.

He started whistling "Jackson" as the trio started off, Kate slipping her hand into his. Sawyer smiled as they interlocked fingers. Jack nervously swallowed as he looked over and saw them, so in love.

"How are you feeling?" Jack asked, just saying whatever he could to get his mind off of his heartache.

"Well, every muscle in my body is sore, I have to pee all the time...I'm exhausted, I'm moody..."

"I think he means aside from the obvious, sweetcheeks."

Jack actually agreed with Sawyer as he nodded his head.

Kate shrugged, "I get really bad pains now and then...pressure...sometimes I get dizzy."

Jack nodded, taking everything she said and retaining it.

It wasn't long before they reached the Hatch and Sawyer helped Kate in.

Jack had Kate lay down in the bunk room as he pressed firmly on her stomach.

A worried look came over his face.

"This is going to sound really awkward..."

Sawyer raised an eyebrow.

"I need to do an internal exam."

Sawyer's eyes went wide. "Whoa, whoa...WHOA."

"Get used to it Sawyer." Kate finally said, she was more stressed about Jack's worried eyes. She had remember Sun telling her how it was awkward for her and Jin when Jack had to do it several times near the end of her term.

"Look we need to set whatever...Beef, we have aside. There's something seriously wrong here. I NEED to see if Kate is dilated. I'm sorry Sawyer but if you want your baby to be all right, you're going to have to let us do this."

Sawyer was so frustrated her left the room, raiding the kitchen for something to eat.

He tapped his fingers on the counter as he waited, eating goldfish style crackers one by one.

He watched Jack go into the bathroom, then come back out drying his hands on a towel.

"So?"

Jack sighed. "The baby is in what's called a transverse lie...means the baby is sideways. She's dilated 2 centimeters, but that could change quickly. EWe're going to have to move the baby ourselves, and hope that it stays, because I don't have the proper equipment to perform a c-section."

"How do we move the baby?" Sawyer asked.

"We push on her stomach. I know where the head is, if I guide the head down, and you push the butt up...we can move it into the right position, the only problem is getting the baby to stay."

"Ain't that gonna hurt her?"

Jack nodded, "It may also cause her to go into labor."

Sawyer sighed. "Well, we do what we gotta do and we keep doin' it. I ain't losin' them."

Jack and Sawyer both went back to find a teary eyed Kate.

Sawyer wiped a single tear from her cheek, she grabbed his other hand and squeezed it tight.

"Sawyer, put your hands right here." Jack said, pointing to Kate's stomach. "Feel that?" He said as Sawyer applied pressure. "That's the baby's butt, now I'm gonna push down, Kate...this isn't going to feel good at all."

"Baby, its gonna hurt like hell." Sawyer said.

"Ready?" Jack asked, peering over at Sawyer, who was on the bed at Kate's left side.

Sawyer nodded.

"Go." Jack said.

Both applied as much pressure as they could, Sawyer trying not to give up as Kate screamed out in pain.

"Come on, Come On." Jack said. A few moments later, Jack finally gave the OK to stop.

Kate was sobbing, the pain was unbearable.

"I need you guys to stay in the Hatch. I've got to monitor the baby and check in a couple hours if you've dilated anymore."

Kate nodded as Sawyer wiped her eyes with the corner of his shirt. Jack headed to the kitchen to get something for Kate to eat and drink.

"I can't do this, Sawyer." Kate said, her tone of voice was heartbreaking.

"Yes, You Can." Sawyer firmly replied. "And I ain't goin' nowhere. You can yell at me, you can scream at me, you can squeeze my hand so hard my bones crack...but I ain't goin nowhere. You're the strongest girl on this island, you tellin' me Claire and Sun can have babies just fine and you can't? Shit, I'd put money on you in a mud match, sassafras."

Kate gave a pained smile and squeezed Sawyer's hand a little. Sawyer laid down, curling up with Kate, running his fingers through her hair. He tryed to remain as strong as he possibly could. He couldn't let her know he was terrified too.