Hey! I´m happy you loved this chapter; it is one of my favorites. I had so much fun writing it and imagining the actors and dialogs. I envy you so much right now cause you´ll be able to watch 20th episode tonight. Hope it will have at least some jate in it. I heard rumors that there will be another kiss, but I don´t know how trustworthy is that. But…we never know. Anyway, here´s new chapter. It includes Skate scene. Enjoy.

CHAPTER 16

˝Hey there, Freckles! You trying to sink away from this island? ˝

Kate turned her head around and smiled.

˝Hey, Sawyer.˝

He sat next to her.

˝So, you wanna explain me what are you doing? ˝

˝I´m sinking. He looked at her, perplexed.

˝Ooh, now it all makes sense! ˝he added ironically.

˝It´s something I did with my mother when I was little.˝

˝Oh. That explains everything.˝

˝How´s your shoulder? ˝

˝Well, you know, it hurts. But it´s nothing a good kiss couldn´t heal.˝

˝Sawyer…..˝

˝I didn´t say it had to be from you. ˝he added, grinning. ˝Anyway…I heard you and Doc are friends again.˝

˝Yeah, we……We made it up.˝

˝I´m glad for you. She looked at him, skeptically. No, I really am. She raised her eyebrows. Look, I know I've been a little….. He paused, trying to find an appropriate word.….annoying. She laughed at his choice of words. But I grown up.˝

˝Yeah, right! ˝she replied, knowing that Sawyer will never grow up.

˝Fine, the word ˝grown up˝ doesn´t add up totally. What I wanted to say is that I understand that you and Doc are fit for each other. ˝

She looked up at him surprised and opened her mouth to say something.

˝Jack and I aren´t…..˝

˝Don´t waste your breathe denying it, Freckles. Everybody on this island can see it. You love Jacko, Jacko loves you. And that´s all that has to be said.˝ He looked at her, and continued more seriously. ˝You need someone to fix you. And that person isn´t me. ˝

Kate looked up at him, her eyes sad and hurt.

˝Although, you and I would have had a great sex! ˝he added, grinning mischievously.

She smiled at his words. Just as she was starting to think that he matured, he added that, showing her that it was, after all, the old Sawyer.

˝Anyway, it´s not like I´m left alone. I still got Rambina.˝ he said, getting up and leaving.