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Chapter 2
Nothing he could say would have shocked her more. He could have told her that he liked to eat rats and there would be no reaction from her whatsoever. That was how emotionally undrained she was.
"What are you going to do? Arrest me?"
Somehow Kate didn't care anymore.
"No, like I said, I want to help you."
She was surprised by his answer. Tucking a piece of hair behind her ear she replied, "You're FBI and want to help me?"
Snorting she continued, "You've obviously not read my file"
He gave her a short answer, "I have."
Kate didn't know how she was supposed to act. She couldn't run away from him, they were on an Island, there was nowhere to hide. On the other hand, perhaps this was a sign, to tell her that she didn't get second chances. She didn't deserve to start over…her past would always be with her.
Leaning back against a palm for support, she began to talk slowly.
"Have you been shadowing me?"
The truth began to sink in.
"Every trek we've been on was only because of me?"
Boone smirked a little.
"Not really. The first one, the one when we saw the polar bear that was Shannon's idea."
Kate's forehead turned into a frown.
"Is Shannon FBI too?"
Boone busted into laugh despite the seriousness in her question.
"Shannon? Are we talking about the same person Kate? There is no way she could or is a federal agent!"
He paused.
"I'd really appreciate if you didn't tell her about me. She doesn't know about my real job, thinks I'm in the wedding business." Boone said hoping that Kate would understand.
Kate, who still was confused, nodded shortly. Boone noticed how vulnerable she looked and realised how rare that was, he could feel that she had something she wanted off her chest and he was right.
"Boone." When she said his name like that it caused chills down his spine. "Are you going to turn me in when we get off this Island?" It was the same question as before.
Boone answered hesitantly, "What you have done is serious, Katherine. You killed your own father."
Once again he paused; it wasn't easy for him either. Sometimes he hated this job and all those times it was because he could feel something for the criminal. He knew that Kate was as much of a victim as the man she had killed.
"I don't believe that I have another choice," he said with a soft voice, like he was trying to make the fall less painful. "I wish I had."
Blinking away the tears that was starting to build up in her eyes she quietly said, "I understand."
The silence was interrupted by Jack yelling Kate's name.
"Here," She yelled back and counted to five, like Jack once had told her to do, in order to pull herself together.
It didn't take many more seconds until they could see him appearing through the jungle.
"Kate I've been…" His voice faded away as he laid his eyes on Boone.
"Hi Boone." Jack gave him a smile but neither Boone nor Kate felt like it was a real one.
Honouring Boone said, "Dr. Jack."
Kate couldn't avoid smiling a little when she saw how confused Jack looked. Obviously he didn't think that those two – her and Boone – would be alone in the jungle together.
"Relax Jack. Boone and I were just talking. "To make it more clear," she added, "He's no Sawyer."
Her smile turned wider when she heard Sawyers southern accent.
"Damn it Jack! Didn't I tell ya not to walk away from me when I'm talking to you?"
Sawyer shot Boone and Kate a glance. "What is this, The Breakfast Club?"
Jack rolled his eyes.
"Sawyer, I told you that I won't give you the alcohol." He sounded sick and tired of the southern man. "It's not like you use it for something good."
Boone found it extremely funny how Jack always managed to sound like a stubborn father when he talked to Sawyer. It was like Jack had an urge to make fun of him or perhaps it was fear that Kate was attracted to Sawyer instead of him. No, Boone wasn't blind, he knew that both Jack and Sawyer was deadly interested in Kate, so interested that it sometimes got the best of them.
Sawyer's voice got through his thoughts.
"How do you know that?" He sounded annoyed.
Kate interfered: "How come I don't believe that you would use it for The Greater Good, Sawyer?"
They could all see how Sawyer was getting more and more angry.
"Fine! Just gang up on me." He shot them a betrayed look. "Like I care what Freckles, Gap, and St. Jack thinks." It was funny how childish he looked.
Not very eager to listen to Sawyer going on, Boone came with a suggestion, "Perhaps we should return to the camp? It's getting dark." He made his voice heard for the first time in the group.
They all listened to him and went back. When Kate and Boone had to split up he whispered in her ear:
"I don't want you to think of me as the enemy."
His words were soft and carefully chosen. Kate felt like she could trust him.
"I won't."