Chapter 2-
Disclaimer: I don't own LOST or Just My Luck. Or Spam or Pepsi or star bucks or Coca Cola.. (You'll see)
Kate walked into the hatch exaggerating a limp. She didn't have one, but she knew Jack would think she was crazy if she was going to have him check her leg out and she didn't even have a limp.
She glanced around the hatch and found Jack sitting on the couch rubbing his ankle.
"Hey."
"Hey." Jack looked up.
"So what happened to your ankle?" Kate asked as she sat next to Jack.
"I could ask you the same thing." Jack pointed at hers.
"Well actually that's why I'm here. I was hoping you could look at it."
"Sure." Jack slid off of the couch and knelt on the ground to look at her ankle.
"What did you do?"
"I'm tripped." Kate smiled sheepshliy.
"You tripped?" Jack smirked and felt the ankle over.
Jack's touch sent a tingling sensation through Kate's body and she had to struggle to keep a straight face.
"So what did you do to your ankle?" Kate asked.
"I fell off of the chair in the computer room." Jack said.
"Really?" Kate laughed." Do you know how to sit Jack?"
"Do you know how to walk Kate?" Jack looked up and for a moment their eyes connected.
"Your ankle is fine." Jack said, breaking the moment.
"Ok. How about yours?"
"It will be all right."
"Oh listen. Charlie wanted me to tell you that tomorrow night he and Hurley are planning a party here at the hatch. It's to celebrate our three month anniversary here on the island." Kate said.
"That sounds fun." Jack returned to his spot on the couch.
"Yeah."
"I can't believe it. I can't believe we've been here for three months you know?"
"Yeah it's pretty unbelievable. Oh hey also there's one catch in order to be able to go to the party."
"Oh yeah and what's that?" Jack asked.
"You have to go with a date." Kate quickly averted her gaze to the floor which had suddenly become much more interesting.
"Oh really? And who thought of that catch?"
"Probably Charlie." Kate looked back as Jack for a second and then they both looked away.
"you know what? I'm kind of hungry. You want something?" Kate got up and walked to the kitchen area.
"Yeah. I'm starved. But good luck finding anything." Jack relaxed against the couch watching Kate look for something.
Kate began looking through the cupboards.
"Oh look!" Kate grabbed a tin can out of the cupboard. "Dharma Initiative Spam!"
"Spam?" Jack looked at Kate weirdly.
"Yeah Spam is a fugitive's best friend." Kate smiled sadly.
Kate continued to look for something else. "Look! Dharma Initiative Mashed Potatoes! Now we have a meal!"
"I looked through that very cupboard and I didn't see anything." Jack said in disbelief.
"Well you must have not been looking." Kate said. "I'll go ahead and cook it and we'll eat."
"Yeah ok. Are you a good cook?"
"Oh get ready to experience the best cooking ever Jack Shephard!" Kate said and she began to open the spam and mashed potatoes.
"Oh really?" Jack smiled and stood up and with his best effort he tried not to limp as he walked over to Kate.
"You're still limping!" Kate teased.
"Yeah well-" suddenly Jack tripped and fell.
"Jack! Are you ok?" Kate walked over to him and bent down next to him. He was sprawled out.
"Yeah I'm fine." Jack slowly got into a sitting position.
Kate started laughing.
"What?" Jack smiled and soon he was laughing too.
Kate suddenly realized how close they were to each other and Jack noticed the same thing.
Without Jack or Kate really knowing it Jack was suddenly kissing Kate.
When they broke apart they were both gasping for air.
"That reminds me. We still need to talk." Jack said.
"Yeah I know." Kate said and she quickly got up and helped Jack up as well.
She let go of his hands and started looking for a pan to use to cook the food in.
"I can't find a pan. Could you look for one for me?" Kate asked as she started to look at
the directions.
"Yeah." And Jack looked and finally found one. "Wow this is pretty nice for Dharma to have this kind of pan around." He commented as he examined it.
"Oh stop analyzing everything!" Kate smiled and grabbed the pan from Jack's hands.
"Where did you find it?"
"In there" Jack pointed at a cupboard.
"But I looked in there and couldn't find anything!" Kate said, confused.
"Yeah that is weird huh? Hey wait a second…"Jack said and he felt his ankle. "My ankle doesn't hurt anymore!"
"What?"
"It's doesn't I swear!" Jack said and he started to walk around and jog.
"Hey you're right!" Kate said. "That's weird."
"Yeah I know…" Jack stopped jogging around the hatch and returned to his spot next to Kate at the stove.
Kate was filling up the pan with water for the potatoes and it was starting to boil.
"Hey Jack can you look at something for me?" A woman about Jack's age walked into the hatch.
"Hi Kristy what's wrong?" Jack walked over to her.
Kate watched them talk. She recognized Kristy. Kristy had confided in Kate last week that she liked Jack and Kate had just stayed quiet. But she had noticed how Kristy always seemed to be making up excuses to see Jack.
"Well I think I scratched my hand on a poisonous bush." Kristy held out her hand for Jack to look at.
Jack grabbed it and looked it over.
"Well it seems ok Kristy." And then he let go of her hand.
"Oh all right." Kristy smiled flirtatiously at Jack. "Have you heard about the party tomorrow night?"
"As a matter a fact, I have."
'And did you hear that you have to take a date?"
"Yeah I did." Jack said
"And are you going to ask someone?"
"Yeah I have someone in mind."
Kristy just stood there smiling at Jack.
"Hey Jack could you help me?" Kate suddenly said
"Yeah sure. Well I'll talk to you later Kristy." Jack said.
"ok Jack." Kristy was disappointed but she left.
"So what was that all about?" Kate asked Jack.
"Oh she needed help with her hand. But it seemed fine to me." Jack seemed puzzled.
"You are absolutely clueless aren't you?" Kate said.
"What are you talking about?" Jack asked.
"Oh nevermind." Kate said.
"OW OW!" Kate's hand had been lying on the burner and she had burnt her hand.
She rushed to the sink and turned the cold water on.
"Kate are you ok?" jack asked as he tried to help her hand.
"The one thing we need we don't have." Kate sighed as she tried to get her hand cooled.
"Ice I know…but I have some ointment once you get it to cool down." Jack said.
"ok." Kate moaned. "Oh it hurts."
"Will you be ok if I go and grab the ointment real quick? It's in the other room."
"Yeah I'll be fine." Kate slowly took her hand from the faucet and dried it off.
Jack grabbed the ointment along with something to wrap her hand in.
"Ok this might hurt a little but you need it. So just try not to move." Jack said and Kate nodded.
Jack squirted some ointment and gently rubbed it onto her hand. Then he took the cloth and wrapped her hand.
"Thanks Jack." Kate said and smiled.
"You're welcome. Do you want me to finish the food?" Jack asked.
"Do you know how to cook?" Kate was surprised.
"Kate I am a single doctor. Of course I know how to cook." Jack said." Now you just sit down on this chair and relax while I make the meal." Jack guided her to the chair.
"All right but I'll be watching you." Kate said and admired Jack as he finished the meal.
Soon they were sitting down and eating.
"You know what I miss?" Kate said.
"What?"
"Soda. Mmmm. A nice Pepsi.. how I miss my Pepsi." Kate said and closed her eyes for a second.
"You know what I miss? Starbucks."
"A real coffee drinker Jack?" Kate smiled.
"Kate I'm a doctor." Jack said.
"oh.. Well I have one question for you." Kate said.,
"What?"
"Coke or Pepsi?"
"Coke."
"Coke! Jack how could you!" Kate pretended to be mortified.
"What? I love coke."
Suddenly Kate started coughing and wouldn't stop.
"Kate you're choking! " Jack ran to her side and gave her the hymlic (Spelling? Lol.) Maneuver.
Kate spit out some spam and was gasping for air.
"Here Kate sit down and drink some water. Wow you have been having some bad luck lately."
"Yeah ever since I.." Kate didn't finish it. She had had good luck when she had found the clover and now ever since she had kissed jack she had had bad luck. No way was she going to tell Jack that. There's no way that could have happened.
A/N: I hope you liked the second chapter. More to come hopefully today. I had to stick the Pepsi/Coke thing in. My friend Angel of Music Lover loves Coke (glares) and I like Pepsi.