Chapter seven

With Sawyer gone Kate decided go for a walk, as no one was around. Sun and Claire had gone off somewhere, and Jack, well, Jack wanted nothing to do with her.

She wasn't that worried about Sawyer, after all, they hadn't seen a sign of the "others" for a long, long time, besides, Michael was Sawyer's friend, and even if Sawyer would never say it, Kate knew he was concerned for him.

"Where do you think she's going?" Ana Lucia asked Jack as they watched Kate walking into the jungle. Jack shrugged his shoulders.

"It doesn't matter, its none of our business."

Ana smiled, "I know, I was just wondering." She pulled him into a hug and kissed him, causing him to smile too. "But do you think she knows?"

"About what?" asked Jack, stumped.

Ana shook her head. "About us! You haven't exactly told her, and it's not like you'll kiss me or anything when she's around."

Jack frowned, and pulling away from Ana began to kick at the dirt.

"It's…complicated." He said slowly, after all, how could he explain to Ana-who was a cop, what Kate had told him?

Ana smirked, "yeah, I know, you say that every time. What is it she exactly did anyway? Someone said she was on board with a marshal?"

Jack shrugged. "That's none of my business," he lied.

"Why are you defending her?" a voice in his head said, "you can't trust her, not after what she told you!" but then another part of him screamed back, "but Kate isn't really like that, she's different now."

Jack just couldn't imagine Kate murdering people, surely she was different? To him she had always seemed like the victim.

But he really had no idea what to think.

Ana grinned, "Well, alright." She leaned over and kissed him. "I gotta go, it's my turn in the hatch."

Ana had over two hours to think about Jack and Kate while she was taking her shift in the hatch.

She sensed Jack was lying, after all, she'd been trained to spot lies-and she noticed the way he moved when he lied, the way he looked at her, it was easy to spot Jack's lies.

But Kate, she'd never really had the chance to talk to her, all they'd ever had was hurried conversations, each one feeling too awkward to talk to the other.

She often wondered what Kate had "done" exactly, To Ana she seemed alright, well liked, a bit secretive, but still a good person, but then, sometimes you never really knew people.

When she'd first come to this side of the island, Jack had been obsessed with Kate, and Ana, well, she had been a little jealous. She hadn't known where she stood, Jack seemed confused, he didn't know what he wanted, boy, did she know where she stood now.

When Kate had made her choice, cowboy, Jack had refused to talk to her, in fact now he wanted nothing to do with her, or so it seemed. But she still couldn't help but think there was a part of him that longed for her.

"Don't be stupid, he's with you now, and Kate's going to have Rednecks baby-there's no chance of them ever getting together!" But as much as she tried to convince herself, she was still worried.

All her life Ana had been rejected, hated, and she was used to it. She had never felt like she'd really had someone, she'd always been insecure, and so she hid behind the "tough" act, it was the only defence she knew. And yet it was her worse trait, it was the reason people hated her, the reason she made the wrong decisions. It was the reason behind Shannon's death.

She wanted Jack, but she was afraid of losing him.

"Hey Ana."

Ana smiled as Locke came into the hatch, "great timing, I was just about to leave."

Thankful to be out of the hatch, Ana began to walk back towards camp; she was about halfway there when she heard a noise.

Heavy breathing, she swung round. Could it be one of them? She listened hard, but the breathing did not stop, if anything it was louder.

As quietly as she could, she followed the sound, and then she saw who was making it.

"Kate?" she asked, stepping out of the trees.

Kate swung around, she looked a mess. Her clothes were dirty and her face was covered in sweat. She was very clearly distressed, hugging her swollen belly.

She was going to have the baby.


Am I evil or what, ending the chapter there? lol please don't hate me for it-I should update soon anyway.