Kate rose from where she was sitting with Sun.

"I'm just going to meet Jack, I'll see you later?" she said. Sun just smiled knowingly, as Kate rushed off through the jungle.

"Hey." Jack smiled at Kate. "You ready?" he asked, almost mysteriously.

"Yeah." Kate answered, waiting for him to lead the way.

"Who's staying at the hatch?" she asked.

'Locke and Ana Lucia." Jack replied.

"I saw how you reacted when you heard her name in the hatch…do…you..do you know her?"

Jack turned to face Kate, with a surprised expression, but quickly continued walking.

"Yeah, I knew her before the flight."

Kate felt a hint of jealously creep up into her..how had they known each other? Almost as if he could read her thoughts, Jack said,

"We met in the airport bar in Sydney."

"Oh." the relief was evident in Kate's voice, and jogged forwards and caught up with Jack. He grinned at her, and grabbed her hand in his.

"We're almost there." Jack said softly to Kate. Soon the sound of rushing water became evident, and they reached a small waterfall. Jack led her around the side of the water, and under some tree branches. There, by the water was a small clearing surrounded by vines and branches and carpeted with thick, soft grass. Many of the vines, and the edges of the water boasted colourful flowers, and twittering birds could be heard from the treetops.

Jack heard Kate's intake of breath, and asked,

"What do you think?"

Kate sighed, "Its beautiful." Jack beckoned her onto the ground and zipped open his backpack.

"What have you got in there?" she asked.

"What, haven't you ever been on a picnic before?" Jack chuckled, taking out mangoes, passionfruit, freshly-cleaned fish, and some Dharma packaged items.

Kate felt emotion well up inside her, she didn't deserve this.

"Jack…"

Kate felt his deep eyes on her, almost like he could see into her soul. Jack reached over and gently placed his hands on the side of her face. Slowly he bent down and kissed her, waiting for her to return the kiss. Kate pressed her lips against his, and kissed him passionately. This time when they broke apart, neither of them ran away.

After they had sat peacefully for quite awhile, and after much careful thought, Kate knew what she had to do.

"Jack, I want to tell you what I did." she said, swallowing slowly.Before Jack could speak, Kate continued,

"I want to tell you this. I need too."

Jack nodded, and Kate spoke again, "Please promise you wont judge me…by what happened in my past."

'I promise." Jack softly replied.

Kate breathed in and out and began to tell Jack everything. She told him about Wayne, the way he treated her, how he hit her mother, how he pushed her father away. She told him about blowing up the house killing Wayne, about Tom and her mother dying of cancer. She told him about the plane, the bank robbery, what happened in Australia, she told him about the Marshall. The whole time Jack stayed completely silent, never once uttering a word and his face blank of expression.

"That's it. The whole truth." Kate finished, nervously looking over at Jack and wondering if she had done the right thing. What if she lost him?

Jack finally spoke. "Kate, come here." Kate scooted over to Jack, and he put his arms around her.

"Kate, your not a cold-blooded killer- you thought in the long run, that you were helping everybody."

"But I still- " but Jack cut her off.

"You didn't stand next to him, and put bullets into his chest, you didn't stab him and watch him bleed. Most people who kill for revenge want to see their victim suffer, but you got away as quickly as possible- why?"

"I didn't want to see him suffer, I just wanted it to be quick." Kate answered, her throat dry but some tears falling from her eyes.

Jack wiped her eyes with his hands. " And you ran…I understand that, but Kate if we ever get out of here – you need to face the consequences of your actions. You cant run forever." Kate nodded, showing that she understood what Jack was trying to say.

"If we ever get off the island." Kate said dryly and Jack chuckled slightly.

A/N – Theres some fun Jate coming soon, I just wanted to get this out of the way first. I knew that before Jack and Kate could truly have a proper relationship, Kate would need to tell him what she did. Anyway, I'm sorry it was so long until the third chapter….I'm having trouble because I'm not good at writing stories! I hope you enjoyed it.

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