Kate slowly ran her fingers through the water, making soft ripples. Before she had time to think, there was a hand on her back and she lost her balance. Icy cold water swarmed around her, her eyesight blocked with a mass of bubbles. Shaking slightly, she emerged at the surface and saw Jack standing at the water's edge. Oh, he was so going to pay for that. Jack looked slightly worried for a second, maybe afraid she was upset but when he saw her grin he chuckled.
"Couldn't resist."
"What's that?" Kate asked, pointing behind Jack.
As he swivelled around she rose up, grabbed him around the waist and pulled him back into the freezing water with her. Kate giggled as Jack emerged from the water, still frothy from their huge splash. His shocked face only lasted a second, before he started laughing himself.
"Cold, its cold!" Jack exclaimed. He went to swim closer to her, but found he was stuck.
"Hang on. My shirt is stuck on a log or something." Jack said to Kate. Kate swum over to where a sharp branch was tearing his shirt. He pulled the shirt over his head and Kate took it, successfully pulling it off the branch. Jack reached for his shirt but Kate swum off with it, thinking to herself that the scenery was much better when Jack wasn't wearing his shirt anyway.
"Hey. Give me back my shirt!" Jack called, swimming over to Kate who deftly threw the shirt ashore.
"We don't need it anyway." Kate smiled.
"Oh really?" Jack said.
Kate didn't respond. Instead she put her hands around Jack's neck and kissed him. He kissed her back, his arms moving to her waist. When they finally broke apart, Jack suddenly noticed how cold the water was.
"Lets get out of here, its freezing."
Kate didn't want to spoil their moment but she was shivering, so she followed Jack out of the water her soggy jeans and t-shirt heavy against her skin.
Jack dried as much of himself as he could with a towel that he had conveniently brought to put some of the food on, and he tossed it to Kate who did the same. They both knew they would be damp for hours but Kate didn't care. Jack grabbed the towel and his half-torn, dripping wet t-shirt and hung them up on a nearby tree. When he returned, Kate was already laying down on their picnic blanket, so Jack layed down next to her. Reaching into his other backpack, he took out a blanket and put it over them both. It was almost night-time, and lone stars were appearing in the darkening sky.
"We probably should get back, you know." Kate said to herself, as well as Jack.
"Yeah…" he said, but neither of them made a move to get up.
Kate turned to face Jack.
"We really shouldn't be staying in the jungle at night…" but still she had no urge to get up, and slightly smiled at Jack who didn't look like he wanted to move either.
" I wonder if anyone will miss us….I didn't tell Sun how long I was going to be, she must have all sorts of ideas about what we are doing out here." Kate giggled.
Jack grinned.
"Let them talk."
He couldn't wait to see Charlie and Hurley's faces when they found out he 'stayed the night in the jungle' with Kate.
"You didn't need to be at the hatch tonight, did you?" Kate asked.
"No, not till tomorrow." Jack replied.
Kate sighed. " Sometimes I wish you weren't the leader…then you wouldn't have all these responsibilities. We could just come out here and not have to worry about what's happening, or what you have to do…"
Jack nodded. "Yeah, sometimes I wish that too." He put his arm around her and they layed on their backs, staring up at the twinkling stars.
A/N: Well, I hoped you liked this chapter! If anyone was hoping for hot jungle sex, I'm sorry but its not gonna happen in any of my fics! Please read and review and feel free to offer me any constructive criticism- I just love hearing what you think! I think I'm going to end this fic soon, but there will be a few more chapters yet.
