"Are you sure you want to do this?"

"Absolutely."

"Are you definate?"

"Only fools are definate, Jack-ass."

"Are you sure about that?"

"Definately."

It was a few seconds of Kate and Jack's laughing before Sawyer realised that he'd been caught out on his own joke. Shaking his head, he sighed.

"Come on, Freckles. Party time." He said. He already had Aaron standing on on side of him, ready and raring to go, but Kate was proving another matter. She had been excited about going all morning, but now that it was time to go, she wanted to stay.

"No." She said stubbornly, holding fast to Jack's neck. "Stay with Jack-Jack."

"Kate," Jack said.

"No!" She repeated.

"Come on, Uncle Sawyer." Aaron said impatiently, tugging on Sawyer's hand in the direction of the beach. "Wanna play now."

"Hang on, kid. We gotta wait for Kate." Sawyer explained.

"Kate, you'll have fun playing with Sawyer." Jack said.

"Want to have fun with you." She said.

"I'm sorry, Kate, but I'm very very busy today."

She looked up at him. "I can help!" She said, remembering how she had helped him yesterday.

Jack sighed. "Sorry, sweetie, this is grown-ups stuff."

Kate pouted. "Hate being little. I want to be a grown-up." She said to herself. Jack and Sawyer couldn't help seeing the irony of her statement, and while Sawyer rolled his eyes with a grin, it made Jack feel quite sad.

He had an idea, and leaned close to Kate's ear, whispering in it. "Kate? How about, you play with Sawyer, and tonight, I'll do whatever you want me to do." He said, and she stopped frowning.

"Will you tell me and Aaron a story?" She asked.

Jack nodded. "Yeah, yeah I will. What story do you want?"

"One about princesses and dragons and princes." She said.

Jack nodded. "Ok, I'll tell you that story later, and you go play with Sawyer this afternoon, yeah?"

She still looked unsure. So Jack tried to elaborate on that.

"Hey, go on, you can do whatever you want to Sawyer, play some tricks on him." He suggested, and Kate smiled devilishly. "That's my girl, go have fun." He said.

Kate gave him a kiss on the cheek before bounding over to Sawyer, and practically dragging him down the path to the beach. Jack stood up, and bumped into Claire and Shannon, who were standing with folded arms and raised eyebrows. "What?" He asked.

They grinned. "Nothing, Daddy." They said sweetly.

Jack rolled his eyes. "Do I dare ask for your help?" He asked.

"Depends what with." Shannon said.

"Kate wants a story about dragons, princesses and princes." Jack explained.

An hour later, Jack went back to the cave ready to sleep, with the story on his mind that Shannon and Claire had helped him come up with. In the end, it had become more like a show than a story, which hopefully would be more entertaining for the kids. As he drifted off to sleep, he could only imagine what trouble Kate was getting into...