Jack grinned as he held Kate close to him. Only a few minutes ago, he had been sitting at the side of the room, watching his children on stage with Sawyer, taking a stand for their mother, and as much as he felt pride over what they were doing, it upset him to no end that they were begging for their mother and she wasn't there. It was sad that at two years old, Curtis knew that all wasn't right in the world, because Kate wasn't there. Yet all it took was one word from Kaia, and everything was better. Now, three minutes later, he had Kate in his arms, his two children close to him, and two more children inside of Kate, when he had thought there was just one. Their family had literally been torn in half for a few days.

Kate pulled away first, looking down at the children with a smile on her face. "So, guys, did you have fun today?" She asked them, eager to learn what their first day in a new life was like. Curtis made a fuss about wanting to be in Kate's arms, so they swapped so that Kaia was on Jack's hip now.

"Can I tell you later?" Kaia asked.

"Sure honey, why's that?" Kate asked her with a small frown. "Didn't do something naughty I hope," She laughed.

"No, but I think I should tell you later. Cause I think that Daddy wants to dance with you." She said, sticking her tongue out at Jack.

"Oh do I now?" Jack asked her.

"Yeah, you do." Kaia nodded. "Cause Uncle Charlie and Aunty Claire have danced, Sawyer and Ana Lucia have danced, Uncle Hurley and Aunty Libby have danced, Aunty Shannon and Uncle Sayid have danced, Sun and Jin have danced, everyone 'cept for you. And now Mommy's back, you can." She said simply.

Jack looked at her for a moment, and then leaned his forehead against hers, both staring at each other intently. Kate smiled at this, an action they had been doing since Kaia was younger than Curtis. "How did you get so smart?" Jack asked.

Kaia shrugged. "Must be from you, cause Mommy's still got her brain." She nodded.

"Oh," Jack said, teasingly, "I see, I don't have a brain anymore?" He said, getting ready to tickle her. Kaia noticed this and backtracked.

"You do now that Mommy's back!" She told him.

"How do you figure that?" He asked.

"Cause I heard you talking to Sawyer yesterday when you said that you can't think straight without Mommy here." Jack looked at Kate, seeing that she had smiled deeply. "And Mommy's back now, so you can think again." Then Kaia looked over Jack's shoulder, and back again. "Can we go play again now?" She asked sweetly.

Jack placed her back down on the floor. Kate tickled Curtis's chin. "Want to go play, baby?" She asked him.

Curtis shook his head. "No, stay with Mommy." He said defiantly.

"Curtis!" Kaia said to him. "Mommy and Daddy need to dance now. 'Member what I told you earlier about Grandmas?" Curtis nodded, and Kaia grinned. "Come on then!"

As the two ran off together back over to the table, Kate stepped into Jack again. "What did she tell him about Grandmas?" She asked with a smile.

"That Grandmas get you ice cream." He nodded.

"I guess I should go meet Grandma, right?" She asked, but Jack shook his head, seeing over her shoulder that Sawyer was talking to the guy who did the music, and looked like he was winning the argument.

"No, cause right now, we're going to listen to our daughter." He told her. "It's been a while since we've danced." He said, leading her to the centre of the dance floor, where other couples were already starting to gather again. They all waited patiently until the music started, staring at each other and declaring the silent love they each had for the other.

"When did you get to be so unimaginable romantic?" She asked with a smile.

I set out on a narrow way, many years ago
Hoping I would find true love, along the broken road
But I got lost a time or two
Wiped my brow and kept pushing through
I couldn't see how every sign,
Pointed straight to you.

Neither Jack nor Kate paid attention to the rest of the dancers around them. They just let themselves drown in the song lyrics that summed up their lives so well. Kate let out a heavy sigh.

"You Ok?" Jack asked her, pulling back a little so that he could see her face.

She nodded. "Yeah, Curtis was right." She told him. "I'm back now, everythings good again." She smiled, and Jack leaned to give her a kiss. She responded, her arms tightening around his neck, making sure that their mouths collided as much as possible.

Every long lost dream
Lead me to where you are
Others who broke my heart
They were like northern stars
Pointing me on my way
Into your loving arms
This much I know is true
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you

When they parted from the kiss, Kate could see the sadness that had filled Jack's eyes. "Jack, what's wrong?" She asked, her eyes darknening with worry. "It's alright, everything's going to be Ok now." She assured him.

"I'm sorry." He whispered.

She frowned. "What for? Jack, you haven't got anything to apologize for." She told him with a comforting smile.

"I'm sorry that I let them take you." He told her, and she didn't say a word, mainly because as soon as she opened her mouth to speak he continued. "I'm sorry, Kate. I promised you that I wouldn't let us be separated, I promised that we'd always be together, not a single day apart."

"And we will be." She nodded. "Jack, we're going to get married." She reminded him, although there was not a single thing in the world that could remove that memory from his mind. "We're together now, everythings going to be fine."

I think about the years I spend, just passing through
I'd like to have the time I lost, and give it back to you
But you just smile and take my hand
You've been there you understand,
It's all part of a grander plan,
That is coming true

Jack nodded, and kissed her again, before enclosing her so tightly in his arms that she couldn't have moved away even if she had wanted to. "I'm never going to let anyone take you away from me again." He muttered to her, his lips grazing her ear, sending shudders down her spine, familiar tingles that told her she was home. "I love you so much, Kate. What I said before, it's not even half of how I feel, but it was the best I can do, because you make me speechless every time I start to say it."

They stopped dancing now, just holding each other tightly. Kate had her arms now wound so tightly against Jack's back that she could have moulded her shape there, especially with the way that Jack was holding her back, his cheek pressed against the top of her head.

"Don't ever let me go, Jack." She begged him quietly, her breath warm through his shirt. "I can't do this without you." She admitted.

"Can't do what?" He asked.

"Living." She said. "It's too hard without you." He could see the tears now falling down her face as he met her eyes. "I just can't do it. I need you." She said.


Every long lost dream,
Led me to where you are
Others who broke my heart
They were like northern stars
Pointing my on my way
Into your loving arms
This much I know is true
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you

Jack kissed where her tears were falling, stopping the salty droplets before they could course any further. He didn't care about the people standing only ten feet away at the nearest table, watching them with 'awwws'; his mother, her father, their friends. All he cared about now was that Kate was back, and that she was here in his arms, talking to him, holding him, breathing alongside him once again.

"Kate, I'm never going to leave you." He promised her, the sincerity in his eyes stronger than the pain of being alone in hers. "You mean too much to me, you don't just mean everything to me, you are everything, and I don't even want to think about living my life without you." His hand came to stroke the side of her face lovingly, and she leaned into his touch. "I had to remind myself to breathe when you weren't here, just so that I could see you again."

"Oh, Jack..."

Now I'm just rolling home
Into my lovers arms
This much I know is true
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you

"I mean it, Kate. I love you, more than anything this world can give me. I would have given up long ago if you weren't beside me. I needed you more than I cared to admit, and I should have told you that sooner." He said, still tracing the outline of his jaw. "People wanted us together from day one, and we denied it, because we didn't want to admit that it might actually mean something, and now look. Kaia and Curtis, is that enough proof for us? The ring on your finger?" He lowered his hand to lay on her stomach. "These wonders?"

Kate rested her hand over his. "We can always make more proof." She laughed, with Jack following suit.

"I can't believe it's twins." He mused, looking at her stomach and then back up at her with the excited expression of a child. "Twins...I'm gonna be a Dad again...twice."

"Yeah, four kids." She agreed. "Going to be a handful." She warned him.

"I don't care." He shook his head. "We're going to love every second of it." He predicted. "If there's nothing else in life I accomplish, I don't want to be the person I was before." He told her, still looking at her stomach, his hand sprawled across it.

"What do you mean?" She asked.

"I'm not going to work all the time again." He decided. "No more coming home in the middle of the night. I don't want to come home when you're already asleep and leave before you wake up again. No more snappy comments because I'm tired. I'm going to have regular hours, so that I can be there for you and the kids." Kate smiled. "I've been there everyday to see Kaia and Curtis getting bigger, and I'm not prepared to give that up because of a change of location. And I've got two more little ones to watch grow now, and it's going to be the same with them. I want them to know who their father is."

Kate leaned up and kissed him again, and this time, they were in no rush for it to end. Their broken roads had brought them together, and their new path was going to keep them together. The fact that Kate's trial was in five days was looming, but she had been allowed home until then, which was a very good sign. Yet, unfortunately for them both, Jack had forgotten his encounter with Sarah...

Yes, God blessed the broken road,
That led me straight to you.

A/N: Yes, this chapter was full of Jate...yes, it was as cute as I could make it...no, its not going to last. Jack and Kate have another hardship to deal with in the next chapter, and could this be the worst one yet?