Chapter 8-Reunions

Disclaimer: I don't own LOST.

A/N: Sorry for the wait. Here is the next chapter. I didn't mean for jate to get in the story like this but you know me. Lol! I think we all deserve a little jate after what the third season is doing to us so far.

Kate walked into the computer room. "Jack."

"What?" He looked up. He was standing in front of the computer.

Kate looked at the clock and saw that there was twenty minutes left.

"You and I have to talk" Kate said.

Jack shook his head.

Kate walked over to him. "I'm serious." She grabbed him by the shirt and led him into the bathroom while he protested. "Kate what are you doing?"

Kate shut the door and locked it and then turned around. "We are not coming out of this bathroom until you and I are ok again. "

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"Claire." Charlie gulped. "Hi."

"Are you and Ana together?"

Charlie stared at her, torn. He could tell her no, and that he loved Claire, or he could play around the bush. He decided that Claire had hurt him so now it was time for him to do something.

"What does it matter if we are?"

Claire's face fell and she nodded. "Okay. I understand." She began walking away, trying hard not to cry.

"Claire wait." Charlie called after her and she stopped. "Ana and I aren't together. We're just friends.'

Claire swallowed hard and shut her eyes. "Then why did you hug?"
"Friends hug Claire. There's no meaning to it."

"Why was she hugging you?"

"Claire would you look at me please?" Charlie had been patient up to this point but now he was getting mad.

Claire turned around and Charlie stood in front of her. "Why would it bother you so much? You were the one to throw me out of your life."

Claire shut her eyes. She hated herself so much right then. Charlie was right. She had hurt him and now he was paying her back. She opened her eyes again to find Charlie looking expectedly at her. "I know. I'm sorry Charlie."

"You're sorry? Sorry doesn't bloody cut it Claire." He was proud with himself. What he wanted to do was throw his arms around her and tell her how much he loved her but he was being tough.

"I-I miss you. I know I was wrong. I should have believed you when you said you weren't using."

Charlie's face softened a little. "Really?"

"Really."

"I missed you too Claire. Really I did." He knew he was giving in now but he didn't really care anymore. He loved her too much.

"You did?" Claire's face brightened. "It didn't seem like you did with the way you were hanging around Ana.

"It didn't seem like you did either." Charlie pointed out.

Claire smiled and she took a few steps forward to close the gap between the two of them. "I guess we both misinterpreted the other."

Charlie grinned then as well. "Yeah I guess so."

"Do you realize Hurley, Libby, and Sun are all watching us right now. Don't look over to your right, but that's where they are."

Of course, Charlie didn't listen and his head immediately whipped over to the right. Claire rolled her eyes. The typical guy of course. So much for being secretive.

Charlie waved at Hurley and he excitedly waved back.

Sun motioned to Charlie to kiss Claire and Charlie turned back to her.

"Claire?"

"Yes?"

"I love you." He then pulled her to him and they shared a sweet kiss and Hurley started clapping his hands and Libby and Sun soon started as well.

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Kate motioned for Jack to sit somewhere and he gave in and sat on the counter with his legs hanging off. Kate jumped onto the other side of the counter but she sat cross-legged with her back against the opposite wall so she could face him.

They were both silent for a minute, with Jack staring at the ground and Kate staring at him.

"Did you mean it?" Kate broke the silence.

"Did I mean what?" Jack was being difficult.

"That you weren't sorry."

Jack sighed. Now there was definitely no beating around the bush. "Yes Kate. I mean it with all of my heart, but obviously you don't feel the same way."

"I lied. I was just being polite… I was trying to get us to be normal again. But.. you said you weren't sorry and that completely changed my thinking. I've missed you Jack. I've missed how we used to be. Remember when we used to sit on the beach together discussing our day?"

Jack smiled. "Yeah."

"Why can't we be like that again?" Kate silently begged him to look at her. Up to that point, he had been staring at the ground.

"Things have changed between us."

"You're right, things have changed. But why can't we let things change for the better? If we can work through this, we can be all right."

Jack finally looked at her. "I don't want to be all right. I want to be with you."

Kate's heart melted. "Really?"

"Really."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes Kate. I know things have been tough, and it's partly my fault. I know I've been kind of a jerk lately, but it's hard for me to put myself out there. I've been hurt so many times in the past.. I just don't want that to happen again."

Kate leaned forward a bit and she placed a hand on Jack's arm, which sent shivers up Jack's spine. They both felt the electricity fly through them at that point which made it difficult on concentrating on talking.

"Jack. I promise you, I will never hurt you intentionally. I know I messed up when I ran away, but I think we both are past that now aren't we?"

Jack nodded. "Yeah. I want you to know I would never hurt you either. You mean the world to me."

"You mean the world to me too." Kate whispered.

Jack leaned forward and kissed her but soon they broke apart because Kate was laughing.

"What?" Jack grinned.

"Well this isn't exactly romantic." Kate said, and she was right. They were both sitting on the counter in the bathroom.

"All we need for it to be romantic is you and me, no matter what the circumstances are."Jack smiled at her.

A/N: All right there will be one more chapter to go before I finish this story. The last chapter will have some Sana and some more Charlie/Ana interaction. Please review!