She returned later that morning to find out one of the survivors had drowned while she had been gone and felt the familiar guilt start to creep into her mind. She could have helped but instead she'd run off like a child. She began to search for Boone who she had heard had almost drowned as well.

"Hey! Your friend is sick!" Walt called over to her, as he rushed towards Jack's tent.

Kali quickly followed him, and almost cursed when she saw Claire unconscious on the floor in the tent.

"What happened?" She asked Kate, who was sitting by the pregnant woman.

"I don't know. She fainted…we think" Kate responded.

"Did she hit her head? Where did she fall?" Kali queried, as she went to Claire's other side.

"I…I don't think so…she was on the beach, we moved her-" Kate stuttered.

"Where the hell is Jack?" Kali cut her off.

"He vanished this morning" Charlie informed her, as she cursed.

"Claire? Claire, can you hear me?" Kali exclaimed but got little response.

"Claire, I need you to wake up" Kali insisted, as she pinched Claire need her shoulder.

"Hey! Why did you…" Charlie trailed off, as Claire began to wake up.

"We need to keep her awake, that's why. Claire, do you remember hitting your head?" Kali asked her.

"No…I fell onto my side" Claire told her.

"I need some water. I think she's got a fever" Kali sighed.

"The water's gone! Someone's stolen it!" Charlie realised.

"Oh, for God's sake" Kali groaned, not thinking the day could get any worse.

Kali stayed by Claire's side the rest of the day, too scared to live the pregnant girl as Jack had disappeared. Knowing that the water was gone she quickly became aware that she hadn't drank anything since before the memorial. In fact, she had given her last bottle of water to Claire while they had been looking through people's belongings. She was beginning to feel a pain in her back and knew that she wouldn't be able to last as long as the others without water. Kate and Sayid had suggested that Sawyer was the one who had stolen the water, but Kali couldn't believe that. Sawyer may have had questionable morals but by now he would have known that Claire was unwell, and she couldn't see him wanting to see that happen.

"How's she doing?" A familiar voice questioned from the tent opening.

"Not great" Kali replied, as she turned around to see Sawyer standing there.

"Look…about what happened earlier…I didn't…I wasn't trying to upset you" Sawyer mumbled.

"Is that supposed to be an apology?" Kali asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Yes. Is it working?" Sawyer inquired.

"A little. Actually say the words and I'll consider forgiving you" Kali told him.

"I've never said sorry in my life, sweetheart" Sawyer informed her.

"Well, it's never too late to start" Kali replied, with a mischievous smile.

"Fine, I'm…sorry" Sawyer stated, looking extremely uncomfortable.

"Apology accepted. Now was that really so hard?" Kali questioned.

"Yes" Sawyer grumbled.

"Sayid and Kate think you are the one who's stolen the water, you know" Kali exclaimed.

"Of course, they do. Probably think I crashed the damn plane too" Sawyer suggested, crouching down next to her.

She was surprised when he suddenly placed two bottles of water in front of her and gave him a questioning look.

"The last water from my stash" Sawyer said, as she picked a bottle up and placed it to Claire's lips.

"Will she be alright?" Sawyer queried, the tiniest hint of worry on his face.

"For now" Kali sighed, as she rubbed her back lightly.

"Are you?" Sawyer inquired.

"Just thirsty" She shrugged.

"And as if by magic, water appears. Drink up, blue eyes" Sawyer insisted, putting the other bottle in her hand.

"Everyone's thirsty" Kali pointed out.

"What's wrong with your back?" Sawyer asked, when he noticed she was still in pain.

"…I've only got one kidney" She admitted, as Sawyer raised an eyebrow.

"Well now you're definitely going to drink" Sawyer told her, as he took the lid off the bottle.

"I'm fine" Kali retorted.

"Either you drink, or I take this bottle back" Sawyer announced, as she rolled her eyes and took a quick of swig of water.

"You never said how much" She pointed out, as he shook his head, fondly and stood up.

"Oh, and by the way, Kate and Sayid are following you…so you might not want to go back to your stash under that mango tree" Kali advised her.

"How did you…" Sawyer trailed off, an impressed look on his face.

"A girl's gotta have secrets" Kali shrugged, amused.


Kali realised she must have drifted off to sleep at some point, as suddenly she was being woken up by an angry Charlie dragging Boone out of the Doctor's tent.

"What's going on?" She asked, groggily.

"Here's your thief" Charlie announced, throwing Boone to the sand.

"Where'd he hide it?" Michael inquired.

"I don't know. This wanker had three bottles on him. Why'd you do it, pretty boy?" Charlie accused, as Boone went to stand up.

"It was just sitting…it was just sitting in the tent. And Jack took off!" Boone exclaimed.

"Claire could have died" Charlie pointed out.

"I tried to give some to her sooner, but it just got out of hand. No one would have understood" Boone replied.

"So, you were just going to leave us all to die of thirst?" Kali retorted.

"No! Of course, not" Boone stated.

"Then when were you going to man up and admit it was you? Two days? Three?" Kali questioned, angrily.

She was about to shove Boone, her dehydrated mind not thinking too clearly, but Sawyer held her back. A light hand on her shoulder was enough to stop her in her tracks.

"Someone had to take responsibility for it. It never would have lasted!" Boone insisted, as Charlie lunged for him.

"Leave him alone!" A commanding voice announced, as everyone turned to see Jack was back.

"Where the hell have you been? Claire's been sick" Kali whispered to Jack, who looked guilty.

"Is she alright?" Jack responded, as Kali nodded.

"It's been six days and we're all still waiting. Waiting for someone to come. But what if they don't?...We have to stop waiting. We need to start figuring things out. A woman died this morning just going for a swim. And he tried to save her, and now you're about to crucify him? We can't do this. Every man for himself is not going to work. It's time to start organising. We need to figure out how we're going to survive here. Now I found water…fresh water up in the valley. I'll take a group in at first light. If you don't want to come, then find another way to contribute. Last week most of us were strangers, but we're all here now. And God knows how long we're going to be here. But if we can't live together…we're going to die alone" Jack explained to them all, in a passionate speech.

"He'll be expecting us to sing songs around the fire next" Sawyer mumbled, as the group began to disperse.

"I'm just happy our unofficial leader is back" Kali admitted, almost breathing a sigh of relief.

"Don't put yourself down, blue eyes. You took charge today…people will remember that" Sawyer pointed out.

"They better. Because I am not doing that again" Kali laughed, making Sawyer let out an amused sound.

"They look like they've made up" Jack said, from a few metres away where he was watching the pair talk.

"He's wrapping her around his little finger" Kate suggested, as Sawyer seemed to make a joke which resulted in Kali punching him in the shoulder.

"I don't know…it might be the other way around" Jack mumbled, seeing the fond look on Sawyer's face.


Author's Notes: I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! So Kali and Sawyer made up, but both their pasts are going to put a strain on their growing relationship. Please can I have some reviews?:)

farrahjohnson21: Kali's sad past will slowly be revealed more. At least they've made up! Thanks for the review:)