Well, unfortunately nobody read the first chapter, but I have also written chapter 2 so I thought I should post it anyway. When anybody is reading this story, please leave me a review and tell me what you think about it, I really appreciate this. jaty

Chapter 2:

Kate's broad grin disappeared, she couldn't believe what he just said. She looked in his eyes and what she found there gave her shivers all over her body. She felt that she had to do anything right now, that she had to say anything, otherwise she would lose her control and that was something she didn't want to lose, not now, not again in front of Jack as she had done this once before when she was too weak to stop her feelings for him, when she kissed him.
She forced herself to look away from him and looked again in the deep blue sea in front of them. The sun was still very deep over the sea and the water was still glittering in a beautiful and mysterious red, orange and yellow.

"It's beautiful, isn't it?", suddenly Jack said.

Kate risked a short look at him and saw that he was also looking in the ocean. She smiled.

"Yes, it's wonderful!"

For a few minutes the both just stand there looking again in the ocean, enjoying the coloured light on the waves. Then suddenly Kate said:

"So, when is your first patient coming tomorrow?"

Jack looked a bit surprised and confused at her.

"When? I don't know, they come when they have a problem."

Kate nodded.

"Yes, in case of an emergency, it's clear that you can't plan when you will be bite by a polar bear, but the other patients, the ones with the little ordinary problems, you should give them real appointments, you know, then it wouldn't be so hard for you. You would have fixed breaks and you would know what you expect. You should have real...consulting hours."

"Consulting hours? Here, on this island?", he looked incredulous at her.
"Do you really think that would work?"

"That's all a question of organization.", Kate said determined.

"Organization?"

"Yes!" She looked at him. "No doctor is working all day 7 days a week and you also shouldn't do that!"

Jack grinned. "Maybe no "NORMAL doctor" is doing that, but I'm not any longer one of this "normal doctors", I'm now an "ISLAND doctor" and till now I haven't met any other here, so no colleagues, no shift work."

It was now Kate who looked serious at him.

"But the "island occupants" also have nothing of it if you get ill, as you said you're the only doctor here, you should also take care of yourself, Jack. You're important for everyone here."

Kate looked still serious at him. Yes, he was important for everybody here, he was the only one who could help the people here if they were injured or ill and he was the one who hold everything together.
But most important he was for her and seeing him so exhausted this evening she was worried about him. She knew that Jack didn't know his limitations, he would try to fix people even if he wouldn't have the power to.
She remembered the day when he gave Boone a blood transfusion and did everything to save his life. He was completely weak and tied but he didn't allow himself to have a rest, to sleep. It was this time when she gave him the sleeping pills without his knowledge, to bring him to sleep, to rest, to... take care of him. And she had the feeling that she should also do that now.

"Well, what do you think if YOU organize these consulting hours, Kate?"

She tried to forget her thoughts and to concentrate on him.

"What?"

"Yes, you could work...", Jack started enthusiastic.

"Just a moment!", Kate said, "You want me to work for you?"

"No, no, I don't want you to work for me, I want you to work...WITH me."

She gave him a searching look. " You want to work with me? Well, but I don't have a medical education, you know!"

Jack nodded quickly.

"I know, but you also don't need one, you HAVE a talent in helping people, anyway."

"ME?", Kate said incredulous. "Sorry, Jack, but I'm..."

"You helped Claire to deliver her baby, all alone on a lost island..."

"Yes, but that was an exception, you couldn't come to help her and you..."

"And don't forget the "patient whispering" you did to Sawyer. You did also a perfect job there. I couldn't make him swallow the pills but you just told him to swallow the pill and he did it."

Kate still looked not convinced at Jack.

"Kate..."

He came still a bit closer to her.

"I don't ask you again to deliver a baby, or to do anything else really difficult, I just ask you to...help me."

Kate lifted her head and looked in his eyes. He was standing so close to her that she could nearly feel his breath on her face.

"But I've always helped you when you needed me with patients, why should it now be anything else..."

"There was this beautiful girl who told me to organize everything, you know, who said that I shouldn't..."

"Ok, ok, I understand!", Kate said.
"But what about my "passion fruit hunt"?"

She walked a few steps away from him and put her feet in the water of the sea.

PLEASE guys, when you are reading this press the little bottom below and leave me a review. This whole "posting thing" just makes sense if anybody is interested, so please tell me when you are and I will post another chapter then. Thanks, jaty.