Thanks to the few people who reviewed last chapter, I didnt get many reviews so if your still reading please, please review - I know where Im going with this fic now, but if no one is reading or enjoying it anymore, there is no point in continuing :(
Ana didn't know where she was going or really what she was doing, all she knew was that she had to get away, run away, from… from whatever that had been, she didn't want to let her mind dwell on the sight of Jack and Kate there on the floor, laughing brightly, Jack looking like all his Christmases had come at once with a bright twinkle of laughter in his eyes.
It hurt to see him that happy when he was with a woman that wasn't her. She blinked back angry tears as she ran, she could hear Jacks faint cries of worry behind her and pressed on faster and faster until she lost him in the bright green foliage of the jungle.
She stumbled into a clearing, not noticing anything about the place until she heard the swift chopping of an axe. She looked up to see Sawyer, shirtless and sweating, next to a pile of cut bamboo.
She didn't say anything and neither did he, they looked at each other, Sawyer instantly noticing her tears but wondering if to ask her about it.
She quickly turned on her heal for the exit to the clearing, she didn't need the Southerner adding to her problems right now.
"Why the tears Chica?" He called after her, Ana noticed something in his voice, a tone that she had thought impossible for him to achieve… did he actually seem concerned about her?
"What's it to you?" She replied icily, angrily blinking the tears from her eyes.
"I don't know, nothing" Sawyer said defensively, ashamed he had let his worry slip out, but why was he worried really? He didn't love this woman, damn he didn't even care about her… or so he had thought a few weeks ago, but now… now he really didn't know. But he wasn't going to let himself think on that you love Kate he told himself, and he really did.
"Well then" Ana replied as if that evasive answered solved everything.
"Well I can't just let ya go on back into the jungle of mystery in your state can I know Lucy?" Sawyer said, trying to make sure she was ok, but not have her know that at the same time.
Ana stood confused with herself. She didn't know what to do. She had almost forgotten about the situation in the hatch just by talking to Sawyer, ok maybe more arguing than talking but still, she had been so upset a minute ago and know it was almost well… forgotten. It scared her that he could do that, that she felt sort of safe here with him now, touched that he seemed to care.
She felt as if she was starting to feel something for him and that scared her more than anything. She needed to get out, away from him and back to Jack, Jack was safe, right. Besides, Sawyer was with Kate even if she wanted to be with him. Which she didn't of course.
She turned away, still crying but now with anger at herself and her stupid feelings. Hormones, she told herself.
Sawyer grabbed her from behind and pulled her close to him, he wasn't about to let her run off crying into the dangerous jungle, she could get hurt or worse killed, not that he personally cared of course, he just didn't need another death.
As soon as she hit his warm arms she collapsed and broke down into floods of tears, silent tears turned into loud sobs and Sawyer didn't know what to do, he just stood holding her hoping she would stop crying soon.
Jack meanwhile was searching everywhere for Ana. Kate had offered to help him search, but he declined pointing out that it was better he faced her alone. Agreeing Kate stayed behind in the hatch to put away the mess they had created.
Kate felt ashamed with herself thinking back on what had happened. Kate knew how it must have looked, and even though she didn't like Ana that much, no one deserved to see that. Kate could have probably felt the guilt ease if she hadn't been feeling something along the lines of how it looked. This brought all sorts of guilt, guilt for how she was feeling about Jack when she loved Sawyer, guilt for how it must have made Ana feel, guilt with possibly stringing Jack along, even though that was impossible because Jack loved Ana now, and guilt with herself for feeling it.
He was now desperately hacking through bushes and trees to find Ana, worrying over hundreds of terrible situations she could be in, what if the others had taken her? The polar bear? What if she had been crying so much she hadn't seen where she was going… and was lying at the bottom of a cliff somewhere dying? He quickened his pace as the guilt consumed him.
He then stumbled into a clearing, and the scene he saw was, if possible even worse.
Sawyer had sensed Ana's cries calm down and now he was just holding her as she sat silently, he didn't know what to do so he just sat, figuring she would get up when she could… after all she hated him didn't she?
Then he looked and saw Jack looking at them, his expression mixed with pain and horror. As soon as Jack spotted Sawyer looking he spun on his heal and sprinted from the trees.
"Hey Ana" Sawyer nudged her gently "Something tells me that one was for you"
"What?" She asked, her voice hoarse from the crying.
"Old Jacko just came… and went" He replied.
She muttered something that sounded like crap and got up running in the direction Jack had just gone. Feeling this wasn't for him, Sawyer just decided to sit and wait a while, that way he could step in if things got out of hand, but he wouldn't be intruding.
"Jack!" Ana shouted as she caught up with him.
"I don't want to talk to you right now Ana" He said turning round with tears in his eyes.
"No wait…" Ana said coolly "If anyone doesn't want to talk to someone here it should be me not ignoring you"
"Whys that?" Jack demanded "Because your mad I interrupted your and Sawyers cosy little hug?"
"Well I didn't think it was much cosier than your and Kate little tumble" Ana spat back.
"Well that was an accident" Jack replied hotly "Not like yours and Sawyers"
"Excuse me but I would have been there if it wasn't for you and Kate" She said.
"Well if you hadn't gone running of before I had the chance to explain…" Jack said.
"I don't want your explanations Jack I know what I saw" Ana said, feeling tears come to her eyes again "Just leave me alone"
"Ana I need to explain" Jack tried desperately.
"Well Jacko I know I aint as smart as you but even I can understand the lady wants you to go away" Sawyer drawled stepping into the scene.
"Go away Sawyer" Jack said dryly.
"No Jack, I do believe its you that should go away" Sawyer smirked.
"Ana please tell him to leave" Jack pleaded.
"He's right Jack" Ana whispered "Please just go away"
Jack just looked between the two and stalked back into the jungle.
"You ok?" Sawyer asked nervously.
"Don't talk to me" Ana spat before leaving in the opposite direction to Jack.
Sawyer shrugged and headed back to the beach to find Kate, after the tumble conversation he had just heard, he wasn't the only one who wanted answers.
So, was that ok? If your reading please review because I need to know if its worth carrying on with this!
