It had started to rain as Kate trudged down the street, but she didn't care rain was nothing after all those long days and nights on the run. Stuffing her hands deep in her pockets to shelter them from the cold, now was the time she really wished she still had a car, she had lost hers a few weeks back the last time she had a close shave with the feds, it wasn't anything fancy, she had actually paid $100 from a scrap yard and charmed some idiot into fixing it up.

Suddenly a car slowly pulled up beside her.

"I don't want a lift I'm fine thank you" She said hiding her face by looking down, she was used to random people pulling up and offering her lifts, she shivered at some of the rides she'd had to share.

"Well that aint to nice is it Freckles" A deep drawl met her, she froze. It was him, it was Sawyer… he must have realised she'd taken the money by now. She started to run.

"Not so fast Sassafras" He grabbing her arm.

"Let go of me" She said coolly whipping her head around to face him spraying his face with rain water from her hair.

"Not until I get what I need" He said his voice equally as cold "You ran off with my money and Id like it back"

"Well that's though" She said.

"You haven't spent that already, not that much" He said.

"Well maybe I just don't wanna-" Kate stopped, what was that on the seat behind him… it looked like, no it… it was Toms plane! She could get it back… just play Sawyer right now.

"What you looking at?" He said whipping his head round to where Kate was staring, seeing the plane he had tossed there earlier he picked it up. "This yours then Sassafras? Cute" He smirked.

"Give me that" Kate snarled angrily, the anger to cover the hurt.

"Well 'fraid I can't to that Shortcake" He said almost threateningly "Not until I get what I need"

"You want your money?" She screamed losing it now "Have it!" She shouted jerking her arm from Sawyers grasp and digging the envelope from her pocket and throwing it at him, the notes flying out into his lap.

Sawyer gathered up the money not really noticing, his mind was much on something else, this piece of plastic junk obviously meant a lot to her, maybe he could get something more out of this… yes, he thought, he knew what he was going to get after all, what was the point of being a Southerner with charm if he didn't exploit it?

"Give me it" She sneered.

"Well I don't think I've had my payment Sassafras" He said smartly.

"I just gave you your money!" She shouted.

"Yes that's right, but that's returning what you stole" He said "This however" He said rolling the plane around in his fingers "Is something you lost… so how about a little reward… lost and found" He said with a satisfied smirk.

"What do you want?" She asked, half angered at his cheek but half impressed by the way he was handling it, it was working, for him anyway "I don't have anything"

Sawyer looked like he was thinking about something then turning towards her he smirked "A kiss should do it"

"A kiss?" She said shocked, what kind of pervert was he? The disgust was evident in her voice.

"Hell Freckles" He drawled "I've had a lot more from you already"

Kate glared at him but he just returned it with a sarcastic smirk, god he was annoying she thought, but there was something about him… something that actually made her want to kiss him, whether the plane was in it or not.

"Okay" She said biting her lip.

"Okay" He repeated a little shocked but covering it easily, this plane must mean a lot to her.

Kate leaned in slowly taking a look into Sawyers blue eyes and then looking down, blushing crushing her lips into his before he saw the red colour her cheeks had become. She felt his tongue slip onto her lip, for a second she thought about pulling away and socking him one, but something inside her clicked, it felt right she let him continue until both could hardly breathe and pulled away.

"Give me… the plane" Kate said between deep breathes.

Sawyer slowly handed the plane over, he had planned some sarcastic comment or one liner, but he was so taken aback… literally breathless from the kiss. It hadn't been just a kiss, he had felt something, like electric pulses running through his veins, he had been shocked when she let him continue the kiss, but please none the less. Looking into her eyes as she grabbed the plane, he swore he saw that feeling in her eyes too, the feeling he was feeling but she quickly blinked and it was gone… with Sawyer trying to decided if he had imagined it.

So was this it? Was she just going to go? Where? Sawyer thought, she was on the run and obviously out of money, the decent thing to do would be to drive her wherever she wanted… that obviously had nothing to do with what he had juts felt, Sawyer didn't let women affect him like that, not ever.

"Get in" He said gruffly unlocking the side door.

"What?" She said snapping her eyes up from the plane, she was so happy to have it again, to hold it, feel the smooth cold plastic under her fingers.

"Get in" He repeated.

Kate thought for a moment, she had nothing to loose, she had nowhere to go apart from the streets carrying on her journey, but at the same time, she might have something to gain… she had felt something in that kiss, but she was sure he hadn't, he was just some pervert using her pain to get a kiss.

Finally the weather decided for her, a deep rumble of thunder and a clasp of lightening in the still rainy skies made her shiver in her thin Jacket as she hopped round and got into the car.

Soooooo! Thanks to SassyLostie who gave me the idea of putting the kiss in there, much like on the show.

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