Chapter 19

Sunshine was breaking through the clouds that had formed a few hours before. Kate found herself having to squint her eyes from the brightness. She turned around and closed her eyes again.

It felt weird not getting up as early as she was used to. Now she was practically free to do whatever she wanted... that is anything which didn't involve the police or them getting caught. Sighing, she opened her eyes again looking at her watch: 10:47. It didn't seem like she would sleep today.

'Hmph.' she heard Jack groan from the other side of the vehicle and smiled softly. He most probably didn't have as nice sleep as her that night. Guilt rushing through her mind about making him sleep at the front seats, she decided to get up and have something to eat.

Cracking his neck and fingers, Jack sat up in... Well, it would have been his bed but it was actually the car seats. Putting a hand up to his forehead and rubbing it, he opened his eyes fully this time. Kate looked back and saw that he was... not looking that well.

She chuckled and stared at him for a moment, forgetting about what she was doing. When she realised that he was shirtless and at the same time he was looking at her, she quickly took her sight away from him, her face reddening.

God, Kate! What are you doing?!

The thought rushed through her mind, as she told herself off. They were just friends, nothing more... actually were they even friends? She definitely didn't think of him as a friend to start off with, so what had changed her mind in the last 12 hours?

Jack cleared his throat and said: 'Erm... did you sleep well?'

'Yeah, it's comfortable,' she smiled and then thought about asking back... 'You?'

Laughing, he replied back: 'Let's just say that the bed is a little bumpy.'

She immediately blushed, for the second time that morning and quickly opened the fridge to see what Jack had got for them the previous evening. Her eyes landed on the food in front of her and her stomach rumbled, telling her that she was hungry.

'That food should last us for a two or three days at least.' Jack informed her as she carried on looking through the other cupboards; it definitely would.

'Jack, how much did all this cost you?'

'Oh, not much. About $100.' he smirked, Kate quickly turning around with an angry expression.

'What?!' she yelled across to the other side.

'Only joking!' he laughed, 'But you should have seen the look on your face! No, it cost about $35.' he added.

Taking out two bowls, a carton of milk and the cereal packet, Kate put some food out for both of them.

'So where to next?' she asked, as she happily ate her breakfast.

'Southwest to Kansas. Hopefully by the end of our two weeks, we'll be on the Southern border of Texas.'

'Cortez, do you still want to work on the case of Jack Shepherd now that you, Roberts and Stanley have gotten better?'

'Yes,' Ana-Lucia answered firmly as usual. 'And I think I know where he's heading to: Texas.'

I know, I know what you are all going to ask me now: How does Ana know that they are going to Texas? Well, my answer to you: You'll have to wait and see. That's my answer to mostly every question on here. If you think hard enough about Jack and his past then you'll know why he's heading to Texas. (It's got nothing to do with the real show, btw, it's to do with his past in this particular fanfic) One reason why he's going to Texas is to get as far away as possible, obviously, but there is also another one which I'm not saying. ;) So, thanks for the reviews and I hope you enjoyed the chapter!