Disclaimer: I don't own Lost or any of these characters except for Letty.

A/N: This (along with the next) chapter is up so quickly because I've already written the first few chapters :) Enjoy, and please review, it makes my day! )

Chapter 2

"Letty, you can't put those cards down. They don't match."

Ana sighed in exasperation. It was their 5th game of Go Fish, and Letty still refused to play it right.

"But I like those cards! They do match!"

How Letty could possibly believe that the two of hearts and the ace of spades matched was beyond her.

"Ana?" She looked up and saw Jack standing a few feet away from her.

"Yeah?" Ana stood up and walked over to him.

"Hey! It's your turn!" Letty whined, but Ana ignored her.

"What do you need?" She asked.

"A couple of people thought they saw something in the jungle yesterday. Sayid and I are going to go take a look around. We could use an extra pair of eyes." Jack said.

"You mean you could use an extra gun." Ana replied, raising an eyebrow.

"We need you Ana." Jack answered pointedly.

Ana was silent for a moment. She looked over at Letty and sighed. "Alright. But first I have to find someone to watch the kid."

Sawyer was sitting under a tree, enjoying a new book pilfered from the Hatch, when someone cleared their throat behind him.

He closed his book and turned around. Ana was leaning against a tree, her arms crossed, and a stern expression on her face.

"Can I get you a cough drop, Muchacha?" He asked, a smirk forming on his face.

"Look Sawyer, I don't want to be here any more than you want me to be here. I need someone to watch Letty, and she likes you." Ana answered.

"Well hell, Rambina, if that's all it took, I guess half the world'd be sittin' here right now." Sawyer laughed.

"So can I leave her with you or not?" Ana asked.

"Nothing's stoppin' you. But I ain't promising anything." He replied, tuning back around and opening his book.

Ana gave the back of his head one last look of hatred before walking back towards the beach.

Two hours and one loud tantrum later Letty was deposited in front of Sawyer's tent.

"Stop whining, it's only for a few hours." Ana snapped at Letty, who was sniffling dramatically.

Letty gave Ana a horrified look, and wiped an imaginary tear from her eye.

Ana's expression softened. She knelt down and hugged Letty. "I'll see you tonight, Chica." She said with a warm smile.

"Maybe you won't!" Letty sniffled. "Maybe I'll die while you're gone!"

Ana couldn't help laughing. "Alright. Well I guess I'll see you at your funeral then."

Letty looked deeply offended that she wasn't being taken seriously. "You're being mean, mommy Ana!"

Ana crossed her arms. "You shouldn't call me mean! Maybe I'll just die!" she mimicked, adding a sniffle to complete the impression.

"Are you ever going to leave, Lulu?" Sawyer had emerged from his tent.
"Y'all could at least keep it down out here."

Ana ignored him, and grabbed Letty's arm. "You can hate me as much as you want, but I still love you."

"That's what they all say." Sawyer smirked.

Letty sighed, and finally gave up. "Bye." She said, trying hard to smile.

As soon as Ana left, Letty went into Sawyers tent and started looking around. Sawyer followed her, anticipating vast damage to his stash.

"Don't you need to go practice your ABC's or something?"

"No. This place is boring. Don't you have anything fun?"

Sawyer smiled to himself. His idea of fun probably wasn't Letty's.

"How about we make some rules? First off, don't touch anything. Secondly, don't say anything. And thirdly, don't do anything. "

Letty gave an annoyed sniff and frowned.

"If you stay out of my way, I'll stay out of yours." Sawyer said. "Now go do whatever it is you 5 year olds do."

He shuffled Letty out of the tent and quickly went back inside, pulling the tarp over the entrance.

Letty seated herself on a log and contemplated what to do next.

She could start yelling, but she had done so much of that already today that her voice was worn out.

She decided that she would have to pretend something. Letty was very good at pretending things. She had been many things in her short life; a Princess, a Tiger, an Indian, a Super Hero. She had even been an astronaut once.

This was quite an impressive resume, but today it would have to be something different.

Letty would pretend to be her favorite thing in the world; a Pirate.

It was perfect; she was already on an island. But she would need something else.

Then it hit her. A treasure hunt! Sawyer would be the infamous Blackbeard guarding the hidden mounds of treasure,

Obviously, this was why he didn't want her in his tent. It all made sense now.

Letty smiled enthusiastically. This was going to be a very fun day after all.