I just wanted to let you know that this entire fic is dedicated my my fave lil sister Mikachoo... You are more inspirational than any song or poem and your smart, funny and way too prettyful for your own good. Loves Ya XxXxX Thankyou Hellmouth20 and Strizzy... I loves you guys too XxX (btw Hellmouth, you a Buffy Fan?)

Jack stood there staring at the photgraph in his hand, his body shaking and his hands trembling as he looked into those eyes he saw in his mirror every morning.

He eventually managed to pluck up the courage and find the words to speak.

"Uh, shes mine..." he said, more a statement than a question. As if he was reassuring himself that it was real. Kate wastched him and nodded allowing a smile to creep on her face as she thought of her daughter, thier daughter.

"She's ours Jack... Can't you see yourself in her, your eyes... your smile?"

Jack looked down at the photograph and stifled a breath, shaking his head in disbelief.

"I see a little girl... a stranger... a little girl who doesn't know her father..." Jack said, anger and fristration creeping up in his voice "... God Kate! Would it have killed you to call me? She's what...nearing 2 years old... Do you know how much of her life i have missed" he shouted, his hands finding his head as he rubbed his temples furiously.

"Yeah Jack I do..." Kate shouted back, standing up now and just as angry as he was although she knew she had no right to be angry, he was telling the truth "... I know exactly how much of her life you have missed because i have been there..."

"Lucky you..." Jack spat out, slamming his hands down on the table and shaking his head.

"Don't you think that if i knew exactly how to tell you I would have? Don't you think that I have lay awake every night since I found out I was pregnant wondering how to tell you? Damnit Jack! I wanted to tell you..."

"Then why did it take so long, really... I wanna know. Was it because you didn't want me to a part of her life just like you wouldn't let me be part of yours" Jack shouted, and the minute those words left his mouth, he wished they'd never touched his tongue. He felt his heart shut down and Kates hand connect with his face.

"How dare you..." she said, tears falling down her face "... I want my daughter to know her father Jack, her real father... Not some man who pretends to love her out of pity. Jesus Jack do you know how hard it has been for me... there was nothing more i wanted than for you to have seen her being born"

"Then why didn't you call me?"

"And say what..." Kate asked biting her bottom lip the way she always did when she was nervous ".. Hi Jack, we haven't spoken for months but i'm about ready to give birth to your daughter you might wanna hurry..."

"Kate thats not fair!"

"So you're saying that you would have been there... if i called?"

"In a heartbeat"

"Then you're a greater man than i thought, all hail king Jack the man who can do no wrong..." she stated throwing her hands up in the air "... You know what this was a bad idea, I came here to tell you about our daughter, thinking maybe you'd wanna see her and we end up arguing... I'm just gunna go..."

"Go where! You gunna run again Kate... When are you going to stop running and stay put..." he asked grabbing her by the arms and pulling her to him, his eyes searching hers as he begged "... please don't take her away from me"

"I don't intend on taking her away from you" Kate admitted, seeing the hurt in his eyes. He moved his hands up her arms to rest on her shoulders.

"Where are you going to stay?"

"Theres a motel just off..." she started only to be interrupted by Jack shaking his head.

"You're staying here..." he ordered Kate looked at him skeptically "... my daughter is not staying in a motel. You're not staying in a motel"

"It was never a problem when we were staying with Sawyer"

"And like i told you so many times before Sawyer will never treat you how you deserve to be treated... you deserve..."

"... I deserve what Jack, the woman who kept you from your child deserves what?"

"The woman, the amazing woman who gave borth to my child deserves to be loved. She deserves to wake up every morning and know she is safe and loved... I told you Kate, no matter what I will always be here for you..."

"Jack... I killed my father..." she told him, turning her back and walking away from him.

"He hurt you and your mother..." Jack offered, Kate spun around and looked at him her eyes full of tears.

"I kept your daughter from you"

He walked oevr to her again and enveloped her in his arms as her head hit his chest way too easily.

"You gave me a daughter"

"I left with Sawyer..."

"You're here now..." Jack said, running his hands through her hair and kissing the top of her head.

"You CAN'T fix me Jack, you've tried, Lord knows you have tried..." he pulled away from her and looked deep into those Hazel eyes he had dreamt about for so long

"Why would I want to fix you... you're perfect the way you are"

"Jack..."

"Kate..."

"You wanna see her?"

I dont know why but i thought I'd leave this here Review PLS XXXxXxXxXxXx