This is the final installment of this fic enjoy XxXxXxX

Jack lead Kate into the kitchen as she perched herself on a barstool Jack went to the fridge.

"Can i get you a drink?" he asked, looking back and forth from her ot the contents of his fridge. They had little to be desired.

"Do you um... Do have Pineapple juice?" Kate asked, not wanting to sound fussy but since they had come back from the island all she could drink was pineapple juice. Jack looked back in his fridge and smiled pulling out a yellow carton and getting a glass from above the bar to pour Kate a glass. He handed her the glass and smiled as she brought it to her mouth and took a sip, letting out a breath afterwards.

"So um, how long do you intend on staying in Boston for, you said it depended right..." he asked, sitting himself on a stool next to her and looking directly into her eyes.

"I um, I guess I'd better start making some plans in terms of looking for a place..."

"Stay here..." Jack intterupted and then looked down at his feet "... sorry I didn't mean to sound pushy its just..."

"I know, you want to spend time with Faith..." Kate said watching Jacks eyes light up at the mention of his daughter. He leant in closer to her and placed his hand on her cheek she felt her head rest entirely on his hand and her trouble fall away as she closed her eyes. Jack leant in closer until thier lips were inches apart and he breathed heavily, moving his lips to her ears whispering...

"I want to spend time with you too Kate, I've missed you..."

Kate pulled back until they were facing each other again, thier lips just whispers apart and she closed her eyes leaning in, Jack doing the same as they kissed for the first time in 2 years. Jack stood up and pulled Kate into his embrace, hoisting her up onto the breakfast bar, her legs wrapped tightly around his waist and his arms wrapping around her back and finding thier way through her hair as he kissed her once more.

A noise came from the bedroom, a small cry followed by sounds of movement. Jack pulled away slightly listening to the small sobs that were emitted from his daughter. He gently lifted Kate off the bar and ran to the bedroom where he was greeted by his daughter sat up in bed witha bewildered look on her tiny tearstained face. Upon seeing him she strecthed out her arms and began screaming at the top of her lungs the first words she had ever spoken...

"DADDY!!!!..."

Jack looked at Kate and she looked back at him in total shock. He walked to the bed and scooped the little girl into his arms. Her sobbing stopped, she looked straight into his eyes and they told Jack that she was upset that he had left her after promising he would never leave.

"It's okay baby... daddy's here..." he told her, holding her head to his chest, her settled in his lap as he rocked her back and forth. She grabbed his t-shirt again and began to shake her head.

"No go daddy!... no go... pwease" the words came flying from her mouth and Kate watched in awe as thier daughter carried out a conversation with her father. Amazed at how taken Faith was with Jack and vice versa, rightly so she thought... they needed each other.

Jack held the little gorl closer, scolding himself for leaving her. He sat himself back on the bed so that his back rested against the headboard. He storked her tight curls gently as Kate walked over to the bed and sat herself down next to them, allowing herself to intrude on thier moment. She brought her hand to her daughters back, her clothes damp from the bad dream Kate guessed she'd had.

"She needs to be changed, maybe a cold bath" Kate suggested and Jack nodded in agreement making his way to the bathroom with Kate in tow. This task proved harder than initally thought because Faith wouldn't release her grip on Jack, not even to let Kate hold her she just kept mumbling

"My daddy... mine... no go"

Realising this plan was to no avail Jack had an idea. Walking over to his shower he kicked off his shoes and stepped in.

"Okay little one... this is a compromise, we shall consider this one a draw..." he told his daughter, turning the nozzle and standing directly under the showerhead as the cold water came splashing out. He held his daughter tight as she squirmed with the change of heat. Kate laughed at this, as the fact that Jack had stepped into a shower fully clothed to cool down his stubborn daughter. Faith looked onto Jacks eyes and let out a giggle, her hadns finding his face and her lips finding his once more.

"Silly daddy... all wet..." she cried letting out another giglle that made Jacks heart melt. He let the water envelope them for a few more minutes before Faith cried out for release "... Cold now daddy!... no wet".

Stepping out of the shower Kate handed Jack a towel. He wrapped it tightly around his daighter and began walking her back to his room. He removed her wet garments and dried her before placing a grey hooded top over her head. He picked her up and sat her on his thick duvet, laughing at how his Columbia hoody drowned her, the sleeves dangling from her small arms and her wet curls hanging over the sides. He walked over to his closet and took out a pair of long shorts and began to get changed.

Kate watched as Jack and Faith went about this routine that seemed so natural and when Jack was changed he joined Faith on the bed. She had sat and watched him intensly as he climbed next to her and slid under the duvet, motioning for her to join him. She slimbed in beside him and lay her head on his chest. Jack looked over at Kate, a mixture os awe and confusment on her face.

"There's t-shirts you can borrow in there... there's a guest room down the hall if you're uncomfortable but you are more than welcome to join us..." he told her nodding towards the huge dresser her had pulled fresh clothes from just minutes ago. Kate walked over to the dresser and pulled a white t-shirt from the top draw, she slipped her jeans down her slender legs and Jack felt a lump rise in his throat. He watched intently as she tunred away pulling her tight shirt off and replacing it with his white t-shirt that set off how tanned she was. She looked back at her daughter curled up in bed and smiled.

"Mommy...here.." Faith ordered patting the empty space beside her in Jacks bed, Kate smiled and slid in next to her daughter looking over at Jack who had a peaceful smile on his face. Faith leant over and kissed Kate on the cheek and then snuggled back into Jack.

"She's beautiful... amazing..." Jack said looking from Faith to Kate who was lying on her side watching them "... thankyou...". He stretched his arm out to Kate and pulled closer to them. Leaning down he kissed her forehead gently.

"You look like a real family..." Kate said watching thier daughter drift off once more against her fathers chest. Jack smiled and kissed Faiths head.

"Were nothing without her beautiful mother..." he said, not meeting Kates gaze but knowing she was tearing up. He moved his hand down to caress her back and rubbed gentle circles on her bare skin making her feel relaxed.

"We have so much to talk about..." she said her eyelids drooping as she snuggled into the fluffy pillows that surrounded her. Jack leant in and kissed her once more before closing his own eyes.

"Tomorrow..." he assured her "... we have always got tomorrow Katie, if anything proves that, she does" He told her holding his sleeping daughter close and kissing her forhead as they fell asleep just living in today.

THE END I know crap ending but oh well more fics to come I promise