Chapter 3

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That night Kate and Sawyer sat before a fire that Sawyer had made. Sawyer had got some fish from Jin and now Sawyer was calling it a date.

"All we need now is some good wine." He had said.

Kate couldn't help but smile. Sawyer was being so sweet and loving to her. It was almost unbearable. It wasn't that she didn't love Sawyer. She really did. It was just that being away from Jack in those two weeks thinking that he was dead made Kate realize that she couldn't live without him. There was something missing when she was with Sawyer. She knew that Sawyer could feel it too, but she knew that Sawyer felt that they needed to stay together, so for the time being she went along with it.

Sawyer sat beside her with the cooked fish.

"Here ya go." He handed it to her as she smiled and took it.

Sawyer put his arm around her and kissed her on the forehead as they started to eat.

"So I was thinking, we should go back to that waterfall we found."

"What?"

"Where you found your case." Sawyer reminded her.

"Okay." Kate agreed. "Why?"

"Wouldn't it be fun?" Sawyer grinned.

Hurley walked past them and stared at Sawyer.

"What are you looking at?" Sawyer asked harshly.

Hurley hadn't gotten used to Sawyer and Kate being together. He had always considered Kate to be Jack's girl, and it still seemed to Hurley that Jack felt that way as well, even though when he had talked to Jack, Jack had denied it, saying that Kate was happy so he was happy too. Hurley didn't believe it for a second, and he was planning to talk to Kate as soon as Sawyer would leave her alone.

"Nothing dude." Hurley shook his head and walked on.

Kate wondered why everyone thought it was so unnatural for Sawyer to act the way he was. Kate always knew he had this side to him, it just took a while for it to come out.

Kate watched Jack walk down the beach alone. It had hurt her when she had seen him and Juliet kissing, but it shouldn't have. Jack looked up and once again their eyes met before they quickly looked away.

"What do you think the Doc's up to now?" Sawyer had spotted Jack and Kate looking at each other.

"He's probably looking for Juliet." Kate said uncomfortably.

Jack was looking for Juliet. He was planning on talking to her and apologizing. He realized that he needed Juliet. Juliet was being nice and caring and he loved that about her. There was something about Juliet that Jack was drawn to, and a part of him wondered if it was because she looked so much like Sarah, but he tried to forget about that.

He finally found Juliet talking to Sayid down the beach.

He approached them and Sayid greeted him.

"Hey." Jack said and looked at Juliet. "Can I talk to you?"

"Sure." Juliet nodded and they walked away from Sayid into the jungle.

"I'm sorry about earlier. I really am. I know that you've done a lot and I appreciate it. I do care about you Juliet. I don't love Kate like you think. Kate's with Sawyer. That's fine with me. Kate and I have a past. I'm trying to work through it and I'll be fine."

Juliet nodded. She didn't really believe it but at the same time she really wanted Jack so she went along with it. "Okay. I believe you."

"So we're ok?" Jack smiled.

"Yep." Juliet took Jack's hand in hers. "You and I have been through a lot. I'd like to think that we can be together."

Jack nodded. "I'd like that."

Juliet smiled and kissed him. But as Jack kissed her back, he couldn't help but miss the touch of the woman he really loved.