Ella and Kate both slept on through the night, and it was near midnight when Jack finally suggested to Sawyer that he slept. Sawyer simply looked at him with tired eyes, and shook his head. "Come on, Sawyer, you'll make yourself ill." Jack protested.

Sawyer still shook his head. "What if she wakes up?" He said, and Jack rolled his eyes when Sawyer couldn't see him. If Ella woke up, she would no doubt wake Sawyer anyway. But Jack reminded himself that the man hadn't seen his daughter for two months, and had every reason for wanting to watch over her. He was about to turn around and speak again, but when he did, he saw Sawyer's head drooped on his shoulder, fast asleep. Jack laughed inwardly, and turned back to watching Kate.

In the morning, Sawyer woke to something prodding his face. He grimaced, still slightly tired. He was just about ready to hit whoever was poking him when he opened his eyes and was met with tiny crystal blue ones. Suddenly everything came rushing back to him, Kate stumbling out of the jungle with Ella...he smiled, and hugged his daughter, kissing her forehead.

"Hey, angel." He said quietly, looking over to see Jack and Kate asleep. Jack was sitting behind Kate, and she was draped across his body, showing that she must have woken up during the night. Any other time, Sawyer would have been jealous, but his most important girl was sitting in his lap already. "God I missed you so much." He said, releasing her and putting his arms behind her so that she sat facing him.

"Missed you too, Daddy." She said chirpily.

Sawyer looked outside to see that the sun was just rising. "Want to go on the beach?" He asked her, and she nodded eagerly. Sawyer lifted her up, and carried her out of the shelter, not looking back at Jack and Kate as they continued to lay there, not noticing their eyes were now open, watching him. Even though it was early, most people were already awake and enjoying breakfasts.

Somehow, this place didn't seem so bad anymore. Sure there was a beach and a jungle, and not much else, but Ella could play on the beach, she always liked to play in the sand back home. He set her down on her feet, and she ran down towards the water. "Ella!" Sawyer called back, and she turned to him, waiting for him. He was going to tell her not to go too close to the water, but it was calm, and he had a better idea. Running up to her, he lifted her off her feet and dangled her over the water. She squealed in delight, and then Sawyer pretended to fall over backwards so that both of them landed in the water laughing, and they splashed about in the water, running in and out of the waves, letting them chase them.

Back on the beach, everyone was watching this 'new' Sawyer with his daughter. It was unlike anything ever seen before. He was laughing, enjoying himself, and more differently, taking care of someone other than himself. Over in Sawyer's shelter, Jack had risen to see what all the commotion was, and smiled, looking over at Kate. "Think you can stand up?" He asked her, and went over, taking her hand and bringing her over to the edge of the shelter.

She had to lean against him so that she didn't feel too faint or fall over, but she laughed when she saw what Jack was looking at. "Now there's something you don't see everyday." She declared.

Jack shook his head. "Maybe it will be now."

About half an hour later, Jack reappeared from the tent to see Sawyer coming back up the beach towards the shelter with Ella on his shoulders. "Morning, Jack-O." He said cheerfully.

"Hey, you eaten?" Jack asked.

Sawyer shook his head. "Naw, just about to."

"I'm taking some up to Kate, so I'll bring some up for you guys as well." Jack offered. Sawyer agreed, and took Ella back to the shelter where Kate was lying awake.

"Mornin', Freckles. Feeling Ok?" He asked, setting a soaking wet Ella down in a beach towel on a peice of tarp while he started to wade through some suitcases.

"Better than yesterday, thanks." She said softly.

Sawyer retrieved a pair of tiny jeans, and a t-shirt, which he laid out, and then changed his shirt quickly, figuring his jeans would dry out soon anyway. He took the clothes over to Ella, and started to dry her up and change her into some clean, untorn clothes. He went back over to the suitcases, and found a comb, and then proceeded to comb it through her hair. Now that it had been wet, it was easier to comb than it had looked yesterday.

"Listen, Kate," Kate looked at Sawyer, knowing that it was important because he had called her by her name rather than Freckles. "Yesterday was pretty crazy." He started.

"Yeah, it was." She agreed.

"Yeah, but I just wanted to, you know, say how much it means to me to have Ella back." He said awkwardly. "I wanted to say, uh, that is, um, thanks, Kate."

Kate smiled at him, and then looked at Ella. "You're welcome." She said.

Jack came back, and they sat and ate together. Sawyer knew how fussy Ella was with food, and told Kate and Jack to prepare themselves for an outburst, which the pair ended up finding rather funny. It just proved how like her father this girl really was.

"Daddy, don't want it." She said.

"Why not?" He asked.

"Don't like bear."

"It's boar, and it's nice." He corrected, holding a peice up to her mouth, waiting for the opportune moment to slip it in.

"Bad food." She said. "Don't taste nice. Want chocolate."

Sawyer gave her a challenging look, which she returned, and Kate burst out laughing. "Now, Ella, you know you don't have chocolate for breakfast." He told her. "There's no chocolate here, baby."

"Cereal?"

"No."

"Bacon?"

"No."

"Sandwiches."

"Not anymore."

"Bacon sandwiches?" Now Jack was laughing too, having almost choked on his food. Sawtyer directed the same dominating look on Jack, and he tried to laugh quietly. Ella smiled sweetly at him. "You do lovely bacon sandwiches, Daddy." She fluttered her eyelashes.

"Your two year old knows how to flutter her eyelashes?" Kate asked incredulously.

Sawyer looked at her. "Don't look at me, I didn't teach her." He turned back to Ella, "So you want a bacon sandwich, kiddo?" She nodded, eagerly. "Ok then." Sawyer stood up, and started to leave the tent.

"Where are you going?" Kate asked him.

Sawyer looked back at her like the was the dumbest question he had ever heard. "To get the kid a bacon sandwich."

Sawyer returned fifteen minutes later with what Jack knew to be boar stuffed between two remaining peices of bread that he must have taken ages to dig out. Ella's eyes lit up, and she took the sandwich. "Thank you, Daddy!" She ate it all, not knowing that it was boar, and then finished up. "That was the bestest bacon sandwich in the whole entire world!" She said. She hugged him and Kate fought from going "Aww."

Sawyer looked smug with himself, and allowed her to sit in his lap. Jack grinned. "Yes, Sawyer, that certainly looked like a delicious bacon sandwich." He said sarcastically.

He grinned, and Ella piped up. "The girl wants what the girl wants." She said, showing her daddy's girl quality again.

"Oh yeah?" Sawyer challenged. "Well the girl gets what Dad says she can have." He reminded.

"What can I have, Daddy?" She asked.

Sawyer smiled to himself and then kissed her forehead again. "Whatever you want, baby girl."

She laughed. "I'm not a baby, daddy." She argued.

"You'll always be my baby girl." He said, holding her close.