Chapter 9: Goodbye
Sayid walked back to the beach an hour later with his confidence reinstated in his feeling for Lissie and went into Ali and Lissie's house. "Lissie?" He called thinking that she'd be awake already so he could talk with her. When she didn't respond he walked into the bedroom and knelt down beside where she lay sleeping.
"Lissie, wake up." He said as he brushed her hair away from her face. 'She's burning up.' He thought as he felt the hotness of her skin against his hand. Running out of the house the first person he found was Sawyer.
"Sawyer get Jack, he should be at his place with Ali. Tell him Lissie's burning up." Sayid told him. "The wildcat? I'm gone." Sawyer said taking off in a run for Jack's house.
Sawyer got to Jack's house in recorded time, but couldn't find him or Ali. Stepping out of Jack's house he did however find Rose and Bernard. "Where's Jack?" He asked bluntly.
"I don't know. What's wrong honey?" Rose asked concerned with the obvious tension Sawyer was feeling. "Wildcat's sick." Sawyer said as he turned to go.
"Lissie?" Bernard asked trying to remember who Sawyer had given that nickname too. "Yeah, if you find Jack, send him to Lissie and Ali's place." Sawyer called over his shoulder as he took off in a run.
"We better look for Jack too." Rose said. "Right, let's go this way." Her husband agreed as he took her hand and headed off the other way.
"Sayid, do you need me to get anything for her?" Kate asked as she knelt beside him and Lissie, she had heard him call to Sawyer and had come to see if they needed anything. "Water, maybe some towels to wet down." He answered getting more and more concerned as time went by and Jack still didn't show up.
Kate was back in five minutes with the water and towels. "Here." She said handing him a bottle of water and quickly poured more water onto a towel that she handed to him. "Where's Jack? Any sign of him?" Sayid asked as he placed the bottle to Lissie's lips. "No, he must not have been at home or Sawyer would have brought him back already." Kate answered.
"Tim?" Lissie asked still not awake. "I think she's dreaming." Kate said. "That's good right, it means her body is healing itself right?" Sayid asked hopefully. "No, I think that means her fever is getting even higher.
Lissie was indeed dreaming. She thought she was standing in the Everglades talking with her fiancé Tim Speedle. "Tim?" She asked. "Yeah baby, it's me." Tim smiled and his dimples appeared. "Not that I'm upset, but why are you here?" Lissie asked.
"You need me. You still haven't let me go." Tim answered simply losing his smile.
"We didn't get to say goodbye, it wasn't fair. I miss you so much." Lissie said as tears appeared in her eyes.
"I know, but I want you to move on and be happy. I love you Lissie, you deserve someone who's willing to love you the way I did. I want you to be happy and loved, with kids running around you feet calling you mommy." Tim told her.
"There's a good man here who can give you all that and much more." He added. "Sayid." Lissie said.
"Yeah, Sayid." Tim answered. "You two can be everything we should have been and everything that him and Shannon should have been. I gotta go baby, their calling me back. Be happy, safe and loved." Tim added before he kissed her forehead. "Live a long and happy life for me." He added.
"I promise, I will." Lissie answered causing Tim to smile again. "Good." He said and faded away.