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A/N: ok so here is the last chapter. I changed this so many times and it came out way different than it was supposed to be but whatever. Ok so this is after Jack finishes the surgery.

"I can't believe we're going home." Kate murmured in his ear as they leaned against the railing of the ship, looking out over the moonlit water.

She slipped her arm around his and their hands tangled together.

"I can't believe we're here together." He said.

"It's only a dream." She smiled sadly.

"I know." He looked out over the ocean. "If only it was this simple."

"It can be."

"But it isn't."

She sighed and took her other hand and stroked his chin. "Why do you have to make everything so complicated?"

He turned towards her slowly and their eyes met. He felt that connection he always felt when he looked into her eyes.

"I'm not. You are."

"Well forget the past. Let's just enjoy our time together now." She whispered before their lips met.

"Jack?"

Jack blinked and opened his eyes. He was in the aquarium again. He quickly stood and looked around him. It was only Juliet.

He relaxed. "Did you drug me?"

She caught Jack by surprise and pushed him against the wall. "Just what do you think you were doing?" She demanded.

"I was giving my friends a chance."

"What about what we discussed?"

"Do you really think I was going to trust you? Your people have caused mine too much pain. You should just be glad that I finished the surgery." He pushed her away from him.

"They're not going to get far Jack. We're on a different island."

"What?" Jack took a step back, shocked.

"We'll get them again, and then she'll watch you die. We have no use of you now."

"You need to keep me alive." Jack said calmly. "What if Ben needs medical attention? You wouldn't dare risk killing me."

Juliet shook her head. "I thought that you were finally thinking rationally. Now we're going to have to keep Ben and everything will be as before."

"If I had killed Ben, then that one guy would have killed all three of us."

"I would have covered for you."

"He wouldn't have listened to you."

Juliet sighed and opened the door. "Ben's not going to be happy with you when he wakes up."

After Juliet finally left he sat down on the ground, exhausted.

He had finally accomplished something. His friends were free. Kate had called him within the hour and she had told him the story. Then the Others took the walkie from him and he finished the surgery. Then Juliet had stuck some sort of shot in him and then he had passed out.

He wasn't sure if the dream had been drug-induced or not. He was thinking that it wasn't. It had been such a wonderful dream. Dreams were all that he had now, and the memories of her.

I can't leave without you!"

"Yes you are! Go!"

She had shocked him when she had said that, and when she said she couldn't go, it confused him, Now he knew why. She knew that they were on a different island.

Kate had called him a hour later.

"Jack!

"Are you safe?"

"We're safe as we can be."

She told him the story, and he found it hard to stay composed.

"Jack what are you going to do?"

"I'm staying here."

"They'll kill you!"

"They would have killed us all. Stay away. Don't come back."

"Jack." Kate swallowed, not able to find the words that she wanted to say.

"Kate." He somehow knew what she wanted to say. They had always been that way. Just looking at each other they could have a full conversation.

And then Tom took the radio away and he finished the surgery.

Jack still didn't understand why she loved Sawyer. But he was ok now, no matter what happened.

He didn't know what was going to happen, but he was going to assume the worst. He had always been that way since Sarah. Not that it ever worked. He always was disappointed and upset by the outcome anyways.

The door opened up again and Juliet came through.

"What now?" He asked.

"I'm sorry."

"What?"

Juliet came and sat cross-legged next to Jack and he looked at her like she was insane. "I'm sorry for everything. This hasn't been a good experience has it?"

"Of course it has. The food has been fantastic." Jack said sarcastically.

"What you did, that was unexpected. I'm sorry about Kate. We all thought she'd want to be with you. But when she asked for Sawyer before you on that first day, it changed everything."

"What do you care about where Kate's interests lie?"

"We want you to be happy. But now that she's not with us." Juliet paused. "Jack, if you stay here and work with us, we won't kill you. And more importantly, we won't follow Kate and Sawyer."

"How do I know I can trust you?"

"We have cameras everywhere. You can watch Kate and Sawyer go home."

"You're going to let them go home?"

"They'll find a boat tied up on the beach." Juliet smiled.

"But then they'll have a boat so that they can come back here then."

"No they won't.."

"Why not?"

Juliet put a finger to her lips and smiled. "It's a secret. So what do you say?"

Jack looked down for a minute, then he looked back up at her. "I'd rather die than work with you."

Juliet's face grew hard. "You do realize when I said that Kate and Sawyer are going to go home I didn't mean your island. I meant that they would go just like Michael and Walt went."

"Will they be safe?"

"Yes Jack. They will be fine."

"But she's a fugitive."

"Don't worry. We've already arranged for everything to be ok. So, you have no choice in the matter Jack."

"Then why did you give me the whole, 'we won't follow them' speech?"

"I wanted to give you a choice. But since you don't want to work with us, then we will force you to." Juliet stood up. "Please try to have a better attitude. If you work with us then you can also go home soon."

Jack didn't say anything.

"Think about it ok?' Juliet walked out and shut the door.

Jack sighed. This was getting way out of hand. Now he had to work with them? He was glad that Kate and Sawyer were going to be able to go home. If they really had taken care of everything, then that meant that Kate didn't have to be on the run. Now he just had to figure out a new plan. Things had gotten so complicated in the last week. There was one thing he knew for sure, things were going to be very different from now on.

He walked over to the corner and sat down, remembering all the times he had shared with Kate. He would do like she said in the dream. He would remember all those times, and maybe someday when he finally got to go home he could find her and show her just how much she really means to him.

A/N: I can't seem to actually bring myself to write a fluffy fic.. hmm. Well I'm going to try to do that soon. I do believe that Jack and Kate will get together before the end of the show. They are meant to be together. We Jaters just have to wait it out: ) Anyways, thanks for reading!