To much to take

Its been little over a week since Jack and Kate escaped the 'others', Sawyer unfortunately did not escape and they are still trying to figure how to get him back. They have all been through so much together they are not just going to leave him there to die.

For Kate the biggest problem she has is Jack and who he brought back with them, Juliet, one of them, the others.

Since they have gotten back they have barely said a word to each other, barely looked at each other even, and its all because of her. Ok so she was the person who helped them escape but that doesn't make her a good person, to bring her back to their camp without even knowing who she is….its just….. dangerous.

" Hey" Jack said nervously to Kate, its obvious that she has been avoiding him this past week.

" Hey" she replied with little to no emotion, out of all the people on the Island she didn't want to talk to Jack was at the top of her list, as long as he was with Juliet.

"Emm I was wondering if you waned to come with me to the line were not suppose to cross to see if we can find out anything about 'them'…and anything about how we can get Sawyer back." Jack asked avoiding eye contact with Kate.

" I don't know" she said bluntly.

" Oh come on… for old times sake" he begged giving her his puppy dog eyes Even though she was mad at him it was impossible to resist those eyes.

" Ok…. I'll get my things" Kate gave into him and managed to force a fake smile.

"Alright then…. Do you want me to fill you water bottles?" Jack asked.

" Yeah sure, thanks" Kate said nodding her head.

( Break)

" Are you ready?" Jack asked Kate and handed her her water bottles.

" Yeah I am" she said sounding very disappointed.

" Ok then lets head off"

They quickly set off, its a long trek to the line, as their relationship with each other has gotten so bad it's going to feel even longer.

They didn't talk much only exchanged glances here and there, Jack was walking in front of Kate, still acting as the leader.

It was beginning to get unbearably awkward between them, they were hoping that someone or something would break the uncomfortable silence.

" So Kate… what have you been up to lately?" Jack asked in a desperate attempt to break the silence.

" I' v been at the beach, like I am everyday" Kate replied in a cheeky, matter of factly voice.

" Eh yeah… of course you were, where else could you go… that was a stupid question to ask" Jack said with a little self conscious laugh.

" You were just trying to make conversation… unlike me… We haven't been very talkative lately" Kate said sadly

Kate hated when she wasn't talking to Jack, he was always there for her, someone to confide in whenever she needed to, now they don't even talk and she cant take it anymore.

"No I guess we haven't……. but I don't know why though" Jack said innocently looking at the ground while he walked, avoiding eye contact with Kate.

Kate stopped dead in her tracks "Is he serious, how can he not know why we haven't been talking! It's because her , because of him being with her!" Kate thought to herself, her face turning slightly red from the build up of rage.

" What, what's wrong?" Jack asked curiously when Kate stopped walking.

Kate looked at Jack with dagger eyes "Nothing, can we just get to the line!" she snapped

" Yeah ok" Jack said confused.

The silence began again between them and continued until they reached the line.

" Well here we are" Jack said with a sigh.

"Yep…. So what are we looking for exactly?" Kate asked.

" Any tracks ,clues…. Anything that will help us find Sawyer" Jack said in his leader voice.

After looking around for one hour and finding nothing what so ever, there was nothing they could do. It was starting to get dark so they decided to make camp for the night.

Great just what they both needed a whole night of awkward silence.

(Break)

"Do you want another blanket, its getting cold" Jack asked Kate sweetly

"I'm fine, No thanks" she said blankly staring into the flames of the fire.

" Ok………….. Emm thanks for coming with me Kate" Jack said shyly

" I'm surprised Juliet didn't go with you, you two have been joined at the hip lately" Kate said coldly not bothering to acknowledge his thank you.

" I did ask her but she turned me down" Jack said sounding disappointed

When Jack said this it felt like Kate had been officially kicked to the curb, replaced.

Kate shook her head " But you had to settle for second best"

" What are you talking about second best, that's not what I meant at all Kate" he said shocked with her outburst.

" Well you sounded pretty disappointed to me when you said she tuned you down Jack!"

"Yeah well at least Juliet would talk to me, unlike you" he snapped beginning to get angry with her.

" You don't talk to me Jack!" she yelled at him

Jack shook his head and looked at the ground.

" Look just forget I ever said anything Ok!" she spat at him

" No Kate I won't, what's wrong with you, what's wrong with us! Jack spat back

" Nothing just forget it! she shouted

Why were they yelling at each other over nothing, has their relationship gotten this bad?

" Is this all because of Juliet?" Jack asked trying to get something out of Kate , anything that would help him understand her better and what's making her act like this." are you jealous ?"

Kate sighed and shook her head. Jack could see the rage building in Kate's eyes.

" No I'm not jealous, but yeah it is because of her……I can't believe you brought her back with us! We don't even know who she is!" she shouted

" I know she's a good person Kate!" he snapped

" Good Person, are you serious, she's one of them Jack, one of the people who terrorised us for months!….. tortured us!….. Hell she even tortured me!….. And you think she's a good person, I can't believe you" she yelled her eyes starting to fill with tears at the terrorising memories of her time being tortured by Juliet.

" She tortured you?" Jack said in a quieter voice

" Yeah.. Yeah she did, and she left quiet a mark too" Kate said harshly and showed him her back, which was covered in deep cuts and bruises.

" She did that? Jack said , shocked at the state of her back, but it wasn't only her back the bruises spread from her back right around to her front " Kate some of these cuts look infected, I need to clean them" he said switching back into doctor mode.

He went to touch her back, but Kate slapped his hand away" Don't touch me, not after you touched her" Kate spat she got up and took a torch out of her bag" I hope you and your girlfriend are very happy together"

" Why are you calling Juliet my girlfriend?"

" You two are always together, oh yeah and I saw you kissing, so looks to me like she's your girlfriend" she said matter of factly

" We kissed and your not my girlfriend….but then again you ran away from me" Jack said coldly

Kate shook her head " You don't get it Jack, and you don't get me!" she snapped her eyes filling with tears again.

Jack walked closer to her" Do you know how much it hurt when you ran away from me Kate"

"Hurt… you don't know what hurt feels like Jack!….. Do you know how much it hurt to see you two together, she her kiss you and see you kiss her back…..how much it hurt when you engorged me, you wouldn't even look at me Jack……Do you know how heart breaking that feels……You don't know what hurt feels like" Kate said as tears streamed down her face.

She'd had enough now, she can't take it anymore, its all too much. Kate looked at Jack one last time and ran into the darkness of the jungle.

" Kate, Kate!" He called after her, but it was too late she had already disappeared into the darkness" Crap!"

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The next morning when Jack arrived back at the beach the first thing he did was look for Kate, but she was nowhere to be seen. He looked in her tent, where she went to pick fruit even the far beach were she would sometimes wash herself, but she wasn't there either.

Jack rubbed the back of his neck and then buried his head in his hands, the concern and guilt was killing him, why did he say those things to her?

Kate didn't return to camp that day nor did she that night. Jack didn't sleep a wink that night his thoughts were fixed on Kate and in his head he went over the situation again and again and thought of all the different ways he could have handles the situation better.

When the sun finally started to dawn he decided to go for a walk. As he walked down the beach he noticed a small figure standing on top of the cliff .It was Kate.

Immediately he started to panic, he ran as fast as he could up the cliff to Kate trying not to think what she might do.

When Jack got to the top of the cliff he screamed and shouted Kate's name and ran up to her.

"Kate, Kate!"

She turned and looked at a very worried Jack , she then turned her gaze back to the long drop to the bottom of the cliff.

"Kate what are you doing up here, you know how dangerous these cliffs are"

" Yea I do" she said emotionless

" What are you trying to do…kill yourself!"

" Just seeing what my options are" she said plainly

" Kate… Are you seriously thinking about killing yourself all because of a stupid fight" Jack said not hiding his concern for her.

" Its not just the fight Jack, its everything, I have no one on this island, no one to talk to. It's just to much to take Jack and I can't take it anymore… I can't take seeing you with her anymore….it's breaking my heart…I have no one here" she said as tears continuously streamed down her face.

" You have me" Jack said sweetly and took a step closer to Kate

" Not anymore" Kate said and broke down into tears again.

Jack took Kate in his arms and held her tightly.

" I wont go near Juliet if you don't want me to" Kate struggled loose when he said this.

" But then It's not your choice, it would be my choice, I don't want to ruin your life Jack…..what if you have something with Juliet but you wont do anything just so I'll be happy….I won't let you do that"

Jack cupped Kate's face in his hands " I don't want Juliet, I want you Kate, I always have ,I always will and I'll do anything to make you happy" Jack told her lovingly and wiped away her tears with his thumbs.

Kate started to cry even harder now and turned her head away from Jack.

" What's wrong?" Jack said not understanding why she did that.

" I don't deserve this Jack, I don't deserve you…I'm not good enough for you… you deserve someone better than me a lot better" Kate said sorrowfully

" Kate look at me…I'll be the judge of what I deserve, and me judgement is that there is no one better for me than you Kate, you're the best thing that has ever happened to me" he said and gently kissed her on the lips and took her in a loving embrace.

Kate looked straight into Jack's eyes and he looked straight back into hers.

" Jack there's something I have to tell you, I swore to myself when we were captured that if we ever escaped them I would tell you, and we did so…."

Jack's heart was racing…

" Jack…I lov……."

Kate was interrupted by the sound of a gunshot. The noise came from behind them, Jack turned around to see who it came from. Standing there pointing a gun at them was Juliet.

"What the Fu.."

Jack's heart stopped when he felt Kate fall limp in his arms.

"No Kate! No!" he shouted tears rolling down his face.

Kate was already covered in blood and was shaking from the pain and shock.

" Come on Kate stay with me, don't leave me! not now!" he turned around to Juliet" What have you done you stupid bitch!" Jack yelled at the top of his lungs.

" Saving our relationship Jack, and killing that criminal.

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OK I know I haven't updated in a while but I was on holiday's and I don't have a laptop so you know, but anywee here is the next chappie how you like please R&R and thank you for the reviews :D