Hi All, sorry I haven't updated in ages. I haven't really been feeling very Jatey lately, but I'm over the skex thing now because I know that in the end it's going to be Jate. You can't stop Fate from happening and you can't stop Jate from happening!!!!!!
Just Friends????
These past few weeks have been very hard for Jack and Kate. First of all they, along with Sawyer, got captured by the 'others'. Jack was separated from Kate and Sawyer, who were kept outside in cages and made work. Jack on the other hand was kept indoors, underwater, fed food when he wanted it, he even got to watch some TV.
Whilst in his glass prison Jack was unaware that Kate and Sawyer's relationship was taking off, but so was his relationship with Juliet. Juliet brought Jack his food and just kept him company. Although she was one of 'them' Jack felt oddly close to Juliet, mainly because she bore a striking resemblance to his ex-wife Sarah.
When chance came for Jack, he managed to escape, with a little help from an unknown girl, but Jack stumbled upon a viewing room with monitors of places in 'their' camp. His heart almost shattered into a million pieces when he saw Kate in Sawyers cell, naked.
From that point on Jack and Juliet's relationship took off, they even shared a kiss. Juliet then helped Jack, Kate and sawyer escape, and she fled with them back to their own camp.
Back at their camp Kate knew that Jack knew about her and sawyer as he wouldn't talk to her let alone look at her. As days pasted Kate and Sawyer were not getting alone well at all, they continuously fought, the spark between them was gone.
Jack and Juliet's relationship was not going well either. Jack was always helping everyone in the camp and avoiding Juliet.
One day when Kate stormed past Jack, tears streaming down her face, he had to ask her what was wrong, she looked so upset. All she told him was 'to go look in that bastard's tent!' So he did. When Jack pulled back the tarp of sawyer's tent once again he was heart broken to see Juliet with him and they obviously had slept together. How the hell did he loose two women to that hillbilly?
The next day after jack had found them, Sawyer and Juliet were out in the jungle, they got a visit from 'old Smokey' it killed them both.
As terrible as it sounds Jack and Kate started to get on very well when Sawyer and Juliet died.
They had a little chat and both Jack and Kate decided that it would be best if they stayed 'just friends'.
Now here they are at the waterfall and small pool that they found when out walking, messing around and having a laugh, like friends.
"Oh I am so a better swimmer than you Jack!" Kate stated confidently.
"Oh really!? Well I didn't see you jumping into the water when someone needs to be saved" Jack replied very 'matter of factly'.
"Well Mr. Hero you wouldn't let anyone else get there before you, and plus you look better with your top off than I do" she said playfully
"I wouldn't say that" he stated, raising his eyebrows and looking her up and down. This in turn made Kate blush.
"And when exactly have you seen me topless Jack?" She said amused by Jack's flirting. "What happened to the 'just friends' thing" she thought.
"I have my ways" he said his voice low and hoarse, which Kate found irresistible.
"Wow Jack could you seem anymore stalkerish" She mused. God she was loving this, Jack was flirting with her and it felt so good!
"Anyway back to the matter at hand, I could so kick your ass in a swimming race" jack said confidently.
" Ha! I'd like to see that" She laughed.
"Well okay then!... First person to swim to the waterfall and back, is the better swimmer" Jack challenged her.
They jumped into the water and readied themselves for the race.
" Oh you're on Shep!" Kate said. She was highly competitive and there was no way she was going to let Jack win.
"Shep?" he asked
" What?, its a nickname, it could catch on" She laughed
" I don't think so, I'll stick with Jack"
" Stop being such a baby, it's just a nickname Shep"
" I'm not being a baby!, I just don't wanna be called Shep, so could you just..."
"GO!" Kate shouted and swam off.
" Hey that's cheating!" Jack quickly swam after her.
Kate was the first to reach the waterfall. As she was swimming back to the bank, Jack grabbed her leg and pulled her back so he could take the lead. Kate was quick to react though, she swam underneath Jack and popped up in front of him to take the lead again. Kate was first back to the bank.
Since she was so pleased with her win, she felt obliged to do a victory dance. Even though she looked like a complete eejit, it still felt so good that she beat Jack.
"How'd you like me now Shep!" she giggled "Hope I didn't ruin your macho ego"
" Of course you didn't Kate, I let you win anyway"
"Oh I'm sure you did Shep, I'm sure you did" She said sarcastically.
"Fine have your moment of glory" He gave in
And after a few more minutes of Kate gloating, she was finally finished basking in the glory of her win.
"Are you done now?" Jack laughed.
"Yep... Lets get something to eat, I'm starving" Kate said in a needy voice.
"I'm down with that" He said happily.
" 'I'm down with that', who says that!" Kate laughed at his use of language.
"Oh Ssh Ms. Giggles...now come on lets eat, I'm starving" he laughed.
"Okay, I brought some fruit and other Dharma goodies" Kate said cheerfully as she took the food from her pack.
"Can I have a mango please Kate" he asked
"Yeah here you go Shep" She said as she handed him the juicy fruit.
"Stop calling me Shep Kate!" He told her sternly, but couldn't make it stick when Kate pouted and crossed her arms. Jack couldn't help but laugh at this, she looked so cute. This made Kate laugh, she loved being able to make Jack really laugh.
When they finished eating, they figured it best to start heading back to camp it would be dark in an two hours and it takes an hour to get back to camp.
"I'll be back in a min ok" Jack said and jumped to his feet.
"Where are you going?"
"To the bathroom"
"Oh okay, but I should warn you, the public toilets here are terrible, they never have a toilet or any loo role, not even any soap" Kate said seriously but she couldn't hold it for long and then a wide smile played across her face. This made Jack also smile from ear to ear, he loved Kate's cute cense of humour.
"Damn Jungle toilets...I'll be back in a min ok" He walked off into the trees laughing to himself.
Kate watched Jack walk away, when he was out of sight she reached into her pack and took out a bag of Dharma jellies. She hurriedly popped one into her mouth. God they tasted so good, it seems like forever since she has had some sugar . She savoured every sweet flavour of the jellies and ate one after the other. Kate was very disappointed when she reached the bottom of the bag and saw that there were only two left. Just as she was about to put the second last jelly in her mouth Jack reappeared .
"What's that?" He asked curiously.
Kate quickly hid the jellies behind her back. "What's what?" She said innocently .
"What's behind your back?"
"There's nothing behind my back Jack" she replied innocently again.
Jack titled his head to the side and gave her an "Oh come on" look. " Oh really Kate... then what's this?" He said walking over to her and taking her hand from behind her back. "Jellies?...give me one" he said reaching for the bag but Kat pulled it out of his reach.
"Hey don't be greedy" Jack pouted.
"Fine then" She sighed.
Once again Jack reached for the bag and once again Kate pulled t away.
"Your mean you know that"
Kate just laughed.
"Fine keep your jellies" he laughed.
Kate turned around and let Jack pack up their things. Just as she was about to pop the jelly in her mouth Jack grabbed her waist from behind and pulled her back to him. He tried to get the bag of jellies but Kate easily struggled free of his grip and ran away from him, he quickly followed her, both laughing helplessly.
When he finally caught her again, he backed her against a tree so she couldn't get loose. Kate held the jellies over her head, but since Jack was far taller than she was he easily got the jellies. "Got them"
Their laughter quickly dissipated when they realised the intensity of their position. Their bodies were so close. Kate could feel the heat of Jack's body radiating onto hers. Kate's soft warm breath upon Jack's neck sent shivers down his spine.
jack quickly backed away from Kate, but was surprised by the noise of protest she made.
"We better start heading back to camp" Jack said avoiding eye contact with Kate, and she with him.
" Yeah we probably should" She said shyly.
The walk back to camp wasn't as awkward as they thought it would be, this was mainly because Jack tripped over a log and fell flat on his face, which had the two in fits of laughter and that broke the ice between them. After that they talked normally.
When they finally arrived back at camp they were shattered, they just wanted to relax by the camp fire.
"I'll get us some dinner off chef Hurley and you get us a good seat beside the fire okay" Jack said kindly.
"Yeah, Okay Shep" she smiled
"Kate!"
"Sorry"
When Jack came back to Kate with their food, he was greeted by a very loud "hello Shep!" by everyone at the campfire, which had Kate in stitches of laughter.
"Har Har very funny Kate"
"What?, I said nothing" she giggled.
When the campfires were almost spent and everyone had separated into their little groups for the night, Jack and Kate were still in the same spot, still laughing and enjoying each others company.
Kate tried the reflex game on Jack but he was too quick for her so she gave up.
An ember shot out of the fire, it nearly hit Kate but she just sniggered about it, but Jack decided to do the smart thing and pick up the hot ember and put it back in the fire.
"Damn it!" He yelled trying to conceal the pain.
"Here let me see" Kate said calmly, she took her water and poured it over the burn, then she gave it a little kiss. " There all better" She smiled.
"Thank you Kate" Jack said sweetly, looking deep into her sparkling green eyes. They held each others gaze for a while.
"Erm well I... I um better be off to bed, see you tomorrow Jack"
"Yeah okay, good night Kate" he said sweetly.
Kate lay silent in her make shift bed, tears threatening to escape her eyes. She couldn't just be friends with Jack anymore, its too hard. Every time she sees him she just wants to grab him and kiss him senseless , she needs him, she wants him and it kills her not being able to have him. When he had her against that tree today, she was sure she saw the same want and passion in her eyes reflected in his.
A single tear made its way down Kate's cheek when Jack came bursting into her tent.
"Jack!, What are you...?"
"Wait Kate, hear me out" He took a deep breath, went to her bedside and held her hands in his.
Kate's heart was racing.
"Kate I can't do this 'just friends' thing anymore, its driving me crazy. I can't be on this island with you, and not be with you... Kate I love you, more than anything in this world, I have since the first time we met. And I don't care what happened with you and Sawyer, I really don't. That's all in the past, all I care about is the future, a future with you because I won't have it any other way, I can't have it any other way.
I love you Katie" Jack told her speaking from his heart.
When Kate processed what Jack had just said to her, she took his lips in hers in a passionate kiss, a kiss so full of need, want and love.
"I Love you too Jack, God I love you so much...Now how about we give this camp something to talk about in the morning. I hope your not too tired Jack, because I don't plan on sleeping tonight" She whispered into his ear.
With a low growl from Jack, he flipped Kate under him and took her lips in his again.
A/N Hope you liked it and thanks to all who reviewed for the last couple of chappies :D
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