Chapter 3: Cute Kate

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A/N: Happy Thanksgiving everyone!! I'm sorry that I didn't update sooner. I'm leaving tomorrow for vacation and won't be back until Sunday and I didn't want you guys to have to wait too long. I will update as soon as I get back and hopefully alerts will work then. Now this chapter is minor Jate compared to the next one.. This is just a taste. :D

The doorbell finally rang and Charlie went to answer it. "Hey!"

"Hey Charlie." Jack said.

Charlie hugged Jack.

"Sorry we're late. Kate needed chocolate and she needed it now." Jack said, smiling.

"Merry Christmas Charlie." Kate smiled and Charlie hugged her.

"Kate you are just glowing."

Kate laughed. "Charlie you sure know the way to a pregnant woman's heart."

"Well I have had some experience in the area."

It was true. Jack had secretly called Charlie multiple times during Kate's pregnancy, asking for advice.

"Well come on in." Charlie said.

Aaron and Jada ran into the hallway and hugged Kate.

"Hey there! Merry Christmas!" Kate said. "Uncle Jack has brought lots of presents." She smiled.

Aaron and Jada hugged Jack and then they ran into the kitchen to get some cookies.

Charlie walked ahead into the other room and Jack and Kate followed.

"Jack did you forget the presents in the car?" Kate asked.

"Oh sorry do you want me to go get them?" Jack asked.

"Yeah." Kate dug around in her purse for the keys.

"Don't worry about it. I've got my set." Jack said and he grabbed his keys out of his pocket and walked out the door.

Kate walked into the other room and was astonished that everyone had shown up.

"Kate!" Hurley exclaimed and he got up and hugged her.

"Hey Hurley." She smiled at him and soon everyone was greeting her. Finally everyone got settled down again and Kate was about to sit down but then Sawyer came out of the kitchen where he had been getting a cookie.

"I thought I had heard the doorbell ring." He said and Kate walked over to him.

"Hey."

"Hey Freckles how are ya?" He asked her, giving her a once over.

"I'm great." She smiled and then she hugged him. He returned the embrace and kissed her on the cheek.

"Man I almost forgot you were pregnant. I swear you are the smallest pregnant woman I have ever seen. When's the due date?"

"One week. But Jack thinks it could be any time, so he won't let me out of his sight." They withdrew from their hug.

"Do you know if it's a girl or boy?"

"No. We wanted to be surprised."

"Where is the Doc anyways?"

"He forgot the presents in the car. So how are you and Cassie doing?"

"We're doing great. She's in the kitchen and Clementine is helping them out. Well actually she's just trying to get more cookies."

They shared an awkward laugh and then they stared at each other.

Luckily Jack came through the door and they both looked towards him.

"Sawyer. Hey."

"Here let me help you out." Sawyer offered and they both carried the bags into the other room and then Kate heard everyone greeting Jack. She sighed a sigh of relief and she headed for the kitchen. She had been dreading saying hello to Sawyer again. It was always hard seeing him because she cared about him a lot and they had been through so much together.

But then she walked into the kitchen and forgot all her worries because the girls began fussing over her.

Jack and Sawyer put the presents down and then Jack began greeting everyone and Sawyer watched him. Jack seemed to be really happy, and not just happy, but he seemed to be full of joy. Sawyer didn't blame him. Jack was married to the woman he loved and now they were going to have a kid. Things were perfect for them. Sawyer wasn't jealous like he used to be when he saw them together. Now he had Cassie, and he loved her and Clementine. He always knew, even when Kate would tell him she loved him, that there was something missing in their relationship. That had been a long time ago though.

"So how are you?" Claire asked Kate as she hugged her.

"I feel very big. Jack and I can hardly wait for the baby to come."

"Have you settled on names yet?" Sun asked.

"No. Jack thinks a name will just come to him when the baby is born."

"So while you are laying there, all delirious, you're going to trust him to pick the right name?" Cassidy asked.

"Yes. I trust him completely. So is there anything I can do?" Kate asked.

"No we're about done. We just had to get all the snacks out. We're just standing here talking now." Claire said.

"Well I think we should go into the other room with the guys and start the presents." Sun said.

The girls gathered the children in the living room and Claire and Sun sat down with them, ready to help them with presents. Charlie grabbed the digital camera, ready for pictures, and Jin had the video camera. Cassidy went and sat with Sawyer, and Kate sat next to Jack and he put his arm around her.

"Did you get the presents?" Kate asked him.

"Yep."

"Did Sawyer say anything to you?" She asked him quietly, and they started talking in hushed tones so no one would hear them.

"Not anything important. We just talked about how cute you are now that you are pregnant." Jack's eyes twinkled humorously.

Kate gently slapped him. "Jack, be serious. Really. Did he?"

"No. Did he say anything to you?"

"No. He actually did say I looked cute pregnant." She admitted.

"See? I told you."

"You guys stop with the flirting. Christmas is about the kids, remember?" Charlie said.

"Right." Jack and Kate said together.

A/N: I really appreciate the reviews. I have been responding, but the alerts haven't been working.. So this is obviously going to have at least four more chapters, but I was wondering if you guys would want me to continue the story to when Kate has the baby. If you don't then that's ok but if you want me to then that would probably increase the story by a couple more chapters. Just let me know what you think. : ) I obviously would love to continue on with Kate having the baby.