Chapter 13: All We Need To Survive…

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A/N: Hopefully you all know where the title of this chapter came from. : ) I forgot to thank rlmont91 for giving me the name Allison and Angel Of Music Lover for Nicole. Thanks guys! The rest of you also had some pretty cool names so I appreciate all the help.

All we really need to survive is one person who truly loves us.

Jack nervously paced the hallway a few hours later. He refused to sit, he couldn't handle doing nothing, and he wasn't allowed to do anything. Every couple of minutes he would go and look at the baby, but he would always come back to make sure he was there in case Kate woke up. He wanted to see her so badly. He couldn't get over the fact that he had almost lost her forever.

Sun walked out of the waiting room and met Jack in the hallway. "Jack please come and sit. It won't do you any good to stay out here."

"No. I need to stay out here to make sure I'm here if anything happens."
"Jack if anything happens the doctor will come and tell you."

"I can't sit down." Jack shook his head.

"Kate will be all right." Sun grabbed his arm. "Jack you've been there for all of us, and now we're all here for you. Please come and be with us."

It was all Jack needed. His expression immediately softened.

"Okay. Okay. Thank you Sun." He gave her a small smile.

They walked to the waiting room and everyone looked up, concerned looks on their faces.

"Here." Jin handed Jack a cup of water, and Jack took it.

"Sit down." Sun told him and he did.

Finally they were able to get Jack to calm down and relax. They even got him to eat something.

A few hours later the doctor came in and everyone listened to him expectantly.

"Kate is starting to wake up, and she is doing ok. She's very weak though, so I'm only going to allow Jack to go see her. Maybe tomorrow, if we play it by ear, the rest of you can visit her."

The tension was quickly released around the room as everyone sighed in relief.

"Come on Jack." The doctor said, motioning for him to come.

Jack stood up and followed the doctor, not sure of how Kate was going to look. He found it funny that he had been a doctor for so many years but yet he still felt so helpless and scared.

"Now Kate is hooked up to a monitor, and she has a oxygen mask on. We should be able to take that off within the hour, but until then, she won't be able to talk. So I recommend just trying to talk to her gently all right?"

Jack nodded.

The doctor opened the door and Jack walked in and was immediately speechless. Something about seeing Kate hooked up like that made him realize how much he truly loved her. The whole experience was doing that to him. Jack slowly sat down on the chair and noticed that her eyes were closed.

He took her hand in his and waited patiently for her to wake up. He drank her appearance in, remembering every detail. He loved this woman. He needed her to survive. He had always known that.

(Flashback)

Jack left the jewelry shop smiling. He had found the ring that he was going to ask Kate to marry him with. He was nervous, but he was sure that Kate was going to say yes. They had been off the island for about eight months and ever since they had gotten home Kate and Jack had been together. When they had finally been reunited a couple of weeks before they had been rescued, there were no words to express how they had felt in that moment, when they finally were able to embrace once again. It felt natural to him then, and it still felt natural now.

He was taking Kate to her favorite restaurant, and then they were going to go to a very special place.

After they finished eating at the restaurant, Jack led her to the car that was going to take them to the airplane. Kate was wearing a slender black dress and Jack was wearing a tux. They got into the limo. Kate had a feeling of what Jack was going to do, and she couldn't wait for him to purpose to her. Jack didn't tell her though that they were going to go on an airplane.

They went to the airport and Kate gasped.

"Jack where are you taking me?"

"We're taking a special ride on a private jet. It's going to take all night so you'll probably want to call Claire and tell her." Kate was currently rooming with Claire at her house, but she and Jack both knew that she was going to be moving in with Jack soon.

They boarded the private jet and they sat down.

Kate quickly called Claire and they had a small conversation before she hanged up.

"Where are we going?"

"You'll find out." Jack smiled.

They spent the flight talking and laughing, and finally it was time to land a couple of hours later.

Kate peered out the window in the darkness, but she couldn't see anything. "Jack where are we?"

The airplane landed on the beach, and Jack and Kate walked out.

"We're on our island." Jack smiled.

"Our island? How did you do that? How did you get them to let us be here?"

"I just made a few arrangements. Come on." Jack held his hand out and Kate took it, and soon they were running into the jungle together.

Jack finally stopped her, and Kate looked around and noticed that the sun was about to come out.

"Do you recognize this place?" Jack smiled.

"Jack.. this is where we first kissed."

"Yep." Jack stood in front of her, his heart beating fast.

"There are so many bad memories here." Kate murmured.

"Then let's make a good memory."

Kate didn't get what he was saying so she quickly leaned forward and kissed him.

They broke apart and he smiled. "That was nice, but I meant this." Jack slowly knelt down in the sand.

"Jack!" Kate gasped.

"Kate Austin, will you marry me?"

Kate's hands flew to her face. She didn't say anything so he continued.

"Kate, you've always been that shining light for me. I know we've been through a lot, but I want you to be mine. Kate I need you in my life. You're everything to me. I-"

"Yes!" Kate shrieked in excitement. She began to cry as she started to kiss him.

Jack stood up as she practically fell into his arms.

"Okay Okay." Jack laughed a little. "Give me your hand."

Kate was trembling so bad it was hard for Jack to put the ring on, but he finally got it on and Kate started to admire it. "Oh Jack, I love it." She smiled as they began to kiss again.

They spent the day on the island together, remembering everything that had happened, and then they went home. Kate never went back to the island again, wanting to preserve that memory forever.

A/N: I hope you guys are enjoying the long chapters! I have now finished the story and I can tell you that there are three more chapters to this fic.