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Chapter 6

"It makes sense" I hedged "I agree with Jack. There's no point in lugging water from the caves to the beach all the time. At the caves we'd have access to water, shelter, everything we need"

"But if we move to the caves we'll have no chance of rescue, we wont be able to keep the signal fire burning" Boone interrupted.

"He has a point" Kate conceded "there will still be some who will want to move to the caves, people who feel safer on the beach"

"Well…" Jack said, drawing out his words as he made his choice, "I'm moving to the caves and anyone who wants to is more than welcome to come there with me"

"I'm going to the caves" I told them before standing up "I'll go pack my things"

I left the group to decide what they wanted to do. I walked up the beach to my tent and crawled inside. Sitting cross legged on the floor, I unpacked my clothes and toiletries from my suitcase and stuffed them into my rucksack and my carry on bag. I rolled up my blankets and scooted backwards out of my tent, my head still inside.

"What a view, Sunshine!" a voice exclaimed from behind me.

And because I'm an embarrassingly stupid idiot, I yelped, bounced upwards, caught my head in the canvas and fell backwards, taking the tent down with me. I was left sprawled in the sand. Sawyer uncharacteristically burst into a fit of laughter, doubled over and clutching his belly. I glared at him.

"Now that's a quicker way of taking the tent down" Sawyer quipped between guffaws.

"This is not funny, Sawyer" I groaned as I attempted to unravel myself from the tent.

I let out a frustrated whine/cry as my kicking and thrashing got me more and more entangled in the infrastructure of my tent.

"Want a hand?" Sawyer grinned.

He knelt down and yanked at the tarp that was tied to the sticks and metal. I blushed as he tried to untangle it; I'd used my underwear as rope. He chuckled as he held them up between his fore finger and thumb.

"You know what, Sunshine, I'm not even going to ask" he laughed.

"They're clean" I insisted.

He dropped my underwear to the floor and reached out towards me, I took his outstretched hand. His hand was warm in mine; he pulled me to my feet. I noticed he had a rucksack slung over is shoulder.

"Coming to the caves?" I asked him, nodding towards the bag.

"Fancied a change in scenery, I'm moving to the good doctor tent, he's moving house, you see?" Sawyer grinned.

My heart skipped a beat and plunged into the pot of my stomach, disappointment warping through me. I smiled through and patted Sawyer's arm once.

"I'll see you around, Sawyer" I said as way of goodbye.

I threw my pack onto my shoulder, and made to walk away. Suddenly my arm was yanked backwards by Sawyer. I didn't get time to say anything because before I could speak he had crushed his lips to mine. It was soft yet passionate and strong all at the same time. My pack slipped from my shoulder onto the floor. I entwined my hand in his hair as the other ran across his chest. His pack was on the floor too; his hands gripped my hips tightly. Only when I pulled away to breath did we stop.

"I'll be seeing you, Sunshine" Sawyer said, making an imaginary tipping of the hat gesture.

He walked away with that swagger of his. I seemed to be frozen to the spot. I brought my fingers to my lips; they felt like they'd been given an electric shock. I'd never felt that before, not with Nick, not with any other guy. Slowly, I picked my bag up off the sand and grabbed my carry on bag. I headed to where Jack and a group of others were waiting. Jack raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything. I didn't say anything either.

When we arrived at the caves we unpacked as though we were in a hotel. Once I was sorted I helped Jack set up a fire.

"So" Jack began "what was that between you and Sawyer?"

I groaned, throwing myself down onto the floor and putting my head into my hands.

"I don't know" I whined "your guess is as good as mine"

Jack chuckled.

"Well, he doesn't strike me as the type who's big on commitment" Jack conceded.

"Nope" I groaned "urgh, why did he kiss me?"

Jack sat beside me, he patted my shoulder. I looked up and saw that he was fighting hard not to laugh at my predicament. I glared at him and gave his arm a thwack. He glared playfully back.

"What am I going to do, Jack? What are we all going to do? We're on an island God only knows where. What if we're stuck here for the rest of our lives, Jack? I don't think I can cope with that" I cried, my breath coming quicker and quicker and my voice getting higher and higher pitched.

Jack wrapped an arm around my shoulders and pulled me to him. I cried more than I expected to and when I balled my fist up in his shirt and covered his shoulder in tears Jack didn't pull away. He just hugged me until I finally gained some semblance of control.

After my crying jag was over, and the fire was roaring, Jack and I were joined around the fire by Hurley, Sun, Jin and a few other survivors. As we sat there, I told myself that everything was ok because we had fresh water now, and we had fruit and fish and shelter.

But even when I was thinking about the good things that we had on the island, I couldn't help but wonder about Sawyer. I kept picturing him, his face, him. What was he doing on the beach? Where was he now? Did he mean that kiss? Did he really mean it? I was determined to know.