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Chapter 6: "Ana's in love."

Ana Lucia woke up at the sound of ringing phone. She groaned quietly, not wanting to get up just yet. But after another five seconds she blindly reached for the phone.

"Hello?" she said huskily, propping herself up on an elbow.

"Uh… I'm sorry… I'm trying to reach Ana Lucia Cortez…"

"Yeah, it's me, Claire."

There was a laugh on the other line.

"Wow, you stayed with Sawyer that long last night?"

"What?" Ana asked, half-sleeping.

"You okay?"

"Yeah, why?"

Obviously Claire decided not to answer this question.

"So how was the date?" she asked instead and Ana let out a happy sigh, slowly waking up.

"Oh... that good?"

"Yeah, I guess you could say that." The Latina laughed, running a hand through her messy hair.

"You're gonna have to tell me everything! Every dirty detail!" Claire exclaimed, excited, like a high school girl.

"Claire!" Ana gasped, shocked at her friend's behavior. "What's gotten into you?!"

Her laugh was interrupted by crying.

"Aaron! Stop it!"

"What's going on?"

"What ?… Uh, no, nothing… My son doesn't like, what he's got in his bowl… Aaron!"

"Is everything okay with Zack?"

"Zack? Of course! He's right next to me! Happy and… covered in milk and cornflakes… Aaron, no! Leave the spoon like a good boy! Don't make me come to you!"

Ana laughed yet again. Claire just sounded to be angry. She couldn't be mad at her son for more than five seconds.

"Sorry, Ana. I have to stop my child from throwing breakfast around the kitchen."

"Yeah, you do that."

"I'm going to work soon, so I'm gonna drop by with Zack, okay?"

"Sure. I'll be waiting."

"So see you in an hour."

"Yeah, bye!"

"Bye! … Aaron!"

Ana hanged up, giggling.

"Who was it?"

She froze for a second and then her lips slowly curled upwards, as she turned on her other side to face the sitting Southerner.

"Claire. She'll be here with Zack in an hour." Ana replied softly, gazing into his eyes. Sawyer nodded and a big grin appeared on his handsome face.

"G'mornin', Chica." He drawled, looking down at her from his sitting position.

"Good morning, Cowboy." She greeted him, grinning herself. He bent down to kiss her and she grabbed the back of his neck, making him fall on top of her with a laugh.

Flashback

"See you soon, Hotlips."

She sent him one last smile and he returned it, slowly turning around and walking away. Ana sighed, watching him for a second and then opened the door to her apartment and came in, locking it up behind her. She took off her jacket and spotted a small, red light. She approached the cupboard and looked down at her telephone. There was one message. Ana pushed the button and attempted to take off her shoes. "Hi, Ana! It's Claire. I tried to call on your cell phone, but you must have switched it off or something. Look, Zack fell asleep and I have no heart to wake him up, so he's staying over night here. I'm gonna give you him back tomorrow… Sometimes I wish he was my son, you know… Aaron, no! Mommy's talking to aunt Ana… No, you can't play with Zack, coz he's asleep! Charlie, do something!"

Ana chuckled, shaking her head and then she heard Charlie's voice.

"Aaron, get back here! I'm not playing 'hide and seek' with you again! No! Leave my guitar! NO!" There was a loud crash and Claire sighed heavily.

"Oh no… not again." She said in resigned voice. She seemed to forget she was calling to someone. "No, Aaron, nothing happened. Don't worry, daddy's not mad! Right, daddy? Charlie, stop yelling at him, for the love of God, he's just a child! If you wake Zack up, I'll murder you with my bare hands!"

Ana listened to the argument, smirking and imagining, how the whole mess must have looked. After another fifteen seconds of cries and yells Claire obviously remembered, what she was doing, because she cleared her throat and murmured a goodbye and then the message was over.

Ana thanked God, that she didn't have such problems with Zack. And she was alone. Not like Claire, who had Charlie for 24/7. Ana knew, that they were simply too soft to make Aaron listen to them. He was a great child, but also liked making trouble. He was calm only in Zack's present, who he treated like a brother…

Her thoughts were interrupted by a knocking. She flinched a little and opened the door. Her eyebrows furrowed in surprise.

"I… I forgot 'bout somethin'." Sawyer murmured, seeing her surprised look.

"And… what would that be?" Ana asked, curious.

"Is Zack asleep already? I wanted to tell him good night and--"

"Zack's still at Claire's."

"Oh…" he said, but there was no disappointment on his face. Ana had a weird feeling, that he knew very well Zack wasn't home. "So… I'm gonna go then. 'Night, Cupcake."

"Wait." She told him, grabbing his arm and he turned around quickly, staring at her with amazing bright eyes, that were trying to cover any sings of hope in them.

"Yeah?"

Ana was gaping at him for a long while, as if fighting with herself, whether to say it or not.

His heart skipped and his stomach lowered a little, when she asked:

"Want to come in?"

The End of flashback

Ana finished her shower and wrapped her body in a clean, silver dressing-gown , walking off the bathroom. She entered the kitchen, smelling eggs. She stopped, dead in her tracks at the sight of a beautifully prepared breakfast in front of her. Sawyer was already sitting at the table, smirking up at her.

"Uh…" Ana cleared her throat, raising her eyebrows in awe. There was probably everything, what she had in her fridge "Does that mean I'm gonna have to go shopping?"

He laughed briefly and shook his head.

"Chica… your fridge's fool. Do you really think I would take all your food? I ordered everything."

Ana tried not to show it, but she was really impressed.

"And here I thought you had cooked all this on your own." She said teasingly, sitting next to him.

"I had no time." He defended himself, passing her a cup of tea. "Hey, I got an idea."

"Wow, really?!" she exclaimed, her eyes widening and he pinched her nose for this. "Well then, what's that?"

"It's a surprise." He announced proudly "You'll see."

"Oh this is not good…" she murmured under hear breath.

"What was that, Chica?"

"Nothing." She said out loud, sipping her tea and smirking, as he put on an 'offended' face. She didn't have a time to apologize, because suddenly they heard a knocking.

"It must be Claire." Ana stated and exited the kitchen, leaving him with his arms crossed over his chest, like a five year old. She made her way to the door and opened it, facing the smiling Blonde girl and a small boy in her arms.

"Mommy!" he yelled, reaching his little hands for her.

"Hi, baby!" Ana said, taking him from Claire "You had fun?"

The boy nodded with enthusiasm and buried his head in the crook of her neck.

"Okay, I have ten minutes for you…" Claire announced, coming in with her bag and already walking away towards the kitchen "… and you've got to tell me everything about--"

She stopped at the sight of Sawyer, sitting at the table with sandwich in his hand.

"--Sawyer." She finished, her eyes widening in surprise. Ana came in with Zack in her arms, noticing the awkwardness of their meeting. Claire blushed fiercely and murmured a greeting.

"Hey, Mamacita." The Southerner responded, sending her a smile "It's nice to see you."

Zack turned his head at the sound of familiar voice and jumped in his mother's arms.

"Sawyer!" he exclaimed with a big grin on his face. Ana smiled at this and put him down. The boy ran over to the sitting man and wrapped his little arms around his leg. Sawyer's eyebrows furrowed in shock, but after a while he picked him up

"Hey there, Jumbo!" Sawyer said, smirking and Zack let out a sweet, brief laugh and wrapped his little arms around his neck. Ana frowned, watching them. She didn't know, that her son was so opened to strangers. He was rather shy usually. Claire used the occasion, that Sawyer didn't pay attention on them and grabbed Ana's arm and guided her away.

"What's he doing here?"

"Eating breakfast?" Ana offered her an answer doubtfully and Claire rolled her eyes.

"I don't have a time for your jokes, girl. Why is he here?"

"Coz he stayed over night, okay?"

"Uh, I see. You're gonna tell me nothing happened, huh?" Claire said with a mischievous smirk on her face, this time making Ana roll her eyes. "Are you sure you can trust him, Ana?"

The Latina looked at her friend, whose expression changed from amused to very serious and concerned.

"What?"

"I don't want to see you get hurt again, because of the same freaking moron. What the hell has he done yesterday, that made you let him in again?"

"Claire…" Ana sighed "This is--"

"I know, that you loved him, but…" the Blonde woman interrupted her.

"I do love him."

Claire blinked quickly, as she was taken aback by her honest statement. Ana's eyes widened in surprise. She didn't mean to say that. But now that it was stated, she didn't know, what to think about it. Did she say it, because she felt it? Did she really fall in love with Sawyer again? Or maybe she never actually stopped loving him?

"Are you sure….that you can trust him?" Claire asked yet again, interrupting her thoughts "Are you completely sure, that he's not gonna leave you again? This time he would hurt not just you, but also Zack. So I'm asking… Are you sure?"

Ana swallowed hard and sighed, looking away. Her eyes found Sawyer and Zack. She watched, as they were talking and laughing together. Zack seemed to be so happy around him. It was almost, as he felt, that Sawyer's not a stranger for him.

And Sawyer… He really amazed her last evening with the song. It was so… unlike him and then again… very like him. He was always a sarcastic jerk on the island, but Ana knew, that it was just a part of his 'Sawyer's a badass' game. In fact, she always thought he was just trying to look tough to impress Kate. And when his Freckles stopped existing for him it was Ana, who he was keep trying to amaze with his oh-so-hot southerner charm… Not that she minded…

But did he really change? Did he finally decide to quit being an annoying moron (kind of sweet too, though) and face the consequences of his mistakes?

No, wait…

Maybe it wasn't really smart to seduce him and steal the freaking gun and maybe this wasn't Sawyer's best idea to give in and let her do it, but that left her pregnant and that was, what she had wanted for all her life. Zack wasn't a mistake. It was a gift. Moreover it wasn't like she hated his father. So where's the mistake in all this?

"Ana?"

She shook her head at the sound of Claire's voice and turned to look at her.

"Yes, I am." The Latina said quickly with a nod "I can trust him. I do trust him."

The Blonde woman narrowed her eyes at her and then suddenly lightened up.

"If you're sure, then I have nothing to be worried about."

Ana smiled lightly and gazed back at Sawyer.

"I need to go. You'll call me tonight, as always, right?"

"Yeah…" Ana murmured, keep staring at her son and his dad… Dad? Sawyer, a … dad?

"Okay then… You don't have to walk me to the door." Claire teased and walked away, glancing back. She hasn't seen Ana so happy for a long time…

Later

"So where are you taking us?"

"I won't say. It's supposed to be a surprise, remember?"

Ana smirked, rolling her eyes and glanced back at Zack, who was sitting in the back seat of her car.

"You okay there, hun?"

The boy smiled sweetly and shook impatiently. He was so excited with having Sawyer around. Ana grinned and turned to look at the Southerner.

"Just don't crash us. My mum paid for this car, Cowboy."

His eyes widened in fear.

"Y'know what, Chica? Maybe you should drive, huh?"

She laughed and shook her head.

"Don't be such a baby!"

He grimaced, but then let out a deep breath and stared ahead.

"All right… Not a baby. Here we go…"

Later

"Land!" Ana exclaimed, coming out of the car with a look of pure relief on her face. Sawyer came out too, grimacing.

"Seriously, Cowboy, who taught you how to drive?!" she asked, opening the back door to get Zack.

"Hey, it wasn't that bad…"

"It wasn't bad. It was a disaster!" she stated, smirking and taking Zack out of the car. "Next time… smack me, before I agree to let you drive again, okay?"

"You're really hurting my feelings, Cupcake." He said, pretending to be serious.

"And I'll have to smack you if you don't stop with all those nicknames." Ana warned him playfully with a mischievous smile.

"You like'em… Don't deny it." Sawyer announced, winking.

"So where are we anyway?" she asked, ignoring his remark. He smiled at pointed to their left. She turned around and noticed a big banner: "Zoological gardens".

"Zoo?" Ana let out a brief laugh. "Where'd you get an idea like that?"

"Well…" Sawyer drawled, obviously pleased with himself "They opened it a week ago and they brought all those wild and tropical animals just to entice more people… I just thought, that Zack would like it here."

Ana raised her eyebrows in surprise and he frowned.

"Drinks on me!" he announced sarcastically "I'm paying for everything, Hotlips, don't ya worry."

She laughed, shaking her head and hitched Zack higher up in her arms.

"Well, when you put it that way…" she said in teasing tone "…How could I resist?"

Sawyer smiled at her and she returned it, wrapping her arm around his waist, as he wrapped his own around her shoulders and the three of them walked off, away from the car.

The whole afternoon they were just following Zack, who was running around and exclaiming happily, pointing at every animal he saw.

When they walking to the car, Ana noticed, that her son was kind of sad.

"What's wrong, baby?"

Zack sighed and looked up at his concerned mother.

"But mommy…" he said quietly and Sawyer stared down at him with sad eyes, afraid, that his son didn't like the trip. "I see not Mickey Mouse there…"

Ana opened her mouth, as if to laugh, but she didn't manage to do it, because Sawyer decided to speak:

"It was there!"

The Latina closed her mouth with a quiet snap and turned to look at him.

"It was?" she asked dumb-founded and he sent her a glare "Yeah, it was!" she exclaimed, staring down at Zack, who was watching them with an innocent expression on his face.

"But it's gone now!" Sawyer added.

"Why it gone?" the boy asked.

"It's gone now… because…" Ana turned to look at the Southerner, searching for some help.

"It's gone, because…" Sawyer continued slowly "…Coz Donald Duck ate it!"

Ana slapped her hand against her forehead and Zack turned his gaze at her. She cleared her throat and nodded with enthusiasm.

"Donald ate it." She confirmed and when Zack shrugged and came over to the car, she punched Sawyer's shoulder.

"Ow!"

"Donald ate it? Donald ate it?!"

"Hey, he did take it well, right?"

"Sawyer, you have absolutely no idea about children."

"Well, you could have told him the truth, instead of following me."

"True." Ana admitted, rolling her eyes and smirking "Come on, Donald, let's go back."

"As you wish, Chica…" he said, grinning and moved to open the door for her.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" she asked, grabbing his wrist and taking the keys from his hand with a playful smirk on her lips "I'm driving."

Two weeks later

"…And they all lived happily ever after." Sawyer finished reading and closed the book, looking down at Zack, whose eyes were by then half-closed.

"I think that's a sign you should go to sleep, huh?" the Southerner drawled, smirking at his yawning son.

"You be here tomorrow?" the boy asked. It was the question, that Sawyer has been hearing for the last two weeks… Every evening, after reading to him, Zack would ask him if he was going to be here the next day, when he wakes up. And Sawyer would always assure him, that he was not going anywhere.

"Of course I will!" He repeated once again "G'night, Mickey."

"'Night, daddy."

Sawyer smiled and bent down to kiss his forehead.

"Sweet dreams." He added and stroked his hair, getting up. He then turned around to see Ana, who was leaning against the doorframe with a soft smile on her face. He exited the room and quietly closed the door behind him.

"What?" he asked her, because she was still looking at him.

"Nothin'." She replied and he raised his eyebrows questioningly "I was just… thinkin'…"

"Were you now?" he teased, pretending to be shocked, but she didn't take any offence to it, as he expected. She simply smiled and moved closer to him, placing her hands on his thighs and looking up into his eyes.

"It's just…" she said slowly, making him frown with concern "…one month ago I wouldn't even dare to think, that you could ever come back to me and now…" she paused and he suddenly understood, what she had been trying to say "… and now you're here with me and Zack… And I was just wondering if it's not too … good to be true…"

Sawyer knew very well, what she meant. She was afraid he was going to leave her again.

And he understood it was the time to finally do it. To prove her wrong.

"Come with me." He said, taking her hand and leading her to the bedroom.

"What is it?" she asked curiously, but he just made her sit on the bed and bent down a little to face her.

"I know exactly how you must feel." He announced quietly after a while of just staring at her "I can see the doubt in your eyes every time I look at you and I can't blame you for this…"

Ana glanced down and he knelt down in front of her and cupped her cheek in his hand, forcing her to look him in the eyes.

"But I'm gonna prove to you, that I'm not going anywhere…" he whispered and she furrowed her eyebrows, gazing at him in surprise, not knowing, what to expect.

"I love you." Sawyer said out of nowhere and she blinked quickly, as she was taken aback by his sudden announcement. "I love you very much. I want to be here with you and with our son. You were all I could think about, while I was alone."

Ana didn't know, what had surprised her more. Sawyer's sincerity or the fact, that it was so unlike him to say things like that…

"So in short…" he spoke again, when she didn't react "Will you marry me?"

Her eyes widened and she felt her heart in a throat. What did he just ask her?

"What?" she gasped, shocked.

"Do you want to be my wife and spend the rest of your life with the most charming, but also the most annoying Southerner alive?" he asked her with amusement in his voice, as he grinned up at her. She was too stunned to chuckle at this, but she would have done it otherwise for sure. Instead she was just keep gaping at him with eyes full of shock and surprise and suddenly she felt hot tears hit the back of them.

He reached to the back pocket of his jeans and took a small, blue box out.

"I bought it right after our first meeting, four weeks ago…" he told her "Since then I've been carrying it with myself…and I was just waiting for the right moment to give it to you--"

"Are you serious?" Ana threw in and Sawyer looked up, noticing the weird expression on her face.

"Chica… even I'm not that caddish to make fun of such serious things… I've never been more serious in my whole life." He confessed and couldn't help, but smirk at her.

But she didn't smile back and he started to worry if it wasn't too early for a move like that. Maybe she took it all wrong and maybe she didn't lo--

"I love you." Ana said out of nowhere, as her eyes glistened in the darkness of the room. Sawyer blinked, surprised. How nice it was to hear that from her for the first time?

"Yeah..." She said after a while, staring at him with watered eyes "Yes… Yeah!" she laughed and bent down to hug him, as he was still kneeling in front of her. He realized it was her answer and chuckled at the reaction, hugging her back. She pulled back and cupped his face in her hands and then kissed him.

The box fell from his hand and he didn't bother to pick it up. Instead he picked himself up and not breaking the kiss he pushed her on the bed and technically jumped on top of her, making her laugh into his mouth. He pulled back and looked in those pretty, dark eyes.

And just then the whole romantic stuff ended, as he returned to his-old-self, smirking at the beauty beneath him, not being able to stop himself from asking:

"What'cha gonna do now, Muchacha?"

A/N: I'm sorry it took me so long to update and also I'm sorry, coz sadly… this is the end.

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