I'm baaack! It's short, but I'm suddenly feeling inspired, so I'm going to write before I lose it.
Kate awoke the next morning, opening her eyes and squinting at the sunlight. She shut them, covering her head with the blankets. Finally, she unburied herself, grabbing a pair of jeans and a tank top, and getting dressed. She laid back down on the bed, grabbing the pillow and holding it to herself. She looked down at her left hand and smiled. "Mrs. Jack Shephard…" she said, dreamily. She looked beside her and saw that Jack wasn't there.
She walked out of the
bedroom in the hatch. "Jack!" she called. No answer. She walked
over to the computer, where Jack was sitting, punching those awful
six numbers into the computer. She leaned against the doorframe,
crossing her arms across her chest and smiling. She just stood there
and admired him, hunched over the computer, brow furrowed and his
forehead resting on his clenched fist. He looked up at her and
smirked. "Were you checking me out?"
"What if I was?"
"I'd
probably have to punish you." he said, hinting.
She came up behind him, wrapping her arms around his neck.
"You look very sexy Dr. Shephard." She said and he laughed.
"Why thank you Mrs.
Shephard. I should say the same about you."
She smiled. "I'm
tired though. We didn't sleep enough last night."
"I'm
okay with that." Jack said and Kate hit him playfully.
"I guess we better stop playing house, get out there, and face the music." She said, sighing.
"I don't want to leave…" Jack whined.
"Well…Dr. Shephard.
Your patients need you." Kate said, walking into the
bedroom.
"Actually, I'm more interested in my latest patient."
He said, following her and sitting on the bed.
She threw a pair of jeans and a white t-shirt at him. "Put these on. Let's go." She said, rolling her eyes. He did so, then they walked out of the hatch hand in hand.
"Didn't expect to
see you this early!" Sawyer joked. "Aren't you guys
tired?"
Jack rolled his eyes. "Yeah…but hey…we have to
move on with our lives…"
Kate nodded. "Well…not move on
completely Jack. I still want to enjoy being Mrs.
Shephard."
"Don't say any more while you're ahead, Hero."
Sawyer said and Jack smirked.
"Where's everyone else this morning?" Jack asked and Sawyer shrugged. "Not really sure. I think Mamacita and the has-been pop star are talking a walk. Chewie was over there." He said, pointing in the direction of Sun's garden.
"Sun over there too?" Kate asked and Sawyer nodded.
"She wasn't feeling
too great this morning."
"The baby?" Jack asked, knowingly
(Oh yeah. So Sun's pregnant in my story.)
Sawyer nodded. "I assume so."
Kate frowned. "Poor girl."
"JACK!" they heard a voice call down the beach. They saw Claire and Charlie running towards them, Claire holding a screaming Aaron in her arms.
"What happened?"
Jack asked as they neared him.
"Bee stung him." Claire said,
obviously paranoid with her son's well-being.
"Relax, Claire. It's just a bee sting." Charlie said, trying to comfort her, but failing to succeed.
"Charlie…when you
have a two month (just a guess) old son and he gets stung by a
bee and his bawling his eyes out, then I'll tell YOU that it's
just a bee sting."
"Claire…Charlie's right. It's not
that big of a deal. I'll just remove the stinger and put some
antiseptic on it and he'll be fine, okay? I promise." Jack said,
quickly and efficiently removing the stinger and putting medicine and
a band-aid on it. Claire smiled gratefully.
"Thanks Jack."
He nodded. "Not a
problem." He said, walking back to where Kate was.
"What was
that about?"
"Bee sting. Claire was flipping out. Women can be
so crazy with their kids sometimes that they blow everything out of
proportion."
"You think I'll blow things out of proportion
when I'm a mother?" Kate asked.
Jack nodded vigorously.
"No doubt in my mind. But that's a good thing. At least you
care."
"I'd hope you'd care too."
"Of course I
would." Jack said and Kate smiled.
"I'm hungry."
"I was going to make
us breakfast this morning, but you absolutely INSISTED that we come
back here."
"Well…you were needed…proves my point." Kate
said, raising her eyebrows.
"Okay. You win. Let's go get some
mangoes."
Kate smiled. "Of
course I win. I'm your wife. You have to let me win."
"Oh…I
do, do I?" Jack challenged.
Kate nodded.
"Well then…let's just see who wins now…" Jack said as he sped off into the jungle.
"NO FAIR!" Kate
yelled, running after him.
By the time she reached him, he was
already standing at the mango tree, looking up into it. Kate ran
behind him, tackling him onto the ground.
"Now THAT wasn't fair." Jack said.
"I still should've won."
He shook his head.
"Nope."
Kate kissed him. "How about now?"
Jack just
smiled. "If you do that again."
She rolled her eyes, kissing
him again.
"I love you Jack." She whispered, laying her head
on his chest. He kissed the top of her head, wrapping his arms around
her. "I love you too, Mrs. Shephard."
Well, that was a little fluffy chapter! Whoo! Please review!
