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Chapter 3

They ducked into the jungle, Kate leading the way through the brush and around banyan trees. After about five minutes, Sawyer broke the silence. "Freckles, just tell me where we're goin'."

"No," Kate stated plainly, as she continued walking.

Sawyer stopped. "Then I ain't goin'."

"Suit yourself," Kate said, smiling, as she went on ahead.

Sawyer looked around. "Dammit, Kate, stop!" he yelled.

Without slowing down or turning around, Kate yelled back to him, "We're almost there."

Sawyer growled and took off after her. With his bad tracking skills, he didn't recognize that he was in almost the same place where Sayid had found him that morning.

Kate suddenly stopped, made a loud bird-like sound, and turned to face Sawyer. "What the hell you do that for?" he asked.

"I had something caught in my throat," she quickly replied.

"Riiight." Then he mumbled, "I'll give you something for your throat."

Kate raised her eyebrows, unsure of what he just said. "What's that?"

"Nothin'."

She smiled. "Just a little further, let's go."

As they rounded a large banyan tree, Sawyer could see what looked like some more plane wreckage, tarps, and trees all put together and made into a building of some type. Where the hell do all the tarps come from? Sawyer wondered. As they continued walking towards the structure, Kate held onto his arm. Moving into the clearing, Sawyer looked at the large building. "You brought me out here for this? Eko's church?"

"It's not a church," Kate said, giddily.

As they walked up to the door, Sawyer reached for the gun he kept under his waistband. Kate saw his hand go around his back and laughed. "Put your gun back in your pants, Sawyer."

Kate pulled open the door, and everyone inside yelled "SURPRISE!"

At the sound, Sawyer quickly grabbed his gun and pointed. Looking around, he lowered it and returned it to his waistband when he realized what was happening. Everyone was standing in front of him, wearing "hats" made out of leaves. He glanced around the room. There was a large metal piece of the plane with "Happy Birthday Sawyer" written on it in black sharpie. In the corner to his right, there was a small table and two chairs made out of bamboo. On the table sat what looked like an empty peanut butter jar filled with beautiful red flowers. In another corner, was a large ranch dressing tub sitting underneath a couple of pipes fitted together to look like an old fashioned well pump. Gradually, everyone moved toward the sides of the room, revealing the piece de resistance along the back wall, a large four poster bed made out of bamboo, veiled with vines from some of the jungle trees to form a canopy.

Sawyer was astonished. He couldn't believe that everyone had done all of this for him. He looked at the ground and dug his toe in the dirt. Kate took hold of his hand and looked at him. "Well, what do you think? James? You like it?"

Sawyer continued to kick the toe of his boot in the dirt, refusing to look at her. Kate reached up and lifted his chin, revealing his eyes, which were welled up with tears. Knowing he wouldn't want anyone to see him like this, she twirled them around so his back was to the group. She put her arms around his neck, pulling his head down to her level, and whispered in his ear, "I understand. Just hold me till you're ready to face them. I love you, James."

A few seconds later, Sawyer took a deep breath, released his hold on Kate, and turned around. "So when are ya'll gonna leave so me and Freckles can try out that fancy bed?"

Everyone broke up laughing. Kate rolled her eyes and blushed.

"Dude, why do you think we're moving you all the way out here?" Hurley asked.

"Yeah. Some nights Turnip Head can't sleep because of all the bloody moaning coming from your tent," Charlie said.

"It's not only Aaron who can't sleep," Sun volunteered.

Jin nodded his head. "I...need…sleep," he said, using some of the new English words he'd learned.

"Since you two have been back, Aaron's not the loudest screamer on the beach," said Claire.

Kate was as red as the flowers on the table now, and Sawyer was doing his best not to smirk and make any more suggestive comments.

"Well I appreciate ya'll helpin' Kate make this cute little house---" Sawyer began.

Kate interrupted. "It was Jack's idea."

Sawyer looked at Jack incredulously. "Your idea?"

"Well Sawyer, the walls of your tent aren't soundproof," Jack stated matter-of-factly.

"Jack," Juliet said, smiling.

"After lying awake a couple nights after we got back, it was my idea to build the house way out here. And since Juliet's group had files on everyone, she knew your birthday was today, so we decided to do it and have it ready for today. Kate didn't even know about it till this morning. I needed her to get you out here because I knew you wouldn't follow me."

"Damn right, not after the last time," Sawyer confirmed. Guilt flooded him now, as he remembered how he thought Kate and Jack had been fooling around earlier. He brushed off the feeling, deciding he'd apologize to Kate later, in the big new bed.

Jack continued explaining. "Everyone wanted to help, so we've been taking turns, coming out here a few of us at a time. Figured you'd notice if too many people were gone from the beach at once." Kate glanced at Sawyer and shrugged her shoulders. "There's a small creek out back." Jack pointed to the pump in the corner. "Sayid rigged some pipes to make a pump to get fresh water in. You'll have to make your own lavatory."

A loud female voice from the side chirped in, "Paulo donated the toilet paper."

Sawyer looked at the woman, then to Kate uncertainly. Knowing what he was thinking, she quietly informed him, "That's Nikki. Paulo's her boyfriend."

"Who the hell are Nina and Pablo?" whispered Sawyer.

Kate just shook her head, then announced, "Thanks everyone. Sawyer and I really appreciate what you've done for us, building this magnificent place. We love it. Don't we Sawyer?" She looked up at him lovingly.

He stared at her, lost in her eyes, until she nodded her head toward the group. "Oh, uh, yeah. Thanks," he mumbled. As he was never one to expect anything from anyone, Kate knew Sawyer hadn't had much practice being gracious, so she helped him out of the uncomfortable situation.

"Jack, didn't you say you were going to get another golf game started up this afternoon?" Kate raised her eyebrows at him.

"No, I don't remem---"

Juliet broke in. "Yes, Jack, you said it this morning at breakfast. Right Sun?"

Sun looked from Juliet to Kate and nodded. "You said you found all but the five iron. We can play without that."

"I think I know what happened to the five," Desmond piped up. "Lightning. Experiment."

Claire and Charlie glanced at each other and nodded.

"So, we'll see you guys later," Kate said to Juliet.

Juliet grabbed Jack's hand and started to lead him outside. "Announce the golf game," she whispered to him.

"What?" Jack asked.

"Man, you may be smart for a doctor, but you sure ain't too swift with the ladies. She means tell everybody to get the hell out," Sawyer hissed to Jack.

Kate and Juliet shared a smile as Jack stumbled over his words, "Oh, so uh, we're having a, uh, golf game up in the valley now. I'm headed on up. Uh, so, let's roll." By this time, Sun, Claire, and even Nikki had herded their men out the door. Sayid and Hurley caught on early in the conversation and were halfway back to camp. The rest followed Jack out the door. Kate closed it behind them.

Sawyer watched her from the foot of the bed. "Nice door," he said. "I hope it keeps out the uninvited guests better 'n the one I made did."

Kate smiled. "This one even has a doorbell." She opened the door and reached around the front where two thin rocks were tied to one of the tarp rivets on the side. She rubbed them together and they made a squeaking noise.

Sawyer laughed. "Clever. Bet that was the doc's idea too."

"Actually it was Charlie's. He said if you scratch them together the right way, you can play 'Good Vibrations'."

Sawyer smiled suggestively. "Why don't you come over here and I'll give you some good vibrations, Freckles."

Kate rolled her eyes as she closed the door and walked over to Sawyer. She reached up and held his face in her hands, gazing intently into his bright blue eyes. Softly, she spoke, "Happy Birthday, James."

Sawyer kissed her lips gently, rubbing his thumb across her cheek as he pulled back. He reached down and lifted her up. She put her legs around his waist and he carried her over to the bed. Before laying her down, he pulled the blanket back to reveal the clean white sheets that had been on the beds in the hatch. Sawyer gently leaned over and deposited Kate onto the bed. She leaned back onto the pillows. Sawyer climbed in beside her. "This ain't no airline seat," he commented, feeling the softness beneath him.

"It's the mattresses from the hatch. Pillows. Sheets. Everything. Rose and Bernard found them in the jungle," Kate explained.

"I can't believe they're just giving us all this stuff. And they don't want nothin' in return?"

"Everyone loves you now, James."

Sawyer looked deeply into Kate's eyes. "I don't give a damn about everyone. What matters is that you love me. You're all I need, Freckles." Sawyer put his arm over her and lifted himself up until he was on top of her small body, supported by his hands on the bed on either side of her shoulders.

Kate put her arms around his neck and pulled him down into a soft kiss. "I love you, James."

Sawyer ran his fingers through her chestnut curls and deepened the kiss, anxious to finish what they had started twice earlier in the day, when a thought crossed his mind. He pulled away and smiled, dimples highlighting his cheeks and eyes sparkling. "Ya know, Freckles, you can be as loud as you want now. Nobody's gonna hear ya all the way out here." Kate giggled and took his lips into a passionate kiss as she wrapped her arms even tighter around him.

Later that night, in his tent on the beach, Jack groaned and buried his head under his pillow. Juliet smiled. Charlie started composing a new song in his head. Jin went fishing. Aaron wailed. And that still wasn't the loudest scream heard on the beach.

The End

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