"Kate? Are you in there?" Jack asked opening the tarp innocently.
"Shit" Sawyer and Kate both muttered, pulling away from each other when they saw Jack.
Jack didn't respond right away. Or at all really. He just stood there and stared as Kate straightened her shirt and ran her fingers through her tangled hair. He had known all along that something had been going on between Kate and Sawyer. After all she did tell him once that Sawyer thought they had "a connection". He had laughed it off but now the joke was on him. He imagined this as a movie, him walking in on two lovers entangled in a romantic embrace, bad suspense music blaring in the background. All he could do was stand there and be embarrassed yet enraged.
"Well… seems like your feeling better," Jack finally mumbled to Sawyer, his heart breaking all over again when he looked up at Kate who was gazing at Sawyer.
"Well you know the old song doc, sexual healing" he grinned staring at Kate, unaware of her and Jack's former kiss.
"Sawyer…," Kate tried to be serious and warn him to stop but a grin was creeping across her face and she could feel it. She liked how carefree she could be with him. Sawyer didn't know about her past, he didn't judge her. When they were together it was just the two of them… that is until Jack walked in.
"I just wanted to see how you were doing," Jack said turning to leave, obviously knowing he didn't belong there.
"Wait, Jack," Kate said, guilty she had made him leave, but he was already gone.
"Now… where were we?" Sawyer whispered seductively, leaning back into Kate.
They kissed for a little while longer but the magic was gone. All Kate could think about now was Jack. She did like Jack, he was seriously handsome for someone his age. He was also a good person, a doctor who saves people's lives and helps them get better. She knew nothing about Sawyer's job, or life, or anything really. All she knew was that he was an amazing kisser who happened to like her.
"Sawyer, what's your job?" Kate asked, suddenly curious.
"What's that, Freckles?" obviously sad the kiss couldn't have continued into something else.
"What did you do, like before you came here?"
"Well sweet cheeks, I didn't really come here now did I?"
"You know what I mean. Tell me about your house and your friends and your family." This last one seemed to anger him and Sawyer surprised both of them
"It aint none of your business now is it?" Sawyer growled icily.
"I-I was just wondering…," Kate whispered, a hurt expression on her face.
"Why does he do that? Walk in on us and ruin our fun all the time?" Sawyer asked, trying to change the subject
"'Cause he cares I guess… wait, what do you mean all the time?" Kate grinned at him suspiciously
"Damn… I guess it was a dream," Sawyer whispered just loud enough so that Kate could hear it.
"Sawyer…" Kate grinned and stared back at him. Now she was conflicted. She liked Sawyer because he was mysterious and sexy. But she also liked Jack because he was handsome and good person. She was a lot like Sawyer in so many ways but she thought Jack could make her a better person in so many ways. She needed to figure some things out.
"Sawyer can we go on a walk?" Kate asked suddenly
"Freckles, it's probably 10 right now, you really want to wander off into the jungle o' troubles where the "other people" live?" He made air quotes around other people and stared back at her in question.
"Yeah… I kinda do," Kate answered, ignoring his mention of her previous outburst, "You would think that crashing on an island would help you run away from your problems but I guess they followed me through security," Kate said, a small grin on her face, "it'd be fun, like a sleepover… except without pajamas"
"Oh, now that sounds like fun"
"Sawyer!" Kate shrieked and slapped him on the arm playfully, surprised by his sketchy reply, "That's not what I meant… do you want to like… have a picnic with me. Jesus Christ that sounds so Junior High…" Kate giggled at herself mockingly
"Oh but we can go way beyond Junior High, Freckles," Sawyer whispered, kissing her neck.
"Sawyer, focus," Kate said, trying hard to herself, "You haven't eaten yet, and I don't want to stay here tonight so… you comin'?"
"What do you think Doctor Giggles would think about goin' late night partying with girls after extreme doses of painkillers?"
After a moment of contemplation she'd made her decision, "Who cares what Jack thinks, let's go"