"So you and Jack-o break up?" Sawyer asked wistfully as they wandered down the beach towards an undetermined destination.
"Sawyer… way to ruin a moment," Kate joked
"Oh, I didn't know we were havin' a moment. Well then, let me apologize," Sawyer said, stop and turning towards Kate.
"Sawyer, can we just find out where we're going and then we can…" Kate trailed off but they both knew exactly what she meant.
"Aint no reason to keep lookin'. How bout right here?" Sawyer asked, looking around to see how far they were from the other survivors. They were nowhere in sight.
"Looks good to me," Kate said grinning, "So…"
"So…" Sawyer said, sitting down on the sand.
It was just getting dark but they knew it would get dark fast. They had a lot to do: set up their tent for the night, eat dinner, talk… They started with dinner, laying out the blanket Kate had brought and getting out the few remaining airline meals. They ate in silence for the most part, occasionally mumbling about how bad airline food is and watching the sunset.
"Well Freckles, I kinda have a little surprise for you…," Sawyer said seductively giving her a look.
"Oh really? And what would that be?"
Sawyer reached into his pocket and pulled out 4 mini bottles. He handed two to Kate and opened one for himself. "Ever played never have I ever?" Sawyer asked, grinning at Kate
"You mean the one where you say 'never have I ever blank' and if it applies to you, you have to drink?"
"Geez Freckles, you know your stuff. Okay, why don't you go first"
"Okay, never have I ever been to Disney Land"
Sawyer looked at her and then down at his bottle. After a couple awkward moments he took a small swig.
"You've never been to Disney Land!?" Kate exclaimed in surprise
"Wasn't really my scene" Sawyer said, embarrassed that he had gotten such a rouse out of Kate.
They continued asking each other casual questions until each of them were one bottle down, one to go. Sawyer was almost asleep when a question caught his attention.
"Never have I ever been in love" Kate whispered quietly, remembering the awful night Tom died. She stared at Sawyer for what seemed like almost five minutes until he slowly- but finally –lifted his new bottle to his lips and nearly finished the whole thing in one sip. When he finally looked up he glanced quickly at Kate but then back down. His question hit her hard:
"Never have I ever killed a man" he said, and looked her straight in the eye.
Kate had to decide quickly whether to tell him or not. Her decision was made for her when Sawyer put his bottle down, making it clear he was not going to take a final sip. She put hers down too and looked at him hard. She could tell he was surprised, and she was too.
"Kate…," Sawyer said almost pleading, begging her to take a sip and be a good person. But her bottle stayed right where it was. Instead she got up and sat down on Sawyer's lap. "Kate," Sawyer whispered again, but this time pleading in a completely different way.
"Don't," Kate said sharply, putting her hand on his chest and kissing his neck.
"Kate what are you-?"
"I said, don't" Kate repeated coolly
"What are you gonna do, gimme a time out?" Sawyer said grinning into her hair.
Kate pushed him down so she was sitting on his torso and hips. "Just-" she started but…
They heard rustling and then "Kate…" "James…" They heard whispered over and over again coming from the forest behind them.
"What they hell was that?" Sawyer asked
"Who the hell is James?" Kate asked at the same time.
They both sat up and stared at each other, not saying a word.