Ok so this is where it gets interesting. Sana!!! I know that all the swear words are blocked out. Example: F-ck this is because my stories were posted on a forum so i bleeped them all out as I wrote them. It's just easier to leave it like it is. Please enjoy and review!!!!!

Nikki

Part 5- Of Water And Lack Of Clothing

(About a Year Later- Ana/15 & Sawyer/16 Summer Vacation)

They were both woken up the next morning by Mrs. Ford.

"Come on kids I made breakfast; your favorites." She said happily.

When neither one of them moved she sighed.

"The house is on fire everybody out!" She hollered.

They both jumped up and looked around frantically.

"Good, since your both up I made breakfast." She said as she left the room.

"Your mom is so evil." Ana-Lucia said rubbing her eyes.

"Yeah I know." He chuckled and stood up.

They both stood up and stumbled their way into the bathroom. They stood next to each other and brushed their teeth. After that they walked down the stairs and into the kitchen.

After breakfast the pair walked back upstairs to get changed. They had plans with the group to meet up at the lake. Ana walked into Sawyer's room and threw herself on the bed with an exasperated sigh. Sawyer walked over to his closet and pulled out a t-shirt. Taking off his old one he turned towards his dresser and walked towards it while putting on his shirt at the same time.

He never did realize Ana was staring at him the whole time. Once his shirt was on he pulled the third drawer down on his dresser open. Pulling out some jeans he slipped off his basketball shorts and slipped on the clean baggy blue jeans. She tried not to stare but she couldn't help it; he had an amazing body that was hard not to look at.

Turning around he caught Ana-Lucia staring at him; Ana looked away quickly hoping and wishing that this hadn't just happened.

"Uh… do you still have my bathing suit?" She mumbled not meeting his eyes.

He stares at her for a minute trying to figure out what's going on but, can't seem to figure anything out. Why was she staring at him like that? He nodded slowly.

"Yeah, I think so." He mumbled walking over to his dresser.

He pulled out her white two piece bathing suit and handed it to her. She snatched it quickly and left in a hurry.

(Ana)

"I cannot that believe that just happened!" I screamed to myself in my head.

I quickly shut the bathroom door and removed my shirt. I tied the bathing suit around my neck and then snapped it in the back. Mentally I'm kicking myself in the ass for looking at my best friend like that. I've known him for over six years! Now it's going to be awkward between us because of my stupid mistake.

Was it a mistake? I don't know I mean James is really awesome and I love him to death but do I have feelings for him like that?

"Nope! No way in hell Ana." I whispered.

I threw on the bottoms and put my jeans and tank top on over it. I slowly made my way back to James room. I walked in and found him lying on his back listening to the radio.

His eyes were closed and his foot was moving to the beat on the radio. His hands were behind his head and he was humming softly.

I smiled softly to myself and walked over to his closet and threw my pajamas in his hamper. He must have heard me because now he was looking at me with a grin on his face.

"Ready chica?" He asked.

"Yeah…" I nodded still not being able to meet his eyes.

He chuckled and stood up; we walked downstairs and out the front door. Walking towards the lake we said nothing. I wanted it to be like before. I didn't want it to get uncomfortable now because of something as stupid as staring. Hell we've had a million staring contests in our day, we've made the nastiest jokes to each other and yet one look and now everything is shot to hell. I huffed and continue walking.

"Something wrong Lulu?" Sawyer said lowly.

"No I'm fine." I look at him and give him a fake smile. He doesn't look convinced what so ever.

"Liar…" He retorted.

"What do you want me to say Sawyer? I'm fine okay?" I snap.

He puts his hands up and shrugs.

"Alright, alright." He says in annoyance.

We finally made it to the lake and everyone except Shannon and Claire were there. Everyone was already swimming around. I didn't waste no time stripping down to my bathing suit and diving in; anything to avoid Sawyer.

I swam as far as I could before I had to come up for air. I surfaced and wiped my eyes looking around; I had it all the way across the lake. Sawyer wasn't even in the lake yet. He was standing by the edge looking at me with concerned eyes.

I looked away and continued to swim around.

(No One)

Sawyer shook his head and took off his shirt. He was wearing trunks under his jeans, so once those were discarded he did a cannon ball into the pool. He splashed around with everyone.

"Sawyer!" Kate yelled as he dunked her under water.

She resurfaced and swam after him. Sawyer quickly paddled trying to get away from her but couldn't because she was smaller, which made her faster.

"Come on Freckles…truce?" He reasoned with her.

She grinned and quickly leaped towards him, sending under the water.

They both laughed and joined the group over by the middle again. Ana watched from a distance looking at all her friends. She was feeling bad that she was ignoring them because she was avoiding Sawyer but there wasn't anything she could do about it.

She swam to the edge and climbed out. Making her way to the cooler full of drinks; she grabbed a bottled water and took a long drink. Closing the water again she closed the cooler and sat upon it. She put her elbows on her knees and rested her chin on her palm.

Sawyer watched her from the group. She hadn't seen him yet but he knew it was only a matter of time before she realized he was staring. Since they left his house, Sawyer has been trying to find out what's wrong with her…why is she so upset? He couldn't think of nothing that would make her as upset as she was.

Ana stood up and took one more large gulp of her water; throwing it back into the cooler, she made her way to the lake again. Sawyer watched as she stood by the edge and hesitated. Sawyer had to stop himself from looking at her in more than a friendly way. She had gorgeous dark skin that seemed to pop from the white bathing suit. He watched as she raised her arms into a point, snapped her ankles and dove into the lake.

He stared at the spot where Ana was just standing; lost in his own world. He was brought out of his trance when Sayid called for him. He shook his head and turned around and faced the group.

Libby had noticed that Ana hasn't been herself today so she decided to swim over and talk to her.

"Hey Ana." Libby smiled. Ana looked over at her and smiled slightly.

"Hey, what's up?" She asked.

"Nothing much, you okay?" Libby asked getting serious.

"Yeah, why wouldn't I be?" She sighed.

"Cause you haven't even came over and talked to any of us Ana. You've just been swimming around by yourself." She stated.

"I just don't feel up to talking with everyone that's all." She said paddling her hands so she didn't sink to the bottom.

"Oh well as long as everything is okay." Libby smiled. Ana nodded.

"Well I'm gonna head back over there. When you feel up to it come over and join us." She said before swimming under the water.

Ana continued to swim around by herself until she felt something tug on her foot. She kicked it hopefully making it stop but, then she was pulled under water from a quick force. She resurfaced and sucked in a loud breath. She looked around trying to find her attacker and found nothing. Suddenly Sawyer popped up in front of her making her jump.

"Christ Sawyer, what the hell!" She snapped.

"What?" he asked innocently, with a grin on his face.

"F-cker…" She grabbed his shoulders and pushed him under.

She couldn't help but laugh. Once Sawyer was in sight again she saw his face and she knew she was in for it so she quickly took off swimming away from him. Sawyer growled with a grin on his face and started paddling as fast and hard as his arms would carry him.

He finally caught up to her and grabbed her sides, dragging her back to him and dunking her under at the same time. Sawyer felt her wiggle roughly trying to get air into her stinging lungs. She finally gets the relief and then yells.

"F-ck!" She yells kicking around frantically.

"What?" Sawyer asks quickly.

"I lost my f-cking top." She screams.

Sawyer starts laughing, and soon after they hear the rest of the group laughing. Apparently Ana yelled loud enough for the whole neighborhood to hear.

"All of you shut the hell up or once I find my top you'll all get it." She said.

Everyone quickly shut up and started swimming their way. Ana quickly swam behind Sawyer and latched her legs around his middle so she could cover her bare chest.

"How did you lose your top?" He asked not turning to look at her.

"I don't know maybe somewhere in that attack of yours." She snapped angrily.

"Chill out Muchacha we'll find it." He chuckled.

"It's not funny Sawyer." She said so only he could hear. "Stop…"

He did as he was told and quit picking on her about it. He knew she was pissed and embarrassed about the situation so he just shut his mouth and let her hang on his back.

"What color is it?" Eko asked.

"White…so it shouldn't be hard to find." Ana sighed in frustration.

Everyone continued searching while Sawyer and Ana hung off to the side. It was getting hard holding both of them a float and Sawyer accidentally sunk under; sending Ana's hand off her chest and paddling to keep them from sinking.

Without even realizing it she wrapped her arms around his shoulders, while Sawyer finally got them floating again.

Sawyer held his breath and tried not to do anything stupid.

"Her tits are on my back and if she doesn't move them soon I'm going to explode!" He thought to himself.

He cleared his throat and prayed she would move soon. After about forty seconds Hurley yelled.

"Found it!" He said throwing his hand up.

"Thank God!" Ana said releasing herself from Sawyer.

He sighed in relief as Ana backed off him and swim further away from the group.

"Throw it here." She said.

Hurley did as he was told and threw it into Ana's hand. She dove under water and swam to a part of the lake where she could stand and put her top back on.

"Sawyer…" She called out. He swallowed hard.

"Wh- what?" He asked.

"Can you help please?" She asked turning her back to him.

He sighed and took a deep breath and paddled over to her. He wanted to quickly tie it and swim away. That's not what he got though; it was in a knot and he couldn't get it out.

"You're gonna have to take it off and let me get the knot out." He mumbled.

"Damn…" She said as she slipped it off again.

Sawyer held the top in his hand while he tried to work out the knot.

"Could you hurry up please?" She huffed.

"I'm trying damn it hold your f-cking horses." He snapped.

"Sorry but, being topless in a lake was not on my list of things to do today." She retorted.

He snorted in anger and continued to try and undo the knot. Ana finally got fed up and spun around snatching it from his hands. She began to work on it herself and once again forgetting she was topless.

Sawyer couldn't look away! I mean she was standing there and he was getting a full frontal view. He didn't know if he should be excited or horrified. He decided to be horrified.

"Ana…" He said looking behind her.

"What?" She said.

"Your...uh." He pointed to her chest without looking at her.

"Fuck! This day just can't get any worse can it?" She said finally getting the knot undone.

She began to step out of the lake. Sawyer followed her and grabbed her elbow.

"Hey it's okay everything is cool." She tried to reassure her.

"Sawyer it's not cool okay. I was topless…twice!" She said.

"We're best friends Ana. It's no different than before."

"Yes it is James! It's way different…everything is different now because we're older and it's weirder. It's never going to be the same anymore." She said as she put her clothes back on.

Sawyer watched as she quickly walked out of the neighborhood and in the direction of her house.