Ok this takes place on the island before everyone went off marching across the island to turn off the signal. Jate but slightly Kate critical which for me I think is being really nice since I can't stand her anymore.

STANDING IN LINE

Kate sat on the beach as she watched the waves hit the shore. She was trying to figure things out in her head and sitting there listening to the water; away from the others was the only way she was going to get any real thinking done. Plus she didn't want to have to face anybody at the moment. Sawyer would be giving her that look that screamed pathetic. She had used him and she thought when he had confronted her about it that it would be over but it wasn't. He just kept looking at her like he expected something of her. All she wanted to do was scream at him that she didn't love him she'd never love him so just leave her the hell alone. She had hinted, hell she had cried during her last visit with him because she realized what she had lost. The man she really did love. The one who haunted her dreams as well as every waking thought. Jack.

His name was like a soothing balm to her soul she heard it and she felt comforted. She loved him and she knew that she had screwed things up royally. It didn't take a genius to figure out why things were ruined. The smug but hidden smile Juliet carried on her face when she saw Kate just screamed, you are a whore Kate and now Jack knows it. Kate sighed and rubbed her eyes. She was a whore and Jack did know it. She may have made amends for her first mistake with Sawyer, she was scared and not thinking, but the second, no that was the final nail in the coffin. Juliet wasn't the only one on the island who pegged her for the island slut, she heard two survivors she didn't know very well joking about how thanks to Sawyer, Kate would be using up the antibiotics now. She felt the tears well in her eyes. Was that what Jack thought of her now? The Island's STD vending machine tainted by Sawyer? She couldn't blame him if he did. He was perfect in almost every way, sleeping with her would only dirty him. Why would he even want to do that to himself? She had no one to blame but herself though, hell she couldn't even blame Juliet, all the blonde had to do was sit back while Kate did all the screwing up.

That was the other problem, Kate found herself at the back of a line that she had been at the head of for a very long time. That line was the line for Jack. She had become accustomed to being the only woman in his life that she had taken it for granted. Now she was stuck watching Juliet flirt with him and to her broken heart's cries, Jack wasn't putting up too much of a fight to the blonde's affections. It wasn't just Juliet though, Kate knew that a man like Jack could attract any kind of woman so she accepted that Juliet had become a rival for his heart. But now there was this Naomi woman who seemed to have set her sights on Jack as well. Kate had been forced to watch as she had lost all control of the situation. Somehow she had been removed as the only woman to a bystander as Juliet and Naomi vied for his affections. Kate was nothing but a footnote, not even a main player in this struggle for the doctor's love.

It irked her that she was so helpless. She wanted to scream, he's mine I saw him first. I sewed him back together and I know him better than anyone here. But that was untrue though. Juliet seemed to know a hell of a lot more about Jack's life. She couldn't help but feel a twinge of jealousy as Juliet had ticked off all the facts of Jack's life. Were those facts the Others just had, or had Jack actually confided in Juliet, telling her things he never once attempted to share with Kate.

The fact that he had been married burned her chest more than anything, not the fact that he never told her but the fact that he had even been married in the first place. It was stupid but it had been very easy for Kate to just block out her own past as well as Jacks. In her world he had never even looked a woman until she came along. The thought that he had stood and taken vows with a woman, married her, shared his life with her made Kate want to cry.

She let out a big sigh wishing she could go back, she would change so many things, she would have been honest with Jack since the beginning, and she would have avoided Sawyer like the plague not allowing him to play on her insecurities. She would have gone to the caves with Jack when he moved. She would have done anything and everything in her power to make this current situation disappear completely.

She heard laughing and she looked up just in enough time to see Naomi hanging on Jack's arm as they crossed the beach. Whatever Jack was saying it was making Naomi laugh and Jack grin at her. Kate wanted to rip the hair out of Naomi's head one by one, but knew she couldn't. Attacking Jack's new 'friend' while he wasn't even acknowledging her wouldn't help her case in the least. Kate couldn't help get drawn to Jack though even as he was just passing by. He carried himself in a way that made Kate realize that Jack was probably always surrounded by gorgeous women. He probably had lots of friends as well. She wanted so badly to go to him and to try to talk to him but she knew the rejection would be way too painful for her take.

She studied him and she realized how tired he really looked. Even though he was laughing and joking she could see the shadows that dusted under his eyes. When he thought no one was looking Kate could see the stress bearing down on him. Did Juliet or Naomi notice this, did they even care? Did they just see Jack as a hot guy or did they look into his soul the way Kate did? Did they feel the stirring in their hearts to love and protect him at all costs, even if it meant drugging his soup to get him to sleep?

Kate looked back out towards the water as her emotions over came her and the tears rolled down her cheeks. She had done this to herself and she had no else to blame. She had always been so good at wearing her angst like a badge of honor. Her past and her mistakes were all just things she used to excuse her current behaviors. It was selfish but Kate didn't really stick around in one place all that long to see the effect of her lies and actions on other people. At most it was just one more story to add to her so called woeful tale. But here on this beach where she couldn't escape Kate was forced to open her eyes and instead of shrugging it off selfishly she was forced to see who she really was. And Kate realized she didn't like that person at all, in fact this version of Kate made her sick to her stomach. If she couldn't stand herself how could she expect Jack to?

She wiped her eyes and stood up, she decided right there and then she had to change her life, she had to be the person deep down she knew she really could be. No more lies, no more pathetic romps with Sawyer, no more idiotic mistakes. No she was going to get herself better and healthy and when she was maybe then Jack would see who she could be and would give her a chance, and if he didn't at least Kate would know she tried and gave it her all.

She headed for her tent when she noticed Jack, Naomi and Juliet who just joined them. Kate couldn't hear the conversation but she could see that Juliet and Naomi were sizing each other up. In fact they were smiling at each other though each smile was forced and full of dislike. Jack was not paying too much attention he was calling Hurley over about something. Kate walked past not saying anything but secretly knowing she would do what she needed to win Jack back from these two women.

"Hey Kate?" she froze as she heard him speak her name. She turned and watched warily as he got up walking right past Juliet and Naomi. Both women were watching her with interested eyes. Naomi was glaring outright at her and Kate realized she was just in it for the chance of a physical relationship with Jack. Juliet was watching her with that quiet thoughtfulness that made her seem so mysterious. Juliet would probably be a real rival to Kate for Jack's affections. Kate had seen Juliet with Jack and realized the blonde Other could love him as well. Kate smiled to herself as much as she hated that idea she understood it, Jack was an easy man to love.

"Yeah?" she asked has he stopped in front of her. She held her breath not sure where this was going to go.

"Here, I've been meaning to give these to you for awhile now." Jack said holding out his hand. Kate stuck hers out and she felt her eyes burn and her world spin as Jack gently dropped a handful of guava seeds into her hand. "I found them the other day and thought of you." He said with a shy shrug of his shoulders not quite meeting her eyes.

"Thank you Jack." She whispered trying not to lose it right there in front of him.

"Yeah no problem" Jack said clearing his throat as he turned and went back to where he had been before she crossed his path. He didn't look her in the eye and he had escaped pretty quickly, but the moment had been real and it had been a huge improvement from what their relationship had been these past few days.

Kate smiled to herself, Naomi was going back to flirting with Jack, but Kate's and Juliet's gazes met for a second and Kate felt a warmth flow through her. She saw a troubled gleam in the blonde's eyes and Kate knew, she may not be at the head of the line but both she and Juliet knew she was definitely back in it.

Ok so there it is. As for Naomi as a love interest for Jack, I really based it on the very few seconds they talked in the finale during the hike across the island when Naomi was questioning Jack about his previous life. To me I saw a slight hint of attraction between the two and always thought how interesting that could be. Women crawling out of the woodwork for Jack's affections equals more Foxy screen time haha. I have a feeling that the scene probably wasn't supposed to come off as flirting, but that Matthew Fox has wicked chemistry with every woman he works with so he just can't help being all sexy and stuff haha. Anyway thanks for reading and I hope you review.