Chapter 15: PART TWO

Kate was grateful for many things in life. Family, friends, love, and milkshakes. Kate was not grateful, however for snow. She decided this as she stood in ankle deep snow outside her tent. Kate looked around. A new blanket of snow coated the ground. Kate wished more then anything she could go back in her and Jacks tent and sleep away the winter with him like a bear in its cave. But she didn't. She trudged through the snow leaving Jack and, any thoughts of sleeping with him (actually sleeping or otherwise) behind her.

Kate quickly recovered the fire wood from and had a fire going in a half hour. She brought out the portable stove and cooked toast. Kate felt slightly pathetic. Her cooking talent was no longer her strongest point. Kate flipped the toast and thought about Jack. He was turned on by her? Well, of course he was. But, when was she actually going to sleep with him again? She wanted it and she had certainly missed it but she didn't know if she was ready. When they where 18 Jack had taken Kate's virginity an it wasn't romantic or special. The other times hadn't been either. Kate hadn't exactly had sex since Jack and her had broken up. She actually hadn't at all.

Jack stepped out of the tent. Looked around and let out a groan. "I hate snoooooowwwwwww!" He whined passionately. Kate pouted at him.

"Oooo, poor baby." She stretched her arms out to him. Jack came forward and wrapped his arms around her. "Poor, poor, baby." Kate giggled as she hugged him. Jack giggled right back.

Jack moaned into Kate's neck. "Something smell good." He told her. Kate tossed her head back and laughed. "Its only toast, Jack."

"Charlie Pace! Don't touch me!" Claire snapped walking out of their tent. Charlie followed her.

"I never laid one fucking finger on you!"

"Don't talk to me like that!" She ordered.

"Then don't you talk to me like that!" Charlie countered.

"Good morning!" Kate said in a sing song voice from Jacks arms.

"Oh shut up!" Charlie and Claire said in perfect unison.

Kate giggled into Jacks chest and he smirked at Charlie. "I need to pee!" Claire shouted and took off. Charlie watched her leave.

"What did you do?" Kate giggled. Charlie shrugged. "Come on, Claire's a nice girl." She told him. "You know she likes it when people touch her so it couldn't have been you were touching her. When us six were in boarding school she was a sex machine with Sawyer." Kate told him. Jack and Charlie looked at her. "Late night girl talks." She explained.

"Ah, yes, that explains everything. Do we have honey?" Charlie asked picking a piece of toast.

"So, Charlie, what did you do?" Jack asked with curiosity in his voice. He picked up a piece of toast, slapped peanut butter on it and handed it to Kate. Kate gave him a kiss on the cheek and sat down at the picnic bench.

"I kissed her. On the forehead and she woke up." Charlie told them.

"Charlie, you are a total hottie, but Claire hates you right now." Kate told him. "Don't worry Jack, I think you are a hottie too." Jack grinned and gave her a quick kiss on the lips.

"I'm going to go wake up the old couple." Jack said. He got up and went to the tent and opened the flap. "Shannoonnnn, Sayi-OH! OH! OH! OH!" Jack yelled flinging himself away from the tent. "MY EYES! IT BURNSSS!" He yelled. Kate and Charlie glanced at each other. Jack was laying in the snow, hands over his eyes, shaking his legs. "Sayid shave your hairy ass!" Jack shouted angrily. "Whhyyyy?" He called into the sky. "Whhhhyyy?" Kate rolled her eyes.

"I'm dating a four year old." She told Charlie. Charlie grinned and looked over at Jack, Shannon and Sayid were now standing above him. Shannon laughing and Sayid kicking snow in his face.

"Jack, take Kate and get some firewood." He ordered. "Then you don't have to look at my "hairy ass.""

"Its not hairy." Shannon said bluntly.