Chapter 16: Bow Bow

Kate was asleep in the hospital waiting room when her phone rang at her. Kate slowly reached into her pocket and answered it.

"Where the hell are you guys!" Shannon screamed. Kate winced.

"Oh yeah…I forgot to call and tell you. I'm back in town. Jack…he…" A lump began to form in her throat. "He…Shannon…he." She began to cry.

"Kate…Kate…what is it? Kate, please, what happened to Jack? Is he okay? Why are you in town?" Shannon asked, panic in her voice. Kate could nearly feel the suspense on the other side of the phone.

"He got…he got attacked by a bear." She barley managed to choke out. Silence on the other end.

"What?" She asked. Her voice was high and squeaky, the way her voice sounded when she was crying. "What? Kate…no." Kate heard Shannon sob once. "Kate…no…" She gasped loudly. "Is he okay? Kate, is he…"

"No…I don't…know…"

"Oh my god…we're on our way."

Shannon hung up the phone and then began to sob into her hands. Sayid came forward and wrapped one arm around her, and kissed her head. "Babe, what happened?"

"Jack…he…he…he got attacked by a bear."

Kate had run as fast as she could to the camp administrator's center. The bald old man there had called 911 and they had a helicopter what had happened. Kate told the man how to get to where Jack was attacked and she ran back to see if he was okay. Jack was still laying there, shivering and crying. She fell to her knees and began to cry next to him.

"Jack, Jack, don't you dare leave me!" She had sobbed angrily. "Not after all this, don't you dare even try!" She had screamed.

"I won't." Jack whispered and smiled softly, shivering violently. Kate stopped yelling and rested her hands in the snow. She cried quietly for a few moments.

"They'll be here soon, and you'll got a hospital and you'll get better and you'll be fine, Jack, I'm not letting you go." She said in a strong unwavering voice. Jack sniffed. He had snot icicles hanging from his nose and his tears where freezing on his face. He'd never felt so cold in his life. "I love you and I'm never letting you go!" She said louder and went quite again.

"Close your eyes." Jack whispered. Kate shut them without question. "Block this out, Kate. You don't need this."

"Ms. Austen?" A woman called. Kate sat up, dizzy, filthy, cold and hungry. "You can come see him now." Kate rushed toward the women and walked a slowly as she could manage behind her, but was itching to run a head to Jacks room.

"Is he okay? What happened? Did his spine break?" Kate asked. The women only stopped and opened the door to Jacks room and Kate walked in. Jack was lying on the bed, he had a few tubes coming out of his arms but other then that he looked okay, just tired.

Kate stood in the door way and started at Jack. He started back, tears in his eyes, tears in Kate's eyes.

"Oh Jack." Kate whispered and slowly walked forward. "Are…can…can you walk?" She asked. Jack started at her for a few moments and the nodded. Kate felt relief swipe her body from head to toe. She finally reached his bed and knelt down on her knees. "What happened? When can you go home?" She asked.

"In about a week, the bear, she just barley missed my spinal cords." Jack smiled at her. "Basically all they had to do was stop the bleeding, which was the hardest part and sew me up and I'm as good as new." He grinned now. Kate took Jacks hand and kissed his fingers. Kate was never a very religious person but right now she did believe in god and was thanking him over and over saving Jack. "You know, in about two weeks I'll be working in this very same hospital room now and then." Kate smiled at him and kept kissing his fingers while Jack looked around the room. "I'm pretty excited for that, I've worked hard to get here, but you know that." Kate nodded. "Did you call my mom?" Jack asked Kate.

"Yeah, she asked the hospital to call her when you got out of surgery or woke up." She said. Jack scoffed.

"Loving of her isn't it?"

"Your dad just died, Jack. He loved it here, she probably just doesn't want to spend a lot of time here, yet, the memories are probably still very…clear." She consoled. Jack nodded but was still clearly unhappy.

"Oh Jack!" Margo cried rushing in, right on cue. She was dressed as she was usually dressed. She had on a big pink hat with a black ribbon around the top, and a dress that matched with another black ribbon tied around her waist. She dropped her pink purse, that a black ribbon sewed right to the front, on the ground and rushed to the other side of Jacks bed as fast as her pink stilettos would carry her. "Oh my poor baby!" She bent down and kissed his cheek.

"Hey, mom." Jack said giving Kate a look. Kate smiled. Ever since Christian had died Margo was not only dressing more outrageous, more like 1950's girl then 2008 girl, but she was much more expressive and emotional. "I'm fine, yes I'm sure and I'll be out in a week." He answered before Margo could ask. Margo smiled her pink lipstick stretching.

"Jack, you are to sweet. I love you." She gave Jack another kiss. Jack smiled at this. "Shall I bring you Bow Bow?" Margo asked sweetly, frowning. Jack's eyes widened and he looked at Kate and then back at his mom.

Kate stay knelt there on her knees, but her mouth had dropped and her eyes widened. She then slowly grinned. "You still have Bow Bow!" Kate gasped.

"Of course, he does!" Margo laughed.

"Mom…" Jack said slowly.

"Did you take him to college with you? I never saw it!" Kate said laughing, mouth in a wide gaping grin.

"Well, he forgot him at home but I FedExed it right away." Margo explained. "Didn't you see him there?"

"No!" Kate gasped through her laughing fits. "Did you have him when we were at boarding school?" Kate gasped out again. She couldn't believe Jacks still had the toy duck he'd had since birth. The stupid duck used to go with him everywhere until grade 3 when the teachers told him he was too old for toys. Kate had thought that he had gotten rid of it and she had heard Sayid and Charlie say it was still with him in a storage room but she never believed them.

"Yes, I thought he might get homesick so I made sure Bow Bow was in there." Margo explained again in a very easy going tone. Kate turned and looked at Jack, he was bright red and looking at her.

"Bow Bow?" She asked and Jack reddened.

"I don't sleep with it still." Jack defended.

"Jack, Bow Bow is a boy, not an it!" Margo said disapprovingly.

"Yeah, Jack, its got an invisible penis!" Kate giggled and Jack snorted a little. Kate looked at Margo who frowned. Kate smiled apologetically. She looked at Jack who was just getting redder by the second. Kate giggled and kissed him softly on the lips. "Don't worry, Jack. I think that's cute."

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What will happen next? Mmm. Any guesses? How do things work out with Charlie and Claire? How will Jacks first day on the job work? And will Sayid shave his butt?

P.S. Bow Bow isn't like a dog bark, "bow bow, woof woof, bark bark, ruff ruff." its like, "I have�a bow in my hair."