"Melinda?"

Melinda shook herself out of her memory then looked at Jack "Sorry I was thinking about my past."

"Does this happen often?"

Looking him in the eye she was honest "As of late my past seems to be creeping up on me and I rather it stay in the back of my mind."

Just then John Locke came up to them and handed something to Melinda "Is that true?"

Looking up at him Melinda raises an eyebrow then looks at what he handed her to find a folder that she knew all too well, standing up she noticed people now looking over but this didn't stop her she went straight up to John stated more than asked "You read it." He nodded and this made her push him not too hard mind you only hard enough to make him stumble slightly "How dare you read it, yeah maybe the first page to see who it belongs to but beyond that is an invasion of privacy."

"Is it true?"

Jack came up to her then and placed a hand on her shoulder but this didn't stop her verbal battle with John "Do you think I am going to answer you because I'm not."

"Do you want me to tell people, all I want to know is yes or no otherwise you will have more people than me asking is it true?"

Some people had come much closer the people included Claire, Charlie, Hurley, Kate, Sawyer, Sayid, Rose, Jin, Sun, Shannon and Boone.

"You threatening me John because I can promise you if you are you will regret it."

John looked at all the people around them then back at her "Much like you said it is a promise not a threat."

Melinda calmed herself before she did something she would regret but before she could speak Jack did "John leave her alone."

"Jack this has nothing to do with you."

"SHUT UP!" Once they had stopped talking about her she carried on "John the answer is yes it is true."

John nodded "That's all you had to say." He then walked off but once his back was turned she stuck her middle finger up at him and she muttered under her breath "Bloody Git."

Turning to Jack she told him "Don't ask." With that she walked into the jungle without one thought and before anyone could stop her. Walking around she didn't take in the jungle around her until she found a small clearing where she sat down only then did she notice the tears running down her face.

She officially hated John now it wasn't as if she didn't have enough guilt as it is he just had to ask if it was true and make her feel it all over again.

Once she was feeling better she followed her own tracks back to the beach just to notice everyone looking slightly more down so she went to Charlie "What happened?"

"Jack put the Marshall out of his misery poor bloke."

Instantly Melinda went in search of Jack, it wasn't long before she found him with the help of his scent, seeing him sat down she sat down next to him "You shouldn't feel guilty."

"It wasn't me who killed him I just made sure he didn't have a more painful death than he should have." Putting a hand on his shoulder she said exactly what he told Kate but in a different way "We have second chances now. Anyone not on this island thinks we are dead so the past is just that the past and you just put a man out of his misery."

"If you believe we all have second chances why did you confirm to John that it was true whatever he was actually talking about."

At that her hand fell from his shoulder "Some people can't start anew on this Island Jack and I am one of them." Thinking about her past she continued "This Island though… may help me move on from my past and my fears."

Jack looked at her then when she mentioned fears "Fears?"

"I'm scared of places like this with jungles all around you I have many bad memories in places like this so hopefully I will conquer my fear."

"You seemed alright when you went into the jungle earlier."

Sighing she looked at her hands "I wasn't thinking about where I was going, I was just thinking about getting away from all the eyes looking at me making me feel guilt." Tears came to her eyes again then and she roughly wiped them away.

When he began talking to her she looked at him "You may think you don't have a second chance on this island but you do."

Smiling sadly Melinda told him "I've had my second chance many times over."

Water touched her feet and she watched it go back before elaborating a bit "It seems every time my life seems to be getting better something goes wrong hence the reason I have had my second chance more times than twice."

Without explaining herself further she got up and walked to her 'home' on the island. Sitting down she then decided to get something to actually make a tent she eventually found a material she could use and went to get some things to make it stick.

After finding many thick branches she began tying them together with a strong material that she had in her bag, once she had made a post she stuck it in the ground then began making eleven most different sizes but some the same or as close as she could get to the same size. At one point she had to get more thick branches to tie against the other poles to make them more stable at the bottom.

She never did notice people watching her nor did she notice the day fly by until it is night but she still doesn't notice as her mind is set on building herself a 'home' which seemed to be bigger than she originally intended as it could fit about three people in it.

Stepping back she noticed Jack walking up to her but she just carried on finishing her 'home' making it more stable then she began attaching the material which Jack ended up helping her with, he didn't say one word he just helped her not wanting her to exert herself more than she was and he knew she wouldn't stop till she was finished.