Summary : June 2008, Miles decides to put his nose in Sawyer's and Richard's love life.

The phone rang in Kate's house and she grabbed it to answer.

"Hi Kate. Am I bothering you?" Miles asked.

"Not yet, the party starts in 3 hours, why? You aren't coming?"

"Oh yes, yes I'm coming, but I won't be alone."

"Oh."

"There will be three of us!"

Kate made a disgusting face then shook her head. Miles' life could be very "strange", but Aaron has two mothers after all as well...

"Ok no problem."

"Well it's for Richard and..."

"...Miles, it's okay, we'll just have more people for the dinner," Kate affirmed with a smile.

"Alright see you later."

"Bye."

She hung up and laughed at the stupid idea she had about Miles' sex life.

It was June now and to celebrate summer, Kate and Claire organized a barbecue party. Frank couldn't come because he was flying to Mexico, but Miles, Sawyer and Richard should join them.

The hours passed and the party was about to start. Richard arrived first and Kate welcomed him, then left to bring some drinks. The bell rang and Claire went to open the door. She hugged Sawyer with a smile. She was better and better and Aaron had started to call her mommy.

"Hi Mamacita, you're beautiful tonight. Is that for Miles?"

She answered him with a smile and they went in the garden. Kate arrived and they exchanged an embrace, then he looked at her smiling.

"Nice dress."

"Nice Hawaian T-shirt." Kate mocked him.

"I wanted to wear some colors!"

She giggled then the bell rang again and she left the man to open it. It was Miles with two young ladies. They embraced each other, then he presented to her Amanda and Colleen. She said hello and they went in the yard to join the other people. Sawyer was speaking with Richard while Claire and Aaron were putting the plates on the table.

Miles smiled to Kate, then left her and joined his friends. Kate went inside to bring the drinks, but when she came back she lost her smile, seeing Miles pushing Sawyer toward the woman named "Colleen".

"So James, this is Colleen, my friend. She's a masseuse."

"Masseuse" Sawyer asked surprised.

"The Queen of the massage in L.A.! If you want, I could give you one."

Sawyer looked at Miles who was smiling. He gave him a wink then left while Amanda was talking to Richard. He took a glass still smiling at his idea.

"What is that?"

"What is what? I'm thirsty so I'm drinking!"

"THAT!" Kate said pointing at Sawyer and the redhead girl.

"But I told you, girls for Richard and James!"

Kate rolleyed her eyes.

"What? They need some fun, and if you want, next time I'll bring you a guy and..."

"NO! I NEED NOBODY MILES!"

She left him very upset, and grumbled while she was making the salad. When she came back 10 minutes later, Sawyer was making the barbecue and Colleen was next to him, "helping" him with the meat. Kate turned her head annoyed and started to speak with Richard who had abandoned Amanda.

"It's not easy."

"What?"

"I am ready to live, but I don't need someone else in my life yet. Miles is nice guy but it would like betraying my wife, and I'm not ready."

Not ready, Kate couldn't understand how Richard couldn't move on. She remembered how 3 months ago she had been surprised to learn he was married. Richard told them about Jacob, about him and the island, although with no real details. Kate was glad for that because she didn't miss that place and a lot of people were dead there, so the most important thing now was to LIVE and think of the future. But sometimes Richard needed to speak so they listened because it was what a friend would were all close, as a family... and a COMPLETE FAMILY. No need for Miles to add other people in their life. They didn't need anybody else...

A few minutes later, Sawyer arrived with the meat, "helped" by Colleen. They sat next to each other, and Kate was between Aaron and Claire but in front of the man.

"Wanna sage Mommy."

She turned to Aaron and smiled and put a sausage on his plate and he smiled back.

Everyone was having fun during the dinner but Kate's mood changed when she saw Colleen's fork fell on the floor and she leaned her head under the table to get it. She gave an angry glance to Sawyer, who didn't understand her behaviour. Later, Kate went into the kitchen to bring ice cream, and Aaron followed her to get his first. She gave it to him and he kissed her cheek before running outside. She was tried to get the ice cream in the freezer when she heard a voice...

"You need some help?"

She stood up and bumped her head.

"Are you okay Freckles?" Sawyer asked, trying to check her head.

"I'M FINE!"

She took a few steps back and ignored him.

"You're a terrible liar."

He smiled and she put in his arms all the ice cream she could find in the freezer.

"What is going on, Sweetheart?"

"Bring that in the garden before the ice cream melts."

Sawyer sighed but nodded, and she closed the door of the freezer but left her hands on it, trying to calm her emotions a little.

When she went outside, she was surprised to see Sawyer and Colleen talking, but she was pissed off to see the way the woman was sucking on her ice cream. Claire noticed and she went toward her with a smile.

"Are you okay, Kate?"

"Why is everyone asking me that?"

"Maybe because you didn't eat much and because Sawyer came back very fast and alone..."

Kate sighed and put a lock of hair behind her ear.

"Miles...Well, you know those girls..."

"Yes I saw, but he's right, we haveve to move on and have a good life."

"I know but..."

"But?"

"I don't want to expand our family. It's perfect like it is. I don't want strangers. I know it's stupid but I'm scared it will destroy everything," Kate admitted with honesty.

"Everything?"

"Everything."

She abandoned the young mother, who was still trying to figure out Kate's words.

The party was over, and Claire left to put Aaron in bed, then she and Sawyer escorted everyone else out because Kate was in the kitchen. Colleen moved close to Sawyer and kissed his cheek.

"Thanks for the night. It was...interesting. Call me if you want a massage. I would be very happy to give you one, James."

He nodded, then closed the door and noticed Claire looking at him.

"You should talk to her."

"I don't know what her problem is or what I did wrong."

Claire smiled and gave him a hug before going upstairs.

Sawyer sighed and put his hands in his pockets and went into the kitchen. It was empty but he heard some noise outside and he saw her sitting on the porch and eating ice cream. She seemed lost in her thoughts, so he joined her and sat next to her.

It was silent in the dark night, and neither of them dared to say anything. Sawyer bit his lip.

"You know you can tell me anything, Kate."

"I know."

"Alright, that's a start, you answered me."

She smiled a bit then turned to look at him, still saying nothing. Finally she spoke. "I don't want things to change."

Sawyer raised his eyebrows at her with incomprehension and Kate bit her lip.

"Between us, our family, I...everything is perfect like it is."

"Nothing has changed, Freckles."

"Not yet." Kate murmured bitterly.

He looked up at the bright sky.

"Miles was always like that, even when we were on the...on the island. For him a life without a woman isn't a life."

Kate said nothing, just listened to him.

"He tried for several weeks to bring us on a date, me and Jin...and we pushed him away, but he would come back even more strong... Once he made us go to the Pearl station to help two girls during the night..."

Kate tried to not laugh.

"Then another time, I was visiting the Hydra station and I believe he wanted to lock me in the cage with a girl, so...yeah, Miles loves to have fun, so to him, it means his buddies have to have a woman too. It doesn't matter if we're ready or not."

He looked at her after he finished speaking.

"Thanks."

He smiled.

"Weren't you all close when you came back the first time in L.A.?" Sawyer asked out of curiosity.

"A while, but not with Sun...She was mad at Jack for Jin's death and I...I was busy with Aaron and my trial. At the beginning we were close, we had parties together, and Sayid invited us to his wedding, but things changed..."

She stopped speaking, still lost in her thoughts.

"Between you and Jack?"

"Not only him, we just didn't share each other's viewpoints," she admitted painfully.

"Well you and the doc, things were fixed!"

"Not so long, before we came back to the island and a few times...Hurley thought he was crazy. It wasn't perfect at all."

They looked at each other after her confession.

"Well us, we were close. I think if I was gay, I could have ended up with Miles or Jin!"

She laughed, but stopped when she saw Sawyer wasn't laughing, but staring at her intensely.

"You know, nothing will change Kate. We're a family, and you just need to get used to Miles and his crazy ideas. He might be able to find you someone."

"He tried already," she said, eating her ice cream.

"See!"

Kate smiled to him and put her hand on his, and he held her hands. They spent the rest of the night talking to each other on the swing.

I hope you liked it, it was to show kate's feeling for sawyer before they got back together but also her fear to lost the family they all made together it wasn't just her love for Sawyer here, but what she got since they're all back. I HOPE, YOU liked it. next time it will be a funny OS ^^