With You
Chapter 7
Disclaimer: I don't own LOST.
A/N: Short chapter, but I wanted to give you guys something. Thank you so much for all the reviews!
Kate woke up with a jolt. Her eyes opened wide as she remembered the night before. She laid there staring up at the ceiling forever. She remembered the party, she remembered the dancing….and then…. She remembered the kiss. Kate groaned. Had she kissed him or had he kissed her? She couldn't remember. The most important detail, and she couldn't remember.
Kate sat up, and then quickly laid back down. Her head was killing her and the room was spinning. Wait, this wasn't her room, this wasn't even the living room. This was ... Jack's room? What exactly had happened last night?
Kate attempted to get up one more time, and this time she succeeded. As her feet hit the floor, Kate noticed Jack passed out on the floor. What was he doing on the floor? Kate gently touched his back with her toe. When he didn't wake up, she lowered herself to the floor, trying to forget the headache, and hugged her knees to her chest. She watched him sleep.
Kate put her hand on his back and rubbed it slowly. He felt tense, even in sleep. Why was he always tense? She had to find a way to get him to relax. Tonight. She would do something special for him. He was always looking out for her, always there for her. And he had even let her have this party, which he had obviously hated.
Kate realized that as she had been thinking, Jack had woken up. He turned onto his back so that he was facing her. He put his hand over his eyes, rubbing the sleep away.
"Good morning." Kate said softly with a smile.
"How long was I asleep?" He mumbled sleepily.
"I don't know. I just woke up. When did you go to sleep, and more importantly, why are you on the floor?"
"Everyone left around three last night."
"When did I…. when did I pass out?" Kate asked nervously.
Jack sat up and moved to sit next to her against the bed. "About midnight." He grinned. "Apparently, you're not quite the party type you thought you were."
"I am too!" Kate insisted. "I guess I had too much to drink."
Jack shook his head, frowning. "Yeah."
"So um, you never answered my other question, why were you sleeping on the floor?"
"Well, after you passed out, I carried you in here, because I knew no one would go in my room. And then after everyone left I guess I passed out too."
"In here?"
"I came in to check on you.. and I guess I fell asleep." Jack was blushing slightly.
"So…did anything happen last night?" Kate's heart beat faster.
"What do you mean."
"Between us." Kate looked down, playing with her hands. Had she imagined the kiss? No she couldn't have. She remembered thinking that he was a great kisser.
"You mean the dancing?"
"No."
"Nothing happened."
Kate looked at Jack then, and saw the twinkle in his eye. "Would you stop making this so uncomfortable?!?"
Jack sighed. "Yes. We kissed. We might as well talk about it."
"Did I…?"
"Yeah." Jack grinned at her.
"I'm sorry. I was drunk and I didn't know what I was thinking." Kate looked down again.
"Why?"
"What?" Kate's head jerked right back up again.
"Why are you sorry?"
"I don't want this to change our friendship." Kate mumbled. Actually, she did, but she still didn't know Jack's true feelings.
"Oh." Jack's expression changed. "I understand that."
Did Kate detect the sudden lack of enthusiasm in his words?
"I don't want things to be awkward between us." Kate said.
"Yeah.. so.. friends?" Jack offered his hand to her.
Kate stared at the hand for a moment before taking it. "Friends." She flashed him a smile, but Jack noticed that it didn't quite reach her eyes.
"So.. you hungry?" Jack asked her.
"Yeah."
"I'll make pancakes."
They both stood, Jack helping Kate up.
"We'll do it together." Kate smiled at him, and he nodded.
When Kate looked away from him, Jack frowned. So Kate didn't really like him. How could he have been so stupid to think that she would like him that way? He was too predicable for her.
Kate couldn't believe that she had made a fool of herself. How could she have been so stupid to think that he would like her that way? She was a disaster waiting to happen. But wait, why had he asked why she was sorry for the kiss? Did he secretly like her? Kate looked at Jack again and realized that he had been staring at her. They both looked away. It came to Kate. During the dancing, his heart had been racing, and before that he had kept showing so much concern for her. It was so obvious now. Kate's heart sank as she realized that she had just made a huge mistake, and now she had to find a way to fix it.
A/N: Hehe… I couldn't resist teasing you guys this way. So will Kate tell Jack that she does love him and wants to have a relationship with him? Or will she hide her feelings to protect their friendship? Hmmm… I'll update soon!