Chapter 3
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A/N: Thank you for the reviews guys. This is a really short chapter, and I'm sorry for that.
"Jack. Wake up Jack." Kate shook Jack awake.
"What? What is it? What's wrong?" Jack rubbed his eyes with his hand.
"I'm leaving."
"What?"
"I can't stay here anymore."
"What?"
"You're always pressuring me to stay and I can't take it anymore."
"But Kate, I told you. I'm fine with you leaving."
"I know, but I can't deal with this. I'm leaving now, and I don't think I'll be coming back."
"No Kate. Don't go." Jack stood up and followed Kate out of the room.
Kate picked up her bags as she reached the door. "Goodbye Jack."
"No Kate!" Jack ran out the door but she was already gone.
Jack woke up with a start. He sat up in bed. It was only a dream. He sighed in relief, and then laid back down. But he quickly sat up again when he realized that Kate wasn't beside him.
"Kate?"
"What?" Kate asked from across the room.
"What are you doing?"
"Getting some water." Kate lied. The truth was that she was dressed and that she was about to walk out the door when he had woken up.
"Oh."
"What's wrong?"
"I don't know.. I just, I don't want you to leave again."
Kate didn't answer.
"Kate?"
"Yeah, I'm here." Kate gently set her bags down and sat down on the bed next to Jack. She reached for his hand and squeezed it gently.
"I can't promise you that I won't leave again, because I am leaving. Soon."
"When?"
"I can't tell you that."
"Why?'
"Because I don't want you worrying about it."
"But if I knew—"
"If you knew you wouldn't ever let me out of your sight."
"You're right." Jack sighed.
"This is why I can't marry you yet."
"You're saying I have to let you go before I can marry you." Jack stated with a sigh.
"Jack, let's go back to bed. We can always talk about this another time."
"No, what if you leave tonight?"
Kate sighed. She hated it when Jack read her mind. She didn't answer, and Jack realized that she probably was going to leave tonight, so he decided to strop talking about it.
Jack laid back down, sighing loudly, and Kate followed suit. They both laid on their backs, staring at the ceiling. Their hands intertwined on the bed, and they both spent most of the night thinking. But the second Jack fell asleep, Kate turned on her side so that she could look at him one last time before she left.
She kissed his cheek, and then she stood up. She grabbed her bags, and left before he could wake up again. When she closed the door to their house, she stood on her tiptoes to put her key above the door, and then she was gone.
A/N: All right, the next chapter will be longer and you'll find out what Kate's been doing all this time.