Chapter 4

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A/N: Okay so now you're gonna find out what Kate's been doing. Sadly, she hasn't been doing much.

"Katherine."

"What?" Kate shook her head as she came back to reality. The television was playing some corny soap opera, but Kate hadn't been paying any attention.

"How long are you going to sit on my couch? I'm better now. You should have your own life. I thought you and that doctor guy were getting serious."

Kate sighed. She was going to get that lecture again. "We are Mom."

Diane sat down next to Kate on her couch. She took Kate's hands in her own.

"Kate, I know it's hard for you to settle down, but I'm really okay now. You don't have to feel like you have to make it up to me. I will always miss your father, but I forgive you. You no longer have to stay here."

"But Mom, what I did was so horrible. I can't even imagine what I put you through. And now that you're better, I just want to be with you all the time." Even though Kate still felt that she had done the right thing, she still felt bad about it because she knew her mother had loved Wayne even though he had caused her so much pain.

"And I will always be in your life, but you need to move on. Kate, you were in a plane crash, you met this handsome man who wants to spend his life with you, yet you can't manage to stay more than a few days with him. I don't understand you sometimes Katie."

"I don't understand myself sometimes." Kate whispered, a tear falling down her cheek.

"Why don't you go home Kate? Back to Jack. He loves you. Why don't you tell him what you've been doing? I think it's time you told him. It's not like it's a big secret."

"I don't want him to be weighed down with my problems."

"But he wants to. He wants to be there for you."

"I don't want him fixing me!" Kate yelled, and then she covered her mouth in shock. "I don't want him fixing me." Kate repeated in a softer voice, the tears now flowing freely.

"Kate, he doesn't want to fix you. He loves you for who you are. If that were the case, do you think he would still be sticking around waiting for you all the time? No one can fix you. You're not normal Kate. Just like everyone else in this world. Just like every single one of you that are apart of that… Oceanic 6 club."

Kate couldn't help but smile. "It's not a club Mom."

Diane smiled back. "Well how should I know? I can barely keep up with what boy Britney is with, how can I keep up with all the plane crash coverage?"

"We came home three years ago. Why can't they just stop?" Kate sighed.

"Kate, what are we talking about here?"

"I probably should think about settling down." Kate stared at her mom for a second before standing up. She just wanted her mom off her back. "I have to tell you something else Mom.."

"What it is sweetheart? You know you can tell me anything."

Kate stood behind her mom's couch now, while her mom looked up at her. "I think I'm pregnant." Kate bit her lip, waiting for her mom's reaction.

"Really? How do you know?"

"Well I'm not absolutely sure, I need to get a test, but I'm pretty sure."

"And Jack's the father?"

"If I am pregnant, then yes, he is." Kate smiled at the thought of Jack being a father.

"You should go to the store Kate." Diane told her seriously.

Kate nodded. "All right, I'll go."

Kate went to the nearest drugstore as fast as she could. She had no idea of how she was going to react either way. If she was pregnant, she knew she would be forced to settle down with Jack, but if she wasn't pregnant, then she would have no reason to settle down, and for some reason, Kate liked the thought of staying with Jack more and more.

She didn't know how to be a mother, and she was pretty sure Jack didn't know how to be a father, but she imagined him being a loving father, and as she left the drugstore five minutes later, she started to laugh at the thought of Jack trying to take care of a baby. A man walking into the store stared at her like she was insane, but Kate didn't care. She had stopped caring about what others thought of her a long time ago.

It seemed like only seconds later when Kate was back at her mom's house, waiting for her test results. Diane had laid down for a nap, so Kate was alone. Although Kate was pretty sure her mother hadn't taken naps in years.

Kate sat on the bathroom floor, not having enough strength to stand up while she waited. A huge part of her wished that Jack was here for this, and she almost reached for the phone, but she refrained. She knew that it would change her life if she were pregnant. She would have to go home. And for some reason, that didn't scare her as much as it used to, as much as it should. She had spent her life running, and now she might be forced to stay in one spot. She didn't know if she could handle that.

She glanced at the clock and realized that it was time to look. Her heart rate increased dramatically as she looked at the test. She was pregnant.

A/N: Okay so the story is really going to get going in the next chapter. Please review!