Chapter 6: Ana

Kate gasped when she saw it and quickly unraveled herself from his arms. Her heart was beating as hard, if not harder then it did last night. She glanced behind her one last time, at Jack, and then at the knife and began to walk away, in shock of what was happening.

Jack couldn't have been the one could he? He, after all, had shown clear cut feelings for her before. And he truly cared for her babies. But yesterday he seemed a little angry with her about Sawyer, but he hadn't acted on it or anything. But how did Jack get from the caves to the beach so fast? He could have waited and then pounced at her when he knew Sawyer wasn't around.

'Kate!' Claire called. Kate turned around. She saw Claire looking concerned. Sun waved Kate over to them. Kate came over on shaky legs and sat down. She took Olivia from Claire and held her close. 'How are you? You look at little pale.' She said. Kate nodded but didn't say thing. 'Jack was really worried about you last night.' Claire said laughing slightly. Kate just started at her daughters face. 'Are you sure you're ok, Kate? Do you want me to get Jack?' She bent her head low so she could look Kate in eye.

Kate's head sprung up quickly. 'I'm fine, really, actually, Claire, there's something I need to talk to you about, it's really, really, really, important.' She said urgently.

'I'll leave you to alone.' Sun said getting up and leaving. Claire started back in Kate's intense hazel ones.

'I have something I need to tell you to, and I think it's the same thing.' Claire told Kate. Kate smiled and nodded. 'I'm going to forgive you, you know, about being a criminal and all.' She looked away and readjusted Aaron. 'Jack really cares about you, Kate, and I think that if he can forgive you, so can I.' She said smiling. Kate didn't smile back, she was horrified. How was she supposed to tell Claire that she thought Jack, her brother, had tried to kill? What was Kate thinking? How could she ever tell Claire that Jack had tried to kill her. She'd just have to bring it up with Jack. 'Is that alright?' Claire asked. Kate nodded and they hugged, the babies making noises of discomfort at this. They both giggled and pulled away. 'You were going to tell me something?' She asked, smiling still.

'Ummm…yeah…I was just going to tell you I really, really, have got this weird feeling about Jack.' It wasn't a complete lie. Claire nodded. 'And I might…'

'Make a move?'

'Something like that.'

Kate was sitting in Jacks caves, waiting for him, she had asked Claire and Sun to watch over the babies for her. She had a knife hidden a foot away from her if things get out of control. Her head was spinning with millions of unanswered questions.

'Kate?'

Jack.

'How are you?' He asked coming down and sitting next to her. 'Are you feeling alright?' He asked. Kate deiced not to dance around her point.

'Did you try to kill me?'

'What?' He asked, clearly confused.

'Damnit, Jack! Did you try to kill me? I trusted you!' Kate said furiously.

'Why would I kill you?' He asked angrily. Kate stood up.

'I-I don't know!' She screamed, she was crying know. She watched as Jack stood up also, he was few inches taller then her.

'Kate! Don't you trust me?'

'Yes! But- I saw the blood on the knife, and then on your hand! Ok? Explain that!' She ordered.

'I grabbed the knife and sliced my hand open! He held up his hand and Kate could indeed see were the stitches were. She instantly felt guilty.

'Why didn't I see you do that then?' She barked. 'You could be faking it!' She wiped her tears away.

'Kate, you were a mess last night, you probably don't even remember me carrying you back to the caves, or me kissing you good night!' He said, hurt in his eyes and written all over his face.

'I-I-…' Kate trailed off, not sure what to say.

'Exactly, I expected you to trust me, Kate! You said you trusted me but I think you're lying!' He said. Kate started to sob hard, painful, racked sobs. Jack sighed and ran his hands through his hair.

'I-I-I'm sorry? Ok? I'm sorry! I'm scared though, Jack! I'm really, really, scared. I'm scared for me and babies!' She said holding her hands to her face. Jack stepped forward and pulled her against him. He stroked the back of her head. 'I'm sorry…I'm sorry. I'm being such a wimp.' She said trying to pull away. Jack didn't pull back but held her a far distance away. He bent down on one knee and looked her in the eyes.

'You are not being a wimp, Kate, ok? You're just scared, everyone gets scared, everyone feels.' He told her, not breaking eye contact. 'Just promise me, that if you're scared you'll come to me.' Kate giggled and nodded. Jack grinned and whipped some of the tears away from her eyes again. Kate looked up at him and slowly came up towards his lips. Jack bent down and captured her lips in his eagerly, but before the kiss could deepen Sayid entered.

'Jack! I-I found something!' Sayid panted. Jack pulled Kate close to his body still. He looked at Sayid, he was flushed and looked panicked.

'What is it?' Jack asked. He noticed that Kate was sort of cuddling against his chest.

'I found the back end of the plane.' He said. Kate's head shot up and Sayid approached them quickly. 'There's a few survivors.' He told Jack. 'Four.' He said. Jack nodded slowly. 'I came back to get you.' He told Jack. 'One of them I very old. He is about Rose's age, he needed water and food. And fast.' He told Jack.

Jack nodded. 'You grab food and water. I'll be with you in a second.' He turned to Kate. 'Listen. I'll be back really soon. I'll come and get you as soon as I get back, I promise. We can talk about…all of this.' He told her. Kate smiled and nodded.

'Thank you, Jack. Be careful ok?' She told him as he pulled away.

'Of course.'

Later that evening, Claire and Kate were sat on the beach. When Jack called for Kate. Kate looked up from Olivia and May who was sitting together, holding one another as the sun finished its descent. Kate smiled at him but then noticed the women standing with him. She was laughing. Kate approached and hugged Jack tightly. 'How are you?' He asked. Kate giggled.

'I could ask you the same question.' She replied.

'Well I'm fine…now.' He said smiling at her. Kate blushed and smiled also, looking up at him. Jack glanced nervously and the girl. He stopped smiling. 'This is Ana Lucia, I met her in the bar airport.' He told Kate. Kate nodded at her, she nodded back. 'Ana Lucia, this is Kate. Kate just had two babies.' Kate smiled. 'Speaking of which, where are they? And where's my sister?' He asked. Kate laughed and bravely took his hand. Taking him over to Claire, they hugged, and Jack greeted the three babies who were clearly happy to see him. Jack stood up and saw Kate and Ana Lucia both waiting for him. 'Um. Hey, girls.' He said. 'Ana, would you rather sleep at the caves or the beach.' He asked raising an eyebrow. He saw Kate biting her lips and smiled.

'Beach.' She said.

'Kate?'

'Doesn't she already, sleep somewhere?' Ana asked slightly rudely.

'Yeah, but last night her tent was acted, so…Kate? Beach, or caves?' He asked grinning. Kate blushed.

'Caves.'

Sawyer was slightly sickened by the reunion scene when the tallies returned to the beach. Bernard and Rose reunited with a lazy, old person kiss. The other man kept to himself, the other girl did as well. But what really got Sawyer was the fact that Jack had too sexy girls hanging off his hip know. Freckles, and Ana. And what pissed him off was that there seemed to be more to Ana then meets the eye but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

It was around lunch time when Sawyer looked up from his book, Lancelot, and saw Kate disappearing into Claire's tent, holding two babies close to her. Then Sawyer noticed it. A man. He wasn't one from there camp and Sawyer didn't see him last night. Sawyer dashed his tent and grabbed his broken beer bottle, ran out when he heard a high pitched squeal from Claire's tent. And what scared him most was that hearing her screamed made his heart pick up speed. He charged in, to see Kate, talking to Claire, both perfectly fine.

'And then he was holding me all night…' Kate stopped mid sentce and looked at Sawyer. Claire turned around and started at him.

'Sawyer?'

'I-I'

'What do you want?'

'I saw a man outside your tent.' He stated rather bluntly. Claire raised her eyebrows, her mouth open slightly. She nodded slowly and Sawyer went red quickly. 'Sorry, continue gossiping.' He began to leave when Claire turned back to Kate.

'So. Let me get his straight, you went to him, you were feeling bad so he was touching your face, and then he said your pretty much ok, and then you said except for the pretty part and then he agreed and said you weren't pretty but beautiful? Oh my god! He likes you!' Claire let out another squeal of joy as Kate watched Sawyers back slump and walk away.

Charlie has Claire. But I might have feelings for her. Jack has Kate, who I also might have feelings for. Jack has Ana who I think if really, really, sexy. Sawyer let out an angry sigh as he tried to get his emotions in order. 'What's the point!' He yelled angrily at the roof of his tent. A few people turned and started at him. 'What?' He barked making them quickly dash away.

Ana: Kate a criminal Jack!

Jack: I know! Stop trying to turn her away from me!

Ana: And I know what she did!

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Kate: Olivia? Olivia? Jack! Someone taken Olivia!