Chapter 9: Baby, Mine.

'Where is Locke? They've been gone for three days.' Claire asked Jack. Jack shrugged at his little sister. 'I'm worried, Jack, please go look for them.' She begged. Jack looked up at her, she looked very urgent. Her blue eyes wide, her skin was pale and she was leaning forwards to him.

'Why, Claire? Why are you so worried?' Jack asked her, frowning. 'You couldn't possible miss Locke's nagging of faith and Sawyers sarcasm.' Jack rolled his eyes. She glanced away. 'You miss Sawyer?' Jack asked loudly, eyes wide. Claire blushed.

'Not so loud, Jack, please.' She asked. Jack nodded and leaned forward.

'Please tell me you miss him because he reads to Aaron.' Jack said, but it was more of a question. Aaron looked around at his name. 'That's right boy, I was talking about you.' He picked Aaron up and held him close.

'No, I just…I mean…Jack…I think I like him. A lot. Maybe more then Charlie.' She looked away from Jacks eyes. Jack put Aaron down and reached forward to take her hand.

'Hey, Claire, they'll be back soon.' He told her gently.

'Howdy!' Sawyer said appearing next to them. Jack jumped and Claire blushed harder. 'Any of you guys seen Kate?' He asked. Claire frowned and Jack squinted. 'What happened out there, Sawyer?' Jack asked. Sawyer shrugged. 'What do you mean?' Jack shrugged back.

'Well the trail ended at this water fall so we figured the guy jumped and died that's all, now, were is freckles?' He asked.

'Actually, Sawyer, I was wondering if you could read Aaron a story?' Claire asked. Sawyer sighed quietly but Claire heard it. 'But you can go find Kate if you want.' Claire added quietly. Sawyer looked at her, and Jack did to. She was looking at Aaron sadly, playing with his blonde curls. 'He's almost a year old now.' Claire whispered quietly. 'Aren't you, Aaron?' She asked sitting him up. 'That's my big boy.' She bounced him on her knee, then looked at Sawyer. 'Go find Kate.' She said and he left. But Jack could see the slouch in his walk had increased.

Kate looked up and saw Sawyer at the entry of her tent. She put her book down and flung her self into his arms. Sawyer chuckled. 'I was worried. Come in.' Sawyer walked into her tent and sat down. Kate smiled at him. 'How are you? Are you ok?'

'I'm fine Kate.' He said rubbing her hands gently. 'I missed you to.' He told her. Kate grinned.

'When did you get back?' She asked eagerly.

'Just now.' He said. Kate blinked.

'And you came and found me?' She whispered leaning forward. Sawyer nodded.

'Kate, can I kiss you now?' Sawyer asked.

'You want to kiss me?' She asked. Sawyer nodded and Kate pushed her lips into his.

It was night time and Jack was just about to leave for the caves after he said good bye to Claire. He was coming up from the jungle after picking fruit since Kate couldn't do it anymore when he saw her sitting far from camp with a crying baby. He walked towards her and was about to tell her she shouldn't be so far from camp when he heard her singing.

'Baby mine, don't you cry. Baby mine, dry your eyes. Rest your head close to my heart. Never to part, baby of mine.' She had an incredibly gentle voice. 'Little one when you play. Don't you mind what you say .Let those eyes sparkle and shine. Never a tear, baby of mine.' Jack kept quite as he approached her. 'If they knew sweet little you. They'd end up loving you too. All those same people who scold you. What they'd give just for. The right to hold you' She was gently rocking the baby that Jack now realized was Olivia. 'From your head to your toes. You're not much, goodness knows. But you're so precious to me. Cute as can be, baby of mine.' She finished as Jack approached. He came up to her and couldn't help but smile at her beauty.

'Hey.' Jack said quietly. Kate gasped at first but when she saw who it was she calmed. 'Sorry, didn't mean to scare you.' He told her. Kate smiled and nodded. 'I heard you.' He told her looking at Olivia. Kate blushed. 'You sounded wonderful.' He said nodding. Kate smiled.

'Thanks.' She said and she meant it. 'I thought you were going to nag me about beginning so far from camp.' Jack laughed and sat down.

'Going and to are the key words in that sentence.' He grinned and Kate giggled.

'My mom used to sing that to me and my sing that to my and my siblings when we were littler, we loved it.' She said looking at Olivia who was fast asleep. Jack looked at her.

'You look beautiful, Kate.' He said. Kate looked up so fast her neck cracked. 'I mean it, you are beautiful.' He leaned into kiss her but Kate pulled back.

'I kissed Sawyer.' She stated simply. Jack froze.

'You did what?' He asked.

'I'm sorry.' She said. 'He was being sweet; Jack, and sometimes you can be, so, so…uh. I care about you, Jack, I really do. But I just…sometimes you are so judging.'

'Judging, Kate?' Jack asked angrily. 'I am not judging of you, I care about you a lot more then that Hill Billy and you know it!'

'Maybe I do!' Kate snapped. She sighed. 'I do know you care about me more then Sawyer, Jack, I really do.' Kate told him meaningfully while looking him dead in the eye.

'Then why are you leaving me?' He asked. Kate stood up angrily.

'Leaving you, Jack? I'm hardly leaving you, hell, I was hardly with you?' Kate exclaimed to him quietly.

'I thought we were…' Jack trailed off.

'You thought what?' Kate asked softer.

'I just thought that we were going to…well…become a we, a real we.' He told her looking at the sand. Kate started at him.

'Oh Jack.' She whispered. 'I think we will to, Jack, but not until you stop judging me.'

Jacks head shot up. 'Judging you?' He asked in bewilderment. 'Kate, I'm not judging you, and if you thought I was, Kate, I'm sorry.' He told her sweetly stepping forward. 'Tell me what it is I'm doing to make you think that and I'll stop, I want to make you happy.' He said.

'I just…I don't want to mess it up with you, Jack, so lets just take a break from whatever has been going on and see how it turns out ok?' Kate asked. 'Its not you or me, or Sawyer or anybody else, its us, I just want us to work.' She said. Jack sighed and nodded, defeated. Kate smiled and nodded. 'Good night.' She gave him a swift kiss and left.

Jack sighed and sat down. He rubbed his eyes. This was nothing new to him, girls had told it to him before. And they lied to him. He knew the feeling as well. Defeat, heartbreak and loss. Jack pressed his head to his knees and sobbed. He had lost her.

Ok, hey, in Chapter 8 I saw a mistake with something I wrote when Kate was talking about her sister so if you wanna go back and read please do so, I hoep you guys enjoy this chapter as much as I did writing it!:D

Claire: You're what?

Kate: Taking time off...

Claire: Time off from what? You guys were never together.

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Hurley: Jack, dude, you were never together.

Jack: So? I'm trying to make her happy.

Hurley: How do you know that doing this making her happy?

Jack: Because she asked for it.

Hurley: She's a girl, Jack.

Jack: I've noticed.