Chapter 8: Trying to understand
Author: ZeusFluff.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the LOST characters. But I do own a few originals. Date Started: 8/9/17. Date Finished: 8/12/17. A/N: Thanks to the lovely guests, Erik'sTrueAngel, sandyba, and FlickerFlame8 for all the lovely reviews. You guys rock.
Kate had decided to follow Jack and Juliet to the medical station in the jungle. She'd left Megan with Sun. She turned when she heard someone behind her.
"Easy freckles. It's just me."
Shaking her head, Kate gave a little laugh.
"Old habits die-hard I guess. What are you doing out here?"
Sawyer shrugged his shoulders and glanced at her sideways.
"I just gotta make sure she's ok."
Kate chuckled again and kept walking.
"Sawyer, are you in love with her?"
Trying to remain cool under pressure, Sawyer smirked.
"Now why would ya think that freckles?"
Kate shook her head and smiled.
"Because you've been hanging around her tent like a puppy."
Sawyer became dismissive of Kate's reaction to his question.
"Well, she's different than all the other girls I been with. Happy?"
Kate tried to hide her smile from Sawyer, but it faltered. Sawyer was the first to enter the medical station. He looked in all the rooms and finally, he found Jack and Juliet in the last one on the right. The door was closed. Opening it, he entered.
"How is she doc?"
Juliet frowned and looked away.
"James why do you keep coming back?"
Sawyer avoided eye contact with her for a few moments and then came closer to her.
"I was worried about ya. How are ya feelin'?"
Taking in a pained breath, she struggled for a bit, then answered.
"I've been better."
Sawyer took a seat on a stool and looked into her eyes.
"Look, ya still need help. Anything ya need, ya got it."
Juliet was about to answer when Kate entered and spoke to Jack.
"Jack, I'm just trying to understand. No one's ever gotten sick on this island before. Why now?"
Jack furrowed his eyebrows and frowned.
"I have no idea Kate. But you really shouldn't be here. I don't want you to bring it back to Megan. She doesn't have a good immunity against it. Go back to the beach."
Kate sighed and left the room. Juliet kept staring at Sawyer. She swallowed and spoke.
"What?"
Sawyer reached a hand out to brush a stray strand of hair away from her forehead.
"Ya can't see with hair in yer face."
Juliet's face turned a slight shade of red and she avoided eye contact with Sawyer. She couldn't explain it, but she felt something when his fingers touched her forehead.
"Uh, thanks?"
It came out more a question than anything else. The awkward silence caught Sawyer off guard.
"I should letcha get some sleep. Do ya want me to bring ya some clothes from yer tent?"
Juliet protested.
"James you don't have to do that. Jack can do it."
Jack adjusted the iv in Juliet's arm and shook his head.
"Sawyer, you stay with her. I can go and be back in 20 minutes. Make sure she keeps this oxygen mask on."
Staying seated next to Juliet, he crossed his arms over his chest.
"So, what ya wanna talk bout?"
Juliet rolled her eyes and adjusted the mask over her face. Jack smirked and made his way out of the medical station. When he reached the doors, he noticed Kate standing just outside.
"I thought I told you to go back to the beach Kate."
Kate shook her head.
"Jack, I wanna know why this is happening now. No one has ever gotten sick before. Minus you having your appendix taken out. But that's a whole other story."
Jack shrugged his shoulders.
"I don't know Kate. But she'll get better. I'd better hurry up, I don't want to leave Sawyer alone with her too long in case something happens."
Now Kate smirked.
"Sawyer likes taking care of Juliet. I asked him. I don't think it'll be too long before he asks her to move in with him."
Jack shook his head, they were almost back to the beach.
"You would think they were already married the way they argue all the time."
Kate raised her eyebrows and then shook her head in agreement.
"Well, I guess the same could be said about us at one point Jack. You used to get so angry. Now look at you?"
Jack sighed and relented.
"Well, having Megan made me put some things into perspective."
To Be Continued…