Well, first I'd like to say how glad I am to see Lost fan fics appearing here so quickly! Especially the Charlie and Claire ones :) Yes, I am definately a fan of that couple, aren't they cute? BUT I have been quite surprised that no one (or at least that I've seen, sorry if I missed ya) has been writing any Jack/Kate stories. So I am here to try to correct that lacking! And I believe this will also eventually explore her past, but tell me what you wanna see, cuz I never know where I'm goin. But here's to trying!

PS: It's been like two months since the plane crashed, but nothing significant has happened with the exception of Claire having had her baby. And if it hasn't happened before Tabula Rosa, it probably won't be in my story, since that is all we are up to right now. If anything changes, I'll let you know :)

In Her Eyes

Chapter 1: Sawyer

Two months. It had been two whole months since the plane crashed, leaving the survivors stranded in a beach and jungle wilderness with God knows what else waiting out there for them to make a wrong move. So far no one else had been killed after the pilot and the marshal, but you never knew what could happen.

Kate finished filling up some bottles at a fresh-water stream Sayid had found soon after the crash. She heaved them over her shoulder, tied together with some string so she could carry more at once. She wished they weren't so heavy; it was a long trek back to the camp and it was starting to get dark. There had been no sign of any beasts, polar bear or otherwise in the last month or so, but Kate still didn't like being out there on her own. Charlie, however, was busy helping Claire with her baby, Chris. He was a month old and the two, who were "just friends" by the way, were trying to make sure he was always safe and had good, healthy food to eat. A hard accomplishment out where they were. As for the other men, Locke was always too busy staring at the ocean, Michael was taking care of Walt, who had caught a cold, Sayid was still trying to fashion some kind of communication device, Jin was quite unsocial, and Kate knew Hurley wouldn't want to be alone with her. And then there was Jack. Sure, he had said they were all starting over, but he had kept his distance from her since he found out she was a fugitive.

Fugitive.

The word gave Kate a bitter taste in her mouth, even though she had become accustom to it in the time she was running. It was different here, with Jack. She hated that he thought that of her. He hadn't even wanted her to explain. Didn't giver her the chance to tell him that-

"Well hello there, Kate," the cocky voice of Sawyer interrupted her thoughts as she saw him walking towards her out of the green surroundings.

"Sawyer," she said curtly and brushed past him, determined to not give him the chance to bother her. The extended stay on the island had not changed him a bit from the day she first met him. He was still an arrogant bastard who thought he could do or say whatever he wanted and still have the ladies, Kate included, throwing themselves at his feet. He didn't seem to realize that not only did she have no interest in him, she despised him. Or if he did, it didn't discourage him from continuing to hound her.

"Now what's a pretty girl like yourself doin' out here all alone?" Sawyer followed her closely and put his arm around her waist. "Never know what kind of monsters could be waitin' out here for someone like yourself to fall right into their clutches."

Kate briskly removed his unwanted touch. "Let's start by keeping your clutches off of me." She returned to ignoring him and kept walking.

"Now, now, Kate. Don't upset me. I'm your best bet on this island for any fun." He paused. "Unless of course you're still thinking Hero will come around." She turned to stare at him, lockjaw, contemplating telling him off before just shoving the water bottles into his arms.

"Fine. You carry the water back to camp," she leaned in. "That's the most fun you and me will ever have together." Kate whirled back around and continued on to the beach.

She had gotten a ways ahead when she heard Sawyer yell out, "Alright, you can play that way. But I know you want me. I'm all you got, sweetheart." Kate stopped for a second, her eyes flashing fear, pain, remembering. She sighed, letting out the air she'd been holding, and started up again. He would not get to her.

Sawyer shifted his position on the bottles so he could carry them. "Just wait, sweetheart," he mumbled to himself. "Our time will come."

Okay that's all right now. Cuz like I said, I don't really know where it's going. I have an idea buuuut we'll see. :) If you review I might even update! :-P