Title: Mistakes, Heartaches and Birthday Cakes
Rating: PG-13 (The same as regular Lost)
Summary: An island pregnancy is bringing tension and the threat of the others even closer than before. But that's not stopping romance from budding. Shan/Say, J/K and C/C
Disclaimer: If I owned Lost, Jack would be mine, and only mine.
A/N: I know I totally ripped off Do No Harm in the chapter, and sorta Exodus Part 2 but I'm to lazy to be original. And I'm sorry of there's a lot of mistakes. I'm so sick of this chapter, I can't look at it anymore.
Chapter 6: Too Much To Handle
Kate hoped against hope that Jack was not walking towards her. She turned around, hoping that he was walking towards someone else. But when she felt a light tap on her shoulder, she knew he was looking for her.
" You've been avoiding me" Jack stated matter-of-factly
" Have I?" asked Kate innocently.
Jack raised his eyebrow. Kate sighed. She knew she wasn't getting out of this unscathed. " Look Jack, it's not like I don't-"She started
Jack cut her off " It's okay, Kate. I understand" He kissed her forhead, and headed back to the caves.
Kate stood their confused for a moment. Then she smiled. Jack really did understand. "Jack, wait"
He turned. She walked up to him, grabbed his collor and kissed him gently. Jack was surprised, but quickly deepened the kiss.
" Doctor Jack! Doctor Jack"
They broke apart just in time to see Walt running from the caves to the beach.
" What's wrong, Walt?" Jack questioned.
" It's...Boone" Walt said, breathing heavily.
" What happened to Boone?" Jack asked worried.
" He... feel off a ... cliff"
" What? Where is he?"
"Back at the caves" Walt told him.
Jack quickly ran to the trail back to the caves, Kate at his heels.
Boone lay in the caves, blood covering him. A small crowed surrounded "What the hell happened?" questioned Jack.
" Locke brought him over here, said he feel off a cliff, and then left" Charlie enlightened.
" Son of a-" Jack started. He went over to Boone, and started checking out the extent of his injuries. Boone was unconscious.
" He's going to need a blood transfusion" Jack concluded. "Kate go get Shannon"
"But she's not-" Kate started.
" Kate just go get her!" demanded Jack
Kate ran back to the beach. She saw Sayid and quickly ran over to him. "Sayid... where's...Shannon?"
" She's in the tent" Sayid gestured behind him "Is something wrong?"
" It's Boone" Kate managed to get out.
" I'll go get her" Sayid replied, walking back towards the tent. Kate was exhausted from running. She sat down in the sand to catch her breath.
" Well, well, well Freckles is with out Doc for once"
Kate turned slowly. " Can I help you, Sawyer?
" Well, I was just wondering' what brought you down to the beach, considering your moving to the caves and all" Sawyer replied.
Kate sighed. "I'm not moving to the caves, Sawyer"
"Well, you and Doc seem to be getting' pretty feisty lately"
" What on earth are you talking about?" she questioned.
" Aw, heck freckles, you don't think we didn't you and Jackass's public display of affection back there, did ya?"
"Sawyer, are you jealous?" Kate asked with a grin.
"Aww, heck, Freckles. Jealous of Saint Jack? I don't think so."
"Kate gave him a knowing smile, and turned to see Shannon walking to her.
"Kate, why did you need me?' Shannon asked snottily.
" Boone's hurt" Kate explained, standing up and brushing the sand off her quickly
"What!" cried Shannon.
" Follow me" Kate said quickly, leading Shannon and Sayid back to the caves.
Jack wasted no time once they arrived. "Shannon, I'm guessing you and Boone have the same blood type. You are brother and sister, but then again, you can't be sure."
Shannon stared at her bloodied brother before she answered.
" Jack" Shannon started slowly. "Me and Boone aren't actually related"
Jack looked up at her in confusion
" Our parents got married when I was like..8" She told him.
"So your step siblings?" Jack asked, dismayed.
"Ummmm, yes" Shannon answered. She played with her fingers as Kate and Sayid looked uncomfortably and one another.
"Do you know your blood type anyway" Jack questioned
" Red?" guessed Shannon.
All three other people tried to start laughing.
" Well, Boone's a an A negative, so Sayid, go as and see if people are A Negatives"
" I'm an A Negative, Jack" Kate added in.
" You're not giving it to him, Kate" Jack said matter-of-factly.
"Why not?" asked Kate.
" You're not giving him blood, Kate." Jack repeated.
"Jack, he needs blood" Kate told him.
"He can get it from somebody else" Jack said in a tone, that almost assured her that the conversation was over.
Kate just glared at him. Jack could feel her eyes burning into him, but he refused to let up his position on the subject.
Sayid realized the awkwardness of the situation "I'm an A negative"
"Okay, I need your arm..." Jack started. From there, Jack told everyone what to do, trying in vain to save Boone.
Kate occasionally looked over at Jack, but he didn't notice, or he was doing a hell of a job ignoring her.
"Jack, he's not going to make it" Sayid told him.
"Yes he is" Jack repeated much more confidently then he felt.
Boone awoke. "Jack" he said hoarsely.
"Boone, I need you to-"
"Jack...let me go" he said "I'm letting you off the hook"
"I'm not going to let you die" Jack told him.
"Shannon" Boone started "Shannon..." He took his last breath.
Shannon let out a sob. Jack bit his lip. Kate quickly grabbed his hand and they walked a little ways into the forest.
Shannon couldn't take it any longer. Her being pregnant, his dieing. and them being on this God damn island. She finally let every thing out. She started sobbing. Then her sadness turned into anger. She got up and stomped off into the forest. "Shannon!" Sayid called after her, running after her.
Kate sat with Jack on the edge of the forest and the beach. He looked like he was trying as hard as possible not to cry, but failing miserably. "You can't save everyone, Jack" she told him.
"But I didn't try hard enough"
"What on earth are you talking about Jack! You were doing all you could to possibly save him."
"But-"
"No buts." Kate told him. "It wasn't your fault"
"Whose was it then?" Jack asked her.
His question caught her off guard. It took her a few minutes to find the answer. "It was fate"
Jack looked at her as if she was crazy "There's no such thing as fate"
It was Kate's turn to be surprised. "Yes there is. How do you think we got here?"
"Turbulence?"
Kate rolled her eyes "That's you doctor side talking" She sighed. She knew she wasn't getting anywhere. "Jack?"
"Hmm?"
"Why wouldn't you let me give blood to Boone."
Jack took a few minutes to answer. "Because...Because I can't loose you Kate"
His answer surprised her. "I'm not some fragile thing that breaks easily Jack"
Jack smiled. "I know. I'm not taking any chances though"
Kate just shook her head. "I can take care of myself"
"I never said you couldn't"
His light tone was pissing her off. She stood up. "Why can't you loose me, Jack?" She started stalking off.
"Because I love you, Kate" he yelled after her.
She stopped suddenly. Did he-? He just-. She turned wide eyed back to him, but he was already walking back to the caves.
He loved her? When did this happen? When does the bad girl get the good guy? She couldn't take this. It was to much for one night. She hurried back to her tent. She tried to go to sleep, but her restless mind wouldn't let her. He loves me she thought, He loves me.
Wow, that sucked. A lot. Okay, next chapter will be better. I promise.
Sorry, I don't have enough time to talk to the reviewers :(