Jack didn't want to be following Kate everywhere she went, but he honestly just wanted to...look at her, or check on her to see if she was okay. Jack shook his head. It was all so confusing. Actually, for him and Kate, that whole day had been confusing. He peeked out from behind the tree and smiled, watching Kate water the plants with a water bottle. She looks so peaceful..., he thought. He looked down, then back up at her.

"Jack," Kate said, a smile forming on her face, "that's you, isn't it?"

"Well...," Jack said, stepping out from behind the tree. He shrugged, looking away. "Yeah."

"What're you doing?" she asked, standing up. "I mean, it's not like I don't want you here, because I do, but- Never mind."

"Oh, just, well, checking around...," Jack began. He chuckled.

"Right," Kate said. She rolled her eyes, her grin widening. "Seriously, why are you wasting your time 'looking' for me?"

"Well, for one, I' not looking for you; and for two... I don't know," Jack said, shrugging. "Nothing's going on right now, so... I have nothing to do."

"But follow me, right?" Kate said, laughing. Jack nodded.

"So...," Jack started to say. "I've been thinking..."

"Oh, you've been thinking?" Kate said, playfully. She rolled her eyes. "How nice. Now, tell me, what were you 'thinking' about?"

"Sawyer," Jack replied. Kate raised an eyebrow.

"You? Thinking about Sawyer? Of all things?" Kate said, shocked. Then after a pause, she asked, "Why?"

"No, no," Jack said, looking at Kate as if she were crazy. "No, you've got it all wrong... Sawyer's not practically in my thoughts, it's just about what he said that's in my thoughts. Why? You though he'd be in my head?"

"...No," Kate said, about to laugh. But Jack put up a hand in front of her face to signal her not to. He looked annoyed. Kate looked down, trying to hold in laughter.

"Okay, anyways," Jack said, scoffing, "I was just wondering if...if w-what Sawyer said was true or not."

"...What?" Kate said, after a long pause.

"Kate-" Jack started.

"No, I mean... what?" Kate asked. Then she shook her head. "Why? Is what he said about you true?"

"Don't try to turn this on me," Jack said. He smiled slightly. "I asked you first."

"Jack, you could be so stubborn at times when you really just...push it," Kate said, laughing softly. She looked down.

"Your face," Jack said.

"What?" Kate said, her head shooting up so her eyes met his. Then she said, as if angrily, "What about my face?"

"No!" Jack said, raising his arms defensively. "T-There's nothing wrong with it. It's, uh, perfect." He shrugged. "I mean...you're blushing. I've never seen you blush before. Why're you blushing, Kate?" Then he smiled as he said, "Huh?"

"Nothing," Kate said, looking away. Jack put a hand on her forearm.

"Kate," he said.

"Fine. You wanna know the truth?" Kate said, looking hurt. Jack reluctantly nodded, thinking he had gone too far. He was about to change his mind and just tell Kate to forget the whole thing, but then she began to talk. "When I first saw you, Jack... I mean, when you asked me to help you... I was shocked, sure, since I didn't know who you were... But now, I-I'm...just, well, glad that you're the first one I met here. It was hard for me, since, well, you know. Me being a criminal and everything. That, well, I thought our friendship wouldn't last. But," she chuckling slightly, "here we are. Friends, or...more than friends." She looked up at him nervously.

"I guess neither of us had that day easy," Jack said under his breath, sighing. He released her from his grip.

"You?" Kate said, a little shocked. "Why?"

"Well, you know, Kate, I was planning to get over my father's death and funeral... But then, here I - we - are, on this island, with The Others everywhere we turn. Now it makes everything harder. Life, that is. Then," he smiled as he looked at her, "here you come along." Then he said quietly, "You lifted everything off my shoulders somehow."

"Jack, wow, I...didn't know," Kate said.

"Know what?" Jack asked, sighing. He looked away.

Kate smiled as she said quietly, "That you loved me too."

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Author's Note: WOW! I did not expect so many people to like this story. Seriously. Well, I'm making another Jate story that'll be posted up soon! Today, hopefully! I'm SO glad I came up with that plot... I'm excited to post it up. Thanks for reading this story! It was SO much fun writing it... Really, it was. I will have up more stories about, yes, our favorite couple Jate, soon!