Title: Postcards - Part 5

Characters: Jack/Kate

Rating: PG 13

Summary: Set post s5. Jack's plan works, and they land safely in LA. But Kate has to run, and Jack has to help her.

Note: This was supposed to end with Part 4, but I promised Franci something happy, this is for you bb

Part 5 - Say Cheese

3 April, 2009

"Dani!" Claire yelled, running down the corridor, "Dani! Please stop!"

The 18 month old ignored Claire and continued down the hall giggling. "Dani, give it back! I can't run with these stupid heels!" Claire cursed under her breath at the annoying footwear as she tried to keep up with the gleeful child.

"Alright, I got it, hang on one sec, little dude," Hurley said, fumbling with Aaron's tie. "Careful, man. Don't choke my boy, ok?" Charlie joked working the knot on his own tie.

Hurley laughed, "when was it decided to go all formal with this anyway? I thought we'd agreed it's gonna be at Mr. Cluck's. I got a sweet deal." Hurley finished Aaron's tie, gave it a nod of approval and moved on to the next boy, "alright, you're up, tiny Jack."

"Gotcha!" Jack laughed clutching the toddler before she ran straight into him. Dani squealed as he pulled her up and playfully threw her in the air.

"There you are, you little…" Claire said as she caught up with the little girl. "Claire, you ok?" Jack asked seeing her trying to catch her breath. "Fine, I just spent the past five minutes running after Speedy here in these damn heels," she said, jokingly glaring at Dani.

"tsk, tsk, have you been giving aunt Claire a hard time, Dani?" Jack asked, turning to face his daughter who'd wrapped her arms around his neck. Danielle shook her head stubbornly eliciting a sideway head-cock from her father which she knew not to argue with.

She opened her hand to reveal a handful of hair pins and beads she'd obviously stolen from her flustered aunt. "good girls, now give them back to aunt Claire, and let's get you back to Sun so she…" Jack was stopped midsentence when his daughter grabbed his face between her chubby hands, looked him straight in the eyes and said "no!"

"Good luck with that," Claire snickered, grabbing her things and leaving Jack to deal with the stubborn child.

"No? what do you mean 'no'?" Jack asked his daughter. She shook her head and reaffirmed, "no! No Sun. No dress!"

Jack let out a hearty laugh. He should have known his tomboy daughter was not going to make it easy to get her to wear a dress. "Dani, we had a deal, right? You promised that you'll wear the dress for two hours, you'll make mommy and daddy happy and then you get to eat cake all night. Remember?" Jack tried to bribe the little girl for the fourth time that week, poking her playfully on her freckled nose.

Dani looked at him and contemplated the thought for a moment and replied, "chocolate?" Jack laughed and put her back on the ground, holding her hand and leading her to where Sun was waiting, "yes, and chocolate, now let's get you aunt Sun and Ji Yeon."

"The men are ready," Charlie announced walking into the room with Hurley, Aaron and JJ marching in after him.

"don't you dare gloat about it, Charlie Pace, or I swear I will make you walk around in high heels and I will force you to wear make up!" Claire scowled at him from across the room. She was finishing her makeup next to a frustrated Sun who was trying to get Dani to sit still so she can comb her hair while Ji Yeon was excitedly twirling around the older women in her mini bridesmaid dress.

Charlie gulped dramatically, "yes, ma'am. Ready for your inspection, ma'am!" he said, ordering "his men" into formation. The four of them stood alert in their matching tuxedos until JJ broke rank, "where's mommy?" he asked.

"She's in there, sweetie," Claire said, pointing her nephew in the direction of where Kate was getting ready.

"Say cheese!"

Kate turned to see her son standing at the doorway clicking an imaginary camera. She smiled proudly as she saw him standing in his tux, looking a split image of his father," look at you! My little man. Are you all done?"

JJ nodded, "uncle Hurley helped me with the tie."

"You look positively dashing," she said walking up to him and taking his hand to leave the room. "no wait," her son stopped her, pulling her arm back to him, "daddy said to give you this," he said pulling a folded napkin out of his pocket and dropping it in her hand.

Kate eyes the napkin quizzically before unfolding it, its contents bringing a smile to her lips. "What is it, mommy?" the little boy asked trying to reach on his tip toes to see.

"They're seeds," she answered, slightly absent mindedly, as her fingers touched the seeds lightly.

"seeds?" JJ asked, scrunching his brow in confusion.

"yeah, guava seeds."

It was a simple wedding; a spring sunset on the beach with their close friends and family.

Jack's hands were sweating worse than the day of his first surgery and he could swear his heart stopped beating the moment he saw his bride walk down the aisle. Hurley gave her away, and he took his job a little too seriously, insisting to have a "word with the groom" first. Aaron and Ji Yeon led the procession, followed by Jin and Sun and then Charlie and a very pregnant Claire.

Jack Junior and Danielle were the ring bearers.

Jack and Kate wrote their own vows. They made each other cry. They made everyone else cry as well. Hurley made a toast that had everyone laughing and then laughing more when it made Claire snort her drink awkwardly. Danielle was out of her dress halfway through the ceremony and back into her ninja turtles t-shirt and shorts.

Charlie sang a new song he'd written especially for them. Everyone watched the newlywed's first dance as husband and wife. They watched as they danced barefoot under the glimmer of clear starry evening. They watched as Jack pulled Kate closer against him, his hand firm against the small of her back and lower his head; bringing his lips to her ear and whispering something that made Kate pull back and reach on her tiptoes to kiss him, oblivious to everyone who was watching them.

End.

ok, so now it is really over :) hope you liked.