This is my first fic, set about a week after the Ana and the others get to the Hatch, kinda fluffy. lemmie know what you think!


Chapter 1
It was almost a week after the ‘tailies’ had entered the other survivors camp, Michael was making plans to find Walt, Jin and Bernard were spending time with their wives and Libby was fitting in well, especially with Hurley, and Sawyer was in the Hatch being cared for by Jack and Kate. The ‘tailies’ had all been warmly welcomed into the camp, all except Ana Lucia. Throughout the entire week the only person who actually spoke to her was Jack, the others only looked at her with disapproving looks, as if she was a pebble in a bowl of jellybeans. She was outcast and alone. Feeling the unwelcome vibes Ana Lucia made her shelter away from the rest of the survivors, it wasn’t much, just a thick blanket tied between some trees but it was enough. During the week she had tried talking with the blonde man called Charlie but he had made it quiet obvious that he did not want to be talking to her so feeling embarrassed she made up an excuse an left, discouraged by her first attempt to speak to one of them Ana had not tried again. Instead she’d spent her time chopping down trees for firewood and exploring the surrounding area, trying to keep her mind occupied from the depressing situation, she took all of her emotion out on the trees, throwing her anger into the axe.

It was the fifth day Ana had been there and the sun was shinning brightly in the sky making the heat unbearable and it was impossible to do any work. The survivors had gone swimming to help deal with the heat and feeling that her company would be unwelcome, Ana was sitting in the shade under a tree beside her shelter when she looked up to see Jack approaching
“Hey” he greeted her,
“Hey” she replied
“So……” he began awkwardly “how’s you’re shelter?”
“It’s good, thanks.”
She told him, trying to figure out the real meaning behind his visit. The two stood there in an awkward silence starring at each other.
“What do want Jack?” she asked finally, her face expressionless. Jack’s eyes widened at her boldness.
“I was wondering if you wanted to come and stay in the Hatch, y’know with pressing the button and stuff. We could do with some more help down there.” The truth was they were perfectly fine down there but Jack felt bad for what had happened and decided to try to fix things up.
Ana Lucia raised her eyebrows and then sighed, he was making an effort to help her and it was an opportunity to get away from her current guilt-ridden state.
“Sure” she said eventually
“Okay, let’s go”
Jack smiled in relief as Ana got up and retrieved a small bag from her shelter and followed him to the Hatch.

In the Hatch Ana Lucia was given a tour by Jack, who carefully chose to avoid the room where Sawyer was still unconscious, gesturing to it briefly.
He then introduced her to John who greeted her in a friendly manor. Deciding it wasn’t so bad Ana agreed to stay
“Good, thank you” Jack smiled gratefully.

That evening Ana Lucia was sitting in the couch trying to concentrate on reading a book when she heard footsteps approaching, she looked up to see a thin brunet walking through the room.
“Hey” the brunet nodded in her direction
“Hey” Ana smiled slightly
“You’re Ana right?”
“Yea, sorry I’m not sure who you are..” Ana replied embarrassed
“I’m Kate, I’ve just come to check on Sawyer”
“Okay, see ya”
Ana Lucia watched her disappear through the hall. So that was Kate, she’d heard Jack talking of her a bit and now she could put a face to the name. Ana turned back to her book and tried to read it but found it was impossible, she had just been beginning to put what she did to Sawyer and everyone in the jungle out of her head but Kate mentioning Sawyer’s name had brought it flooding back in and now she couldn’t concentrate.
After several hours of highly concentrated reading Ana fell asleep on the couch.

The next morning Ana Lucia woke to the sound of weak coughing, she got up and followed the noise to a room she hadn’t seen before, in it, Sawyer lay on a bed coughing faintly. Ana stood in the doorway looking at him feeling over-ridden with guilt. After a moment she turned away to get help.

“Jack?” she entered the button room to find it deserted, on the desk was a note;

‘Ana Lucia,
Gone to the beach, to take care of Aaron,
Locke went out this morning,
Please take care of Sawyer and the button,
Thanks
-Jack’

Ana Lucia sighed and returned to Sawyer’s room, what was she supposed to do? She wasn’t a doctor and she was the last person in the world who Sawyer would want help from. Pushing the thoughts from her head Ana fetched two pillows from the closet and managed to prop Sawyer up into an almost-sitting position, soon afterwards he stopped coughing. She stood beside him, watching him and moved to flick a loose lock of hair from his forehead and drew her hand back in surprise, He was burning up. She went to the bathroom and wet a facecloth with cool water and put it on his forehead, and then she removed the covers, leaving only a sheet covering him. A little while later the drama was over and Sawyer’s fever was gone. Ana watched him for a while, Lost in her thoughts, She felt guilty for not giving Sawyer a chance, In the jungle she had been afraid of the others and didn’t know how to handle the fear and it had turned to determination and anger that she had taken out on the people around her, the very people she was trying to protect.

Ana was brought back to reality by the blaring of the button’s alarm, she rushed to the computer and typed in the code and she was pressing execute when Jack walked in.

“Morning!”
“Hi” she replied
“How’s everything? Sorry to leave you, Claire was worried…”
“Its fine” Ana interrupted him forcing a smile.
“Okay” he smiled back and left to check on Sawyer.
“What happened here?”
Ana heard Jack’s surprised voice from Sawyer’s room and followed it cautiously.
“He was coughing and he had a fever”
“You did this?”
“Yeah, sorry, I wasn’t sure what to do” she apologised
“No, Ana this is good! I just didn’t think you’d want to see him” Jack laughed
“Yeah, well no one was here and he was sick” she defended herself.
“Do you want a coffee?” he asked
Ana Lucia raised her eyebrows, “sure” she replied surprised.

Jack and Ana Lucia went to the kitchen and Jack made them both a coffee.
“So what are they saying about me?” Ana asked him
Jack looked at her amused.
“They’re wondering weather to welcome you or send you away” he told her honestly
Ana nodded “well I wish they’d make up their mind, I don’t like being ignored”
They sat in silence, playing with their mugs. Finally Ana broke into Jack’s thoughts, “Wana play cards?”
“I don’t really like cards” he replied
“Oh……..that’s okay, it was just an idea”
Jack starred at her for a moment then left the room, he returned seconds later with a rectangular box,
“Wana play scrabble?” he challenged her
“Okay, you’re on”
They sat in the lounge and set up the game. Ana had no idea how to play scrabble but she wasn’t about to let Jack know,
“You can start” she told him and watched as he retrieved 1,2,3,4,5,6,..7 tiles from the bag and placed them on his stand, he sat thoughtful for a minute then placed a word in the centre of the board and tallied his points.
“You’re turn.”
Ana mimicked his movements and formed the word ‘Cave’, placed it in the corner of the board then looked up at Jack proudly. He took one look at her and burst into laughter
“You’ve never played this before have you?”
“Nope, what’d I do wrong?”
He corrected her and taught her how to play.

An hour later she jumped up triumphantly “I win!”
Jack looked up at her grinning “Only because I let you!”
“You did not and you know it!” she retorted smiling
He glared at her and picked her up screaming to take her down to the beach and throw her into the ocean but he was interrupted by the button
“I better get that” he threw her gently onto the couch.
Ana watched grinning as he disappeared from the room, she thought back to Sawyer and went to check on him, his temperature was normal but he was coughing a little, she wrapped her arm around his neck and lifted it, with the other she took his glass of water and put it to his lips,
“C’mon Sawyer its just water”
Once he’d swallowed the water she lay him back down and turned to leave and was surprised to find Jack standing in the doorway.
“What?” she glared at him
“Nothing, thought you didn’t like him, that’s all”
“I don’t even know the guy” she protested angrily “out there, in the jungle, I was trying to make sure everyone stayed alive, I wasn’t trying to make friends Jack’ she was annoyed.
“Okay” he reasoned “I’m sorry” he said softly
“Me too” she whispered looking at the ground
“Hey Ana, don’t beat yourself up about it, you did what you had to Sawyer’s tough, he’ll be fine”
She nodded “I’m Hungry” she pushed past him and went to the kitchen leaving Jack alone. He decided to give her some space.

Later he went to check on Sawyer again and passed through the lounge, Ana was sitting staring at the floor tearing at the corner of a piece of paper he smiled at her briefly and carried on. On his way back he looked at her again, she was in the same position, tearing up the last of the paper, each piece she tore off fell and joined the large pile on the floor
“Hey Ana”
She snapped out of her gaze and looked up at him
“Yeah?”
Jack sighed, whatever was bothering her was really eating her up.
“Come with me”
Ana Followed him to a small room beside the room Sawyer was in that contained a small gym, it didn’t have much in it 5 machines or so, the walls were bare apart from one which contained a strip of mirroring. Jack took her to the corner and strapped boxing gloves on her hands.
“Jack I…”
“Just try it” he interrupted
He left the room and passed it 5 minutes later to see Ana beating the sh-t out of the boxing bag.


Chapter 2

“1 and 2 and 3 and..” Ana counted as she punched the bag forcefully. She was unaware of anything around her, there was only her, the bag and the pain, with each punch she thought about the past and how stupid she had been, nothing would ever be that way again. She hit the bag and kicked it, getting harder and harder each time.
“Hey go easy there” Jack laughed lightly, appearing suddenly at her side
“it’s not that strong”
Ana turned, noticing him for the first time, she looked from the bag to Jack then back again. She removed the gloves and shoved them into his chest and walked away, annoyed at his attempt to help her. She didn’t need his help, she could deal with it herself.
Jack sighed and followed her to the lounge. She snatched a book and sat down reading it. “I’m doing to the beach, are you okay here?” he asked
She nodded, not looking up. Jack smiled slightly and walked out.

After hearing the footsteps fade away Ana looked up from the book she had been pretending to read, seeing that he had gone she threw the book aside and returned to the small gym, she put on the gloves and proceeded to punch the bag.

Just as before, her punches grew harder as she became lost in her thoughts. The bag swung around violently but Ana paid no attention, she only hit it harder.
She punched the bad a final time and sent it flying into the mirror, shattering it into billions of pieces. A small fragment went into Ana’s cheek and one into her lower arm.
She stopped and stared at herself in the cracked glass then she slumped to the ground, she wanted to cry so much but for some reason she couldn’t so she just sat there.

Later on Jack appeared in the doorway
“Ana Lucia! There you are didn’t you hear us calling?”
She looked up at him, his eyes softened and he sat beside her,
“What happened Ana?”
He asked her gently as he removed the glass from her cheek and arm, Ana flinched at his touch, then again as the glass was painfully ripped from the cut.
“Its nothing”
“It doesn’t look like nothing” he commented softly.
“I had an accident, I’m sorry about the glass”
Jack got to his feet and helped Ana to hers.
“Its okay don’t worry about it.” He stroked her hair out of her face, her skin was so soft
she looked up at him, they stood there for several moments looking into each other’s eyes Then Jack kissed her, he pulled her close and wrapped his arms around her. Not really thinking about what she was doing Ana kissed him back. Suddenly they heard a shuffle in the doorway.
Jack pulled away and they turned to find Locke standing there surprised
“So…..you found her, ……..good, I’ll uh………get the button”
he finished awkwardly as the button conveniently went off.

Jack looked back to Ana, there was no emotion in her face, she stared at him then walked out of the room.
Jack watched her go, she was like a shell, her spirit was gone and he didn’t know what to do.

“I’m going for a walk” Ana told Locke as she walked out of the Hatch, she walked through the camp, down to the beach, immune to the people who stared at her as she walked, she didn’t care anymore, they could think what they wanted. She went and sat beside the graves of Shannon and the other survivors, She sat there for an hour, hoping to feel something new, something other then the grief ,guilt and despair she had been feeling, but there was nothing, it was like she was crying inside but she couldn’t physically cry.

“what’s wrong Ana?” Eko approached her
“Hey! Long time no see, howsit goin’ man?” she smiled falsely, ignoring the question.
“It is good” he replied, sitting down beside her
“How have you been?”
“Yea good” she lied
“The hatch is good, and I don’t think anyone wants me out here yet” she laughed.
“That is not true they are not as bad as you think” Eko replied
Ana looked at him thoughtfully
“Maybe one day..” she smiled
“I’d better get back to the Hatch” she told him “see you round”
she disappeared into the bush, instantly wiping the smile from her face.
She went the long way back, running all the way as if her past was chasing her.

When she reached the Hatch she found Jack asleep on the couch and Locke dozing off by the computer.
She went to see Sawyer, wondering if anyone had checked on him lately, he was still unconscious but alright.
Having nothing else to do Ana sat beside him and watched him, after a while she began to talk to him,
“Hey Sawyer. I know you can’t hear me, or at least I hope so, but it doesn’t matter, I’m sorry, I stuffed up, I treated you really badly and I’m sorry, If it’s any consolation I’ve become a depressed, guilt-ridden liar and the only person talking to me is Jack.
You better not be able to hear me.” She smiled slightly
“Y’know I never used to be like this before the island, I hate this damned place, I wish I wasn’t here and I wish you’d wake up so I’d stop feeling so god-damned guilty, sh-t Sawyer!” she said frustrated.
Ana placed her hand on the bed and rested her head on her hands she lay there until she fell asleep.

The next morning Jack went to check on Sawyer and was surprised to find Ana asleep of the chair beside him, he checked Sawyer, careful not to wake Ana and then left her to sleep, and then he went to the beach leaving Locke to take care of the button.

Sawyer opened his eyes groggily and moaned softly. He looked around and saw the dark room; he was back in the hatch. His shoulder was throbbing painfully, suddenly he noticed Ana Lucia ‘What’s that bitch doin’ here?’ he frowned and went to wake her but no sound would come out.
He took the glass of water from the little bedside table and drunk it, then put the glass back on the table.
The sound of the glass hitting the metal woke Ana and she sat up and stared at Sawyer in surprise.
“Hey! Um how are you feeling?”
“Good” Sawyer said shortly
“You’ve been unconscious for just over a week” she told him “Can I get you anything?”
He starred at her in surprise,
“You’re different” he smirked
She glared at him but said nothing and they sat in silence
“Okay um I’m kind of hungry” Sawyer said eventually
Ana nodded “I’ll tell Locke to get Jack then I’ll cook you something” he nodded as she left the room. He watched her go wondering what had happened to the feisty, violent woman he’d seen before.

Ana Lucia went straight to Locke
“Sawyer’s awake!”
“What?”
“Can you get Jack? I’m going to cook him something to eat”
“Sure” Locke left to get Jack and Ana went to the kitchen.

Locke returned 10 minutes later with Jack following closely behind, they went straight to see Sawyer.
“Hey there Doc, Elmer” Sawyer greeted them weakly
“how are you feeling?” Jack asked, taking his temperature
“Well now, my heads a bit sore, and my shoulder feels like it’s been stepped on and shot”
he said sarcastically.
Jack said nothing but continued to examine him.
“You seem alright, you should take it easy until you’re better, you should be able to leave the Hatch in about a week.”
“A Week?!”
“Yes” Jack told him firmly
“So how’d ya’ll like the marvellous Ana Lulu?” Sawyer smirked
Locke and Jack exchanged glances then told Sawyer of Ana’s behaviour that week,
“Really? Woah, go figure” he muttered
“just don’t say anything stupid”
“who me?”
Sawyer asked innocently

Just then Ana Lucia appeared in the doorway with a tray of food
“Hey” they greeted each other
“Thanks Xena” Sawyer said as Ana set the tray down on his knee
“never thought of you as the cookin’ type”
“well if you don’t want it….” She placed her hands on the tray as if taking it away,
“Now hold up there Darlin’ I never said I didn’t want it”
“Then shut up and eat it!”
“I’ve got to go down to the beach to see Sayid, will you guys be alright?” Jack asked
Ana and Sawyer nodded
“Okay” Jack said he walked out the door, “take care of each other”
“So what’d he say?” Ana asked Sawyer
“bout what?” he replied confused
“Me, how I’ve been acting” she said annoyed
“Now what makes you say that?”
“Take care of each other? I’m not an idiot” she glared at him
“he mighta mentioned sumpthin’ bout it all” Sawyer said vaguely “dunno, wasn’t payin much attention, never listened to a word the man said before and I ain’t gonna start now”
Ana raised her eyebrows at his unsatisfying answer then shrugged it off, she didn’t care anyway.
“Do you want me to leave so you can get some rest?” she asked, making an effort to be polite,
“Darlin’ I’ve been resting for the past week, I just wanna get out of this place.”
“Well Jack said you can’t” Ana replied amused
“Y’know Xena, you’re a lot different then what you were in the jungle” Sawyer commented daringly, ignoring Jack’s advice.
Ana cast her eyes downwards “Yea well out there was different and……sh-t happened.” she said quietly
“I’ll get you another glass of water” she said quickly, feeling uncomfortable and wanting to leave the room. She reached for the glass but Sawyer grabbed her wrist, she tried to pull away but he held it firmly, she looked up at him wondering what he was doing,
“let go Sawyer” she pleaded to him frustrated
Sawyer went to say something to her but began to cough, he let go of Ana’s wrist and she left quickly to get him some water.

While Sawyer was drinking the water Ana checked his temperature again,
“You’re hot” she told him
“Thank you” Sawyer grinned at her mischievously
Ana laughed and shook her head, she fetched him a fresh facecloth and once again set it on his forehead.
“Thanks Ana” Sawyer told her seriously
she smiled, “ you need to rest, the more rest you get, the quicker you’ll get better and be able to get out of here”
“well when you put it that way….” Sawyer said sarcastically “but okay, wana join me?”
Ana Laughed “I think I’ll pass on that one cowboy, I’ll be out in the lounge” she left the room and settled on the couch.

During the next hour Ana Lucia walked past Sawyer’s room four times, and each time he was lying awake, staring at the ceiling.
This time she decided to talk to him,
“How come you’re not asleep?”
“Uh…. Because I’m awake?’ he grinned.
Ana went and sat beside him
“why won’t you sleep?”
“because I cant”
“yea but according to Jack you weren’t the most energetic person and you loved to sleep” Sawyer chuckled
“What’s up?” she asked seriously
“nothing” he lied and gestured for her to leave but she didn’t.
It was obvious he was tired but Ana couldn’t understand why he wouldn’t sleep, she brushed a loose strand of hair from his forehead, his hair was surprisingly soft.
“You’re hands are nice and cold” Sawyer said softly
Ana looked at him and continued stroking his hair, they sat in silence until eventually Sawyer closed his eyes and fell asleep leaving Ana alone with her thoughts once more.
She liked taking care of Sawyer, it kept her mind occupied and in her mind it helped to make up for standing on his shoulder.

Ana went and sat in the lounge and sat there bored, soon Locke came into the Hatch and sat beside her.
“How’s Sawyer?”
“He’s good, coughing a bit but he’s getting better”
Locke nodded
“You must be sick of being in here” he smiled “ If you want I’ll look after things here and you can go for a walk or something?”
Ana thought for a moment, “yea, that’d be good, thanks”


Chapter 3

Ana left the Hatch and went down to the beach, she sat under a tree on the shoreline and picked up a mango and began to peel it, soon after the dog came running up to her and sat beside her, watching her peel the mango with pleading eyes.
“Don’t look at me like that!” she smiled
she growled and threw him a piece of mango.
Jack noticed Ana sitting on the beach alone and went and sat beside her.
“Hey” he said
she looked up at him and smiled slightly
“How are you?” he asked, putting his arm around her tiny waist
Ana smiled and pushed it away
“Jack…….don’t”
She didn’t know what to say, “Can’t we just be mates or something?”
He nodded “Sure”
He kissed her on the forehead and stood up “I’d better get back to the Hatch” he disappeared into the Jungle, Ana watched him go then turned back to her mango.
Suddenly she heard a noise in the bushes, she jumped to her feet and peered into the thick bush, she couldn’t see anyone but something was moving a little further in, she pushed aside the branches and cautiously made her way deeper into the bush, Then she stopped dead in her tracks, standing in front of her was a Woman.

This woman was not with the other survivors and Ana didn’t recognise her. She gestured for Ana to be quiet.
“Who are you?” Ana asked in a hushed voice
“That is not important” the woman had a thick accent “I have a message for you, tell the man you call Jack that they are coming, they are coming soon, be ready” she ushered Ana back onto the beach “go, go now”
Ana stood there for a moment stunned
“Go!” the woman whispered from the bush
Ana ran to the Hatch, she burst through the door
“Jack? Jack!” she called
“Ana?” Jack came running to meet her
Ana told him about her encounter and Jack smiled
“It sounds like you met Danielle, the French woman” he told her “don’t worry, she’s reasonably harmless, but she’s a liar, she kidnapped Aaron, Claire’s baby don’t worry about anything she says okay?”
“But what if she’s right?” Ana asked
“We’re safe here.” He told her.

Ana decided to drop the subject, if Jack said they were safe then they were, he’d been there longer then her so he would know better, although she wouldn’t put anything past the others, if that’s who they were talking about.
Ana went to see Sawyer; he was still asleep so she sat beside him staring into space, He was so peaceful, Ana thought to herself as she watched Sawyer, It’s a shame he wasn’t more like this when he was awake, she smiled to herself.

In the silence she could hear footsteps of people walking around the Hatch, There had to be four people, she calculated, counting to herself, then something happened that surprised Ana, she heard the heavy door to the safe room lock shut, the door only locked from the outside and they never used it so she was surprised it was being used.
Ana listened again, now there were two sets of footsteps. The policewoman in Ana kicked in and she thought back to her meeting with the French woman and realised that the woman was telling the truth.
Ana sprung into action, she grabbed the knife from her belt, hid behind the door and waited. The footsteps grew closer and closer and Ana realised they were coming to that room.
She glanced at Sawyer who was still asleep, then back to the door.

Two men entered the room, Ana watched them walk up to Sawyer’s bed.
“James Ford” one of them said
The voice woke Sawyer and he looked up at them alarmed “what the..?” he began, then he noticed Ana and his eyes gave her position away.
The men turned to follow his gaze and Ana lept at them, she punched one and thrust the knife into the chest of the other, he dropped to his knees,
Then the first man punched Ana in the face, re-opening her cut from the day before.
She staggered backwards
“Ana!” Sawyer tried to get up and help her but the man pushed him back and he was too weak to fight
“Don’t worry James, It will all be over soon, you just stay right there.” The man commanded.
Ana punched him back and sent him flying into the wall. She walked up to him, grabbed his shoulders and pulled him towards her, sticking up her knee, leaving him winded and gasping for air. Then she thrust the heel of her fist into his face, breaking his nose, he doubled over in pain.
Ana took a moment to glance at the other one, he was lying on the ground dead.
In one swift movement, while Ana was distracted, the remaining man stood up and stabbed Ana in the stomach, she cried out in pain, then the sound of a gunshot echoed through the room, drowning out Ana’s cry and the man fell to the ground dead.
Ana looked up to see Sawyer standing there with a gun.
He tucked the gun into his belt and went to put his arms around her to help her
“I’m fine.” She pushed him away
she wrapped her fingers around the black handle of the knife and pulled it from her stomach, gasping in pain. Blood quickly trickled from the wound, soaking her shirt.
Ana looked up at Sawyer and found she couldn’t focus, she was dizzy.
She stumbled backwards and once again Sawyer moved to help he, this time she didn’t protest.
Trembling, Sawyer lifted her up and carried her to the bed, he sat beside her and cupped her chin in his hands
“Ana…” he said softly,
She looked up at him and he could see the pain in her eyes.
“Jack’s locked in the safe room.” She said trying to be strong
She closed her eyes and went to lean her head against Sawyer’s shoulder, her head felt heavy and she was so tired, she could just rest for a second, then she would be okay….
“No, Ana you can’t sleep, you have to stay awake okay?” he pushed her away and wiped a tear from her cheek.
Then Kate, Jack and Locke burst into the room
“What happened?” Jack asked, rushing to Ana
“Told you” she said weakly
They lay Ana on the bed and lifted her top, folding it in half over her chest, revealing several scars and a deep knife wound.
Jack ignored the scars and tended to the fresh wound. He proceeded to stitch it up but the only painkillers they had on the island was penicillin tablets and Ana soon passed out from the pain.

Sawyer stayed with Ana the entire time, refusing to let Kate take him away, even though she was so persistent, eventually he was forced to blatantly tell her to get lost. So she and Locke took the bodies of the others to the safe room and locked the door.

Before, Kate had been coming to check on Sawyer when she heard Jack and Locke in the Safe room and she let them out.

Soon after Jack had finished stitching up her wound, Ana woke up, she was very weak and in a lot of pain, together she and Sawyer told Kate, Jack and Locke what had happened.
“So Danielle was right” Ana glared at Jack
“Ana I’m sorry” he apologised sincerely for not taking her seriously before.
Ana tried to sit up but was too weak and found she couldn’t so she lay back down and sighed, frustrated.
“Here” Sawyer put his arm around her and pulled her up so she was leaning against him.
“Thanks” she smiled
Just then the Alarm went off and Locke went to push the button, Kate sat silently glaring at Ana and Sawyer with envy.
“That was quite a fight you put up there Xena” Sawyer complimented Ana who smiled at the remark.
Kate stormed out of the room. She was not going to put up with Sawyers admiration for the one person on the island she couldn’t stand. No one noticed Kate leave.

Ana Lucia leaned her head in against Sawyer’s neck and closed her eyes, she was so physically tired and couldn’t stay awake any longer. Just as she was falling asleep someone appeared in the doorway, Ana opened her eyes to see an older woman standing there.
“Hey Rose” Jack greeted the woman
“Hello Jack, Sawyer” replied, “I’ve just been talking to Locke, you must be Ana Lucia”
she looked at Ana smiling warmly
“Pleased to meet you” Ana said hoarsely
“What can we do for you Rose?” Jack asked
“we’ll I was just coming to do some washing for Claire, you know because she busy with her child and all and I ran into Locke and he told me what happened.” She took out a black top from the basket in her arms
“It looks like Ana might need a new top” she held it out to Ana and Sawyer took it for her
“Claire won’t mind at all” Rose smiled
Ana couldn’t take it anymore, she closed her eyes and fell asleep.
Jack left to find Kate, suddenly noticing that she was gone and Rose and Sawyer helped to change Ana’s top.
“I’ll leave you to get some rest” Rose smiled when they had finished, and disappeared out the door leaving Ana sleeping against Sawyer.

At the survivor’s camp news spread quickly of how Ana had fought the others and looked out for Sawyer. And they began to re-think their judgement of her, all except Kate who was envious of the attention Ana was getting from Sawyer, there was a bond between them that Kate couldn’t understand and she hated it.

Back in the Hatch Ana Lucia woke to find she was wearing a black halter top that fitted perfectly and best of all it wasn’t stained with blood.
Still weak but feeling a little better, Ana reflected on what had happened, curious, she decided to go to the bodies of the others and learn about them, she knew almost nothing and this was her chance, pushing aside the pain she got to her feet and walked down the hall to the safe room where the bodies lay, cold and still.
Ana stood there staring at them, she couldn’t move, she was overcome with emotion and she didn’t know how to control it, her mind flashed back to scenes of the past month, the children disappearing, Cindy being taken, shooting Shannon and the others invading the Hatch.

Meanwhile the loss of Ana’s body heat had woken Sawyer and he wondered where she went, eventually he found her in the safe room,
“Ana” he said softly, coming up behind her
She turned to see him and burst into tears, she felt helpless and guilty about what had happened but at the same time she was happy that she was finally crying.
“C’mere” Sawyer pulled her into his arms and held her tightly, she buried her head in his shoulder.
“I’m sorry, I’m so sorry” she cried, tears rolling down her cheeks
“I didn’t mean for it to happen, any of it, Its all my fault”
“Any of what?” Sawyer asked, stroking her hair
“You, you’re shoulder, how I treated you. It was stupid and I’m sorry. And the past…” her voice trailed off
“What about the past Xena? Would that be something to do with those fine scars you got?” he thought back to when Jack was stitching her wound.
Ana nodded but said nothing
Figuring she didn’t want to talk about it Sawyer let it go
“It’s alright, everything’s okay now don’t worry about it” he kissed her forehead, his arms still wrapped around her.

Sawyer took Ana back to their room and they sat on the bed in each other’s arms
“So why wouldn’t you sleep before?” Ana asked quietly
Sawyer looked away “It doesn’t matter”
“Yeas it does” Ana looked at him, wanting to know what was hurting him so much that he couldn’t sleep Sawyer sighed;
“last time I was asleep it took me a week to wake up, I don’t want that to happen again,” he said simply. Ana nodded, understanding, it was his way of coping with what had happened.
“Why are you being so nice to me?” Ana asked, changing the subject.
“Because Ana, you and I are like two peas in a pod, we work well together, dunno why that is ‘xactly but we fit” He laughed “ besides, you’re upset and I figure you want someone to talk to. I’m not as wonderful as the good doctor but Its better then nothing.”
Ana Lucia coughed “you’re better then him, I don’t see what’s so good about him, everyone around here seems to worship the ground he walks on.” She said amused
“Thanks, ‘preciate that” Sawyer grinned at her.
Ana grinned back,
“You know he kissed me the other day”
Sawyer frowned “really”
Ana noticed the annoyed look on his face and smiled “yea. I told him we weren’t a good idea, besides Kate would be really pissed if I took both her men”
Sawyer snorted playfully
“Oh yea? Who says you got me?”
Ana leaned over and kissed him, she was about to pull away when he kissed her back, sliding his arm around her holding her where she was.
Soon Ana pulled back and smiled
“nothing I guess” she said answering his question.
Sawyer frowned, she had outsmarted him. Ana laughed at him finally realising what was happening.
Sawyer lifted her chin and kissed her again, she didn’t protest, Sawyer was right, they fitted together, they needed each other.
Sawyer and Ana were to busy to notice Kate standing in the doorway and they were too busy to see the hurt and angry look on her face as she stormed away.

Four days later Ana and Sawyer were finally allowed to leave the Hatch. Sawyer had managed to talk Ana into moving into his shelter with him and they walked hand in hand down to the beach.
“It’s not very big” Ana said when they reached the small tin hut
“Yea but its cosy” Sawyer grinned, pulling her close
Ana laughed “really?”
“Yea” Sawyer lent down and kissed her.
“I have to go and see Rose about my singlet” she said pulling away, she kissed him quickly then walked away “I’ll be back soon”
Sawyer watched her walk away, smiling to himself, they were both so different now, still the same, but they were seeing a different side of each other, a more affectionate side and Sawyer liked it.
He sat in the tent and pulled out a manuscript he had been reading before he had gone on the raft and began reading it.

Sawyer was half a chapter away from finding out who committed the murder when Kate appeared in the doorway.
“Hey there freckles” he greeted her
“Hey” she smiled at him “so how are you feeling?”
she moved to sit beside him
“I’m doin’ fine, and yourself?”
she nodded smiling sweetly “Yea I’m fine, I was worried about you” she paused
“A bullet in your arm was bad enough but then that Ana stepping on it was horrible, is it all better now?”
Sawyer frowned “Yea it is, and it wasn’t Ana’s fault, its all sorted now alright?”
Kate nodded, not wanting him to get angry at her
“Can I see?”
Sawyer unbuttoned his shirt and pulled it back to reveal a fresh scar on his shoulder.
Kate moved closer and fingered it
“Ouch, that must’ve hurt” she said softly
“Yea but I’m okay” Sawyer said, trying to shrug her off
“I missed you Sawyer, I’m sorry” before he could protest Kate kissed him, she wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him close, Sawyer sat there stunned.
“You Bastard!”
Sawyer and Kate turned to see Ana Lucia standing at the doorway glaring at the brunet and topless Sawyer.
Ana turned and walked down the beach, she couldn’t believe what she’d just seen, she’d trusted Sawyer and he hurt her.

Sawyer was to busy calling after Ana and putting his shirt back on to notice the smug and satisfied look on Kate’s face, her timing couldn’t have been more perfect. She turned to Sawyer and tried to kiss him again but he shoved her to the ground
“Get lost Kate!” he yelled at her and ran down to the beach after Ana.

Ana didn’t know where to go, everything reminded her of Sawyer, she ran to the first shelter she’d made and returned to chopping wood. She swung the axe heavily, shattering the fragile bark on the tree, tears welled up in her eyes but she ignored them. Sawyer eventually caught up with her.
“Ana” he began
“I don’t want to hear it Sawyer! Just leave me alone.” She said forcefully
Sawyer walked up to her and grabbed her arm, forcing her to drop the axe. She struggled against him
“Let me go!”
But he didn’t
“listen to me Ana, Listen to me!” he held her tightly, she stopped struggling and a tear rolled down her cheek
“What?”
“Kate kissed me, I didn’t kiss her I promise, I didn’t even kiss her back, I hate her, Just like you and Jack” he looked at her, and wiped away the tear from her cheek
“Ana I love you”
She looked up at him but said nothing, unsure of whether to let him in again, whether to risk the hurt.
Sawyer lifted her chin and kissed her softly on the lips he pulled away and looked at her.
“I’m sorry, I don’t want to lose you Xena,” he pleaded to her
Ana nodded and he wrapped his arms around her and they held each other.
“I love you too” she said softly
Sawyer smiled and kissed her forcefully and Ana kissed him back equally as passionate.
Maybe she would fit in after all.
~end~

thats reale gd, i like the bit wen jack and ana kiss :) that is so sweet :angel:

Lv H x x x
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WOAH! that's realli good! lol. stupid kate!......lol. i just realized you could have thought i was talkin to you! lol. no. stupid kate from lost! lol....i'm retarded! but i love tht one!

Omg I can't believe you brought this one up again! lmao I hate this one, it was the first one I did and it's tragic :ph43r: and yea I know which Kate you mean lol thanks!!! :P

i read this a while back and i guess i didn't review ..... i thought it was cute and i love when Kate gets jealous of Ana hehehehe i'm evil

ohhhhhhhhhhhhh I know what this is :D And i love it. Go devilish Go devilish *chants :D

^^ :huh: *backs away slowly*

:P thanks

hey that wasnt a bad thing dont back away :( *cries*

LOL. well, your first story or not. it's still better than i could ever do! ur awsome! lol. :wub:

:hug: I was just teasing :P

^^ aw thanks noel! but no this story's tragic as. anyone could do better.

you should try and write a fic!!!! :D

you better just be teasing :P or else :angry:

:blink:

omg what's with the violence??? whatever happened to the whole 'wold peace' thing that people wanted? coz I'm not feeling it right now :ph43r:

who said i was prepared to use violence. I could have mean ti was gonna tickle you to death :P

^^ haha but that won't work coz I'm not ticklish! ..........

*walks away then starts running from caramel*

ha ha from that last sentence i have come to the conclusion you are
*runs after kate and begins tickling*
MWAHHAHHAHHAHA

well, i do write, but just not anything about michelle. i could try, but i probably woulnd't post it...just because it would suck. but...maybe when i get good. oh! g2g!

nooooo!!!! *squirms and screams!* I....I....I...can't breathe!

baaaaad caramel

noel you should try! pm one to me and I'll read it if you want?

nope goooooooooooood caramel. This is just what you needed.

*tickels kate more*

ah....ha...ha.....ha O this is just PAINFUL. can't.....move

my ribs are getting seriously sore :blink:

stop it!!!!!!!!

*tears roll down cheeks*

hee hee *points and laughs, then tickles more*

O will you stop this already??? My body can't take much more of this..... :blink: *passes out from lack of oxygen*

:o whooops!!

*rings an ambulance*

*waits util carols is out of the room*

*gets up and runs to the bedroom and locks self in*

*snickers*

Oh so gullable :P

*ambulance comes and sees that kate is all right so they call the police for fraud*

*police come and start banging on kates bedroom door* :cop:

ohhhhhhhhhhhhh you are soooooooooooooooo in for it now. :lol:

:drive: *drives away* actually No what the hell am i doing driving away i wanna watch them manhandle you into that cop car!! :drive: *drives back*

yea but then I told them I didn't make the call and had no idea you were making the call.......how could I when I was in the shower? :huh: :angel:

so they let me go and took you instead mwahahahaha

no they didnt because i got back JUST in time and told them the ENTIRE story and they got REALLY angry with you and manhandle you into a car while i stand and wave from the window :)

:wave: bye kate.

......5 months later...........

haha I'm out of jail!

*tracks down carol*

*stalks you for a week*

*steals your DNA then kills someone and sets you up*

haha how do you like me now biatch? :P :ph43r:

HEY!!

*tells the police the ENTRE story and they come and take you away again.*

*waves from the window*


bye kate :wave:

na uh! that doesn't work this time coz I set you up REALLY good.

:wave: bye carol! have fun making lots of nice new friends!

*snickers*

*police gets sick of the both of us and lock us up for the night*

now stop this or youll both be in here until your 50

:o 50!!

*behaves*

LOL. no comment. heehee. :D

HEY!!

we will frame you mind *snigers* hee hee :lol:

haha good idea!

*plants marajuana in noels bag and calls police*

*noel is thrown into our cell*

hey noel! hw'd you get here? :whistle: :P

hee hee lol. Now your in jail too. And they are letting us out soon because we behaved :D

ohhhhh so cute!!! they awsomely match xoxoxoxoxo :)

*crosses arms*

HEEEYYY!!!!!!!
:angry:

^^ wow someone's slow :P hun sorry to tell you this but you've been convicted of possession of illegal substances. you were sentanced to 25 years in a funny farm coz of the effects of those drugs you were taking, you remember a?

*snickers* B)

:lol: