someone call me?

Over the next few days Sawyer avoided Jack, but trying to be subtle about it, but when it came to have his weekly bandage changed he could not avoid him then. “Oh well” he thought to himself, “I can’t avoid him forever; he is on the same damn island! Time didn’t matter, if he had seen me then he’s not likely to forget it too soon, and that was another thing, maybe he hadn’t seen?”

When he reached the hatch he took a deep breath and made his way inside. Sawyer bumped into Jack, as he was coming in it seemed Jack was going out. This bump was aquardly sexual. “Sorry” Jack said as he blushed, “I was just coming to find you to change your bandages.” Sawyer tries to hide his embarrassment, but the biggest thing he is hiding is the fact that he wants to do that again. “Well doc,” he says casually, “ya found me. Now let’s get this over and done with so I can get back to my book” he smiles cockily, “just about to get to the sex scene,” he adds. Jacks eyes roll.

Jack is wrapping the bandages around Sawyer’s arm, they are talking about Kate “lemme get this straight I said I love you to Kate?” said sawyer panicking. “No you said I love her to me.”
“Oh… well I don’t,”
“Come again?”
“I don’t love her... I probably did, but I defiantly don’t anymore” said sawyer smiling. Jack smiled too, but his was a knowing smile, he could tell by Sawyers expression that he was thinking I don’t fancy her but I do like someone else. “So, who do you like?”
“Who said I like anyone?” Sawyers bandages were done by now, they were just talking now, “No one I was just wondering if you did like anyone else”
“That’s none of your business doc”
“That’s a yes then?” Sawyer looks at Jack telling him to change the subject, with his eyes, but Jack is interested “come on Sawyer, who do you like?”
Sawyer looks at Jack trying to hide all of his emotions so Jack can’t read his expression. Time passes. “Fine Jack,” Sawyer says quietly “I like…” he pauses considering whether or not to tell Jack that he likes him, fearing he will not return his love.

The door bursts open, Kate stands there looking at the scene before her, Jack and Sawyer are face to face, staring at each other their noses 3 inches away from each other, but they quickly snapped their heads around to look at Kate. “Sorry,” Kate jokes, “I didn’t realise I was interrupting you two, it looks like you are having a serious talk,” but when she said serious it sounded sarcastic, like she was implying something else.

“Maybe in your little fantasies Kate, but not in the real world.” He smiles, but he is thinking that it is ironic that it is in his fantasies, not hers. And his heart is also aching, Jack will never like him, Kate is even laughing at the idea, thinking it will never ever happen.

Sawyer stands to leave relieved Kate came in at that time, but Kate grabs the washing powder from the side and leaves adding “don’t worry Sawyer, I’ll leave you two in private” her tone filled with sexual innuendo.

Sawyer is angry, he tries to think of a snappy comeback, but the door is closed before he has time to think.

“Bitch, thinks she’s so clever” Sawyer growled. “She was just joking, Sawyer”
“Don’t care”
“What’s up your ass? Just coz you know it’ll never happen.” Jack says smiling.
“Go to hell doc”
“Lighten up Sawyer it’s a joke!”
“Yeh well, you know me by now I don’t do jokes that are directed at me.”
Jack shook his head, “hey, you never told me who you like?”
“Good thing Kate came when she did then, or else I would’ve” and with that Sawyer turned on his heel and walked out of the hatch, down the path to the beach.