I Didn't Realize

"What's this?" Claire held up a small statue she had pulled form Charlie's backpack. The expression on Charlie's face changed from his normal, relaxed self to horror, and back to relaxed again as he realized that Claire had not been to the yellow plane Boone had fallen form, and did not what the statue contained.

"It's a statue of the Virgin Mary"

"I didn't realize you were so religious." Claire said, finding it hard to believe that a 'rock god' like Charlie would be into religion.

"I'm not…" The Brit hesitated for a moment. "I found it in the jungle. You never know if it might come in handy." He let out the breath he had been holding when Claire smiled and seemed satisfied with his answer. If only she knew the real reason why Charlie had taken the statue.

The next day...

Claire woke to the sound of Aaron's crying to find that it was already light, and she had definitely overslept.

"All right, I'm coming! I'm coming!" The baby began crying even louder at her yelling. Claire raced to the crib, and a loud crack resounded as she tripped over something in her way. She paid it no heed, and resumed her mad dash to the baby.

"Shhhh." She picked up the baby and turned around to find that the object she had tripped over was Charlie's bag. "Oh shit!" she exclaimed, thinking of the delicate statue Charlie had been keeping in it. She hurriedly unzipped the bag, and stared in horror at what the now-broken statue had held.

(Yeah, I know it's short, but the next chapters will be longer. I promise!)

Reviews please if you want another chapter! They would be very appreciated, as this is only my second fan fiction! smiles sweetly while holding out plate of brownies