How to save a life.---
Story set after "Fire Water". Another Charlie/Claire fanfic.
Rating for language and suggestive themes.
Disclaimer: I do not own Charlie, Claire, or anything Lost. :(
"Previously on Lost."
Charlie takes Aaron and walks away.
"Charlie, what are you doing?!"Claire says following him.
"I'm doing what I have to do."Charlie starts to run away.
"He's got my baby!! Stop it!" Claire screams as she runs after him.
"No, Claire, it's alright. It's not --"
"Charlie, stop! Help! Somebody help! He's got my baby!!"
"I just wanted to save him!" Locke comes over.
"Charlie! Give me the baby." he tells Charlie.
"Eko, tell them. Tell them, Eko. Tell them what you told me -- that the baby has to be baptized." Charlie screams to Eko.
"This is not the way." Eko replies.
"Charlie, come on, give him to me."Locke says slowly walking towards him.
"Who the hell are you, John? Aaron's not your responsibility. Where were you when he was born? Where were you when he was taken? You're not his father. You're not his family." Charlie says turning to Locke.
"Neither are you, Charlie."Locke replies.
"I have to do this. I need to. I'm not going to hurt him."Charlie says turning to Claire.
"You're hurting me, Charlie."she replies.
Locke takes the baby.
"Claire, I'm sorry. Claire."
Locke punches Charlie 3 times, very hard. Charlie falls.
End.
Claire sits next to Aaron's cradle, rocking it slowly. It is daytime, Charlie is across the beach trying to put a tent together. Sawyer approaches.
"Well, well, now look who had to relocate to the suburbs."
Charlie looks up but doesn't respond.
"Ain't that just like a woman? She keeps the house and you get the cheap-ass apartment. Man, I thought these people hated me, but I've got to hand it to you -- stealing a baby, trying to drown it -- now, that's a new low. You even made Locke take a swing at you. Hell, that's like getting Gandhi to beat his kids."
Charlie looks over and replies, "Shouldn't you be more worried about Jack ransacking your tent right now?"
"What?" Sawyer looks over, "Son of a bitch." he heads toward Jack, "What do you think you're doing?"
Charlie smiles. He continues to put his tent. Hurley enters.
"Yo."
"What do you want Hurley?"
"Aww...nothin...just checking on you."
"Checking on me? For who?"
"Oh ugh...Cla...me." he says sitting down.
"So you're checking on me, for you?"
"Ugh...sure."
"Right...are you sure about that Hurley?" he says sitting down next to Hurley.
"No..."
Charlie smiles.
"Okay fine, Claire wanted me to check on you to make sure you're alright."
Charlie starts to laugh. "You can tell her, I don't need to be checked on, I'm perfectly fine on my own..." he looks over towards Claire, "now her on the other hand...might need some checking on." he said pointing to Claire sitting with a fussing Aaron.
Hurley quickly gets up, "later dude"
"Bye."
Claire is trying to calm Aaron down.
"It's alright honey, calm down, shhhhsh."
"Whaaaaaaaaa!!!"
"Aaron you need to go to sleep now...shhhhsh".
"Hey. How's...ugh...the baby?" Hurley says approaching.
"Hey Hurley. He's just fussing again...I don't understand...I feed him...rocked him...but he just won't sleep. Charlie always used to...never mind."
"He's fine...you know? Charlie? He said he's fine."
"Sure...yea..." she replies looking over at Charlie ripping off his tent tarp.
"Bloody hell!" he screams trying to get the tarp to cover his small frame of a tent.
"Later Claire...and little island baby." Hurley says walking away.
"Bye." Claire replies laughing. She looks over at Charlie again. He sits alone with his tarp blowing away. She sighs.
After about an hour, it's dark and Aaron is sleeping. Charlie sits by the fire eating alone.
"Hey." Claire says sitting down about a yard away from Charlie.
He looks up, "Oh...ugh...hi." he says quietly, unlike his usual happy, loud way. She stares at him.
"How's your...wound?" she said reaching for his face. She gently touched it. He squirmed a little and then she realized he was uncomfortable with her hand on his face and quickly pulled away.
"I'm sorry for...kicking you out...you know...it's just...I can't have you...so involved with Aaron...I mean...when we get off this island...I...we..may never see you again. I just don't want him to become attached to you...like a father...because...you're not." he finally looks up at her. "and...you're a...well you know." she said referencing his drug addiction.
"I guess you're not going to talk...hmm?", she asked looking down. "alright I'm going to go...to sleep I guess...'night Charlie." she said getting up.
He grabs her arm.
"I'm not using anymore...Claire? Don't you believe me?". He said looking up at her. She looks right down into his eyes.
"I want to." with that, she leaned down and kissed the top of his head. "Goodnight Charlie."
"Goodnight." he turned around and watched her walk away.
Her tent is only a couple yards from the fire. He went over to his tent, and grabbed all the blankets he had...which was only 3. All of which were thin airline blankets. He had given all the thick blankets to Claire when he became friends with her. He also grabbed his two bags and his guitar. He put his belongings a couple feet away from Claire's tent, next to a tree and laid down the blankets next to her tent and the fire. Then he laid down on top of the blankets and pulled up his hoodie. Shivering, he tried to reach out to the fire.
Claire was inside her tent facing the entrance and saw Charlie. She smiled as he tried to make a bed and put his belongings next to her tent. After a half hour, she sat up, grabbed a couple of blankets, and slowly walked over to him. She laid it over him and tucked him into it. He turned around surprised to see Claire.
"Wha...what are you doing?"
"Shh...it's okay Charlie...I just wanted to bring you a blanket." she said calmly as she wrapped him with another blanket. "I thought you might be cold." she said sitting up next to him.
He sat up with the blankets wrapped around him. They just sat there for a couple of minutes before Claire started to shiver. He hesitantly put his arm up and wrapped it around Claire. She leaned in closer to Charlie and slowly put her head on his shoulder. He smiled and pulled her up closer and wrapped the blanket around her feet.
"...thanks Charlie." she said into his chest.
" 'Welcome, here." he said pulling her up and wrapping the whole blanket around her. "Why are you here, Claire?" now he was without a blanket and sat there with his arms around his knee's.
"I don't...Charlie..."she said turning to him. "I...I miss you..."
"I miss you too Claire. But...I thought you didn't want me around..A..Aaron?"
She sighed. "Well Charlie, I thought about it...and I just...I want you to come back...I haven't...you haven't been here for 2 weeks...and I just miss..you...and I'm pretty sure Aaron does too."She said smiling. "Come on...let's go to bed...I know you're cold out here." She said getting up and offered her hand. "Please, Charlie?" He smiled and grabbed her hand.
"Okay." he said lingering over the word.
They walked over to her tent and Charlie went to grab his stuff.
"You can...sleep here" she said pointing to the only bed in her tent.
"Where are you going to sleep?" He asked concerned. She smiled. "Why doesn't he get it?" she pondered.
"Charlie..I meant...for you to sleep with me..." he had a scared look on his face. She started to laugh. "I didn't mean that."
"Oh...ugh...right."he said blushing.
"It's okay, Charlie." she said climbing into the bed.
"Yeah." he said nervously laying down next to her.
"Goodnight Charlie." she said turning to face him.
"'Night Claire." he said turning around and facing the entrance/exit. Anytime he felt uncomfortable he could slip out the door and then everything would be fine, he thought in his head.
She noticed he was very far over and barely had any blanket. "Charlie?"
"Yeah?" he said half turning around.
"Why are you way over there? You don't have any blanket!" she said scooting over to him with her blanket reaching out towards him. He could feel his face getting warm and then hot when as she scooted closer. "I don't have cooties Charlie." she said laughing. "Come here." he could feel her breath on his neck. He turned around to see Claire, with her beautiful eyes staring back at him. She pulled the blanket over him and put an arm on his shoulder to pull herself closer. She hugged him and laid her head next to his. He didn't do anything, just stared at her, surprised at what she was doing.
"That's better." she said nuzzling her head into his neck.
"Cl...Claire?" he asked as she pulled back.
"What?" she replied as she put her hand on his face gently rubbing his wound. "Is something wrong?"
"No...every thing's, fine."
"Good, cause you had me wor"
She was cut off by Charlie's lips. He kissed her. He kissed her. She was surprised at first, but then soon realized what was happening. It was quick. Only a few seconds. He pulled back and looked at her. She had a blank look on her face, it soon turned to worry and confusion.
"Claire, I..I'm sorry I thought that you...I'm sorry I couldn't help myself I just." He quickly rose and flew out of the tent. She just sat there watched him leave and then sat back and turned around. She ran through it over and over again. From the time he kissed her to the time he was gone, was about 10 seconds. It was so quick she didn't even have time to retaliate. She took a deep breath and let out a huge sigh.
Meanwhile Charlie laid down on his bed. Thinking about what he had done. "What's wrong with you Charlie? She just let you back into her and Aaron's life, and then you goes and ruin it. What the hell is wrong with me?" He tossed and turned for a couple hours until he finally fell asleep.
End Chapter One.
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