Chapter 1-Charlie's CD

Chasing Cars

Disclaimer: I don't own LOST.

A/N: Wow. It's here. Finally. The sequel. I know it took me forever, and I'm sorry. I know I have some explaining to do. First, the title. I am horrible at titles, and finally I decided to use the title of one of my favorite songs, Chasing Cars, by Snow Patrol. Some of you might recognize the song because a lot of jaters consider it to be a great jate song and I think that too. But also I think the song really fits this fic, so I will be including a few lyrics from it in chapters that I think it applies to.

I am also horrible at summaries. In this fic I will have Jack go back to the island and be with the Others, but that will probably only take a few chapters or so and it won't be the main focus. It probably won't happen until the middle of the fic. This story will still have all the ships that were in Winter Wonderland, but jate will be the primary ship because as much as I try to stay away from Jack and Kate they always sneak up on me and I can't resist writing cute jate. lol! Ok so sorry for the long author's note. On to the story. This takes place about a week after New Year's Day.

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Charlie excitedly left the recording studio and got into his car. He couldn't believe that he really was releasing an album in the next month. He had worked so hard on it for the past two years and during that time Claire had been so supportive of him and he really wanted to make this count. His brother still lived in Australia, but he had talked to him and they were on good terms again.

He had recorded the album by himself. It was entitled Charlie Pace: Second Chances. He really believed in the title as the album focused mainly on his island problems and situations. The front cover was pretty nifty. It featured him on a beach, standing and leaning on a palm tree with a serious expression on his face.

He reached his house and walked in while holding the cd behind his back.

"Claire? I'm home."

"Charlie!" Claire smiled and appeared in the hallway. "Did you get it?"

"Yep! I got a copy for everyone!"

"That's great! Let me see it!"

Even though Charlie had written and sang some of the songs in front of Claire, he had never told her the titles or shown her the album art, so no one knew exactly of what was on the album.

"Close your eyes." Charlie grinned.

"Oh come on! I've been waiting forever for this!" Claire protested.

"No really."

Claire sighed and closed her eyes as Charlie brought the cd right in front of her face. "Ok. Open them."

"Oh Charlie! It's beautiful!" Claire squealed as she grabbed it.

"Beautiful? I was thinking more along the lines of exotic or mysterious."

"Ok fine. It's mysterious." Claire rolled her eyes as she examined the back cover. "Twelve tracks? Wow that's quite a lot."

"Do you like the titles?" Charlie asked hopefully.

"Monster Ate The Pilot." Claire laughed. "You actually put that one in there!"

"What? You thought I was joking?"

Claire smiled and put her arm around Charlie's shoulders, but maintained a distance from him as she stroked his hair. "You want me to give you another haircut for old time's sake?"

"Sure." Charlie grinned broadly.

Claire put both her arms around him as he pulled her closer to him. She kissed him on the cheek and then rested her head on his shoulder as she read more of the titles on the cd. One caught her eye. It was track four and it was called Imaginary Peanut Butter.

If I lay here

If I just lay here

Would you lie with me, and just forget the world?

A/N: All right so that was pretty short. Long chapter coming up!