Chapter 3

The Secret Behind the Flashes: Part 1

Disclaimer – I do not own LOST

(A/N: I am SO sorry for the wait! I know I haven't published a chapter for about a month! I had a bad case of writers block, my apologizes. I would also love to give a shout out to karivalentina, thanks for all of the help!

**This chapter takes place right where the first chapter stopped.** Hope you enjoy!)

"Desmond? Why would Desmond know?" Claire asked Ben.

"Desmond is not only capable of seeing Charlie's future." Ben replied.

"What? So your telling me I am going to die just as well?"

"No, Claire, I am not." The way Ben replied sent shivers up and down Claire's spine, who did he mean?

"Then who else are in his flashes?"

"That is not my information to share."

"So your saying I need to find Desmond myself? You think he is going to come knocking at my door or something?"

"No," Ben handed her a slip of paper, "follow these instructions and then go to that address at 2:30pm tomorrow."

"Why would Desmond be there?"

"We've set something up for you, for all of you."

Claire nodded; she knew what she needed to do.

Claire stood up and took Aaron by the hand, only six of you were supposed to be rescued, and Claire, you weren't one of those six.

Ben's earlier message still rang through her head, "If I wasn't a survivor, then what was supposed to happen to me?"

Ben slowly turned his head towards her, "Excuse me?"

"Earlier, you said something about me not being a survivor," Claire reminded Ben.

Ben nodded his head, "You disappeared, no one could find you and some made it to a helicopter and left. You were alone in the jungle for years, well you had a friend, but you went crazy and gave up hope."

The thought sunk in with Claire, "And if we fix whatever we need to do with our fate, I'll go back to that? You think I want that! Aaron... he will be raised on the island, he deserves better!" Claire spat towards Ben.

"Calm down Claire," Ben said gesturing to the seat, "you may want to sit down for this."

Claire sat down, her heart racing, and her eyes still beating down towards Ben.

"Aaron won't be raised on the island, because when you disappear, you leave Aaron in the jungle and James finds him deserted and hopeless. They keep him safe and take him on the helicopter, he is one of the survivors."

"Then who takes care of him! Who takes care of my little Aaron!" Claire shouted demanding an answer. She began to cry... she couldn't lose him again... not this time.

"Kate."

Claire sat there, speechless, like time had stopped. She began to cry even harder, "Mommy? Are you okay, Mommy? Don't cry." Aaron told her.

Claire picked him up, "I am your Mommy, and I always will be, I'll never leave you baby. I love you."

Aaron fiddled his small arms around Claire, and gave her a hug.

"How do you even know? How do you know these things?" Claire asked Ben, wiping away her tears.

Ben began to eye Richard as if he was waiting for an answer, Richard nodded and Ben spoke, "Jacob."

Claire squinted, "Jacob, who's Jacob."

That's when Richard stepped, "He's the over seeker, the protector, and the one who brought you and your plane to island, he even brought me... many, many years ago. He's the one who knows right from wrong, and he knows your fate."

"So, how does he know that we messed up fate? How does he know that none of this was supposed to be this way?" Claire asked stubbornly.

"Claire, it's hard to understand … but the island told him," Richard paused, "the island creates your destiny, Charlie was never supposed to live … the sea should have swallowed him. Now, you have rewritten fate, and that is unheard of, the only way to keep everyone safe is to go back, fix everything."

Claire nodded; she knew her questions would soon be answered… one step at a time. She needed to find Desmond, and once that was done everything would unravel and soon fate would take over. "What now? Do I just wait?"

Ben nodded, "If I were you, I would take a shower." Claire let a smile slip, grabbed Aaron, nodded and walked out the door.

Claire looked down towards Aaron, she couldn't bring him back, he will never go back. She knew there was only one person she could trust, only one person who would keep Aaron safe.

…

The next morning Claire lay in bed staring up at the ceiling, in a way she missed being on the island where she could look up to the stars … to the infinite universe. Back on the island, Charlie would be lying right next to her. Claire began to fiddle her fingers through Aaron's soft baby hair as he slept, but a knocking at the door interrupted this. She got up as quietly as possible, so she wouldn't wake her child, and opened the door. Claire stood there full of shock, her eyes began to swell with tears and she could barely speak, "Mum…"

"Claire." The two wrapped their arms around each other, for Claire hadn't been able to hug her mum since the car crash where her mum was put in a coma.

"I can't believe your okay," Her mum continued.

"I can't believe your okay," Claire replied.

"Oh, Claire, I've missed you so much," she said cupping Claire's cheeks.

"Me too, mum. I don't know if the nurses told you when you… got out of your coma, but your grandmother. His name's Aaron… biggest heart and I am proud to have him as my son. Looks just like you." Claire said with a smile.

"Yes, Claire. They told me and they informed me that you would always visit me and we would watch nature programs together. When I first awoke, they told me how your plane crashed, and that I was never to see you again … but here you are. Alive."

"Yeah mum, were both alive … here talking and here to together."

Claire lead the way to the coach and once they both sat, asked, "How'd you know I was here, mum?"

"A man came up to me, in circular spectacles, he told me that he knew you and where you were." Ben, Claire thought. "And I just suspected he too was on the plane crash."

"Yeah, he was on island with us." Then Claire remembered the note Ben had handed her, she reach into her pocket and grabbed it.

Follow these instructions:

1) Go to the LAX Inn, I reserved you room 815

2) Next, please take a shower

3) For the next day there are a few outfits to choose from for your interview

4) Get in a cab around 2:15pm and head to the L.A studios, go to lot A, this is the location of the interview. *Bring Aaron, you know what you're going to need to do. *

5) Make sure after the interview to grab Desmond. Then meet back at the same café from the day earlier.

-Ben

But that wasn't it; on the back there was a smudged sentence.

It's Aaron.

(A/N: I really hope this chapter was fun to read! The second part will be published soon. Please keep on reading and reviews are always welcomed :D )