Sorry that took so long...I was a bit busy.. .

It had taken three hours to get to the Pace's house, which was pretty good timing. Kate had slept the entire way there, leaving Jack to silence and boredom.

"Hun, wake up…" Jack said, shaking Kate slightly. He sighed when she simply groaned. Getting out of the car, he walked around to her side. He opened the door then picked her up. "I'm only doing this because your sick…" he informed her. He really didn't think she was sick though. He was pretty sure that it was just stress. He shut the car door, then carried her up the steps and knocked.

Claire squealed and rushed to the door, opening it quickly. "Wow…I guess she really doesn't feel well…" she commented from what Jack had told her on the cell phone from his car. "Well the kids are napping and you're about an hour early…" she told him, stepping aside. "You can take her upstairs if you want…"

Jack smiled and walked in. "Alright…" he told her. It only took him a few moments to take Kate up to the guest room. Charlie caught up with him on the way back down.

"Nice to see you again, man…" Charlie said, grinning.

Jack smiled back at him. "Nice to see you too…" he told him.

The two of them chatted about random things as the walked down the stairs and into the living room.

Jack smiled upon seeing-two year-old Jaden and-five year old-Aaron fast asleep on the couch. "Charlie, I want to talk to you and Claire about Jaden…" he said.

Charlie frowned and nodded. He knew this was coming. "Claire…" he called, leading Jack into the dining room.

Claire turned. She knew what was going on by the expression on Charlie's face. "No…" she said simply.

Jack frowned. "Claire, please don't make this difficult…" he told her. "She's Kate's daughter, and Kate wants her. And if Kate wants her, then I'm going to get her for her no matter what you say…"

Claire looked at Charlie, who said nothing. "No…" she repeated.

"Claire, just give her up…" Charlie said finally. "Don't make this difficult for any of us…"

Claire looked at him in disbelief. She turned and left the room.

Jack sighed. "She's going to make this hard, isn't she?" he asked.

Charlie looked at him. "I'll try to talk to her…" he said. He turned and left the room, going to way that Claire had went.

Jack looked down when he felt a small tug on his shirt. "Hey, Jaden…" he said, smiling down at the little girl. She looked so much like Kate. She had the curl brown hair, the green eyes, the freckles…

"Where's mommy?" Jaden asked, looking up at him. She had a smile on her face that looked just like Sawyer's.

"Mommy's sleeping…" Jack told her. "She doesn't feel well…She be awake later though…"

"Oh…" Jaden said. She seemed to think for a moment. "Puppy!" she said, tugging on Jack's hand.

"You got a puppy?" Jack asked, letting the little girl lead him into a different room.

"Look at puppy!" Jaden squealed, pointing to an extremely overweight cat lying in the middle of the living room.

Jack scratched his head. "Well…Um…It's big enough to be a puppy…" he said. "It's big enough to be five puppies…"

"We should get going…" Charlie said, coming in to wake Aaron.

"Alright…" Jack said ,nodding. "We'll meet you there…I'll see you when we get there, ok?" he told Jaden.

Jaden nodded, then took Charlie's hand.

Sighing, Jack went upstairs to wake Kate.