A/N: This, again is a short chapter. The next one is going to be very long, and I'm going to bring in a lot of Lost themes...:)

Disclaimer: I do not own Lost or anything affiliated with it. Only in my dreams...

Chapter 10

Charlie woke up the next morning without Claire next to him. He got up, made sure Aaron was in his crib, he was, and went outside. He saw Hurley and decided to ask him.

"Hey Hurley." he said walking up beside him. He was cutting up fruit.

"Oh, hey dude. Want some fruit salad?" he said offering him a bowl.

"Ugh, no thanks. Have you seen Claire?"

"Oh, ugh yeah. She's over there," he said pointing behind him, "with Sawyer."

"Thanks. See you later."

"Yeah, see you later, dude." he said continuing to make his salad.

Charlie stormed over to Claire and Sawyer.

"Sorry, sweet cheeks. I can't let you in my stash." Sawyer said noticing Charlie walking up.

"Sawyer, please. I need this. I-" Claire said before she was interrupted by Charlie.

"Claire?" he asked putting a hand on her shoulder.

"Charlie!? You scared me." she said jumping back.

"What's going on here?" he asked her, looking at Sawyer.

"You're little girlfriend here wants somethin out 'o my stash," he said grinning as he spoke, "but she won't tell what it is."

"Claire. Why don't you go back to Aaron, I'll take care of this." he said rubbing her shoulder.

"Okay..." she said backing up.

"Just, take care of Aaron." he said before turning back to Sawyer.

They both watched her walk away, and then Charlie sat down across from Sawyer.

Sawyer smiled at him, "If you just tell me what it is, I'll give it to you."

"Sawyer..." he said rolling his eyes.

"Tell me..." he said smirking, "aw come on, what is it? Birth control?"

Charlie looked over at the ocean.

"It is isn't it? I knew I just knew you were-"

"It's not birth control!!"

Sawyer quickly wiped the smirk off his face.

"Oh I see now. Sorry if I ugh. Sorry man. I got it don't worry."

Charlie looked down at the sand as Sawyer went into his tent. He came out a couple minutes later with a small box.

"Thanks." he said taking the box.

"Yeah..." he replied and sat down again.

Charlie looked at the box and then stood up. "Thank you, Sawyer."

Sawyer looked at him and then smiled, "Anytime, Charlie."

Charlie smiled and then walked away. Claire was sitting next to Aaron's crib, rocking it, when Charlie came in.

"Hey. I got it." he said walking towards her.

"Thank you." she said and then stood up. She stood face to face with him looking from him to the box. "Now?"

"Sure. Anytime your ready."

"Okay, I'm going to get Sun to watch Aaron."

Claire walked out of the tent and over to Sun's.

"Hey Sun." she said walking into their tent.

"Oh, hello there Claire."

"C-can you watch Aaron for a little while? Charlie and I were going to go for a walk."

"Oh sure. That's fine." she said and walked with Claire back to her tent.

"We won't be long." Claire said grabbing her sweater.

"Take your time." she replied

"Thanks Sun." Charlie said before exiting the tent.

"Bye." she replied.

Once they were both out of the tent, Charlie turned to Claire.

"Where did you want to go?"

"Down the beach is fine. A long way from here."

"Alright." he said and then they set off.

Neither said a word until they were clear of people.

"Is this far enough?" Charlie asked.

Claire looked back and shook her head. "A little further, please?"

"Okay." he replied. Charlie looked over at Claire, she looked sad. He wrapped his arm around her and pulled her closer. After another few minutes of walking, Claire decided it was far enough.

"I'll be right back." she said and then turned into the jungle to leave.

"Claire?" he said stopping her in her tracks. "Whatever happens, just know that I love you." She smiled and turned around to give him a kiss. Then she went off into the jungle. Charlie sat down on a rock nearby. The two minutes she was gone, felt like forever to Charlie. He kept thinking about babies. What the baby would look like. If he would look like Charlie. Or if she was a girl, look like Claire. Or if there was no baby.

Claire came out of the jungle with a half smile on her face. She sat down next to Charlie and pulled out the instructions She laughed at herself. She already knew what it would look like if it was positive, because of Aaron. Claire set the box and chart aside and looked at the test. Her hand was shaking as she read the results...it read...

Claire turned the test to Charlie. He looked at it for a minute and a huge grin appeared on his face. The biggest grin she had ever seen. She wasn't smiling at first but when she saw his face, she couldn't help but smile.

"I-I'm going to be a father!" he said.

He turned to Claire and shouted it to her. "I'm going to be a father!!" he said before wrapping his arms around her and squeezing her as hard as he could. She started to giggle as he picked her up and swung her around in circles.

"Oh! This is wonderful!" he said before putting her down. "Aren't you happy Claire?"

"...Of course I am!" she said as she pulled him in for a kiss, "I love you." she whispered before planting a big kiss on his lips.

"Did you want to tell anyone?" he asked.

"Of course!" she replied, "Let's go back and tell everyone."

"Okay!" he said and picked her up like a baby.

She smiled and reached for his face. She moved the hair off his eyes and stroked the side of his face.

"So, you are happy about this?"

"Of course I am! I'm going to be a father!"

Sun looked outside of the tent to see Charlie carrying Claire, both laughing and smiling. She took Aaron and quickly walked over to them.

"What's going on, guys?" she asked walking along side them.

"We have some big news!" Charlie replied.

"What? What is it?" she asked.

"We'll tell tonight, at dinner. It's a surprise." Claire replied.

"Okay." she laughed, "did you want to take Aaron."

"Yes, please. And thank you Sun for taking care of him." Claire said taking Aaron from her.

"Your welcome. I'll see you two tonight then?"

"Yes." Claire replied.

They were now back at their tent. Charlie laid Claire down on their bed with Aaron.

"I'm going to go tell everyone to be at tonights dinner, alright?"

"Okay." she said smiling, "kiss?"

"Of course." he replied and leaned in and gave her a kiss.

"Love you." she said as he walked away.

He smiled and went to see Hurley.

"Hey, Hurley?"

"Yeah, dude?" he was sitting on the beach with Libby.

"Oh hey Libby. Ugh...Can you tell everyone to meet around the fire tonight? It's kind of important."

"Sure dude, what is it?"

"It's a surprise!" he said. "Bye Libby, Hurley."

"Later dude." he said looking over at Libby with a confused look on his face.

Charlie went back over to their tent and sat on the bed next to Claire.

"I told Hurley and Libby to tell everyone." he said rubbing her arm.

"Good." she said sleepily

"You tired?"

"Yeah, a little."

"Get some rest. You need it. I'll take Aaron." he said leaning down giving her a kiss on the forehead.

"Thanks." she said handing him Aaron.

Charlie put Aaron down for a nap and closed their tent behind him. Later Charlie came back to find Claire writing in her diary.

"Hey." he said entering their tent.

"Oh, hey."

"Did you have a good nap?"

"Yeah...yes I did, thanks for letting me."

"No problem." he said walking closer to her. "What are you writing?"

"Ugh just some stuff, about today. Baby stuff I guess."

He nodded. "Did you want to get some supper now. A crowds already formed. I guess everyone wants to know what we have to say."

She laughed. "Alright." she said and closed her diary.

She grabbed Aaron and walked hand in hand with Charlie.

The crowd was whispering all sorts of things as Charlie and Claire walked over to Jack.

"So what is this about?" Jack asked.

"We have to tell you all something." Charlie said. "You want to tell them?" he asked Claire.

"Sure." she whispered.

"I umm...I wanted to bring all of you here tonight to tell you some big news." she started. Everyone was now quiet. "Me and--Charlie and I have been together for awhile now and I have some really big news-"

"You're getting married?" someone shouted.

"No...no not yet I-ugh-I'm p-I'm pregnant." she said. The whole crowd was quiet for about a minute before Jack spoke.

"That's ugh-...won-...that's ba-how's that?"

"Good." Charlie replied.

Then the whole crowd started clapping and people started coming up to them. First Hurley.

"That's awesome dude." he said hugging Claire, and then Charlie.

"Congratulations Claire, Charlie." Jack said to them.

"That's great news Claire!" Kate said her. "and Charlie." she said before giving him a hug.

Claire was busying talking to people, when she noticed Sawyer. He was walking towards them. She expected the least from him. But here he was, standing right in front of them.

"Congratulations Claire." he said giving her a hug.

"Thank you, Sawyer." she replied.

"Charlie. Congratulations, buddy." he said giving him a hug.

After everyone said their congrats, Charlie noticed Lily. She was sitting by the fire, alone. "Where is Sawyer?". He thought to himself.

"Hey, Claire? I'll be right back." he said to her.

"Okay." she replied and watched him walk over to Lily. She frowned and looked down at her food. She felt something hit her stomach. "I'm not jealous." she thought to herself.

"Hey." he said sitting down next to Lily.

"Hi." she replied quietly.

"I'm guessing you heard about Claire."

She nodded. He nodded back. After a couple of minutes she didn't say anything. "Alright." he said. "See you later, Lily." he said getting up. She stopped him with her hand on his.

"Charlie. I wouldn't get too attached."

He looked down at his hand, pulled away and walked back to Claire. Lily watched him hug Claire and chat her up. She frowned and took a deep sigh.

What is Lily hiding? Find out in Chapter 11, coming soon...

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