Kate sat on the ground, her back against Claire's makeshift bed, laughing and shaking her head. "Well you asked Claire." Aaron giggled from his spot on Kate's lap and reached up, wrapping his fingers in Kate's dark curls and pulling. Kate winced, but gently took his hand away from her hair and held it down in her own.

"Well I call that a momentary lapse of good judgment." She shook her head, moving to sit back down next to Kate. It's been so long since I've hung around with someone who's so… open about that." She shook her head. "Although you are with Sawyer so I should have expected it." She looked down at Aaron, glad the boy couldn't understand what they were talking about.

"No trust me Claire, that wasn't even half of it." She shook her head. "There's a lot of stuff that I will never tell anyone about." Kate smiled down at Aaron, moving her hand to wipe some spit off his face from his little game of blowing raspberries.

"Well I'm thrilled to hear that. As well as a little frightened." She shook her head, then winced slightly. "It sounded… painful."

"Oh, it was." Kate smiled and leaned down, kissing the top of Aaron's head. "It was really painful."

"And once again… I'm sorry I brought it up." Claire looked out onto the beach with a small smile. "So, you wanna go see how the game's going mama bear?" Kate rose an eyebrow at her friend.

"Sure… but if you call me mama bear one more time…"

"Got it." Claire stood up and walked towards the tent flap before turning around again. "Mama bear." She winked slightly as Kate shook her head, standing up. "Just remember, you're holding my son."

"Yeah, I remember." Kate smirked. "Don't worry, I'll get you when you least expect it." Kate shifted, clutching Aaron closer to her chest and kissed his head once more. Claire rolled her eyes slightly and nodded.

"You want me to take him or are you gonna be ok holding him?" Claire crossed her arms over her chest as Kate shook her head.

"I think I could maybe manage." Kate smiled as Aaron snuggled his head on her shoulder and stuck a finger in his mouth.

"Aw, I think little Roo is tired." Claire nodded at Kate with a small smile. "And I don't think he wants to leave his auntie Kate." She opened the tent flap and nodded for Kate to go out ahead of her. Kate walked out onto the beach and looked at the sunset's reflection in the water while she waited for Claire to take the lead.

"Why would he want to leave me? He knows who's going to spoil him the most." She winked back at Claire. "Besides, he's gotta love me for giving him someone closer to his age to have for a friend." Claire nodded at Kate and chuckled.

"I suppose you're right." Claire looked forward towards the area outside of Sawyer and Kate's tent. "Oh, I didn't know that Locke played cards…" Kate looked towards the tent and noticed Sawyer, Hurley, and Locke sitting down with a deck of cards.

"Weird. I thought it was just going to be Hurley and Sawyer today… he didn't mention Locke possibly coming out. I didn't even know Locke came out of the hatch anymore." Kate shrugged, walking towards the men with Claire. "Hey guys." Hurley looked up first.

"Hey dudes, little dude." He smiled before looking back down at his cards with a slight frown.

"Hello Kathrine. How are you Claire?" Locke looked up at the two women with a smile. Kate nodded, grimacing slightly at the name.

"I'm fine John. How are you?" Claire smiled, nodding friendly at the man before turning to look at Sawyer, who was just staring at Kate.

His eyes were resting on Aaron, lying comfortably on Kate's shoulder, snuggled close. There was something about Kate that was just so maternal and loving. It was a side of her that he wasn't used to seeing all the time and he loved it about her.

"Hey Freckles." Sawyer had a small smile on his face as she looked down at him.

"Hey." Kate nodded down at him, holding Aaron a bit closer and returning his smile with a nod. Hurley looked up at the two of them.

"Dude… are you ok? It's your turn." Sawyer turned to Hurley, jumped out of his dazed state of mind.

"Yeah... I guess it is." He turned to the women with a smile. "I gotta put this hand down now, y'all wanna join in?"

"Sure." Claire smiled as Hurley and Sawyer moved so that they could sit down. Sawyer's eyes fell to Aaron, who had fallen asleep now. A small trail of drool trailing out his mouth and onto the shoulder of Kate's shirt. He smiled and leaned over closer to her as he laid down his cards.

"Baby drool looks good on you Freckles."