Woo-Hoo! Chappy 26! Weeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Chapter 26: Learning to Walk

Today was the day! The day was finally here that Morgan was going to walk! It had niw been a week since Morgan's incident in the jungle. Morgan was very excited, but also somewhat anxious. She was worried about how much it would hurt if she tried to walk. Sayid and Jack had been very supportive these past couple day sand she felt her confidence boost by that. Jack stepped into the infirmary tent where Morgan was sitting up in bed with an excited grin on her face.

"You ready?" Jack asked.

"Yeah." Morgan nodded.

Jack bent down and Morgan wrapped her arms around his neck and he slid one arm under her legs and the other wrapped around her back. He gently picked her up and walked out of the tent where Sayid was waiting.

"Are you excited?" Sayid asked when they exited the tent.

"You bet I am." Morgan said.

"Good." Sayid smiled.

"Go stand about ten feet away." Jack said to Sayid.

Sayid nodded and walked about tent feet away from Morgan and Jack. Jack slowly eased Morgan down on the ground. The sand felt strange beneath Morgan's bare feet because she hadn't felt anything under her feet in a week. Morgan puut her weight on her feet and gasped as she felt a jolt of pain shoot through her leg.

"You okay?" Jack asked.

"I'm fine." Morgan asnwered.

"Okay, now take it slow and steady." Jack said, "Baby steps."

Morgan put her left foot forward and shifted her weight to it. Her leg almost collapsed out from under her from the pain of having all her weight on her injured leg.

"Easy, easy." Jack said as he caught her.

Morgan took another step forward and almost cried out with joy. She was really walking!

"I'm doing it!" Morgan rejoiced.

"Come on, keep going. You're almost there." Jack said, "You're doing so good."

Morgan kept on taking baby steps until she reached Sayid, who was smiling the whole time. When she reached him, the three of them embraced in a group-hug. They were suddeny startled by a brief flash of light. They looked to the left and saw Charlie sitting with Claire under the shade of their tent. He was holding up Morgan's digital camera and he was smiling.

"That'll be a keeper." he said as the picture appeared on the small screen on the back of the camera.

"Oh, how did my hair look?" Sayid said, pretending to be prissy.

All of them burst out laughing. Morgan hobbled over to where Charlie and Claire sat and sat down with them.

"Let me see that picture." Morgan said.

Charlie handed her the camera and she smiled when she saw the picture.

"Everyone group together and sit down right here." Morgan said.

Charlie, Claire, Jack, and Sayid all grouped together next to Morgan and she held out the camera in front of them and took a picture of all of them.

"That did good." Morgan said, as she looked at the picture, "I can't wait till we get rescued and I can print these out."

"What do you miss most about home?" Sayid asked.

"I never really had a place to call home. So, I don't have much to miss." Morgan answered, "You?"

"I miss being with my family and friends." Sayid answered.

"What about you, Jack?" Morgan asked.

"I miss being able to take a real shower." Jack answered.

"Claire?" Morgan asked.

"Hmmm....I think having a real bed to sleep in." Claire answered.

"Charlie?" Morgan asked.

"Banoffee pie." Charlie said in a day-dreamie voice with his eyes closed.

Everyone laughet.

"Okay, either that or reading the Sports Ilustrated swimsuit edition." Charlie said.

Claire elbowed him in the arm.

"What? A man has a right to look." Charlie said.

Morgan laughed. They spent several more hour talking to each other and laughing; having a good time.

A/N: Sorry for the SHORT chappy. I'll try to make the next one longer. I have some pretty good ideas for the next several chapters......