Hey ya'll! this isn't the last chapter....i decided to wait for that one! ;) this is, though, a chapter!...duh....anyways!

Note: The lyrics for Blowin' in the Wind are Bob Dylan's, not mine! All lyrics are italicized!

Enjoy!!!

The phone rang repeatedly in the dark room. Liam, too lazy and tired to care, groaned at the phone's persistence. Ring, Ring, Ring..."GAH!" Liam gave in and grabbed the phone clumsily, missing it the first few tries.

"Hello?"

"Hello, is this Mr. Liam Pace?" A familiar, but official voice asked. "This is Mr. Young from the airport."

Liam shot up and eagerly listened. "Yes...what is it?"

"We have some good news..."

The islanders buzzed excitedly as they hastily gathered their things. Excitement and joy enveloped the whole atmosphere of the Godforsaken island.

"When I get home, I am getting a peanut butter and honey sandwich with cinnamon apples on the side," Claire piped, wide-eyed like a small girl. "What about you Shannon?"

"Well," the blonde pondered, "I think that I am going to get some new clothes and eat some real food. What about you Sawyer?"

"I think I'm just gunna head on home. No point of staying around the place where it all began right?" Sawyer shrugged. Everyone nodded with agreement. "What about you Cheeky?"

Charlie looked up from the fire, broken from his musing. "What do I want to do when we get back? I want to tell my brother that I am sorry for everything. Then I want to invite everyone over to the house for a Welcome back to Life part. We'll eat cake and ice-cream and everything! Oh yeah, and I want to avoid the media and press."

Everyone that was gathered around smiled at the young man, "That sounds like a good plan." "I'll come to your party."

Then, there was a sudden sound of wind chopping the air. "Helicopters!" Sayid ran to the gathered people. "Everyone come to the beach. They are preparing to land and second now!" The people hastily got up and practically ran all the way, including Claire.

Liam drove as fast as he could to the airport, along with his wife and child. He wanted to be there, no had to be there when Charlie arrived. They all bolted into the airport with all the other families and friends of the castaways. The media was having a frenzy, too. They were interviewing people at random that were holding pictures of the one's that they lost or were about to be found. When Liam entered though, the media came running to him.

"Liam Pace from DriveSHAFT right?" a reported yelled with our waiting for an answer. "How do you feel about your younger brother Charlie? It was believed that Charlie had cocaine on the plane, is that true?"

"PLEASE!" the same voice from this morning yelled, "Leave Mr. Pace his family alone. They have been through just as much as any other family and deserve their space!"

The reporters reluctantly backed off and returned to what they were doing before hand. Looking at Mr. Young and silently thanking him.

Charlie waited in the crowd of survivors to be checked off a long list of names and then be put on one of the rescue helicopters. He watched as Claire, Jack, Kate, Sayid, and Sawyer walked towards one and helped each other in. He wanted to call out for them to wait for him, butagiantman dresses in a green jumpsuitwith the checklist had gotten in his way.

"Name," the man droned.

"Pace, Charlie Pace," Charlie said distractedly, trying to look over the man's shoulder.

"Charlie Pace?" the man said, skimming quietly through the pages.

"Yes," he answered a bit annoyed.

The man put a check on the page and said, "Next!"

Charlie ran towards the helicopter with all of his friends in it, guitar in hand. He flung the guitar in and scrambled into the craft.

"Charlie?! I see you got past the jolly green giant over there." Charlie turned to find a smirking Sawyer. He smiled back him.

"Yeah, he was very pleasant."

"As is everyone else," Jack snorted. Jack pointed down at Charlie's guitar and smiled. "Are you going to play for us?"

"Yeah Charlie," Claire pleaded with a childlike look, "We have a couple minutes until we have to leave."

"Yeah, our helicopter is almost full. In fact, here comes Locke now," Kate pointed out.

Charlie sighed and pulled out his guitar. "What do you feel like listening to?"

"What do you feel like playing?" Jack asked, shrugging his shoulders.

Locke put himself on the helicopter and looked around. "What's going on?"

"Charlie's about to play us a song," Claire smile as she patted at the spot beside her. "Have a seat."

Charlie thought for a moment for a song that would fit the moment. "Alright then, here goes nothing." He strummed a few cords and then began to play the song.

"How many roads most a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
How many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, how many times must the cannon balls fly
Before they're forever banned?
The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

Yes, how many years can a mountain exist
Before it's washed to the sea?
Yes, how many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
Yes, how many times can a man turn his head
Pretending he just doesn't see?
The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

Yes, how many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind."

Charlie's friends sat in a reflective silence, remembering all they had been through. Sawyer put an arm around Charlie's shoulder and gave him a hug. "Good job man."

The helicopter started to lift off the ground. They were leaving the island behind, after all the drama, pain, and memories.

"Wow," Kate murmured. "It doesn't seem as destructive from up here; it looks like an island out of the travel booklets."

"Well, looks can be deceiving," Locke replied, "I think we all know that by now."

well, that was it! next chapter will probably be the last one and it will take a bit longer for it to come up as it will be christmas and all soon! ;)