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FATE
Peanut
"Man, its dark in here" Shannon noted as she fallowed Charlie trough the cave with a flash light in
hand. "Well, in the cave defense it is after all, a cave" Charlie replied without looking back as he
ran his free hand along the walls of the cave. "Yeah, I know. Its just really dark. And dirty, and a
little creepy. You sure this was a good idea?" she asked, taking a sew quick steps forward to meet
up with him. "It was your idea" he reminded impatiently. "Oh..right" she replied, a little
embarrassed. She continued walking very close, keeping just behind him as she waved the light
around in what ever direction she happened to be looking. "So what do you think my brothers
gonna do when he finds out that I'm up in the caves makeing an effort?" she asked, determined to
keep up conversation. "I have no idea" Charlie assured, determined to keep the talking to a
minimum. "You did tell Claire, right?" she asked hopefully. "No, why would I?" He retorted,
looking back over his shoulder. "Uh, so someone would no where we were!" Shannon replied as
if the answer should have been obvious. "Its alright, we'll be out of here by morning" Charlie
assured her. Shannon rolled her eyes but kept her mouth shut. For a while they walked in silence,
hearing only the echo of their very own foot steps. Shannon looked around aimlessly while
searching for something to say in her mind. But suddenly her conscience was distracted by a
strange sound in the distance. "Charlie, do you hear that?" She asked softly to make sure she
wasn't going crazy. "Yeah..I hear it" He answered, stopping in his tracks. It was a gentle
rumbling, loud enough to be coming from just around the corner. "Oh god, what if its one of
those polar bears?" Shannon suggested nervously, the flash light shackling in her hand. "Its not a
polar bear. Give me that" Charlie assured her as he snatched the light out of her hand. He took a
few steps forward, to the edge of the corner. Shannon waited where she was. If there is a poler
bear, it could eat him first. A smile grew across his face as he looked onto the other side, and
after a moment he began to laugh. "What is it?" Shannon questioned, taking a couple steps
forward. He didn't respond, so she forced herself to look. Just around the corner lay a big pond,
witch connected to a river at one end. The water rumbled through the narrow crevasse, shining
green in the light. "Oh my god. We found it. This is what the map was talking about!" She
exclaimed excitedly. "Shh!" Charlie reminded her, the last thing he wanted was a cave in. "Well,
atleast now we no its here. We should head back the way we came and tell the others" Charlie
suggested. "Yeah, good idea. I don't want to spend another minute in this damned cave" Shannon
agreed, and began fallowing him back.
The sun had only been up for a few hours once they got back, but a small panic had already been
made. Boone stomped up to them as soon as they emerged from the jungle. "Jesus Shannon,
where have you been?!" he asked as he gave her a hug. "Ew, get off me!" She exclaimed, pushing
him away. "Where were you?!" he insisted, not at all offended by her little shove. "I was in the
caves, we found a river inside one, just like the map said!" Shannon explained proudly. "What the
hell were you going out there for? Do you know how dangerous that is?" He scolded. "You're
the one who said I should do more to help around here!" She reminded him angrily, the brat in her
was returning. "Yeah, I didn't mean get yourself killed! Jesus Shannon! What if something
happened to you? We wouldn't have know where to look or anything" He continued to badger
her. Charlie made a quick escape without either of them noticing, to wrapped up in their own
sibling rivalry. He made his way back to the tent and found Claire inside, looking at herself in the
rather large mirror they'd recovered from the other half of the plain and hung up on their wall.
She was standing sideways in ripped geans and a black bra, stareing at her stomach, witch had just
barely begun to show. He came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist, kissing the
side of her neck. "When did you get back?" she asked with a smile. "About a minute ago" He
explained, placing another kiss on her check. "What are you doing?" he asked curiously, resting
his chin on her shoulder. "Just, looking." she replied, smiling down at her stomach. "I got a check
up today" Claire added with a hint of amusement. "Due date is May 25th, with would make you a
Gemini" She explained, talking down to her where both her and Charlie's hands rested. "What do
you think it is?" he asked, looking at her from over her shoulder. "A girl" Claire beamed, pulling
her gave away from her stomach to look at him. "One of each" he noted playfully, his grin
widened. Claire nodded, and looked at the mirror again, seeing Charlie holding her in his arms, his
hand gently moving over her slightly rounded abdomen where there baby was growing every
second. It was one of the most beautiful things she'd ever sceen. "Well, I better go put a shirt on
before some one decides to pop in" She suggested. "Aw, your no fun" he sighed playfully, letting
his arms drop to his sides so that she could go get her shirt. "Yeah, well its no fun when your one
year old starts asking what 'those' are" she contradicted as she began digging through their neatly
folded pile of cloths kept on a little shelf in the corner. Charlie looked around, noticering Ben was
not still sleeping as he normally would be this early in the morning. "Where is the little peanut any
ways?" he questioned, looking around the room. "He's out with Sun" Claire answered, then
stopped and stood up straight. "Did you just say peanut?" she asked, turning to look at him.
"Yeah, all the cool kids need a nick name, right? Thought I'd try it out" he explained with a grin.
"Oh? And what was yours?" she questioned, unfolding the striped tank in her hands as she waited
for the response. "I didn't have one because I wasn't a cool kid" He explained good naturly.
Claire laughed a little under her breath. "But, I always wanted one" he added quickly, makeing his
way over to her. "So what do you think?" he asked, grinning down at her as he stopped only
inches away. "I think its cute" she replied with a smile. "Then peanut it is" he confirmed. He gave
her a kiss on the forehead before moving over to the other end of the room so she could get
dressed without him crowding her.
"So what your telling me is, you found one of the map where the battle was supposedly held?"
Sayid questioned, makeing sure he was getting it right. "Yes, the only problem is, I have no idea
what the battle was. And so far it hasn't mentioned it again" Shannon explained, glancing back at
the map. "Well, at least now we have a clue" He suggested, sliding into the chair next to her. This
didn't make her feel any better. She frowned down at the paper, with her chin rested on her hand.
"It would help if I could make out complete sentences" she grumbled, sullenly. "Where is your
partner?" he questioned playfully. "Hes taking the day off" She explained bitterly, rolling her eyes
over to where Claire and Charlie were sitting not to far away. "Maybe then you should take the
day of too" He suggested, turning back to her. "I think I've taken enough of those" she reminded
him. "One more wont hurt" he persisted with a smile as he stood up. Shannon looked up at him
skeptically for a moment, the caved. "Alright, but this better be good" She muttered playfully as
she stood as well.
Charlie and Claire had invented a new way of entertaining themselves. It was a game of rock,
paper, scissors. Except, who ever lost had to answer a questioned. They'd made it to their fith
round and Claire was still the raining champion. "Ok, who was the first girl you ever liked?" she
asked quizitivly. Charlie considered the question for a moment. "That would be Kayla Reice. I met
her when I was in the third grade" He answered with a smile. "And How'd that situation work o
ut?" She asked playfully. "It didn't. The tart left me for a fith grader!" he exclaimed jokenly.
"Alright, watch me beat you again" Claire said, after a short laugh, putting her hand in fist form.
They repeated the rock, paper, scissors motion once again, and once again, Claire beat him.
"Wow, your really bad at this" she teased, smiling triumphantly. "Ha, ha. Next question" He
mutter sarcastically. "Alright. Describe the time you...lost your virginity" she questioned with a t
teasing grin. Once again, Charlie thought for a moment. "Well it was in a tree house, with a girl
named Sarah, on my thirteenth birthday" He explained with no shame what so ever. Claire's mouth
dropped. "Thirteen?!" She asked in disbelief. He nodded with a raise of his eye brows. You don't
waist any time, do you?" she teased. Charlie responded by shacking his head, and folding his hand
into rock position, although it was mostly obscured by his sleeve. Rock, paper, scissors, and finally
Charlie won. Paper beats rock and he gently covered her fist with his flattened palm. "Alright, your
turn" She said disappointedly with a little sigh. He thought for a moment, searching for a question.
After a moment, a smile slid onto his face. "Do you remember the night you had Ben, and you
were going to ask me a question?" he asked, biting his lip a little as he waited for an answer. Claire
thought for a moment, then smiled. "Yes" She replied sweetly. "What were you going to ask?" he
questioned curiously. "I was going to ask....
"No, way" Shannon confirmed, standing in her black bikini bottoms and a Lavender tank top on
the edge of the rocks. "Come on. Just jump" Sayid persisted from inside the water. He'd taken her back to the caves, to further search the river inside. "No, I'm not getting in the water" She replied
sternly, crossing her arms at her waist. "We can't keep looking if you don't get in" he reminded
her patiently. "We'll just have to find another way. Maybe if we go around the cave long enough-"
she suggested, but was cut off. "Or maybe I'll just go by myself" he suggested, interrupting her
with his reverse psychology act. Shannon stopped abruptly, and for a moment she looked a little
surprised. "Fine" she snapped moodily, and went to walk away. Her bare foot slipped on the rock
and with a loud splash Shannon was in. Sayid couldn't help but laugh as her head popped back to
the surface with the biggest look of shock he'd ever sceen. "Are you alright?" he asked, trying to
stop laughing. "Its cold" She uttered in a shaky voice, ignoring his question. "You'll get used to it"
he assured. "Now that your in, are you going to help me?" he questioned, still amused. "Well, since
I'm already in..." she agreed with a shrug. "Alright, then lets get going" He suggested. Shannon
nodded, and began moving through the water.
"Why won't you tell me?" Charlie was begging childishly as he fallowed Claire across the sand.
"Because, its so much funnier when your in suspense" She explained with an amused grin on her
face. "But that's not fair" He whined. "Life's not fair" she reminded him teasingly. Charlie had to
stop for a moment, in search of a come back. "Wow, your bad at this to?" She teased, once he
didn't respond. "Oh come on!" He insisted, unable to think up a good argument. "Alright, fine" she
sighed in agreement. Charlie's expression perked up a bit, impatiently awaiting the response. "I was
going to ask you if you thought fate would bring you and me together too" She explained, blushing
a little. "And it did" He replied, closing the space between him as he led her hand in his, rubbing his
thumb over the ring he'd given her. "When do you think we should get married?" She asked,
looking down at the ring as well. "Soon" he answered without thought. "How soon?" Claire asked, correcting herself. He pretended to think about it for a moment. "Tomorrow" He answered, in more
of a suggesting form. "Really?" She asked, her eyes brightened up. "Yeah. I mean, I already no I'm
gonna spend the rest of my life with you. Why not make it official as soon as possible" he explained.
"That is, if you want to of corse" He added quickly. "I want to" she assured, moving in a little bit
closer. They kissed again, and he moved his hand across her stomach. Claire giggled a little, looking
down at where his hand laid. "She kicks a little every time we kiss" Claire explained brightly.
Charlie smiled, and kissed her again, leaving his hand there so he could feel her kick. A little
shudder ran through him as he felt the small movement agenst the palm of his hand, and he couldn't
keep the smile of his face. "What are you thinking?" Claire asked, reading his expression. She could
always tell he when he got an idea because if the way his eyes sparked. "I think after we get hitched,
we should go to the jungle, just for a little while. Like a vacation. Just you, me and the peanut" he
suggested with hopefully look on his face. "How could I say no?" Claire agreed, and leaned in to
kiss him again.