Wasn't the wedding night beautiful? LOL, you have to admit, Charlie was great! Anyone watch the People's Choice Awards last night? Anyone as upset as I was? :(. LOST did not win either award! But still, I loved the scene they showed, peanut butter! And with that, here's chapter 10!

Chapter Ten: Break In

Two weeks later

Claire was home alone one Saturday with Aidan. She was determined to get the house cleaned while Charlie was out with Liam at a press conference for a new CD. She just couldn't seem to get it cleaned when Charlie was home; he seemed to get it dirtier.

She placed Aidan in his playpen in the living room as she started cleaning. She turned the radio on and began cleaning.

The weather was cloudy and rainy a day and Claire was still getting use to after being on the sunny island.

Claire was just putting the vacuum cleaner away when the phone rang. She walked over to the caller id to see who it was. The screen read Phillips, Thomas.

"Thomas? Why would he be calling?" Claire asked. She rolled her eyes and ignored the phone. She was in no mood to talk to that bastard. After what he did to her and Aidan, she wouldn't give him the time of day.

Claire turned to Aidan to see him sitting in his playpen playing with his teddy bear. She watched as he fingered the picture of her and Charlie they had put in his pen. She smiled, Charlie was his dad now, and she pushed Thomas out of her mind and turned back to cleaning.

Twenty minutes later the phone rang again, Claire walked back over to see the number was Charlie's number.

"Yes," she said picking up the phone.

"Hey beautiful, I'm on my way home, you want something to eat?" Charlie asked.

"Yeah, can you pick up Subway (do they have Subways in Australia?)?" Claire asked.

"Of course, I'll be home soon," Charlie said.

"Okay, I love you," Claire said.

"I love you too," Charlie said. Claire smiled and hung up.

Claire finished cleaning up the living room and started dancing to the music. She started singing along and turned towards Aidan. He was sitting in the playpen bouncing along to the music. His teddy bear hanging from his mouth. He was giggling and laughing at Claire.

Claire laughed at Aidan. "How dare you laugh at mommy!" Claire said smiling.

Aidan giggled and squealed. Claire walked over to him and picked him up. "Let's dance and then when daddy gets home we can dance with him."

Claire started swaying to the music with Aidan and singing to him. She stayed that way for a few minutes until Charlie came in.

Charlie smiled at the two of them and placed the food down. He went over to the two of them and wrapped his arms around Claire.

"Dancing without me?" he asked like a lost little puppy. Claire smiled and wrapped one arm around him.

Charlie leaned down and kissed her. "How are you?"

"Good, how was the conference?" Claire asked.

"Boring, especially since I realized I could be having a better time at home with you two," he said kissing Aidan's forehead.

"Thanks, but we did nothing but clean, you probably wouldn't have had much fun," Claire said.

"I always have fun when I'm with you," Charlie said taking Aidan from Claire. "Let's eat."

Later that night…

Charlie and Claire were fast asleep in bed later that night. The rainy day had made the night cool and foggy so the heat was up in the apartment. A crisp cold rattle broke the warm heat.

The rattle made Charlie lean up a little. He was awake now after hearing something in the apartment. He sat up and looked at Claire. She was still asleep so he kissed her cheek softly and got out of bed. He went to his closet and pulled out his old guitar to use as a weapon.

Then, the sound of glass breaking shattered through the apartment and Claire sat up in bed.

"Charlie! What was that?" Claire asked in a loud whisper. He shrugged and started to walk out into the hallway. Claire followed closely behind him.

"We should go get Aidan," Charlie said. They walked to Aidan's room and out of the corner of her eye, Claire saw someone run by.

"Charlie, someone's in the living room!" she whispered in his ear.

"Okay, you get Aidan, meet me in the living room," Charlie said. She nodded and kissed him as to say be safe. He walked off and Claire rushed into Aidan's room and picked her sleeping bundle of a baby in her arms and raced to the living room.

Charlie was standing in the lighted room looking at their broken glass door leading to their balcony.

"I'm calling the police," Claire said.

"I'm going to check the rest of the place," Charlie said getting ready to walk down the hallway.

"No, don't that person could still be down there," Claire said grabbing his arm.

"I'll be fine love," he said and pulled away. Claire picked up the phone with her shaking hand and held Aidan in her other arm.

Charlie came back down the hallway and took Aidan from Claire's arms. He saw her scared face and put an arm around her as she talked to the police. He hadn't seen her this scared in a long time. He kissed her head and then kissed Aidan's as she hung up.

"Are they coming?" Charlie asked.

"Yeah, no one down there?" Claire asked.

"No, let's sit down while we wait," Charlie said. Claire nodded and they sat on the couch waiting for the police to come to investigate.

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Okay, so who would break in the Pace's apartment? Who would do such a thing? Anyway, hopefully those answers will be cleared up in the next chapter. On with the review responses.

REVIEW RESPONSES

MusicMonkey88- Thank you so much! I know, I had thought about Charlie doing some of that stuff like running into things but I didn't want either of them to get hurt :). I'm glad you liked it. Yeah! Lost was great! Poor Charlie crying! I felt so bad for him! Thanks for the review!

Dom-Monaghan-Fan01- Yeah, it did leave some questions open that didn't need to be, but it was still good. Thanks, Savage Garden is one of my favorites too! I especially love 'Truly, Madly, Deeply'. That's my favorite song! Thanks for the review!

Skater- Thanks for the review! I appreciate it!

Lotr3-Hp3- Yeah, I wanted to make the adoption scene sweet and fluffy, I think I achieved that! I'm glad it tickled your fancy! Thanks for the review!

Until next time,

Bloomy Angel