Alright, sorry to take Aidan away like that. As I said before, I needed some big events to spruce the story up and this was one. So I hope you will all enjoy this chapter and won't kill me at the end of it.

Chapter Twelve: Liar

Charlie showed the cops out the door that night. He couldn't believe that they had to visit his home two nights in the same week. Charlie gave a full description of Aidan and Thomas and the police reassured Charlie that they would find Aidan for them. Charlie said his thanks and the cops were gone.

Charlie noticed Claire was gone and knew that she was in bed. He walked to the bedroom and stood in the doorframe. Claire was lying with her back turned towards the door. Her small frame shook with tears and sobs. Charlie sighed and walked into the room and sat on the bed. He wrapped an arm around Claire.

"It's going to be alright, we're going to find him," he said. Claire ignored him and kept on crying. Charlie wiped the tears away with his thumb. Claire sniffed and pushed his hand away.

"Love," Charlie said. Claire stared at the wall.

"You lied to me Charlie," Claire said. Charlie looked at her questioningly.

"How did I lie to you?" Charlie asked. Claire turned towards him with a menacing glare. Charlie flinched at the look.

"You told me no one would break in again! You told me that Aidan would be safe! You lied Charlie!" Claire said burying her face in the pillow.

"Claire, I was trying to be optimistic! I thought nothing was going to happen anymore! Everyone is wrong and everyone makes mistakes!" Charlie said.

"And I guess you're telling me that everyone makes up lies just to make sure that you are sheltered from knowing the truth!" Claire accused.

"Like you haven't lied to me!" Charlie accused back. Claire looked at him. They were yelling at each other, something they had never done.

"What's wrong with that? You just said everyone lies!" Claire said. "I've dealt with enough lies in my life! I don't need them from you too."

"I'm sorry I lied to you, but Claire, sometimes you need to lie," Charlie said sternly.

"Yeah, well I'm tired of them," Claire said pulling the blanket up over her. Charlie looked at her. He had had enough.

"Well then, if you think I'm a liar then I'm going to sleep on the couch and give you some peace for once," Charlie said. He picked up his pillow and a blanket from the end of the bed and walked out into the living room. Claire watched him leave and turned on her side in tears.

Charlie threw his pillow down on the couch and sat down on the couch. He put his head in his hands and rubbed his temples. His head was aching with exhaustion and pain. Pain for yelling at Claire, pain for his missing son, and pain for everything else that had happen since the day of the plane crash.

He thought his life had turned around since he met Claire and quit drugs. He was actually in love with a girl and was having feelings for her he had never had. He felt he could breathe again without the shroud of drugs blocking his vision. He had reconnected to his family, gotten married, and adopted a wonderful baby boy just to have it all stripped from him. He laid on the couch and fell asleep.

Claire was having the same thoughts. Her life was horrible up until the day Charlie Pace helped her with her luggage. She thought he was her prince charming from day one. Now, his ugly side had shown through with lies. The only person who ever loved her was lying to her. She knew what it felt like which was exactly why she was scared to start a relationship with him. She thought of Aidan and if he was scared, cold, hungry, or dirty. She wondered if he missed her and was okay. She scrunched her eyes up in tears and turned over wishing Charlie was there to hold her.

The next day...

"Charlie and you got into a fight?" Kate asked. Claire nodded as Kate sat a cup of tea in front of her. Claire was visiting Kate at her apartment.

"Yeah, he lied to me," Claire said. Kate sat next to Claire.

"Honey, I know lying is a bad thing and you've had to deal with it your whole life but Charlie's a sweetheart and he just wanted you to feel better about a bad situation," Kate said.

"So you're siding with him?" Claire asked not believing her best friend was not siding with her.

"Claire, I'm not siding with anyone," Kate said. Claire sighed and took a drink of her tea.

"I'm worried," Claire said.

"We all are, it's okay to be worried about Aidan. But you know we'll find him right?" Kate asked. Claire nodded.

"Charlie's upset," Claire said.

"He should be, you two need each other right now," Kate said.

"Even if he did lie to me?" Claire asked.

"You know that what Charlie did was for his and your own good. He didn't mean to lie but he wanted to keep you from worrying. He was only doing what I assume a good husband does," Kate replied.

Claire smiled. "He is a good husband." She then thought of how horrible she was being to him. "Oh God, Kate I haven't talked to him since last night. I'm horrible!"

"You're not horrible you just are angry at him. He probably is feeling the same way," Kate said.

"Yeah, I bet your right," Claire said.

At Charlie and Claire's house...

Charlie sat laid on the bed in complete silence. His mind clouded with thoughts of what Claire was doing at Kate's and what Thomas was doing to Aidan. His head was throbbing with a headache.

He turned over and closed his eyes trying to fall into sleep. His mind just wouldn't let him. His nerves were all stressed out.

"God, it would be good to have a fix right now," he thought. Charlie then sat up as that thought hit the front of his mind.

"Where'd the hell that come from?" he asked himself. He shook the thought out of his head, knowing that drugs wouldn't solve anything. He stood and went to the kitchen and pulled out the orange juice.

Charlie reached towards the cabinet and started to pull out a glass when his hand started shaking. He grabbed it and shook it fiercely.

"God, what is wrong with me? I can't be having these feelings anymore," Charlie said. Instantly his hand stopped shaking and the craving subsided. Charlie breathed deep and poured some orange juice.

So, what did you all think? Charlie's having drug thoughts again! I'm scared! Thanks for everyone who reviewed!

REVIEW RESPONSES

MusicMonkey88- I'm sorry! I seem to be killing you with every chapter I write! I'll do better and make things more happier for them, promise!

Harper's Pixie- I know this is bad, and horrible. Everything goes wrong with them. It's sad really. Thanks though!

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Dom-Monaghan-Fan01- Yeah, Charlie definitely has a low temper I think and I wanted to show that. As for Claire, she's going to suffer big time in the next couple chapters.

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