OMG! That's all I can say about the miraculous episode that is 'Homecoming'! In my opinion this was my favorite episode since Claire's episode! Go Charlie! Protect the ones you love"I was not going to let that animal hurt her anymore." Best quote of the night. Here is chapter 17!

Chapter Seventeen: I Have to Go Through This Again?

June

"What about Apple," Charlie asked.

"Apple! I'm not naming my child Apple," Claire said.

"Why not? Gwenyth Paltrow and Chris Martin named their daughter that" Charlie said. Claire smiled at him and shook her head.

Charlie and Claire were flipping through baby name books looking for names they could both agree on. So far, no agreements.

"Did we ever have this much trouble finding a name for Aidan?" Claire asked.

"Not that I remember," Charlie said smiling fondly at that day. "Do you remember that day Claire."

Claire smiled at him. "Of course I do, we just started rattling off names until we found one we liked."

"And Aidan Elijah came up," Charlie said. Claire thought of names in her head and then laughed at how perfect this could be.

"I just thought of something, if we had a girl we could name her Sydney, after her hometown," Claire said. Charlie smiled.

"I do like that, and I was just thinking of Camille for a girl," Charlie said.

"Sydney Camille, I love it," Claire said. Charlie raised an eyebrow at her.

"Who says Sydney gets to come first," Charlie asked.

"Because you picked Aidan and I picked Elijah and you got to have Aidan as the first name last time," Claire said reminded of the fact how they fought constantly over the name.

"Just remember, you are only three months along so we have forever to come up with names," Charlie reminded her.

"I know, and speaking of Mister Aidan Elijah, he is going to be one on Saturday," Claire said picking him up out of his playpen. She set him down on the floor and he pulled himself up by holding onto the table. Something he'd been doing since they found him. But he never managed to walk on his own yet.

"I know, and I can't believe we are going to go through another pregnancy already, we just went through one!" Charlie said not believing it had already been a year. Claire nodded and smiled at him and he smiled back as Charlie patted her stomach lightly. "Let's see if Aidan wants to practice walking."

"Aidan, you want to try walking to daddy?" Claire asked. She pulled Aidan over to one side of the room. Charlie sat down on the floor maybe two feet away and held his arms out.

"Come on Aidan," he said. Aidan wobbled slightly while holding onto Claire's hands.

Aidan giggled and laughed at Charlie who was making funny faces at him. "Daddy!" Aidan yelled excitedly. He started to step forward and Claire let him go. Aidan managed to walk all the way to Charlie.

"Yay!" Charlie said lifting him in the air. "You did it!" Aidan clapped his hands as Charlie tickled him. He stood Aidan up. "Okay go to mummy!"

"Muma!" Aidan said letting go of Charlie's hands and walked to Claire's arms.

"Yay! My Aidan baby is growing up," Claire said showering him with kisses not believing it had been a year already since she had him.

Two days later, Saturday...

"Happy Birthday," Kate said as she came in bearing a gift.

"Why thank you Kate," Charlie said.

"It's not your birthday fool, it's your son's," Kate said jokingly. Charlie laughed.

"I'll take the present," Claire said. She poked Charlie in the side. "You, Pace, help me finish bringing out food." Charlie rolled his eyes and walked back to the kitchen.

" So Claire, where is the birthday boy?" Kate asked as she followed Claire into the kitchen.

"Napping, I think Charlie tired him out with presents this morning," Claire said.

"So how have you and Charlie been?" Kate asked.

"Great, as usual. Just making sure the babies are kept well," Claire said. Kate smiled.

"And the other baby?" Kate asked. Claire patted her stomach.

"Perfectly fine," Claire said. "Doctor says I'm due a week before Christmas."

"Wow, you could have a Christmas baby," Kate said.

"Yeah," Claire said. She sighed and then started pouring chips into a bowl. "Charlie and I sold the apartment."

"You did? Have you found a house yet?" Kate asked.

"Yeah, but I hate to leave this place, you know. It was mine and Charlie's first house. The first time we made love was in this apartment," Claire said.

"But, also Aidan was kidnapped in this place," Kate said. Claire sighed.

"I know, and that's one of the reason's I want to leave, there's good memories and bad ones," Claire said as her and Kate brought food out. Charlie sat in the living room with Aidan playing.

"Charlie!" Claire said knowing he didn't do as she asked, but she couldn't be mad at him because he just looked so cute with Aidan.

"I'm sorry love, Aidan was just begging me to play with him, weren't you Aidan?" Charlie asked using his son as a shield.

"Yes," Aidan said not really paying attention.

"See," Charlie said. Claire laughed and leaned down to kiss Charlie. There was a knock at the door.

"I got it!" Kate said. Charlie pulled Claire down on his lap developing the kiss.

"Charlie, we have visitors," Claire said.

"I don't care," Charlie said kissing her again.

"Charlie! You already got Claire pregnant what more do you want?" Liam asked. Charlie pulled away from his wife and glared at his brother.

"Shut Liam," Charlie said. Claire laughed and stood to greet her brother and sister in law and her niece.

"Aunt Claire, I made Aidan my own present," Megan said showing a drawing she made of her and Aidan. Claire smiled.

"Megan, that's beautiful, I'm sure Aidan is going to love it. We'll put it in his room," Claire said kissing her cheek.

"Charlie told us," Karen said as Claire stood.

"Told you what?" Claire asked as Megan touched Claire's invisible pregnant belly.

"That you guys sold the apartment," Karen said. "So, are you excited?"

"Yeah, but I hate to leave here," Claire said.

"I know, leaving the first house is always upsetting. When Liam and I got married, we lived in a small apartment and then when I got pregnant with Megan, we had to move," Karen said. Claire nodded.

"Of course, he was never home very much, that's when him and Charlie were still on drugs," Karen said. Claire nodded knowing how bad it hurt each of them to know their husbands were on drugs. Claire turned to look at them both. They were playing and wrestling around with their kids and Claire smiled.

She loved how they went from being these two drug induced rock stars into being great husbands and fathers who stuck to their new lives like glue.

"Come on, let's get this party started," Karen said wrapping an arm around Claire's shoulders and leading her to the living room.

Okay, I can't wait to write the next chapter! I think it'll probably be my favorite out of the whole story. Anyway, I think I'm just going to stop with the review responses. I like doing them but I'm lazy and it's too much work. Lol.

Thanks to everyone who reviewed chapter sixteen!

Until next time,

Bloomy Angel