Hey everyone, back with my next update! I'm really excited about this chapter, we will meet a character that has never been met or talked about ever. Hope you all will enjoy this chapter. Here's chapter 18!

Chapter Eighteen: Daddy's Girl

August

"Charlie, I can go to the grocery store. I'm fine" Claire said laughing at Charlie's face full of worry.

"Yeah but I can do this for you, and don't forget your birthday is tomorrow, and wouldn't you like to relax" Charlie asked.

"No, I'm fine okay" Claire said. Charlie smiled at her and kissed her.

"Okay, but I can take care of Aidan" Charlie said pulling the fourteen month old out of Claire's arms.

"No, Charlie, you have to work today. I can do it" Claire said. Charlie sighed.

"Okay, just be careful, I don't want my wife and two children to be getting hurt" Charlie said putting an arm around Claire and touching her belly with his other hand.

Claire smiled and kissed him. "We'll be fine, won't we Aidan"

"Yes" Aidan said looking at Charlie. Charlie laughed and kissed Aidan's cheek. He handed Aidan to Claire and kissed her firmly on the lips.

"If you want to help, you can put the groceries away when I get home" Claire said. Charlie looked at her with a face to say yeah right. Claire smiled.

"Go, I should be home when you get home" Charlie said patting her butt gently. Claire smiled and kissed him good bye again. Charlie kissed Aidan again and rubbed Claire's belly.

Claire left for the grocery store with Aidan in tow. They arrived about 20 minutes later. She walked in after getting Aidan situated in the shopping cart.

About an hour later, Claire was almost done and was making her way up the frozen foods aisle. Aidan was playing with a toy Claire had brought him.

While Claire was turned to getting something from the shelf, she heard the toy fall to the ground.

"Mumma! Toy" Aidan said. Claire turned.

"You dropped your toy little man" a male's Australian voice said. Claire looked to see the graying haired man give the toy to Aidan.

"Thank you" Claire said.

"No problem, you seem to have your hands busy what with him, and another one on the way I see" the man said smiling. Claire looked at him, he looked very familiar. She couldn't place his face.

"Yes, I am having another one on the way" she said. The man smiled.

"When" he asked.

"December" she said patting her stomach. The man smiled, Claire knew that smile. Suddenly, she knew who it was. "Dad"

"What" the man asked. He looked at her closely. He then knew who she was. "Claire" Claire nodded and smiled. "Oh Claire" he said hugging her.

"Dad, what are you doing back in Sydney, I thought you lived in Perth" Claire asked.

"I did, I moved back here about two years ago" Mr. Littleton said. "So I notice you have a baby."

"Um, yeah, this is your grandson, Aidan" Claire explained. Mr. Littleton smiled.

"It's very nice to see you Aidan" he said shaking his little hand. He then looked back up at Claire. "So, where's your husband"

"Working today, actually, he should be home any time now" Claire said. Mr. Littleton nodded. "His name's Charlie, you'd like him dad."

"Well, I would love to meet him" Mr. Littleton said.

"How about you come over for dinner tomorrow night" Claire said.

"I will, it's your birthday. I never forgot Claire" he said.

"I know dad" Claire said smiling. "Around 7, is that good"

"Perfect" he said. Claire gave him her address and they hugged and said good bye. Claire paid for the groceries and her and Aidan went home.

Claire opened the door and saw Charlie standing there waiting for her. "What's going on" she asked.

"Oh nothing, just saw you pull up, so I came to help" he said.

"Well, can you get the groceries, I have to put Aidan down, he's very sleepy" Claire said. Charlie nodded and started to go out when he came back and kissed Claire.

Claire smiled and kissed him and then she went upstairs in their new house to put Aidan down for the night. She changed his clothes and laid him down. He fell asleep almost immediately and Claire looked at him.

"Good night Aidan, I'm glad you got to meet your grandpa today. Believe me he is much nicer than Grandma Littleton" Claire said. She then laughed and closed his door. Claire walked back downstairs to see the lights out but candles set around.

"What's all this? Mr. Pace, what have you been up to" she asked as Charlie came to the living room. He walked up to her and kissed her softly.

"Your birthday present my dear" he said. Claire smiled and kissed him.

"And what would that be" Claire asked.

"Me, what more could you ask for" Charlie whispered in her ear as he left trails of kisses down her neck.

"Mm" she said wrapping her arms around his neck. She decided to tell Charlie who she ran into at the store. "Charlie, I saw my dad today." Charlie pulled away and looked at her.

"Your dad" Charlie asked. "I thought he lived in Perth"

"He did, but he moved back here, and I invited him to dinner tomorrow night. Is that okay" Claire asked.

"Yeah, that's fine" Charlie said starting to get nervous about having to meet his father-in-law. Claire saw the nervousness. She smiled and kissed his cheek.

"Don't be nervous" she said. Charlie smiled.

"I'm not" he confessed but Claire smiled at him. Charlie blushed and then thought of an idea.

"You want to dance" he asked. Claire smiled and nodded as Charlie started to sing in her ear.

'Lying here with you,

Listening to the rain,

Smiling just to see the smile upon your face.

These are the moments I thank God that I'm alive,

These are the moments I'll remember all my life.

I found all I've waited for,

And I could not ask for more.

Looking in your eyes,

Seeing all I need,

Everything you are is every thing I need.

These are the moments I know heaven must exist,

These are the moments I know all I need is this.

I found all I've waited for,

And I could not ask for more...'

Claire smiled as Charlie sang until she felt a soft pain hit the side of her stomach. She smiled and pulled away gasping.

"What? What's wrong" Charlie asked midsong in concern. He took her arm and she smiled up at him.

"The baby kicked for the first time" she said happily. Charlie smiled and put is hand on her stomach. Sure enough he felt it kick. Charlie smiled at Claire and kissed her softly.

"I love you" he said.

"I love you too" she said. She placed her head on his shoulder, one hand laid on her belly the other around Charlie. Charlie placed on around her waist and the other remained on her stomach.

"Happy birthday" he whispered in her ear.

"Thank you Charlie, for everything you've done for me" she said.

"No thank you love" he said kissing her temple.

The next evening...

"Why are you making me dress up" Charlie whined. Claire smoothed out his button down shirt.

"Charlie, it's just a shirt with buttons (ha! He said that line the other night!)" Claire explained.

"Who cares what I look like, you look way more sexier" Charlie said. Claire smiled.

"Thank you" Claire said as Charlie kissed her. "You look nice too."

"Thank you" Charlie said. A knock interrupted their conversation.

"I'll get it" Claire said. She went to the door and opened it to find her dad standing there.

"Hi Claire, happy birthday" he said giving her a bouquet of flowers and kissing her cheek.

"Thank you dad" she said. "They're beautiful." She led him to the living room where Charlie was playing with Aidan. Charlie saw them and stood up.

"Dad, this is my husband, Charlie Pace. Charlie, this is my dad Greg Littleton" Claire said. The men shook hands.

"Nice to meet you Charlie" Mr. Littleton said.

"Nice to meet you Mr. Littleton" Charlie said.

"Oh please none of that, call me Greg" Mr. Littleton said. Charlie smiled actually relieved.

"Okay" Charlie said. Claire smiled.

"Dinner, is about ready, so you guys can come into the dining room" Claire said. Charlie picked up Aidan and they went to the dining room.

Once they had settled down, they all started a conversation and Charlie and Claire knew they'd have to fill in her dad on everything.

"So, how did you two meet" he asked. Claire and Charlie looked at each other.

"Well, dad, we met a year and three months ago" Claire explained.

"But, Claire, you said Aidan was only 14 months old" Mr. Littleton said confused. Claire sighed.

Claire then got into telling her dad all about Thomas and how they broke up. He was shocked but a little less then Claire's mom had been about the whole situation.

"So, where did you two meet" Mr. Littleton said. Charlie smiled at Claire.

"On a plane" Charlie said. Claire smiled.

"Actually, dad, last year, did you hear anything about a plane crash" Claire asked. He nodded. "Yeah, we were on that plane."

"You were, oh my God, Claire I didn't know. You know how your mom is she doesn't tell anyone" he said feeling guilty.

"No, dad it's okay. I met Charlie two days after we crashed. He helped me with my luggage" Claire said.

"She was the most beautiful girl I had ever laid eyes on. Even if she was eight months pregnant with Aidan, she was still beautiful" Charlie said. Claire blushed.

"And we just started hanging out, and getting to know one another" Claire said.

"Instant romance, because Claire changed my way of life. You see sir, I was a junkie even when I met Claire. I quit on the island about a week after we crashed" Charlie said waiting for Mr. Littleton's reply.

"Wait, Charlie Pace. You were in DriveShaft, you played bass" Mr. Littleton said. Charlie smiled.

"Yeah, how did you know" Charlie asked.

"I have both your albums" Mr. Littleton said. Claire was shocked. "I heard about the band and drugs, it must have been hard."

"It was, but when I quit I had Claire in mind" Charlie said.

"So, what happen after that" Mr. Littleton asked. Charlie and Claire both froze. No one had ever asked them that. Charlie looked at Claire and saw fear.

"Charlie, saved my life" Claire said taking it slow. "He kept me safe from a man named Ethan. Ethan was already on the island when we crashed. He kidnapped Charlie and I."

"Kidnapped you, why" Mr. Littleton asked.

"We don't really know" Charlie said. "But he hung me, from a tree, tried to kill me. Our friends, Kate and Jack, who is a doctor, brought me back to life. Claire wasn't with me."

"I was still in captivity. I lost any memory of being on the island, I forgot everyone, everything, and most importantly Charlie" Claire said with tears in her eyes. Charlie took her hand under the table and squeezed it.

"It was very hard on us both. I wanted nothing more than to kill the bastard who did this to her. Our friends, Jack, Sayid, Sawyer, Kate, and Locke went out to hunt for Ethan and use Claire as live bait. I tried to go, but because I had never handled a weapon they wouldn't let me" Charlie said.

"So, what did you do" Mr. Littleton asked. Charlie and Claire smiled at each other.

"I followed them of course, there was a struggle between Jack and Ethan. Jack's gun went flying through the air. I picked it up and once they had Ethan on the ground, all guns pointing at him. I took my turn and shot the bastard six times in the chest. I was not going to let that man hurt my Claire anymore" Charlie said firmly.

"I was amazed at how he would do that for me. So the rest of the day, I spent trying to remember for all it was worth, just to see him smile again was good enough for me" Claire said. "So, by the end of the day I walked up to him and I remembered peanut butter." Charlie and Claire laughed.

"I've been in love with you daughter since then" Charlie said kissing her hand.

"When did you get your memory back" Mr. Littleton asked.

"Two weeks later, a day before Aidan was born. I rushed up to Charlie and told him everything. That I remembered, that I loved him, everything and he kissed me for the first time" Claire said.

"Wow, you've been through a lot" Mr. Littleton said. He then turned to Charlie. "Thank you, for doing what ever you needed to do to protect my baby girl. Take care of her Charlie."

"I will, I love her" Charlie said. Claire smiled and Charlie kissed her softly.

Later...

Claire hugged her dad. "Come around more often dad" she said.

"I will, you can count on that, you keep those two babies safe" Mr. Littleton said. Claire nodded. Charlie walked up.

"Charlie, it was wonderful to meet you. Keep Claire safe, she really loves you" Mr. Littleton said. Charlie nodded.

"I promise, I won't leave ever" Charlie said. Claire smiled at him. They said good bye again with a promise to keep in touch.

So, what'd you think? Good or not? Sorry, it was so long, but I had to get everything in. Hope you all liked it. And I will say I like Claire's dad better than Claire's mom. Lol.

Thanks to everyone who reviewed for chapter seventeen! They were appreciated! Sorry I don't do the responses anymore. I will be returning with them in the next chapter. Promise!

Until next time,

Bloomy Angel