Back with another chapter.

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This should be the last chapter of boring technical stuff. The real fun starts next chapter. Will have that up later today or tomorrow. :-)


On his way further down the beach, Hurley came across Steve and some of the other survivors he didn't know very well.

He asked them if they could go into the jungle and gather fruit for the luau. They agreed went off into the jungle while Hurley

went to talk to his final person – Michael. As he had expected, Hurley found Michael working on the raft. He asked if he could

borrow some spare supplies for the luau, to while Michael replied that he could take anything he needed. "In fact," he said, "I'll

help you set up."

They gathered some long bamboo sticks for torches, some large pieces of spare metal from the plane to use as a table, and

some shorter bamboo sticks to prop the metal up on. After they had everything they needed, the moved to an empty place on

the beach to set up. Hurley wrapped some old t-shirts around the tops of the torches to burn, and he and Michael arranged the

metal sheets to form one long table. Then, they dug two fire pits; one for the boar and one for the fish (assuming there would be

fish, of course). Hurley thanked Michael for his help and went back to the caves to check on the decorations.


By the time Hurley got back to the caves, it was almost 3:30. He needed to hurry if he wanted to get everything together on

time. He found Claire, Rose, and Sun at Claire's tent surrounded by flowers, leaves, vines, and everything else they could

come up with for decorations.

"Wow, these look great, you guys. Erm, girls."

"Thanks, Hurley," they said.

"We made a lei for each of the survivors," said Rose.

"Including the dog!" chimed in Claire and the girls all laughed.

"Yes, including the dog," Rose continued. "We also made centerpieces and all kinds of other things."

Hurley just stared. That was a lot of flowery decorations for an island mostly populated by guys. The girls burst into laughter

again at the nervous look of Hurley's face. "Don't worry, Hurley," assured Claire, "it's not going to be as girly as it looks

now."

"All right," he resigned," I trust you guys. Erm, girls." They giggled and Sun and Rose got up to help Hurley carry the

decorations to the beach. As they exited the caves, they passes Jack and Kate who laughed at the site of Hurley with several

leis around is neck and an armful of flowers. "Luau?" Jack asked.

"Yeah. If you guys are going, could you bring water?"

"Of course."

"Cool. See ya tonight."


Hurley, Rose, and Sun reached the luau set-up and started decorating. Sun arranged the centerpieces on the table and Rose

and Hurley strung vines and flowers between the torches. When there was finally nothing left for Hurley to do (at least for now)

he went down to the shore and collapsed. He had been running around the island preparing for this since early in the morning,

and it was now 5:00 – almost sunset. He hoped all his trouble would be worth it.

"How're preparations for your little shindig goin'?" Sawyer. Just what Hurley needed.

"Fine. Almost everyone's been helping..."

Sawyer smirked and turned to leave. "Don't worry. I'm making my contribution tonight." Hurley wasn't sure what he meant by

this, and really wasn't sure if he wanted to know. As Hurley rose from his place on the beach, he saw that people were starting

to arrive.


The real fun starts next chapter. R&R please. All your base are belong to us.