Lirael Goldenhand: Phantom of the Opera, huh? This is the voice of someone extremely jealous. But, alas I never leave my house, witch is why I wright fanfiction. Glad you liked the last chapter, prepare your self for a lot more pregnancy related jokes.

LostLorenzo: Hello again, love the new pin-name by the way! I'm so happy someone agrees with me on the whole Thomas situation. I understand where there coming from when makeing him out to be an ass, but I try to see the good in every one, and I think Thomas had the heart, just not the commitment. Thanks for the spoilers last week and the one about Claire. Still pregnet, Yay! Well, that's not to good for her I suppose, but still...its good for us because we get to see the "magic" happen. I'm so excited, can't wait till next week.

FATE: The Next Life

Happy Birthday

Claire held the wall as she made her way down the hall to the bath room. 2:00 in the morning...would it never end? She gave the door a light shove, slamming it behind her before she dropped to her knees, hugging the toilet in her usual morning routine. After gagging for five whole minutes, she sat back, leaning her head back agenst the shower curtain to recover. Once she could breath again, she slowly pulled herself up, using the edge of the tub as a brace with one hand as she held her well rounded belly with the other. She casually flushed the toilet, pushing the lid down with a bang, and stared at herself in the mirror.

"I'm never having kids again" She vowed, stareing back at her pale, dark eyed expression. Not to mention the new line of hickeys running across her neck from last night. But that wasn't the only thing she noticed...

"Morning, luv" Charlie grinned from the partly open door. "Don't you knock?" She questioned, looking at him through the reflection in the mirror. "It wasn't shut all the way" he lied, sliding it shut behind him.

Claire rolled her eyes skeptically as he slid his arms around her waist, adding a few more kisses to her already tainted neck.

"Hey, Charlie..." She began, as if she were about to ask a questioned. He planted his chin on her shoulder, turning his eyes in her direction to show she had his attention.

"Do you notice anything...different?" She questioned, tilting her head at her reflection in the mirror. "Like what? This?" he questioned teasingly, running his fingers along the side of her neck and shoulder to where the little row of hickeys had been made.

"No...something else" She insisted with an amused laugh. He stared at the image for a moment, not quite getting it. "Nope...why?" He asked, turning to her once again, unable to guess.

"Cause I think my boobs got bigger..." She explained shamelessly, stareing down at her own chest. He couldn't help but take up the opportunity to look. "I think they did..." he gasped in agreement as he took them into full view.

Claire began to laugh, still a little confused. "Well...I guess pregnancy dose have its advantages" she shrugged. Charlie grinned, kissing her cheek as he pulled his arms around her tighter.

"So, you know what today is right?" he questioned, unable to keep away from the subject any longer. "No, what?" She questioned sarcastically, turning to him as if surprise. He'd been makeing the date aware for weeks:

December 17th, Charlie Pace's birthday.

"Just makeing sure" he grinned, his voice muffled agenst the back of her shoulder as he laid another kiss there. "So is this what you plan to do all day?" She questioned teasingly. "Pretty much" he agreed, a wide grin crossing his face.

"Well to bad, because your brothers taking us all out to dinner" She explained, sounding like a true wife. "Rotten bastard. Who's 'us all'?" he questioned, after makeing a sarcastically bitter comment towards Liam's generosity.

"Me, you, Jack, Kate, and Karen" Claire explained simply. He nodded to show he understood.

"What about Ben?" He questioned suddenly. "Locke and Mogen were arguing about who gets to watch him, so I let them both" She explained with amusement. "Wonderful" Charlie grinned, and fallowed her out of the bath room.

The two headed down the hall together, and for the first time in forever, she felt him casually slip his hand around hers and give it a gentle squeeze. Perhaps he was just exited because his hands were finally starting to heal. Or perhaps he was just going through another crazy phase. But what ever it was, Charlie had been flirting like mad, acting like he did when they first meet. Of course, Claire had no reason to complain.

She flashed him a magnetic smile, hands swinging between them as they headed down stairs to the empty living room. Or so they thought...

From out of know where, Kate sat up. She'd been obscured by the back of the couch, and suddenly popped out like a chipmunk in the ground. "Kate" Claire gasped, surprised to see her.

"Jack" Charlie gasped, directly after her as Jack's head appeared seconds later. The two glanced at each other, faces growing red. "Hi guys.." Kate grinned awkwardly, holding a blanket to her chest as she tried to fix her mess of hair.

"Could one of you two please tell me what the bloody hell your doing on our living room floor?" Charlie questioned insensitive, stareing down on the two as if he were a father who'd just caught his daughter in bed with the Peziza guy.

"Um..I dropped a contact" Jack lied, saying the first thing that popped into his head. "Oh, I see. So you dropped a contact, and asked Kate to help you find it. Some how in this wild search, your close just flew off and you hade the uncontrolled edge to disgrace a perfectly good couch?" Charlie badgered teasingly.

"Yeah...something like that" Jack replied, still looking quite embarrassed. "Well, hurry up and get dressed. A Kid dose live here, you know" Claire reminded them as she headed for the kitchen.

"Oh right. Like he doesn't know what sex is after sleeping in the bed room next to you two" Kate teased as she rose to her feet, carefully holding the blanket around her. "Were not loud!" Claire protested, looking a little offended.

Jack and Kate gave each other a short glance before bursting into laughter. "Hey. Better heard than sceen" Charlie noted in a joking tone. Kate gave another glance at Jack, who was pulling his shirt on, and shrugged.

"So, what do you want for breakfast?" Claire asked, turning to Charlie as she opened the cabinet.

"What ever you want me to make" He answered, once again pulling his arms around her hips.

"Charlie, its your birth day. The least you could do was let me make breakfast" Claire grinned, holding her arms over his.

"Fine" he sighed, letting her go before sinking into the chair. Jack and Kate made their way in, now fully dressed, and took a seat at the table. "Oh, by the way Charlie, happy birthday" Jack exclaimed, giving him a slap on the back.

"Thank you" Charlie muttered sarcastically after winching at the sudden smack to his shoulder blade. Ben came wondering to the kitchen, rubbing his eye with a tiny fist. "Hey, peanut" Charlie grinned, lifting him onto his lap. Ben gave little effort as he buried his head sleepily into Charlie's shoulder.

The phone rang suddenly, and he reached with one hand at wall, hoping to be able to grab it. The distance was a bit to far, and before his fingers could get a hold of it, Claire grabbed it instead.

"Hello?" She asked into the receiver, flashing a smile at him as his hand dropped disappointedly to his side.

"Hi, Liam" She grinned, shifting her hip as she leaned agenst the wall. "He says happy birthday" Claire explained after a moment.

"Tell him to blow me" Charlie grumbled, rubbing his face in exhaustion as he leaned his head back. "He said thanks...oh, you heard him. In that case, he said 'blow me'" Claire continued to talk in the phone. The happy hormones of her pregnancy still pulling strong after two weeks.

"Ok, hold on" She slipped the phone away from her cheek, holding it out beside Charlie's head. "Here. He wants to talk to you" she explained, waveing it beside his head once he made no attempt to take.

"What part of 'blow me' dosen't he understand?" Charlie moaned sarcasticly as he took the phone. Claire smiled, patting him on the head as she walked over to the cabnet.

"Just like a married couple" Kate wispered, leaning over to talk in Jack's ear. "Hope we never end up like that" He muttered in return. "We never will" She assured, giving him a little kiss. Hey held hands on top of the table, clear for all to see as they nuzzled their noses together.

Suddenly, a paper ball that had been sitting on the table flew in their direction, bounceing freely off Jack's forhead. They looked over to see the coulpret grinning with amusment.

"Ben, don't throw that" Charlie pretended to scold. "Next time, thorw this" He sugested sarcasticly, pointing to an apple that lay in a bowel on the table. Ben giggled inamusement.

"Don't encourage him" Claire scolded, giving him a playful smack on the shoulder as she walked by. "Ow! Husband abuse!" he whined sarcastically, acting quite like a one year old himself. "I'm gonna show you abuse in a minute if you don't cut it out" She threatened, fallowed by a few 'ooooh's from Jack and Kate.

"Is that a threat or a bribe?" he questioned with a suggestive grin. She simply shook her head and threw a random hand towel at his head. "Talk to your brother" She reminded him, giving an indicating glance at the phone on the table.

"So, what do you think?" Shannon asked, giving a broad gesture to her new apartment. It was verry wide, filed with brigtly collered furniture. The walls were painted a light pink. Both sofas, one facing the other with a wide space inbtween, filled by a borad glass coffe table with a vase and brightly collered flowers already place on top. between the two sofas, on the left wall ran a long bay window, accented by gold curtins. The rest of the walls were lined with colorfull ventage posters. Some of whine, some old ads for french clubs like "moulin rouge" or "cabaret", and others various covers from "vouge" magazine.

"I think you have a serious problem" Boone answered in reply, takeing the room in. "In that case, don't look in the closet" Sayid warned from his side. "Yeah. You might get lost" Shannon added in spite of herself as she heaed in. Sayid shut the door behind them, and sat down beside her. Boone was to buessy looking around the extrodinary room to noticed they'ed moved from the door.

"Earth to bone head" Shannon teased, waveing a hand violently in his face. "You should do this" he notted, in a mused voice. She blinked at him for a moment, not understanding.

"You should do this for a living" He contenuied, turning to face her. "Do what? Wave my hand?" She asked sarcasticly, rasing an eye brow at him. "No. You should decorate" He explained.

Shannon thought for a moment, as if considering. "no...I could never do that" She sighed, shakeing her head skepticaly. "Why not?" he questioned with an excited grin. "Because...I have no experience. I mean, what would I put on my resume?" She asked with a shrug.

"A picture of this room!" je exclaimed, giving a gesture at his suroundings. She thougt once again, placeing an hand on her chin. "Well...it was a lot of fun. What do you think?" She asked, turning to Sayid.

"I think its worth a try" he assured with a gentle grin. "ok...I'll do it" She agreed. Boone's grin only widened as he stared back at her. "Wow, Little Shan's growing up" He mused teasingly, acting as if he were going to cry.

"Stick it in your ear" She retorted playfully, giving him the finger before going of to search for her camera.

"I hate maternity cloths" Claire pouted, stareing down at her rounded belly in the mirror. "Aw" Charlie tried to sound sypathetic as he glanced at her over his shoulder while fiddling with the coler of his shirt. She conteniued stareing at the two dresses on the bed. One, a little black dress with thin straps and a little black piece of ribbon that ran right under the bust line. The other was simalar, only halter style, and a bright red.

"Charlie, what do you think?" She asked, turning to him hopefully. He sighed, and made his wat over, giving each dress a decent look-over. "Why cant you just wear this?" he questioned jokenly, indicatieing the bra and jeans she was wearing now. "Charlie..." insisted, titlting her head to the side.

"Oh come on. After all, it is my birthday" He remined her, pulling her closer to him as he wraped his arms around her hips. "Not gonna happen" she assuered, giving him a quick peck before turning back to her dresses.

"CHARLIE!" Liam called from down stairs, letting all know he had arrived. "Shut up, Liam" Michelle's voice soon fallowed. "I better go down and see what he wants" Charlie sugested, giving her another quick peck before heading downstairs.

"My god. You look like a mess" Liam teased as he made his way down the steps. His shirt was still unbuttoned half way, untucked, with an untied tie dangling around his neck.

"Blow me" Was his response. "I think you look Nice" Kate complimented from Jack's side. "Why thank you, Kate" he replied sarcasticly,contneuing to fumble with the buttons of his shirt.

"Is Claire still upstairs?" Michelle questioned. He nodded, to bussy trying to concentrait to answer her properly. "I think I'll go up and give her a hand" she sugested, and headed up the stairs. "I'll come to" Kate added, fallowing her up. For a moment, the room was silent.

"Oh Jesus Christ, Charlie! Let me do it" Liam snapped finlay, and violently began helping his brother with his tie.

"Hey Claire" Michelle grinned, peaking in through the door. She was now in the little black dress and black sandles, being far to Pregnet to wear heels. "Hi" She smiled back at them through the mirror as they made their way in.

She held up her hair, trying to decide rather to put it up or down. "Oh, look!" Kate teased, pointing at one of the five hickeys on her neck. "Oh shut up" Claire muttered in response, and decided it would be best to leave it down.

"Alright, I'm ready" She assured, turning on her smile once again. "Yeah, we should get down their before one of the boys hurt themselves" Kate agreed, and the three headed downstairs.

In L.A.: Hospital

The hospital was pretty much empty, besides the few nurses walking back and forth down the hall. It was quiet, in an eery sort of way. In movies, hospitals were always noisy. People running down the halls, doctors yelling back and forth to one another, wheels rattling across a sleek floor beneath a wounded body and an attached IV. But here, it was utterly silent. Once gain, Boone didn't know why he was there, stareing at a girl he'd never spoken too like she was his flash and blood. As he stared at her sleeping face, he wondered what her voice sounded like, and for some odd reason, he found himself longing to hear her speak.

It was at that moment when her eyes slowly came open. She blinked a few times, looked around in attempt to figure out where she was. A nurse hurried in Before Boone could even make a sound. It was the doctors Diagnosis that she may never have woken up. Then again, having no idea what had put her to sleep in the first place didn't give him much ground. Her pale green eyes shifted from side to side in rapid confusion as the nurse checked the pulse of her wrist, and felt her forehead to make sure she wasn't running a fever.

"What happened?" She questioned, her voice more than estranged after being in a comma for more than two months. "We were rescued" Boone explained from his place beside her. She jotted a look at him, haveing no since of reconization towards him at all. "I was one of the survivers on the other end of the island" He explained, trying o ease her bewilderment to some extent. She blinked at him once agian, still not understanding.

"Ley down" the nurse instructed as she checked the I.V. The girl leaned back agenst the pillows as told, but kept both eyes on him. "Why are you here?" She questioned softly. "I...I really don't know. I guess I was curious to see how you were doing. Wanted to make sure you were ok" He explained, laughing uncomfortably. "Am I?" She asked in a worried reply, glanceing back and foth between him and the nurse. "We arn't exactly sure what the illness is, but your were unconchous when the rescu plain came. With you being in a comma state, there wasn't much we could do to find the problem" The nurse explained casualy. But the girl simply stared back at her, giving no reply. "You just stay here and relax, I'm going to get the doctor" the women explained, and hurried off. "Has any one else been here?" she asked, tiredly, turning her attention back to him. "Yeah.. Thomas was here a few days ago" He explained, still a little awkward. She nodded once again, and laid her head back agenst the pillows.

Sydny: At resturant

"Claire, you alright?" Charlie asked in concern, watching as she continued to stare down t her stomach. "Oh, yes. I'm fine...there just kicking...alot...and now I have to pee" She explained before pushing out of her chair. "Be right back" She assured, a little embarrassed, giving Charlie a kiss on the cheek before she headed off in search of a bathroom. "Don't you just love pregnet women?" Charlie grinned, turning back to his company. "No" Liam answered, giving a little accusing glare at Michelle.

"What's that suppose to mean?" She questioned, raising an eye brow in his direction. "Nothing dear" He replied in a sweet tone, laying his hand over hers. She gave a fake, sarcastic smile in return before taking another sip of her drink. "Excuse me" Kate said suddenly, trying to draw little attention to herself as she pushed out of her chair and headed off in the same direction as Claire.

"I knew our women were becoming inseparable, but now their even going to the bath room together" Jack noted jokenly. "Maybe their having an affaire" Charlie suggested sarcastically. The two shared a little laugh. "Yeah...leaving me out of course" Michelle muttered, acting as if offended.

"Your free to join them if you like" Liam assured suggestively, flashing her a grin. "You'd like that wouldn't you?" she questioned accusing, raising an eye brow at him once again.

"Uh...yeah!" Liam replied as if the answer should be obvious. "Humph!" She huffed in response and quickly turned away from him. "Oh come on! Every husband thinks about it! Right, guys?" Liam protested, looking hopefully at his fellow men for a helping hand.

"I was joking" Charlie confirmed, wanting to be no such aid in this argument. "Yeah, I love my wife" Jack assured just as awkwardly as Charlie. "Oh you guys are no help" Liam scoffed. "Or maybe you're the only pervert at this table!" Michelle shoot accusingly.

"Look who's talking" Liam muttered in reply. Michelle's jaw dropped, looking utterly offended.

"Open mouth, insert foot" Charlie noted, shaking his head. "Thanks, you're a real help" Liam muttered sarcastically, glaring at his brother. Charlie grinned, un fazed. Michelle cleared her throat, deliberately turning his attention back to her. "Look, Michelle, I'm sorry" He apologized. She considered it for a moment, and decided to forgive him.

She flashed him a smile, leaning over to give him a kiss. "PDA!" Charlie and Jack both hollered in unison. Liam continued the kiss, flipping them off with a free hand as they went along.

"Kate!" Claire muttered, surprised to see Kate walking out of one of the stalls at the same time. "Oh, hi." Kate grinned, a bit fake. "What's wrong?" Claire questioned in concern, picking up on it immediately. Kate hesitated for a moment. "Well...ok, I'll tell you. But you have to promise not to tell the guys, especially Jack" Kate insisted. Claire nodded, showing that she understood.

"I think I'm Pregnet" Kate explained nervously. Claire's jaw dropped. "Oh my god!" She gasped, covering her mouth in shock. Kate nodded. "I don't think it's Jacks" She added miserably. "Have you sceen a doctor?" Claire questioned.

"Just Jack, and he sure as hell dosent know" Kate answered, leaning back agenst the wall. "Well you should go and get a DNA test. Make sure" Claire suggested optimistically. "I want to! But I don't have an excuse" Kate explained helplessly. Claire thought for a moment. "Oh! You could come with me! I'll tell Jack I'm going in for a check up, and I want you to come!" Claire suggested with way to much enthusiasms.

"But Jack's your doctor.." Kate reminded, looking at her a little strangely. "Oh...right..." Claire blushed with embarrassment. "Well...we could just tell him were somewhere else" Claire shrugged.

"That might work..." Kate agreed with a nod. "Yeah." Claire smiled, slightly proud of herself for coming up with a plan. "Thanks, Claire" Kate grinned, wrapping her arms around her once again.

"Hey, what are pregnet friends for?"

Back at house:

Locke sat on the couch, Ben plopped on top his lap as the two watched the Discovery Chanal, both seeming surprisingly interested. "How can you watch this junk?" Megan questioned, eyes glued to the screen. "Well, he was raised in this sort of environment" Locke reminded her. Megan gave a little shrug, and grabbed another hand full of pop corn. "So what do you do?" She asked, turning to Locke. If they were gonna watch boring ass TV, she might as well strike up a conversations...even if it was with a creepy bald guy.

"Well, I used to work at a box company before the plain crash" He explained simply. "A box company?" She raised an eye brow. "Why dose every one keep doing that? Is it really that surprising?" he questioned good naturally. "Yeah! Cause from what I'm told your like a...mighty hunter" Megan exclaimed. Locke gave an amused, modest laugh. "Let me guess, Charlie told you that?" Locke predicted.

"Yeah. He said you saved his life or something" She added. "I wouldn't put it that way" he shrugged. "Well, all I'm saying is when you start working again it better not be in some damn box company" She insisted firmly.

"If you say so" Locke chuckled in response.

Back to resturant:

"you feeling ok?" Liam questioned in concern. "Yeah" Charlie assured, though his the mechanical drown of his voice made it seem like he was lieing. Liam tired to fallow his gaze. He'd been stareing violently across the room for what seemed like a long time. Jack must have noticed it to, because he was looking in the same direction.

"Oh man..." he sighed, glancing away after realizing what Charlie was looking at. " what?" Liam questioned curiously, not seeming to get it. "Thomas" Charlie grumbled bitterly, stareing at the man across the room. "Who's Thomas?" Liam questioned in confusion.

"He's Bens biological father" Jack explained conspicuously. "Oh...shit" Liam muttered in realizations of the problem. "Fucking bastard" Charlie mumbled in a low rumble. "Now, Charlie. Just try to ignore him. He doesn't know were here" Jack suggested, trying not to look in his direction. Just as he spoke, Kate and Claire emerged from the bath room side by side. Of course, walking right past Thomas. He spotted Claire eminently, after all, who couldn't?

"Claire?" He called from behind her. She stopped dead in her tracks, eyes wide. "Thomas?" She questioned, without turning around. Finally, she forced herself to face him. "What are you doing here?" she questioned, trying to sound polite, rather she felt like it or not. "I...well actually I came to talk to you" He explained, taking a deep gulp. "Oh...now's not a really good time" She explained nervously, glancing back over at Charlie, who had his eyes fixed on them, despite Jack's insistence that he look away.

When he was angry, his eyes burned. And rather or not he was angry at her, she could feel them scorching her back as she turned back to Thomas. "Well, it won't take long" he assured, optamisticly. She sighed, unable to make a good argument. "I just wanted to say that I want Charlie to adopt Ben" He explained simply.

"You do?" She questioned with surprise. "Yes...after all, he is Ben's father. He should be able to make it official" Thomas confirmed, still a bit awkward. "That's great!" She exclaimed, her grin widening. She gave him a quick hug, arms around his shoulders. It lasted about to seconds, but it was enough to make Charlie stand up, pushing his chair back. Liam grabbed his arm, makeing sure he didn't move. By that time, Claire had already moved away. Her and Kate made their way back.

"What the hell is he doing here?" Charlie hissed as she approached him. "He wants you to adopt Ben" she explained. "what?" Charlie questioned in confusion. "He said that's why he's here. He wants you to adopt Ben" She confirmed, taking a seat once again. "Is he serious?" Charlie asked in confusion, lowing back into his own chair. "He seemed serious" she replied, looking at Charlie as if he were crazy.

"Yeah, but I mean, is he serious? This isn't some sorry attempt to regain your affection or anything?" Charlie questioned again. "I don't think so" She answered, mildly confused. "Are you sure?" he tried to confirm. "Charlie, I don't know!" She exclaimed, letting the mood swings get the best of her. He took a deep breath, calming himself. "I'm sorry" he apologized sweetly. She smiled, letting him know it was Ok.

"Well...that was awkward" Jack noted, still sounding a little uncomfortable. Liam nodded in agreement, that is before Michelle gave him a little smack on the chest. "You ok?" Jack asked, turning to Kate. "'I'm fine" She answered quickly, in an overly cheerful voice. He smiled, not at all suspicious. "Some one should make a toast" Michelle suggested, hoping to make the situation a little less awkward. "I'll go" Kate took up the offer quickly. "Uh oh..." Jack muttered to himself. "Hey!" She smacked his chest, playfully. He grabbed her hand, holding it in his before giving her what was meet to be a quick peck, but lasted longer than expected.

Charlie cleared his troat loudly to grab there attention. It didn't seem to faze them. "Uh..guys?" Michelle questioned, tapping Kate on the shoulder. Kate simply ignored her, though she appeared a bit more amused than she should have been. "Kate!" Claire called, finally grabbing her attention. Kate giggled in embarrassment, folding her hands in her lap innocently.

"So much for makeing things less awkward" Liam muttered sarchasticly. "As I was saying.." Kate spoke up, now ready to continue.

"During my 'stay' on the island, Charlie made life so much easier for every one. Despite getting himself hurt atleast once a week, his cute since of humor and exocentric, some times weird ways brought a great deal of comfort to our lives" she began proudly.

Claire smiled over at Charlie, who's hand was gradually makeing its way up her bare leg.

Now that were back home, I couldn't see my life without his cute since of humor, and eccentric, sometimes weird ways. To Charlie" she tipped her glass in his direction.

"To Charlie"

The others repeated her words, rasing their glaces and taking a sip, except Claire, for two reasons. One, without alcohol in your glass, there was really no point. Two, She was to preoccupied with the hand gliding up her thigh to talk or move.

Kate sat back down, giving a little glance over at Jack. It seemed that each couple suddenly had their eyes on each other. "Any one else ready to go?" Liam questioned without removing his eyes from Michelle. "Yeah" Jack answered quickly. Charlie nodded in agreement. The group quickly got up, and headed out.

Back at house:

"Thank god!" Megan moaned as she opened to the door. "Claire, I've never been so happy to see you" she sighed, laying her head on Claire's shoulder a soon as she walked in. "What did you do to her?" Claire questioned sarcastically, looking up at Locke, who had Ben on his hip, half asleep as usual. "Discovery Chanal" he explained simply, passing Ben over to Charlie.

Claire giggled in response, giving Megan a sympathetic pat on the shoulder. "Well, we'll just clear out of here. I'm sure you guys want your 'privacy'" Megan explained teasingly as she picked up her coat. Charlie nodded, pulling his arm around Claire's waist. He watched as the two made their way at the door, pushing it shut behind them. "Come on, peanut. Lets get you upstairs" He suggested, talking to Ben, who was already asleep on his shoulder as he headed for the stairs.

"Meet you in the bed room, two minutes" he assured, glancing back at Claire with a sarcastic wink. She shook her head.

L.A.: Shannon's apartment

"Ok, so what do I wear to the interview?" Shannon questioned, looking at Sayid over her shoulder as she looked through the thousands of cloths in her closet. "Go naked' he suggested jokenly. Her aw dropped, acting shocked.

"I'd hire you" he assured before cracking a smile. "Well, I'm pretty sure my employer is either a women, or gay" She reminded him, turning her attention back to the cloths. "What if she's a gay women?" he questioned, rasing an eye brow at her from his spot on the bed.

"Then you just might have some competition" she replied suggestively. He smiled, amused, as she pulled something from a hanger. "Hmm, maybe this will work" She muttered, and pulled off the white shirt she'd currently been wearing. He watched carefully as the cloths was pulled over her head, revealing her flat stomach and light pink bra. She slipped the silky, dark green top on and turned to the mirror. "I miss my blond" She pouted, looking at her reflection.

"Me too" he assured sympotheticly, taking her hand in his as he reached over from the bed. She turned to him, blushing. I never blush, she thought to herself before his eyes caught hers and all thoughts in her head diminished. "You look great" he assured with a gentle smile as she waved her hand in his. She sighed, with a smile, not knowing what to say.

He pulled her closer to him by the hand, leaning up to kiss her. She sat down on the bed beside him, flipping her air before continuing the kiss.