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Lostlorenzo: Hey, glad you liked the chapter. Saw the promopictures for the next chapter, and they are adorable. I've been hearing that little romer about Dom and Evie going out in real life, because some reporter saw them kissing, but if you've seen dom with i don't know, his lord of the rings buddies, you can tell he kisses pretty much every one. So I guess we can never really know, but i think my love for Charlie and Claire and my hatered for Kate Is makeing it difficult for me to belive that anything will happen between Charlie and Kate on the show. And if it dose, i will be royaly pissed. Like, team up with Samara from the ring, jump in the TV and punch Kate to death kind of pissed. But any way, i guess there's not much else to say. Alot of cute stuff in this next chapter. Hope you like it!
The Last Thing
It had been one week now since Claire went over Charlie's house, simply to apologize and instead got the best sex of her life, witch was repeated on a nightly basses every night since. But it was more then just amazeing, mind-blowing sex, she was in love. One hundred pecrent, no doubt about it, head-over-heels in love.
And now she watched form the kitchen as Charlie sat on the floor, playing with Skyler as if he were his own son. She smiled as she leaned agenst the door way, twirling the straw in her glass as she watched the two play.
"Hey, watch the shoe's. They'er new" Leo scolded playfully as he sat on the couch, pokeing his head over his magazine. The two ignored him, and contenuied laughing. The front door opened, and Shannon barged in hey. "Claire, I need help. Its an emergency" Shannon exclaimed, barging into the door.
"Dress or casual?" Claire questioned, teasingly. "No, not cloths. This is big" Shannon insisted, shutting the door behind her. "We need to talk now"
"Ok" Claire nodded, and fallowed Shannon into the bath room. "Whats wrong, Shan?" Claire asked in concern as her friend sat down on sink. "I think i'm pregnet" Shannon explained, nervoulsy. "What?" Claire exclaimed, covering her mouth a second later. Shannon nodded with a miserable look, and burried her head into her hands.
"Are you sure?" Claire questioned. "No. But I took a test, and it was negitive. And negitive means not good, witch means I'm pregnet" Her words choked off into a loud sob and she burried her heand into her hands once again. Claire couldn't keep from laughing. "What's so funny?" Shannon demanded, moodily.
"Sweety. Negitive means not pregnet. Positive, means pregnet" Claire explained, doing her best not to crack up again. "Are you sure?" Shannon looked up hopefully, wipeing her eyes with the back of her hand. "Postive" Claire confirmed with a nod, before laughing at her own little pun.
"Aw, thank god" Shannon sighed in releif. Claire patted her on the shoulder re-asuringly. The two walked out of the bath room moments later. "Everything, alright?" Leo questioned, glanceing at them over the back of the couch. "Yep. Desaster averted" Claire assured, fallowing Shannon to the door.
"Thank's Claire. Your a life-savor" Shannon explained aprechiativly, giving her a little hug at the door way. "No problem" Claire assured with a smile. "See you at work" Shannon added before heading down the hall. Claire shut the door behind her, and started to giggle once again.
"What was all that about?" Charlie questioned from the floor. "Oh nothing, Shannon thought she was pregenet" Claire replied, in amusement. "Was she?" Leo raised an eye brow worriedly. "Nope. She took a teast, and it said negitvie. Acording to Shannon, negitive means pregnet" Claire explained.
"Oh god" Leo rolled his eyes, playfully. "Blondes"
"hey!" Both Claire and Charlie exclaimed defensivly. "Oh, get over it" Leo scoffed, and went back to reading his magazine. "Ok. Its almost eight O'clock, when do you plan on making dinner?" Claire questioned, raising an eye brow in Leo's direction. "I don't" He replied simply. "Ok, then. I'm ordering out" She confirmed, walking over to the phone.
"Oh. Pitzza!" Skyler inisted, happily. "Oh, no. No one's going to eat pitzza in my house" Leo confirmed, tossing the magazine on the table. "Well, what do you sugest?" Claire raised her eye brow skepticly. "Um,...chinese?" Leo explained bluntly.
"I hate Chinese" Skyler noted, sulkinly. "Fine, then. I'll see if i can find something to make" Leo sighed, and wondered into the kitchen. Claire plopped down on the floor beside them, phone in hand, and began to dile the number. "What are you doing?" Charlie questioned cursiouly.
"Calling Daminos" She replied with a sly grin. "Yay!" Skyler exclaimed, trowing his arms around his mom. "Shhh" She warned with a laugh. "But I though Leo was going to-" Charlie began in confusion. "There's nothing to make. I checked" Claire expalined, in a conspicous wisper.
"Oh my god" Charlie gaped at her in shock. "what?" Claire tilted her head to the side. "Your bloody evil" He noted, playfully. "I know" Claire shrugged, with a proud little grin. "Hello, dominos?"
"Hey, Claire. There's nothing in the fri- What the hell?" Leo exclaimed, as he walked out of the kichen. The three looked up at him in the door way and burst into laughter. "What do you think your doing, young lady?" Leo questioned, crossing his arms over his chest.
"Yes, I'd like to order a pitzza" Claire contenuied, looking up at Leo with a smile. "Kindly go to hell" Leo grumbled, before grabing his coat and heading for the door. "Yes, extra large, peperoni. Thank you" Claire ignored him with a smile and hung up the phone. "Hey , Leo. While your out, got to block busters" Claire suggested playfully.
Leo slammed the door behind him. Claire contenuied to laugh. "What?" She looked up at Charlie, who was shakeing his head. "Pure evil" He explained with a sigh, before turning to skyler. "So, what dose it feel like to be the child of saten?"
Claire's jaw dropped in offence. "Pretty cool" Skyler shrugged, with a partialy-toothed grin. "I'm not saten!" Claire insisted. "Sure..." Charlie rolled his eyes skepticly, "Don't listen to a word she says" He leaned over and wispered into Skylers ear, who was laughing all the while.
"Oh, thats nice" Claire scoffed, sarcasticly. "Oh, no. She can hear us" Charlie gasped, playfully. "Of course I can hear you! I'm sitting too feet away!" Claire exclaimed, defensivly.
"She's only too feet away! Run, Skyler, run!" Charlie demanded playfully, watching as Skyler made a mad dash for Leo's bed room and slam the door behind him. "Who's evil?" Claire questioned, playfully. "What? I just saved your son from Saten" Charlie replied in his defence.
"You scared him into locking himself in the bed room" Claire corrected. "Well, look on the bright side. Now were all alone" Charlie noted playfully, leaning over to kiss her. "Yeah, right" Claire pulled away skepticly. "What?" Charlie questioned inocently. "You called me saten!" Claire exclaimed defensivly.
"So? I wanna join the dark side" Charlie replied, going to kiss her once again. The door bell rang. "Well to danm bad" Claire assured, before climing to her feet. "Your mean!" Charlie called after her in a childish voice. "I'm saten. Thats my job" Claire explained, walking over to the front door.
"Did I just hear, what I think I heard?" Leo questioned from the door way. "Oh, its you. I was hopeing for pitzza" Claire noted with a sigh. "Yeah, well. Sorry to disapoint you" Leo replied sarcasticly, and made his way in. "Eh. I'll live. What movie did you get?" Claire questioned, shutting the door behind her.
"Is the pitzza here?" Skyler questioned, pokeing his head out through the door way. "No. Its just Leo" Claire explained teasingly. "Aw man" Skyler sighed and plopped down on the couch. "Don't worry, it'll be here soon" Claire asured, giving him a pat on the head. "Really soon" Charlie confrimed, laying down on the floor. "One, two,-"
The door bell rang. "Pitzza!" Skyler leaped off the couch, over Charlie, and ran for the door. "How did you know that?" Claire questioned curiously. "I told you. I'm pathatelic"
"Telapathic" Leo corrected without looking up from the magazie. "What ever" Charlie shruged casualy. Claire rolled her eyes and walked to the door, where Skyler were jumping to reach the knob. "Hold on, will you?" She smiled playfully. "Open the door, will you?" Skyler replied mockingly. Claire rolled her eyes and opened the door.
A FEW HOURS LATER, the pitzza box was empty and sprawled out on the floor, along with Charlie, who laid before it eating his last peice, and Skyler her sat on his back, watching the Labrynth.
"Well, I'm gonna go take a shower" Leo announced, pushing himself off the couch. "Can I come?" Charlie questioned playfully. "No" Claire answered for him, looking over her shoulder just in time to see Leo nod and mouth the word yes.
"God, Claire. What do you have agnest gay people?" Charlie scoffed playfully. "First off, your not gay. Second off, I'm saten. Saten hate's the gays" Claire explained, sarcastily. "Really? I thought saten would like gays, cause you know, they piss off god so much" Charlie noted, playfully.
"Hmm...good ponit" Claire nodded in agreement. "Leo, what side are you on?" She questioned, glanceing at him over the back of the couch. "Oh, defenetly saten's" Leo replied, with a wink. "Yes! Welcome to the dark side!" She exclaimed sarcasticly. "Oh, so he can come to the dark side but i can't?" Charlie questioned defensivly.
"Life's a bitch, ain't it?" Claire questioned in reply. "Not all of it. Just you" Charlie replied, teasingly. "Why, thank you" Claire smiled proudly.
"Mom. What's a bitch?" Skyler questioned. Claire's eyes widened. "Uh...its almost nine. time for bed"
"Ok. Charlie, what's a bitch?" Skyler questioned again, as Claire lifted him up off the floor. "Your mom" Charlie replied simply. "Good night" Sweety" Claire scooted him into the bed room. "Good night" Skyler replied simply, and closed the door behind him.
"Your corrupting my son you know" Claire noted, laying down on her back beside Charlie. "I know" Charlie replied simply, looking over at her with a grin. "If it helps, I plan to corrupt you too" He added with a grin, rolling onto his side. "I'm saten, I'm already corrupt" Claire corrected, playfully.
"Good point" He agreed, before leaning over to kiss her.
THE NEXT MORNING, Leo sat on the couch drinking his coffee, and reading the paper. He watched as the door to Claire's room opened, and Skyler wondered out in his pajamas. "Mroning kid" He greeted, looking up from the paper. "Morning" Skyler replied tiredly, and wondered into the bathroom. Leo turned back to the paper, hearing the bathroom door shut, fallowed by a scream. He looked over his shoulder to see Skyler being shoed back out by Claire, who was holding a towel around herself.
"Why didn't you tell him we were in here?" She questioned, trough gritted teeth. "I didn't know" Leo answered simply, "Wait, we?"
Claire bowed her head. Nine o'clock in the morning, and already she'd said to much. "Morning" Charlie apeared in the door way behind her, grinning like and idiot. "Morning Charlie" Leo replied simply, and went back to reading his papper. "You people are insane" Claire confirmed, makeing her way to the bed room.
Charlie shrugged, and shut the bath room door once again.
CLAIRE LEFT FOR WORK WITH LEO an hour later. Shannon had already begun stressing when they got there. She contenuied to ramble on as she paced back and forth. Claire and Leo watched her in confusion, not able to understand a word she was saying.
"Uh...Shan?" Leo spoke up after a long moment of silence. "What?" Shannon snapped in reply. "Uh...what's wrong?" He questioned nervously. "What do you mean whats wrong? Haven't you been listoning?" Shannon questioned angrily. Leo glanced over at Claire. "No"
"Some help you are" Shannon huffed, and stormed off into her office, slamming the door behind her. "Dose that mean were fired?" Leo questioned, turning to Claire in confusion. "...Maybe" Claire replied uncertently. "Wanna go get coffee?" Leo sugested casualy.
"Sure" Claire shrugged in agreement, and fallowed him out the door.
After Coffee, Leo went back to the studio to see what Shannon was haveing a caniption about, but he sent Claire home to stay with Skyler, because he didn't trust a person with the mind of a four-year-old (Charlie) watching someone who was a four-year-old. Claire might have arguied for Charlie's intelegence, but decided to let the comment go.
After all, if she wen't home, she got to spend time with her two favorite men in the whole world, and if not, liston to Shannon rant for another few hours. So, home she went.
When Claire walked in, she found Charlie asleep on the couch, with Skyler asleep on his stomach. She couldn't help but smile as she carefully shut the door. She took off her jacket and went into the kitchen, doing her best not to wake them. But Charlie wasn't exactly a deep sleeper. When she came back out of the kitchen, Charlie's eyes were open and looking up at her.
"Good morning" He muttered, still half asleep. "Good afternoon" Claire corrected, takeing a seat in the chaire across from them, "Did he tire you out?"
"No, no. I belive I tired him out, in fact" Charlie explained, glanceing down at the sleeping toddler who was useing him as a bed. "So, your home early. Did Shannon fire you?"
"I have no idea" Claire explained with a sigh, sinking back into the chair. "She's hard to understand when she's ranting...or crying, or really happy...or when she has one of her asthma attacks" Claire explained. "Well, I'm sure she'll make since sooner or later" Charlie offered with a shrug, carefull lifting skyler up without wakeing him and sitting up before laying the kid back down.
"Not likely, she hasn't for the past...well...since I've known her" Claire replied skepticly. "Well, I haven't known her to long, but I don't understand her much either" Charlie explained. "What do you mean you haven't known her to long? You meet on the island didn't you?" Claire questioned skepticly.
"Yes, I had an encounter...once...maybe twice. Yeah, i think twice." Charlie explained, clearing his trought uncomfortbly. "Oh?" Claire raised an eye brow in his direction. "Yep." He gave an aqward nod. "What happened?" Claire questioned curiuosly, knowing that it was obviously going to be interesting.
"Well, she asked me to help her catch fish once" Charlie explained, now trying to sound casual. "You know how to catch fish?" Claire asked, curiously. "Hell no! Well, atleast not with a stick and a peice of shrapnal atleast. But, i did my best" He answered with a grin.
"Why?"
"Because I'm a nice guy"
"right..."
"I'm not a nice guy?"
"You had a little crush on Shannon, didn't you?" Claire questioned teasingly. "What? Nooo!" Charlie replied, makeing it a little to obvious. "Charlie, its ok. Its not like i never found any one on the island attractive. And Shannons a modle, so i can't blame you" Claire explained reasuringly.
"Yeah, well, maybe you have a crush on Shannon" Charlie rambled accusingly, getting nervous as he eaisly did. "Don't change the subject" Claire insisted. "Ok, fine. So i helped her fish, and brought one back. Her and her brother started fighting. So basicly, she used me to prove that she could take care of her slef" Charlie explained, simply.
"That dosen't make since" Claire noted in confusion. "Yeah. Isn't that our topic of today? 'Shannon dosent make since'?" Charlie reminded playfully. "Right. I almost forgot" Claire explanied sarcasticly, "Go on"
"Ok, well...you promis not to get mad at me?" Charlie confirmed. Claire nodded, reasuringly. "Ok. I was on the beach, minding my own buisness...walking about aimlessly and out of no where Shannon comes up, grabs me by the callar and plants one on me" Charlie explained, mildly embarased.
"What?" Claire questioned in shock ."You said you wern't going to get mad!" Charlie reminded defensivly. "I'm not...but...why?" Claire questioned through her laughter. "I dunno...i'm a good looking guy" Charlie sugested with a shrug. "No, that can't be it" Claire noted, talking to herself more then him.
"Man, i'm not nice or good looking now? Why the hell are you going out with me?" Charlie quesrtioned sarcasticly. "Hmmm...do we really wanna go there?" Claire replied playfully. "Right, good point" Charlie nodded, with a grin. "I'm not takeing any chances with you"
Claire felt her cheeks blush as she smiled. They'ed been together for atleast a week now, but Claire still couldn't keep of blushing. She'd defenetly have to work on that.
Two Weeks Later
"Ok, you two. Its three O'clock. Lets go home, and get ready" Shannon sugested, her heels clunking agenst the floor as she marched out of her office, stareing down at the little silver rolex on her wright. "Home, what about coffee?" Leo questioned defensivly.
"You can have coffee at home" Shan explained, pulling on her coat. "Not good coffee" Leo scoffed in disapointment. "You'll live one day without coffee" Shannon muttered, teasingly. "Besides, at the party, they'll have alcahol" Claire replied, giving him a pat on the head. "Good point" He replied, his smile lighting up again. The three walked out the door and headed down the side walk.
"So Claire, Leo tells me Charlie's been spending the night at the house alot" Shannon began, keeping up a fast pace as they walked. Claire looked down and wondered how she could move so fast in those heels. "Yeah, why?" Claire replied innocently. "Well...your haveing sex, right?" Shannon questioned, as if it should be obvious.
Claire blushed. "Almost every night. Good too, from what I've heard" Leo answered for her, flashing her a playfull grin. Claire rolled her eyes. "Really? Is he good?" Shannon questioned, showing great intrest. Claire didn't reply. "Well?" The two questioned in unison.
"Guys, you know I don't like talking about this stuff" Claire remined, uncomfortably. "Like we ever care? Now was he good or not? If you don't answer, I'll asume he's bad. And you don't want me to give him the little talk do you?" Shannon questioned, playfully.
" Oh, god, no!" Claire replied quickly. "Good. then Tell" Shannon replied with a devious grin, patting Claire on the head like an obedient little puppy.
They reached the aparement about twenty minutes later. "What, dose he live here?" Shannon questioned as they walked in, indicateing to Charlie who sat on the couch. "Pretty much" Leo scoffed. "Well, you can kick me out any time you like" Charlie offered playfully.
"No I can't. Your too cute" Leo replied, teasingly. Charlie flashed him a cheesy grin before walking over to Claire. "HI" He said, giving her a little peck. "Hi" Claire replied, doing her best not no blush. "Ok. Shannon needs to be dressed here!" Shannon explained, pulling off her coat. "Here, hold this" She added, tossing over Skylers head. He pulled it down and laughed.
"Claire, that means me and you, in the closet, now!" Shannon explained insistently. "Sounds like a porn" Charlie noted simply. Leo sinkered from the corner. Claire began to laugh, herself. Shannon, who was already fed up grabbed her by the wrist and dragged her into the room.
"Ok, ok. Calm down" Claire insisted, after being pulled into the bed room. "Sorry. I'm just a little stressed out right now" Shan explained, takeing a deep breath to calm herself down. "I can tell. Something wrong?" Claire questioned, eyeing her in concern. "No, no. I'm fine. Now, lets see what crap you have to wear" Shannon assured, and entered Claire's closet.
Meanwhlie, in the living room Leo and Charlie were shareing the aqward silence of the centry. "Don't you need to get ready?" Leo questioned, curiously. "Uh..."Charlie began, looking down at his ripped jeans and button up shirt. "You don't have any cloths do you?" Leo asked, in astonishment.
"No sir" Charlie replied meekly. A grin crossed Leo's face. "Fallow me" He inisted, and headed to his room. "A gay man is asking me to fallow him into his room...this is so going in my journal" Charlie noted outloud, fallowing Leo into his room. "You keep a journal?" Leo questioned curiosly, opening the two sliding doors to his closet, witch was way more orginized then Claires.
"Yeah, only cause i know my brother reads it. I like to put stuff in there to freak him out" Charlie explained, hands shoved into the pocket of his jeans. "Is your brother a homophobe?" Leo questioned, glanceing at him over the shoulder. "No, of course not. He's british" Charlie explained, playfully. Leo smiled, and went back to his search.
In the room next to them, Shannon was paceing back and forth in her bra and skirt, mubling to her self. Claire sat on her bed, watching her move back and forth and trying to think of something to say. "Shannon...your acting really strange...i think we should talk-" Claire began, eyeing her in concern.
"Uh...need any help?" Claire questioned, raising an eye brow. "Oh, sweetie...not from you" Shannon replied in her sweet playfull voice. Claire sunk back down, and let Shannon rumage through the closet and talk to herself in peice. After a moment, she decided to hop up and get dressed herself.
She took her hair out of the clip and began brushing it, afraid that if she went near the cloths Shannon might attack her or something. She contenuied to glance over her shoulder as she brushed her hair, watching Shannon pull out each article of clothing, studdy it for a moment, and then throw it back.
Something was defenetly wrong. But Claire would have to wait to find out. Maybe at the party, after Shannon had gotten dressed and had a few drinks, Claire could shake it out of her. But untill then, she had to figure out how to get to the little black dress Shannon had just thrown aside without being tackled, god forbid it was in the "maybe" pile.
"How do you feel?" Leo questioned, looking over his masterpeice. "Well...its not ripped jeans and a hoodie...but its something" Charlie replied, playfully. "Well , you look grate. You clean up well" Leo assured with pride. "You should let me dress you more often"
"No, sir. Special occasion's only. I'm not going to be your barbi doll" Charlie assured, messing this his callar. "Well, as a matter of fact Shannon is my barbie doll, you would be my ken" Leo corrected sarcasticly.
"And what about Claire?" Charlie inquired curiously. "It dosen't matter what Claire wears, you'll be taken it off soon enough" Leo replied, playfully. Charlie smiled and blushed.
"Hey, Shan" Claire had finished brushing her hair and putting on her make up. "What?" Shannon questioned from somewhere in the closet. "Im going out into the living room, the baby sitter should be here soon" Claire explained. "Fine" Shannon replied, a little preocupied. Claire shrugged, and walked out into the living room.
She had to stop and take a double-take when she saw Charlie in the living room, leaning his elbows agenst the couchter and a very casual, yet classy outfit, obviousl one of Leo's. She stood motionless in her slip, a look of suprise on her face. "Oh...hey" He replied, looking over at her with a slightly neruos grin. "Oh my god, Charlie...you look great" She exclaimed, still looking him over. He blushed a little and looked down.
"Yeah, Leo works wonders" Charlie replied modestly. "Well it wasn't to hard. He's alot less difficult then you are" Leo noted from the kitchen. Claire rolled her eyes. "Don't give me that look missy. Your not even dressed yet" Leo reminded, playfully. Claire looked down and blushed, realizing she was only in her slip. She crossed her arms over her chest in an attemp to cover up, now fully aware that Charlie was looking at her.
"CLAIRE!" Shannon called from the bed room. Claire rolled her eyes once again and wondered back in. Shannon sat on Claires bed, still no dressed, with her head in her hands. "Shannon, whats wrong?" Claire asked, worriedly, shutting the door behind her. "I can't do this" Shannon explained emotionaly.
"Do what?" Claire sat down on the bed beside her. "I can't go to all these parties and look nice knowing pretty soon i'm going to be all...fat" Shannon explained with a sob. "What do you mean?" Claire asked in confusion. "I'm pregnet. I took another test, and I went to the doctors and I'm pregnet" Shannon explained, laying down on the bed.
"Aw, sweetie" Claire comforted her, not knowing what else to say. "You know, you don't have to go tonight. Me and Leo can handle it" Claire offered. "Really?" Shannon sat up, her eyes drying a little. "Yeah, you can go home and spend some time with Sayid...dose he know?"
"Yeah, hes all happy and shit" Shannon replied, discourgingly. Claire couldn't help but smile. "I'm gonna finish getting dressed. You just lay down untill the baby sitter comes. then you can go home, ok?" Claire assured, hopping off the bed.
"Thanks Claire" Shannon replied apreciativly, trying to get a hold of herself. "No problem" Claire assured with a smile. She picked up the little black dress and pulled it on. "Hey Claire...you know what I just realized?" Shannon questioned, sitting up on the bed. "Huh?" Claire looked up from her spot on the floor where she was searching for her shoes.
"Today is November 15th" Shannon explained. Claire thought for a moment, trying to remember the importence of the date. "The day that Kate...you know?" Shannon reminded casualy. "Oh" Claire nodded, the light bulb of her mind finaly going on. For a moment it was silent.
"So... black heels?" Claire looked up, holding up the shoes in her hand. "Oh, those are cute! I so have to barrow them sometime!" Shannon exclaimed. "I knew you'd say that. I'd been hideing them for a month" Claire explained playfully, pulling them on. "Thats no fair" Shannon pouted from the bed. "You'll live" Claire assured, and headed out the door.
A FEW HOURS LATER, THE THREE ARIVED at the party. Leo assured Claire that he would handle all the buisness, all she needed to do was stand around and look pretty. Charlie assured her that job would be easy. So off Leo went to talk buisness, and Charlie and Claire stood around like prize-winning wall flowers.
"How many of these things do you have to go to?" Charlie questioned curiously. "About a million" Claire replied honestly. "Don't worry, i normaly only stay about an hour. Then we can slip out. Normlay I just stand back here and count the fakes" she explained in amusment. Charlie couldn't help but laugh.
"Well in a room full of modles-" Charlie shrugged, shooting her a playfull smile. "Oh, so you noticed?" Claire questioned, teasingly. "Of course I noticed...despite what you may have been told I am infact a guy" Charlie reminded. Claire smiled. "Oh, belive me...I noticed" Claire assured playfully.
"Yeah, I think Leo did too" Charlie noted with a laugh. "Oh?" Claire raised an eye brow. "He walked in on me in the shower this morning...again" Charlie explained. "I think he likes you" Claire teased, giving him a playfull nudge. "Well, will just have to give him a little talk, because I'm taken" Charlie assured with a smile. Claire felt herself blush as she looked down at her.
"Are you sure? I mean...Leo's a pretty good looking guy. And he can cook, and he dresses well...and he can dance" Claire explained teasingly. "So I can see" Charlie noted, looking in the direction where Leo and his...partner were danceing. "Wow..he's drunk all ready?" Claire raised an eye brow in suprise.
"He must have been speed drinking" Charlie sugested. "Yeah, either that or it was just pumped into his vaines" Claire corrected sarcasticly. "Well...he looks like he's having fun" Charlie noted with a shrug. "Yeah, witch means we'll be having some compitition later on tonight" Claire added with a smile.
"Eh, we can take' em" Charlie assured with a wink. Claire blushed again. for a moment, it was quiet between them. Charlie looked out into the crowd, giving Claire a chance to recover. "So...the music slowed down. Should we join them?" He questioned, soundling a little nervous. "Sure" Claire shrugged. he took her hand and walked her out onto the floor before sliding his arms around her waist.
"You know, Leo really did do a good job with you" She notted, putting her arms around his shoulder. Charlie smiled modestly. "But, it dosen't beat ripped jeans and a hoodie" She added, playfully. "Well good. Because I like my jeans" Charlie replied playfully. "As do I" Claire assured, before laying her head agenst his chest.
"You know...its so weird that after two years of not seeing each other at all, we'd end up in the right place, at the right time" Claire noted, listoning to his heart beat. "Well, thats fate, luv" Charlie explained, she could tell he was smiling, and she couldn't help but blush whenever he reffered to her as Luv.
"To quote your hand" She noted playfully, rembering back to when she first meet him. "You rember that?" Charlie questioned, souding some what suprised. "Of course I rember. I remember every little thing about you, Charlie Pace" Claire explained, lifiting her head to look up at him. Charlie didn't know what to say, so he simply smiled down at her instead.
"Wow...I don't even remember every little thing about me...I can't even remember what i was wearing two days ago" Charlie explained, sarcasticly. "Blue jeans, a brown T-shirt and black sandles" Claire explained without the slightest effort. Charlie looked impressed. "Oh, and you wern't wearing under wear...i distenktly remember that part" She added with a laugh.
"I rarely do" Charlie explained with a shrug. "Yeah...I know" Claire reminded playfully. Charlie and her shared a little laugh. "Wow, if i wasn't completly obsessed with you I'd think you were stalking me" Charlie noted playfully. "Hey, atleast i'm not reading your mind" Claire replied, sarcasticly.
"Oh, so now you belive me?" Charlie questioned playfully. "I never said that..." Claire answered innocently. "Right...want me to prove it again?" Charlie suggested with a grin. Claire rolled her eyes and tried her best not to blush. She was failing miserbly. "Ok...close your eyes" Charlie insisted playfully.
"Charlie...arn't we a little old for this?" Claire questioned sarcasticly. "No" He shrugged, "I close my eyes all the time."
Claire couldn't help but laugh. "Come on, you know you want to" Charlie urged, playfully. Claire sighed. She couldn't argue with that. She let her arms down from his shoulders and closed her eyes, feeling Charlie's lips press agenst hers moments later. The two kissed long after the song was over, after the enitre room had goon empty and spun in circles, then lit up with fire works, then wen't back to normal once again.
"Its been an hour" Claire notted, glanceing over at the clock on the wall. "Great. Lets go" Charlie took her hand in his and started leaning her through the crowd. The made an easy break and tumbled out on the side walk together, laughing for no reson at all. "Wow. Thats was easy" Claire noted, leaning agenst one of the beams that held up an awning infront of the door.
"Yeah. I feel like James bond" Charlie noted sarcasticly. Claire laughed. "Come on. Lets go home" Claire inisted, sliding her arm around his back. Charlie put his arm over her shoulder, and the two began their four-block walk back to the amartment.
WHEN CLAIRE WALEKD DOWN THE HALL WAY, she stopped in suprise. Charlie, comeing up a little bit late shot her a funny look. Claire was to shocked to notice. He looked and the direction she was stareing, and detected the problem right away. Thomas stood in the hall, right before there door witch he apread to be arguing with the baby sitter through.
"Thomas? What the hell are you doing here?" Claire questioned, walking forward. "I'm looking for my son" Thomas replied angrily. "What?" Claire gasped. "I said I'm looking for my son, now open the door and tell this bitch inside who I am!" Thomas inisted. "Are you kidding me?" Claire questioned sarcasticly.
"If you actualy think i'm going to let you in my house, let alone any where near my son, your insane" She explained, pushing between him in the door. "Cliare, I swear to god, if you don't bring skyler out here right now-" Thomas warned. Claire ignored him, and fumbled with her key in an attempt to open the door. "Claire-" Thomas grabbed a hold of her arm.
"Don't even think about touching her" Charlie warned, stepping up beside them. He stared Thomas in the eye untill he finaly let go of her arm. Claire turned her back to him and opened the door. "Claire, this man is crazy! He wouldn't stop yelling!" Sun explained from inside. "Its alright, Sun. Where's Skyler?" Claire questioned, in concern.
"He's in your room, scared to death" Sun explained, shooting thomas a look from the opening in the door way. "Oh my god..." Claire sighed, and made her way to the bed room. Charlie slid through the door. "Is everything all right?" Charlie questioned. Sun nodded. "I'm sorry. I tried to tell him to leave but he wouldn't listen" Sun explained, gesturning angrily in Thomas direction.
"Its alright" Charlieassured, "If he dosen't leave now...we'll call the cops" He confirmed, looking directily at Thomas before slaming the door shut and locking it.
Claire opened the door to her room and found Skyler hideing under the blankets. "Skyler, sweetie? Its me" She explained sympatheticly. "Mommy?" Skyler crawled to the end of the bed and poked his head out. Claire sat down on the bed and lifted the blankets off him. "Is he gone?" Skyler questioned, crawling into her lap.
"Yeah. He's gone" Claire assured, doing her best to comfort him. "I don't want to go back with him. I wanna stay here" Skyler explained. "I know, sweetie" Claire contenuied to rock him in her lap. The door to the bed room opened again, and Charlie came in. "Hey. Is every thing all right?" he questioned, sitting down beside them. Claire nodded.
"Hunny, why don't you lay down and try to get some sleep, alright?" Claire sugested. "Ok" Slyer replied simply, and crawled back up to the pillows. Claire got up once agian and went out into the living room. "Sun, I am so sorry about this" Claire explained. "No, its all right. Really" Sun assured her.
"Well, its late. I should be letting you go" Claire sugested, not knowing what else to say. Sun nodded. "Call me if you need someone to watch him any time" She inisted. "I will" Claire assured, "Good night"
"Good night" Sun replied, and headed out into the hall. Claire shut the door and leaned back agenst it, takeing a deep breath to calm herself down. Charlie sliped out of her room and carefull shut the door behind him. He came over and wraped his arms around her waiste.
"You alright?" He questioned softly, stareing down at her. Claire nodded. "I'll be fine" she assured, "Is Skyler asleep?"
"Yeah. I think so" Charlie replied. "Ok. I think I'm gonna stay in there with him tonight" Cliare explained. "Alright? Do you want me to stay here untill Leo comes home? Incase Thomas come's back?" Charlie questioned. "No. Thats alright. You should go home. Get some rest for once" Claire sugested.
"Alright. Call me tommarow" He inisted, placeing a kiss on her forhead. "I will" She assured, still not quite ready to let him go. It didn't help much when he leaned down to kiss her. "Good night" He flashed her a smile after their lips parted. "Good night" Claire replied, blushing, and slipped out of his arms. Charlie gave her one more kiss before he left, and Claire went back to her room and laid down with her son, who was already fast asleep.