Chapter 4
Sayid watched as Jena and Sara now in some of his wives pajamas slipped off to sleep and
he smiled. He gently shut the door to his room and went to his desk. At his desk he pulled
out a false bottom from one of the drawer and retrieve a simple leather sack. He took the sack
to his bed and gently opened it to reveal one of only two pictures he had of Shannon this one
from just hours after the rescue and in his arms when then three year old Sara all smiles
and full of life. Sayid smiled and gently slipped off to sleep.
"Ohh this can't be happening," Sayid heard Shannon say as she stood in
the shower.
"Ohh come on you and Sayid have been together for a while it was bound
to happen," he heard Claire say.
"Claire I can't have a baby I just can't," Shannon replied
"Why. I thought you loved Sayid," Claire replied.
"I do love him but I don't know if he loves me and I'm afraid if I tell him he
will leave and then what kind of life will we have," Shannon cried. Claire held her
friend and soothed her with kind words. Sayid smiled and shook his head as he
walked away.
Alone on the beach he silently thanked God for a wonderful, spirited woman
like Shannon and prayed for the safety of his child that now grew inside of her. He
heard footsteps and turned to see Shannon coming up behind him. He smiled and
took her in his arms swinging her around and around.
"What made you so happy," she asked as he put her down and she knelt
into the sand.
"Do you know how much I love you. I never thought in a thousand years I
would find someone with as much passion and lust for life as me and yet here of all
places I found just that," he asked kneeling down beside her.
"Sayid I have to tell you something," Shannon said and taking a deep
breath, "I'm pregnant," she said closing her eyes not wanting to see the disappointment
on Sayid's face. Sayid took her face in his hands and she opened her eyes, "I can not
begin to tell you how happy that makes me," he said hugging her and Shannon let out a
deep sigh of relief. Shannon collapsed into Sayid's arms and they laid on the beach in
each others arms enjoying their happiness.