Disclaimer: Again, I do not own LOST.
The survivors were starting their third month on the island. Houses just seemedto be popping up everywhere on the beach. Claire's house had been the first. Charlie had claimed it the best house on the island. Claire had laughed and told him it was the only one. Sayid soon made one for Shannon and she had asked him to move in with her. This made the others want to build their own little huts on the island so they had shelter, too. Sawyer didn't move from his tent and it didn't seem like he was going to anytime soon. Kate still slept on the beach, refusing Jack's offer to build her a hut. It seemed like for once things were going smoothly. They had found no sign of Locke after Boone's funeral. He showed up and disappearedright after it. Well, that was whenSayid threatened to shoot him. Jack and Sayid had both searched long and hard to find him again. Kate told them if he didn't want to be found they wouldn't find him. Other than Locke, everyone's life was getting better than the first month on the island.
Shannon laid on the beach. She was tanning once again. Sayid told her that she didn't need to tan but she did it anyway. She let out a sigh as she turned onto her back. She wanted to get off the island so bad but she knew no one was coming. Most of the others really didn't care anymore. If they can survive two months, they can survive another. Her mind wandered to Boone like it always did. She tried to think of times where she wasn't a big pain in his ass and trying to ruin his life. Ok, so there really weren't any. There wasn't anything she could do now. She felt her stomach churn. Oh shit! I'm going to be sick, she thought. She jumped up and ran towards the forest, bumping into Claire.
"Shannon? Are you going to be fine?" Claire asked as she held Tyler tight in her arms.
Shannon didn't look back as she made it to the forest. She leaned down and pulled her hair back. Claire had followed her up the beach in time to see her vomit. After Shannon was done, she sat down. She was panting a little. Claire came beside her.
"Are you alright?" Claire asked.
"I'm fine," Shannon muttered.
"It doesn't look like you're fine."
"I've just been throwing up every so often. It just comes and goes."
"Oh..." Claire said, looking down at Tyler.
"What?"
"It is just that...when I was pregnant with Ty, I was just like that. It does stop."
"Are you saying I'm pregnant?" Shannon asked, alarmed and a little angry.
"It seems like that. If you ask Jack, he would know better than I would what this might be."
"I'm not going to Jack."
"Why not?"
"Uh...I just don't want to," Shannon replied. She didn't want Claire to know that she thought she might be pregnant.
"Ok..It doesn't matter to me what you do," Claire said with a sigh, as she stood up.
"Uh...Claire?"
"Yes?" she asked as she turned back to Shannon.
"What happens after the throwing up?"
Claire smiled. "Well... you will get a stomach and have to eat more. You have to pee like every five minutes. You can feel the baby move around."
"Oh..." Shannon said, quietly.
"It's not that bad."
"Ok. See ya later."
Claire nodded and left Shannon to think over what to do.
Kate looked at the ocean. As always, the waves were empty. She heard someone walk up beside her. She looked up and groaned. There was Sawyer.
"Hey there, Freckles," he said with a smirk.
"What do you want?"
"Can't I say hi to ya without bein' questioned?" Sawyer asked.
"Nope."
Sawyer glared at her. "Well, then, that's the last time I try to be nice."
"You were actually trying?" she asked with a grin.
"Haha...very funny. Might have a bad rep., but that doesn't mean I can't be nice if I want."
"Well, everyone has a nice side. But...you don't. Remember when you had Shannon's medicine? You made me kiss you for it and you didn't even have it."
"You wouldn't have given me one if I didn't do that."
"That's right."
"So anythin' between you and Doc?"
"Why would you want to know?"
"I've seen you avoidin' him. After your little fling in the jungle."
Kate's face got red. "What? How do you know about that?"
"Saw you two kissin' and runnin' in the jungle. There has to be somethin' there."
"There is nothing."
"The reason you are avoidin' him, he made you pregnant? Didn't he and you don't want to tell?"
"Go away, Sawyer!"
He smirked. "Can't wait 'till I see the reaction on Doc's face!"
"You'll see nothing once I break your glasses! Get away!" Kate shouted.
He glared at her and stomped away to his tent. Kate sighed and looked down at her stomach. Nothing really happened in the jungle a few months ago. Well, at least, she tried to tell herself that. He couldn't have...but she was late this month. If something had been going on in there, she probably would be sick but she wasn't. Her eyes went to the jungle and stayed there.
Claire walked back to her hut, cradling Ty. She walked into it and in there sat Charlie. She smiled at him and sat beside him. He kissed her lightly.
"How was your walk?" he asked.
"Fine," Claire said with a sigh.
"What's wrong?" Charlie asked.
"It's Shannon. I...I think she is pregnant."
"Really?"
Claire nodded.
"That's good, I guess. You know what I was thinking?"
"What?"
"That maybe we can have one of our own."
"Charlie!"
"What!"
"I just got done with being pregnant with Ty a few months ago. I don't think I'm ready again."
"Oh..."
"But...I'll tell you when I am."
He grinned."Ok. I'm fine with that."
He looked down at the baby who curled up a fist and held it in the air. Charlie grabbed Ty's tiny hand and the baby's fingers wrapped around his thumb. He smiledat the baby.
"You'll make such a great mother," Charlie said.
"I don't know. I really didn't want him at first. I'm just afraid of what might happen."
"Don't worry. Like I said, you'll do great."
She sighed. "Whatever you say, Charlie."
A/N: Here is the second chapter. I have it planned where I am going with this now. Hope you like it. R&R!
