Long Author's Note: Ha! Thought the wedding would be in this chapter! Nope. The wedding will be in chapter 8, I promise. And I know I haven't really been concentrating on Claire/Charlie's romance but don't worry. It will all be made up for in the wedding chapter! Anywho: I guess I forgot to mention that this is some what AU. Boone's dead, and the raft building never happened. They're still on the island. As for the Jack/Sun relationship, I just wanted to try something different and I really think they would be really cute together. After this fic is done, I'm going to work on some Sun/Jack ones. So, be on the look out if you're interested.

Chapter Seven: Getting Ready:

"Well, how do I look?" Claire asked as she slowly spun around.

Sun, Shannon, and Kate looked her over. They all smiled at her. She looked beautiful in her wedding gown. Well, as close as they could find to a gown anyway. The woman had to go through the plane crash to salvage what they could for today's event. Kate and Sun had found some dresses they could wear while Shannon found the makeup.

Claire had slipped on a white summer's dress that her friend's had found for her. Though it was simple, Claire looked dazling in it none the less. "Beautiful." Kate spoke up first.

"Now that the dress is taken care of, let's fix her hair and her makeup." suggested Shannon. The others agreed.

Claire took a seat infront of Shannon. Kate and Sun stood beside the blonde. "What style should we use?"

"Claire, do you have any ideas?" asked Shannon.

"Not really." Claire answered. "I've just always wore my hair down, or just slipped it into a ponytail." she sighed. "I never had a reason to get dolled up."

"Today you do." replied Sun with a smile.

It wasn't long before Shannon started playing around with Claire's hair. "We should keep it out of her face." Shannon said. "Up in a bun, or in a braid?" she thought a moment before she answered her own question: "Braid."

Shannon grabbed a brush and started straightening out her friend's hair. Once that was done, she started to braid it. When she finished, Shannon stepped infront of Claire to admire her work.

"I think I did pretty good." she said.

Sun and Kate also stepped infront of Claire and agreed. "Make up is next." Shannon replied. "Since I took care of the hair, do either of you want to work with her makeup?"

Kate laughed. "No thank you. I've never been good handling that kind of stuff."

"Sun?"

"Would you mind?" Sun asked.

"Not at all." answered Claire.

Sun smiled and gathered the things she would need. Kate and Shannon watched her. They couldn't help but notice that she was like an artist with a paintbrush. Sun worked carefully not to ruin her work. In the end, Claire was a master piece.

"Are we all done?" Claire asked.

"All we need to do is get ready." answered Kate.

That said, the girl's got ready. As they got ready, Claire couldn't help but think of Charlie. She wondered if he was just as nervous as she was.

"So, how nervous are you?" Jack asked Charlie as he helped his friend get ready.

"On a scale of one to ten..." replied Charlie. "20."

Jack laughed. "You'll be fine."

On the men's side, Jack was helping Charlie with his tux. They were lucky that they had found one. It fit him perfectly.

"Dude, you do know, not only are you getting married, but you're going to be a daddy now too right?" Hurley asked him as he turned to Turniphead.

Charlie also turned to his soon to be son. He smiled. He was failing asleep in Sawyer's arms. They never figured out way, but for some strange odd reason, the kid loved Sawyer's voice.

"Sawyer, would you mind keeping him during the wedding?" Charlie asked.

"You're really pushin' it there." replied Sawyer. He sighed. "How did I wind up with this damn kid?"

"Hey, watch your mouth." Charlie warned. "At least wait until he's older."

Sawyer shook his head. "The kid has got to learn sometime." he said. "Fine, consider this a wedding present then."

As much as Sawyer fussed and complained about the baby, Charlie had a feeling that he really like him. Then an idea popped into his head. "Sawyer, can I ask you a huge favor?"

"It depends."

"Could you keep him for us tonight?" Charlie asked.

"Goin' for a little romp in the jungle rock star?" asked Sawyer and winked at Charlie.

"Watch it." Jack warned.

Sawyer just smiled at the doctor. "Aww, jealous there doc 'cause you ain't getting any?"

Jack went to charge at him. Hurley stopped him. "Can't we all just get along?" he asked. "C'mon guys. Knock it off."

Jack calmed down. "You're not worth it." he said to Saywer. Then he went back to Charlie.

Sawyer smiled to himself. He loved getting a rise out of Jack. It was just all too easy.

"Anyway," Charlie said, trying to change the tobic. "Where's Michael, Walt, Jin, and Locke?"

"Walt, Michael, and Jin are getting the feast ready." answered Jack. "They'll be up here as soon as there done." he continued: "And Locke is at the spot waiting for us."

"Speaking of which guys, we should hurry it up. It's almost time." Hurley pointed out.

Jack finished up with Charlie. Then he and the guys started to get ready. Charlie wasn't the only nervous in this group. The doctor was starting to get nervous as well. In just a few minutes, he would would be arm in arm with Sun. Their relationship would no longer be a secret.

TBC...