Shannon was spending her day washing her and Sayid's clothes...She figured that a man like Sayid probably had no clue how to wash clothes..He was a manly man..Shannon also wanted to do something nice for him..Sayid was always doing nice things for her, and the fact that he stayed up all night to make sure nothing happened to her, was the icing on the cake.
Shannon had not really hung out with anyone on the island except for Sayid and her brother..Especially lately, because of Boone's death, she had either been with Sayid or alone..So she thought it was a little strange when she saw Charlie heading her way..."Hey Charlie," Shannon said while she hung her wet clothes on a line.."Hey lovely," Charlie slurred as he wobbled over to Shannon...Shannon looked confused,'lovely?' she thought...
Charlie's words seemed to be more and more slurred every time he talked..."You know...I always liked you, Shan Shan," Charlie said as he made his way closer to Shannon...The last time someone called Shannon, 'Shan Shan' was when Boone pushed her down on her 11th birthday.."Heh...thanks,Charlie," Shannon said giving a half smile...Charlie moved closer and started playing with the hair on Shannon's face..
What was he thinking? Only Sayid was allowed to do that..Charlie became even harder to understand when he slurred, "You know...When Boone died..I really..I really wanted to come up and hold you...and just...sing all your troubles away..no lie..I mean it..no lie...my goodness...you are so hot..." Charlie leaned in for a kiss while Shannon gave a disturbed look...Shannon quickly pushed Charlie away and yelled, "Charlie! What the hell are you doing!" Charlie grew angry, backed away and said, "You know what you are? You are a tease...that's right...a bloody tease! No one would like you if it weren't for your good looks...pfft...a bloody joke! Even Sayid knows it..."
Charlie had no clue what he was doing or even saying; he was too high...He turned around and walked away while Shannon stood there with tears in her eyes...She had no clue what she did to make him act that way...Sure, there was that one time when she used him to get a fish..but that was harmless...and he had been nice to her after that...So what made this time different? She could not help but be upset...Was she really a tease? Did everyone hate her? She hated labels...especially when they were used towards her...She felt her stomach squeezing tightly..All of the sudden, the throw up just rose up..she got sick all over the sand...She hated being called a tease and she hated thinking that Sayid thought of her that way..
It wasn't until later on that Sayid woke up...He made his way to the beach to find Shannon..He was in a good mood and wanted to be near her..He knew she would add to the mood he was in...As soon as he stepped on to the warm sand he noticed her...She was sitting on the sand watching the ocean, her hair was pulled back, and she was wearing no makeup...But she was still the most beautiful woman he had ever seen...He quickly approached Shannon and sat down right next to her, laying his arms out in back of him..It was obvious how comfortable he was with her...Shannon just sat, staring at the ocean with her head resting on her knees..."Sayid...what do you think of me?" Shannon asked in a very serious tone...Sayid laughed a little, "What do you mean?" he asked...Shannon looked down towards the sand and replayed what Charlie said to her in her head, "Do you think...do you think I'm a tease?"
Sayid was stunned...he did not know where this was coming from...He shook his head, and confusingly said, "Shannon...no...why would you think that?" Shannon's eyes started to fill with water but she tried to hide it from Sayid..."Um...no reason..nevermind..it's not important," she said as she secretly wiped the tear off her cheek...Sayid was not fooled though, he could always tell when she was upset..It did not matter how long he had spent in the Republican Guard..it did not matter how good he was at telling who was lieing or not..Shannon was just a bad liar...and when you really care about someone, it is much easier to tell between real feelings and fake ones..
"Shannon...what is wrong? You can tell me.."...Shannon tried to appear happy, she was even able to muster up a smile..."Nothing, Sayid...everything is fine," she replied...But it was not fine..Shannon wanted to tell him so badly..She wanted him to make things all better..she wanted him to hold her in his arms and tell her that everything would be ok...but she could not..Shannon felt that Charlie was right...She thought that she did not deserve Sayid..and if she told him, he would get angry with Charlie and take up for Shannon...he would deny that she was a tease...
Sure, the typical girl would love her boyfriend to do that..but Shannon was not the typical girl..She felt that she deserved every bad thing that happened to her..Sayid played with Shannon's hair and kissed her on her forehead...She smiled on the outside...but on the inside...she was crying...