Later that day, Charlie's high was wearing off..He had promised himself that he would not use anymore..'Just one time,' he remembered...He had stopped before with Locke's help and he could stop again...But this time was much different than the last...Locke was off trying to get inside the hatch, and Claire did not want to be around him...He was alone...Not to mention the fact that there was a whole plane load of heroin just screaming out to him...He decided to use again..'This is the last time,' he thought in his head...
Charlie went to the same spot he had used before..No one saw him before so he figured he was safe..Just as soon as he sniffed a familiar Australian voice called out his name..."Charlie?" Claire called to Charlie, who's back was facing her..."Uh..just a minute," Charlie said as he sniffed the remaining heroin on his nose and wiped his mouth..he had no clue what to do with the heroin so he dropped it on the ground and turned around...His eyes were blood shot and he looked like a mess; Claire could tell something was wrong.."Charlie? Charlie...are you ok?" Claire asked as she looked at Charlie..."Oh yeah..fine..fine...I'm fine," Charlie replied as he wiped his nose some more...Claire could tell something was up.."Charlie? are you high?" she asked...Charlie was worried, but he tried to hide it...What he could not hide was the sweat running down his face and the redness in his eyes.."What? Do you bloody know me? I am a bloody ROCK GOD...I don't need to get high..." Charlie yelled...Claire looked hurt...she was going to tell Charlie all about the psychic and what he had told her..but not anymore..."Nevermind,Charlie," Claire said as she walked away..."You'll be back!" Charlie screamed...
Sayid was walking back from the caves where he had just walked Shannon so she could take a shower..He noticed the commotion on the beach between Charlie and Claire so he decided to go see what was up..."Charlie...Charlie! What was that about?" he yelled as he ran across the beach to meet Charlie...Charlie turned around and Sayid knew right away...that Charlie was high..."I don't know..the girl has gone mad ever since her baby was born and taken from that looney bin Danielle," Charlie slurred...Sayid crossed his arms and began to think about where Charlie could have gotten the drugs...He realized quickly where...Sayid rolled his eyes and said, "The plane..the heroin..Charlie..you used it?" Charlie began to laugh uncontrollably..."You are damn right, Curly.." Sayid shook his head and watched Claire walk away in the distance to get baby Aaron from Sun.."Don't you even care about Claire? I saw you..you were willing to die for her yesterday...and now she is 'mad'?" Charlie grew angry and started yelling at Sayid.."Look...do not lecture me about the women in my life...You should be concerned with yours..." Sayid looked at Charlie with angry eyes, "what does that mean?" he asked..."Ask her..." Charlie replied as he walked away...Sayid stood there puzzled..Did Shannon do something that he wasn't aware of? He did not want to think that Shannon would cheat on him and lie to him about it..but what did he really know about her? He had to get to the bottom of it..
Sayid waited for Shannon on the beach when her shower was over...Shannon had not slept in the caves before last night for a while..She hated the area because that is where her brother died...Since the threat of the others was over, she was able to get back to the beach..with Sayid..."Hey!" Shannon said in an exciting tone..There was something about a shower that woke Shannon up completely..maybe it was the fact that they had no hot water...or maybe it wasn't the shower at all making her excited...maybe it was Sayid...she liked the second theory better..This time the roles had been reversed..It was Sayid who was upset and Shannon who was in a good mood..She joined Sayid on the beach where he had joined her earlier..."Whats wrong?" Shannon said as she nudged him with her shoulders...Sayid did not want to beat around the bush...he was going to be blunt...
"Did you sleep with Charlie?" Sayid asked...he could not even look at her..he just stared into the ocean...Shannon's smile quickly faded..."What!" she asked in an annoyed way..."Why on earth would you think that?" Sayid still could not face Shannon..."Charlie said that I should be concerned with you...the way he said it..he just made it seem like something happened between you two..." Shannon started to tear up and became angry..She had never been this hurt and angry all at once..."I cannot believe you!" she screamed as she stood up from the sand..."You think I'm a slut! Huh? Is that it?...I thought you were different.." Sayid still looking into the ocean replied, "You still haven't answered the question..." Shannon shook her head in disbelief..."No! No..I did not sleep with Charlie...he was the one saying things to me!" Shannon turned around and started to run away..But the last sentence that she had said caught Sayid's ear..He quickly got up and ran after her...
"Shannon!" he said as he grabbed her arms.."Get your hands off of me!" Shannon yelled removing her arm from his grasp.."What do you mean Charlie was saying stuff to you?" Sayid asked...Shannon, with tears still in her eyes replied, "Earlier...he was saying all of these awful things to me..and I didn't want to tell you because I thought you would make a big deal about it..but nevermind..it's obvious how you really feel.." Sayid looked at Shannon and knew she was telling the truth..."So nothing happened?" he asked again..."No..." Shannon replied...Shannon turned around and began to run away from Sayid but Sayid quickly caught up with her and grabbed her arm again..."Shannon..wait..I'm...I'm sorry..I should have never believed him..He was high..and I don't know what I was thinking..." Shannon started to cry even more and let Sayid have it..."The fact that you believed someone who you knew was high says it all...You think I'm a slut...an easy lay...just someone fun to hang around...well...I'm not...I actually have feelings, Sayid...and it's obvious that they mean nothing to you.." Shannon turned around and walked away from Sayid...At that moment, Sayid realized that he loved Shannon...He also realized that he had made the biggest mistake of his life...