Thanks you guys for all the reviews they were greatly appreciated. I've been out of school all day today because of the snow but I haven't had time to write, my mom made me clean. So, sorry for the wait, but here is chapter two.

Chapter Two: Happy Birthday Charlie

March 1

"Wake up!" Claire said excitedly. Charlie groaned and buried his face in his pillow. Claire sighed. "Charlie, come on, it's your birthday!"

"Wake me up later," Charlie replied. Claire giggled and kissed his cheek.

"I made us breakfast in bed," Claire said. Charlie leaned up and smiled at Claire.

"Just us, not Aidan or Cammie?" Charlie asked. Claire nodded. Charlie smiled and sat up. "Well then, I'm feeling rather hungry." Claire laughed and sat next to Charlie with the tray.

"Happy birthday," Claire said. Charlie kissed her softly.

"Thank you, my love. So what do we have here for breakfast?" Charlie asked wrapping an arm around Claire.

"Well, chocolate chip pancakes, toast, bacon, scrambled eggs for you, and coffee," Claire said. Charlie smiled and started eating.

"So, where are the kids?" Charlie asked, his mouth full of eggs.

"Would you absolutely hate me if I told you Jack was downstairs watching them so we could be alone?" Claire asked.

"No, just as long as he doesn't come up here and disturb us," Charlie said.

"Now, why would I do that?" Jack asked from the doorway. Charlie gave him a look as to say get out. "Sorry to interrupt you, but Aidan wants cookies for breakfast."

Claire laughed. "Tell him no, he asks every morning, just tell him no and then he should eat some Cheerios or something."

"Okay, happy birthday Charlie," Jack said leaving.

"Yeah, yeah," Charlie mumbled. Claire laughed. She kissed his cheek tenderly.

"It's okay he's gone now," Claire said. Charlie smiled and kissed Claire softly on the lips.

"Go close the door Claire," Charlie said. Claire giggled.

"Not now, later. I talked Liam and Karen into taking Aidan and Cammie home with them tonight," Claire said. She then leaned into Charlie's ear. "And when they're gone, we can play," she whispered provocatively in his ear. Charlie's eyes widened.

"Claire, I love the way you think," Charlie whispered kissing her again.

"But first, we have your birthday party to get through tonight," Claire said stretching her body out.

"Where at?" Charlie asked.

"Oh, it's a place Sawyer said we could rent out. A small restaurant. Oh and your mum and dad sent you a letter and stuff with your present. Here," Claire said picking it up.

Charlie opened it and read the letter. "It's says they are sorry they can't come but they'll visit us soon. They said I love you and to give you and the kids hugs and kisses. Wished me a happy birthday, yadda, yadda. And they sent me a check for fifty dollars. Like always."

Claire sighed. "You should be happy that you receive a birthday gift from your parents. At least my dad has started coming around again, and I haven't even seen my mum since what happened with Aidan."

"Don't worry love, your dad loves you and so do I," Charlie said kissing the tip of her nose. Claire giggled.

"Come on, let's get cleaned up," she said wiping her mouth with a napkin and began getting dressed.

Later...

Charlie and Claire arrived at the Tuscany Restaurant and Bar overlooking Sydney's harbor later that night. They had Aidan and Cammie in tow. They recognized most of the cars so far that they had seen, so they knew who was there already.

"There's the birthday boy!" Liam yelled when Charlie and Claire had reached a large room set up for Charlie's party.

"Hey Liam," Charlie said hugging his brother.

"Happy birthday," Liam said.

"Thanks," Charlie said. Liam then hugged Claire and kissed her cheek.

"Hey Claire," Liam said.

"Hey Liam," Claire said.

"Everyone here yet?" Charlie asked.

"Nah, I think everyone's here except Kate and Sawyer," Liam said as they walked over to a vacant table.

"Surprise, surprise," Claire said setting Camille down on the table and picking her up out of her carrier.

"Charlie!" Charlie and Claire turned to see Shannon coming up to them. She was dressed to the nine's of course.

"Hey Shan!" Charlie said hugging her.

"Happy birthday," she said. "You know for being 26 you look surprisingly good."

Charlie rolled his eyes. "Thanks Shannon." Claire giggled.

"Have fun you two," Shannon said before walking off. Claire put her hand in Charlie's. Charlie smiled at her and took Camille from her arms while watching Shannon flirt with some random guy.

"Ten bucks says she'll be getting laid tonight," Charlie said.

"Charlie! That's not nice to bet on our friends!" Claire replied. She felt someone tugging on her skirt.

"Mumma, can I go play with Megan?" Aidan asked. Claire squatted down to talk to Aidan.

"Of course, you should play with Linn too," Claire said reminding Aidan of Jin and Sun's little girl who was a few months younger than Aidan.

"Okay," Aidan said running off. Claire stood to see Charlie kissing Camille and swaying to the music with her.

"Having fun dancing with your daughter?" Claire asked as Charlie pulled her into his arms as well.

"Of course, and now that you're here it's even better," Charlie said kissing Claire's forehead. Claire smiled and placed her head on Charlie's shoulder as they started dancing.

A few minutes later, Kate and Sawyer arrived. Claire took Camille and broke away from Charlie.

"Where you going?" Charlie asked.

"I'll be right back," Claire said. Charlie nodded and went over to talk with Jack and Boone.

"Nice to see you two so late," Claire joked. Kate blushed.

"I'm gonna go see what Charlie and Jack are doing, later Freckles, Missy Claire, shortstuff," he said referring to Camille.

"Sorry, we got distracted," Kate said walking over to the bar.

"So, this is getting pretty serious isn't it?" Claire asked.

"Yeah, I guess. I love him," Kate said blushing. Claire smiled and giggled.

"You remind me of when I realized I was in love with Charlie," Claire said looking at him fondly. Of course he was involved with Jack and Boone downing drinks and being an idiot but she loved him.

"When you fell for Charlie, your hormones were out of whack," Kate joked. Claire scoffed playfully.

"Well, something good came out of that. Two kids, a marriage, and some wonderful sex," Claire said. Kate laughed rubbing Camille's back.

"Mind if I steal her for awhile?" Kate asked. Claire shook her head and handed Camille over.

"Come on Cammie, let's go play with Uncle Sawyer," Kate said winking at Claire. Claire giggled and made her way over to Charlie.

"I guess I'll have to drive home tonight?" Claire joked walking over to Charlie. He smiled and kissed her temple.

"Hey Claire," Jack and Boone replied.

"Hey guys, planning on getting the birthday boy drunk?" Claire asked.

"Who us?" Boone asked. Claire laughed.

"Mind if I steal my husband for some alone time?" Claire asked. The guys shook their heads and Charlie led Claire out onto the dance floor.

"Having fun?" Charlie asked. "Or should I say having fun giving Kate the third degree?"

Claire laughed. "I wasn't giving her the third degree. She's in love, I'm going to leave her be."

"Sawyer and her are in love? I don't believe it!" Charlie said.

"Yeah, but I don't think they've actually told each other yet, so don't say anything," Claire said.

"Scouts honor," Charlie said making the boyscout signal. Claire laughed and kissed him.

Later...

The night went by fast in Claire's mind. She had the best time dancing with Charlie and all the other guys.

Charlie had opened all his presents and they had a huge cake brought out for him. It was great until Jack, Sawyer, and Liam all pushed Charlie's face into a big piece of it. Claire took many pictures of that and Aidan ate some of the frosting off Charlie's face.

Claire and Charlie were now in the car on the way home. Charlie's hair was still damp from where Claire washed all the frosting out. As promised, Claire wanted to give Charlie his gift tonight, something he'd been wanting since this morning.

"Let's leave the presents in the car, love," Charlie said. Claire nodded and he picked her up and carried her to the door. He set her down to unlock the door and then picked her back up again.

"Charlie, put me down, because I have something I want to give you first," Claire said. Charlie obeyed and put Claire down.

She ran to the office they had and came out with something behind her back. She smiled at Charlie.

"I have two presents for you," Claire said.

"Two? One is enough," Charlie joked. Claire held out the first one. It was a small box. Charlie opened it and found a silver band encrested with different funky designs with Charlie's initials engraved in it.

"Aw, Claire, you didn't have to," Charlie said. Claire smiled and kissed him.

"I wanted to," Claire said. "Read the inside."

Charlie looked inside the band. Engraved in it was 'For all the love you've given me. Here's something back. Love, Claire.'

Charlie looked up at her and smiled. "Thank you," he said softly kissing her.

She then held out an envelope. "This is from Aidan and Cammie." Charlie opened the envelope to see Claire had helped Aidan make a picture frame from different craft supplies. In the picture frame was a picture of Charlie, Aidan, and Camille on the day Camille came home from the hospital.

"Aw, this was so sweet," Charlie said. Claire smiled and held out the last gift. It was a bigger box. Charlie sat on the couch and opened it. A book was placed in the box.

"Is this what I think it is?" Charlie asked seeing their names engraved on the cover. Claire nodded. Charlie opened it and found it was a scrapbook of him and Claire's relationship. Claire had even used photoshop and put together pictures them two together before they had met.

"Claire, this is wonderful. Thank you," Charlie said. He flipped to one page to see Claire had put him and her in a picture of them at the beginning of Claire's first pregnancy when she was just starting to show. "I like how you put us together, even though we weren't."

"It was meant to be that way, but there are pictures of us from the island. Remember Jack found that camera and Kate took pictures of us when Aidan was born? They're in there," Claire said showing him. Charlie smiled and kissed her.

"And now I'm your last present," she said softly. Charlie smiled and picked her up in his arms and carried her up the stairs as she sang happy birthday to him.

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So, what did you all think? I really liked the scrapbook idea myself. My cousin Mary Ann did that for her husband on his birthday, so I decided to do it. :). Hope you all enjoyed this chapter!

Until next time,

Bloomy Angel