Chapter 2- The Plan

Hey guys. I got more reviews than I thought I would, so another chapter is here. This story will be continued for at least eight more chapters. I might do more, it just depends how long you are willing to read it. Don't forget to check out Hearts Grow Fonder, which has gotten a lot of positive feedback. Enjoy the story and tell me what you think.

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Charlie woke up, squinting his eyes to the bright sun. He looked over to see Claire still sleeping. She had just returned to him last night. He smiled, noticing she still had her diary in her hands. He tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear and smiled at her angelic face. He sat there looking at her. She was so beautiful. He hoped that she would just remember him all of the sudden, but he knew it was a false hope. He knew Claire could see how much he was hurting too. He stood up and walked over to Claire's bag. He picked it up by the strap and walked back over to Claire. He placed it next to her, and picked up an apple Jack had brought him. He walked over to a nearby tree and leaned his shoulder against it. He took a bite from the apple and looked back at Claire. She shifted a little and opened her eyes.

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Claire propped herself up on her elbows and looked at Charlie. She smiled at him and glanced at her bag that was now sitting next to her. He followed her gaze to look at the bag.

"I brought it over. Kept it safe." He said sitting down next to her with a small smile.

"Thank you." She said faking a smile.

"You're quite welcome." He said moving around the driveshaft ring on his finger. "Have you read your diary yet? See if you can remember anything."

"No, not yet… I'm kind of scared…"Claire admitted.

"Of what?" Charlie asked concerned.

"That I'll read it and not remember any thing. I don't want to stay this way… I feel like I'm letting everyone down."

"Don't feel like that luv. I'm sorry… I know it's hard on you… I just want you to remember me… I care about you Claire, a lot."

"Thanks, Charlie."

"You don't need to thank me." Claire looked at the ground and smiled.

"I guess I'm going to read this now…" Claire said brushing her fingers along the cover of her diary.

"Alright, I'm going to go talk to Jack. I'll be right over there." Charlie said pointing to Jack, who was sitting alone.

"Okay." Claire said opening the small blue diary.

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"Jack." Charlie said as he sat down next to him.

"Hey… how she doing?" Jack asked turning to Charlie

"She's fine." Charlie said, noticing Locke was talking to Claire.

"And you?" Jack asked as Charlie put his head in his hands.

"I'll survive." Charlie said bringing his head up to look at Jack again. "It's like she's not really back. I mean she is, but… she isn't. She's not the Claire that enjoyed my company, that smiled at my jokes, and that let me feel her baby kick. I'm just some guy who won't leave her alone…"

"She will remember sooner or later." Jack said looking over at Claire, who talking to Locke. Charlie followed Jack's gaze to look at Claire and Locke.

"I just hope reading her diary will help." Charlie kept his eyes on Claire and Locke. "If she ever gets a chance to read it."

"Jack!" Hurley called out running in.

"What's wrong?" Jack asked as him and Charlie stood up.

"Jin… the Korean Dude, he was attacked." Hurley said out of breath.

"By who?" Charlie asked quickly.

"Ethan…" Hurley said regaining his breath.

Charlie ran into the jungle.

"Charlie!" Jack shouted, as he stood there trying to think of what to do. He rushed over to Locke, Claire, and Boone.

"Charlie went after Ethan." He said staring at Locke.

"Alone?" Boone asked looking at Jack. Jack nodded his head and looked at Locke.

"We need to gather up people." Jack said turning to look at the nearby trees.

"Jack, Ethan has the advantage. Going out without a plan would be a chance a lot of people aren't willing to make." Locke said with much reason his voice.

"We can take it back."

"How?" Boone asked confused.

"The Halliburton Case… it has four guns and some ammo. Ethan wants Claire. We put her farther out into the jungle and surround her. We would be ten, fifteen feet away at the most."

"Put her out there." Boone said it like Jack was crazy.

"Alright." Locke said looking at Claire.

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Charlie stopped running and looked around.

"Charlie." Ethan said from behind him. Charlie's eyes grew wide as Ethan pinned him against a tree. He was holding him up off of the ground with one hand.

"You bring her back or I will kill one of them." Charlie was choking and his thoughts were racing through his head. Ethan threw Charlie to the ground and walked off. By the time Charlie got up, Ethan was no where in sight. He ran back to the caves.

"Charlie." Jack said as Charlie stopped in front of him. Charlie took a deep breath.

"I saw Ethan. He was choking me and he said that if I didn't bring Claire back to him, then he would kill one of the other survivors." Charlie said calming himself down.

"I think we have a plan on how to get Ethan." Jack said, knowing that Charlie wouldn't like it.

"What is it?" Charlie asked quickly.

"We take the guns from the Halliburton Case and put Claire out in the jungle…" Charlie looked at Jack, as if he had just gotten punched in the stomach. Charlie was angry.

"After all she's gone through… you want to put her out there…" Charlie said pointing farther in to the jungle.

"We would be surrounding her… a trap… fifteen feet away at the most. She would be perfectly safe." Jack said trying to convince him.

"Oh yeah… Claire would be perfectly safe… if you don't include the freak that left me to die on a tree and for some reason wants her more than anything or anyone on this island." Charlie said, now yelling.

"She agreed." Locke said walking up to the two men. Charlie stormed off towards Jack as Jack followed.

"You don't have to do this." Charlie said kneeling down in front of Claire.

"I know." Claire said looking at Jack

"They want to use you as bait."

"I'll be fine."

"Claire, please, don't do this…"

"I'm going…"

"Then I'm coming too." He said looking up at Jack and standing up.

"We have enough already."

"Who?"

"Locke, Kate, Sawyer, Sayid, and myself."

"Look, I don't need a weapon… I just want to be there, so I can see she is safe."

"Alright… let's go." Jack said looking at Charlie. He turned to look at Claire. "Are you ready?"

"Yeah." She said avoiding eye contact with Charlie.

Charlie watched her walk away with Jack and he followed. They gathered up Locke, Kate, Sawyer, and Sayid. They got the guns from the case and walked into the jungle. Locke pointed out the spot for Claire to stand and told the others to hide close. Charlie followed Kate to her spot and watched as Locke left Claire alone. His heart was pounding rapidly and his breathing was rushed.

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Claire was looking around, shaking from the cold rain. She was scared that they wouldn't get him. Claire turned around to see Ethan climbing up to her. She turned around and ran as Ethan had finished climbing up. Locke ran up and Ethan shoved him down. Jack tackled Ethan to the ground. Ethan and Jack pushed themselves up and Jack threw a punch at Ethan. Ethan ducked and kneed Jack and in the stomach. Kate ran over to Claire and stopped her, trying to calm her down. Charlie ran over to Jack and Ethan. Locke was still on the ground. Ethan punched Jack and he dropped the gun into the mud. Charlie ran over to the gun and picked it up. Ethan kneed Jack once again and turned to look at Kate and Claire. Sawyer and Sayid ran over to Jack and Locke. Kate and Claire were alone. They turned to see Ethan headed towards them. Charlie pointed the gun at Ethan.

"Don't move any closer to her." Charlie said as the rain was pounding down on him. Ethan didn't listen. He kept walking towards Claire and Kate, who were frozen in place. Charlie fired the gun four times and dropped it into a muddy puddle. Claire screamed as she saw the bullets force Ethan to the ground. Charlie stood in awe of what he had just done. Jack helped Locke up and walked over to Ethan.

"Is he dead?" Kate asked looking at Ethan on the ground.

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SO, do you think I killed off Ethan? LOL! Hope you enjoyed this chapter and I'm sorry it took so long to post it. I hope you keep reading and reviewing! Thanks for reading!