Lostobsesivefreak: Hey, missed you for a while but its good to have you back! I haven't been getting many spelling complaints lately, witch either means the people just gave up on trying to read it or they've gotten used to my errors, there for i don't feel the need to worry about a bata at this point. I still very much apreciate the offer and in the futer if i need one i'll be sure to let you know.

Lostlorenzo: Hey! Man, despret housewives was kick ass. This year has been all about the ABC show's for me. Last weeks episode was a total tease. It has me so excited about the seson finale i could pee my panys! (not litterly, of course) My mom made fun of me because i got all excite when they were waveing goodbye to the people on the raft because we saw Charlie's mid drift, and that beutiful happy traIl of his! (thank god for shirts that don't fit even the littlest of me. exspecialy the sexy british ones!) Me and my friends cunducted a theory that after Charlie retrives Claire's missing baby that she will reward him with a kiss. Fingers are crossed. Schools almost over, witch means end of my theater project, witch is what has been eating up all my free time. But summer will be here soon, and i will have plenty of time to write! something to look forward to! well speaking of writeing, i'm gonna go do that! Peace.

Hey guys! Just wated to let you know, i've been a little dry on the creativlty. But i've just got a big berst of it out of no where, so the story should be getting more interesting. Well, peace!

Fate: Growing pains

"Claire, I love you" Shannon exclaimed after takeing the first bite from her plate. A look of confusion crossed Claire's face. "why?"

"Because, this is the best thing I've ever tasted. Ever" Shannon confirmed, takeing another bite. "Oh, I didn't make it" Claire explained honestly. "Oh, well then michelle-"

"nope" Michelle confirmed casualy. A look of confusion crossed Shannon's face. "All me" Charlie explained, holding up his hand. "oh..." Shannon nodded in a fair enough sort of way before adding, "Thats a little gay"

"Your eating it arn't you?" Charlie questioned sarcasticly. Shannon stuck out her toung in his direction. "Shannon, could we please keep our tounges in our mouth" Claire questioned. "Yes, mom" Shannon replied sarcasticly.

"No, i think i'd remember carrying you around in my stomach for nine months" Claire confirmed playfully. "Yeah, the being kicked with stietto shoes would have given it away" Charlie added. "I'm gonna kick you with stiletto shoes if you don't shut up" Shannon replied threatenly.

"Bring it on"

"Charlie, don't say that ever again" Sayid sugested firmly. "sorry" Charlie replied. "Wow, you handled that like a bitch" Shannon noted teasingly. "Yeah, thought i'd try your aproach" Charlie replied.

"Ow"

Shannon tried to kick Charlie from under the table but hit Liam instead. "sorry" Shannon replied simply. "See? Bitch" Charlie confirmed playfully. "Charlie be nice" Claire scolded. "But being mean is so much more fun" Charlie explained honestly.

"Ok, how about this, untill you two stop arguing I'm keeping my pants on" Claire confirmed, raising an eye brow. "Wow, Shannon, you look lovely tonight" Charlie explained, turning to Shannon. "Why thank you" Shannon replied with a big fake smile before kicking him in the shin. "Ow"

"See? Isn't it nice when you guys get along?" Claire questioned sarcasticly. The phone rang in the living room. "Are you wearing knifes on the end of your feet? Jessus" Charlie noted, still looking down at his leg. "Oh, stop being such a girl"

"Alright, but only if you stop being a slut"

"hay!"

"Claire, its for you" Megen noted, bringing in the phone. Claire hopped up and took it.

"Ow"

"Sorry, it slipped"

"Didn't your parents teach you not to throw things?"

"nope"

"Excuse me!"

Every one's attention turned to Claire, who sushed them angrily and went back to the phone. "hello? Sun! I haven't heard from you in forever!...Oh my god!"

"Whats going on?" Shannon questioned excitedly, hopeing up from her seat. "They'er getting married!" Claire explained hapily. Shannon replied in what could only be discribed as an ear-peircing squil that would put a dolphin to shame.

"Whos Sun?" Michelle questioned in confusion. "one of the friends from the island" Charlie explained in a wisper. "ohhh...so i'm not invited?"

"uhh...is Michelle invited?" Charlie turned to Claire, who shushed him once again. "Theres more? Well?" Claire waited impatently. "What is it? What is it!" Shannon demanded exciteingly. A big smile crossed Claire's face. "She's pregnet"

"EEE!"

"ow" Claire stepped aside to protect her ear drums from ruptering. "Sorry" Shannon apologixed, blushing slightly. "So when's the wedding?" Claire questioned, going back to the conversation. "Two weeks?"

"Wow, thats soon" Charlie noted simply. "Of course we'll be there" Claire assured. "uh...Claire?" Charlie tried to get her attention. "Uh, hold on a second Sun. Here, talk to Shannon" Claire shoved the phone into Shannons impatent hand and turned to Charlie. "Some of us, meaning me, have work" Charlie reminded. "Oh...right" Claire blushed slightly.

"And kids" Shannon added with a smile. "Right" Claire nodded once again. "Well, i'm sure we ca figure something out"

Charlie noded, optimisticly.

Later that day:

"did you call?" Claire questioned, walking into their bed room after putting the kids to bed. "Yeah, no deal" Charlie explained in disapointment. "They won't let you take off for one weekend?" Claire questioned in disbelieif. "Nope. Aparently i'm very important" Charlie explained, trying not to be as arogent as he sounded.

Claire sighed and plopped down on the bed. Charlie scooted over and slid his arms around her waist. "You know, just because i can't go dosen't mean you cant" Charlie noted simply. "Charlie, i can't leave you here alone for a whole week" Claire replied skepticly. "Why not? Think i can't take care of myself?"

"no, i know you can take care of you. its the three kids i'm worried about" Claire reminded playfully. "Well, i'll have Liam and Michelle here to help me" Charlie explained hopefully. "That is true" Claire agreed after a moment of consideration. "But still, we've never spent any more than a day apart"

"Well i know, but, I think you should go. Its been a long time since you've seen Sun, and it would mean alot to her. Besides, its only a week" Charlie noted insistently. "You really think i should?" Claire questioned consideretly. "Yeah. You'd have fun. Plus, you don't want to around me all the time" Charlie reminded playfully.

"Wanna bet?" Claire questioned, equaly playfull. "So are you going?"

"yeah" Claire nodded thoughtfully. "Good" Charlie replied with a smile. Claire smiled back and hopped up. "Where are you going?" Charlie questioned in confusion. "To pack" Claire replied simply. "Why?"

"Well i know you don't want to spend all your time with me but i thought you could atlest spend the night" Charlie explained sugesivly. "Hint, hint"

Claire smiled. "Its always about sex with you isn't it?"

"Not always. Some times its food. But mostly sex" Charlie confirmed honestly. "Faire enough" Claire shruged and hopped into bed beside him.

Next Morning:

"Charlie..."

"Uh,...Charlie...hun..."

"CHARLIE!"

"hm?"

"In order for me to leave your going to have to remove your mouth from my neck" Claire remined playfully. "But i don't want you to leave" Charlie explained with a pout. "oh, not you too" Claire sighed in anoyance. The grils and Ben had already given her a huge guilt trip that included Gabby breaking into tears, Geni given her the silent treatment and Ben refusing to let go of her leg.

Charlie ignored the comment and contenuied to kiss her neck. "Charlie, this was your idea" Claire remined impatently. "I know. You were dum for listoning" Charlie explained in reply. "Alright, thats enough. I'm going, rather you like it or not" Claire explained, atemmpting to pull away. Charlie kept his arms tightly around her. "Charlie-"

"OK, ok. You can go. Just one more kiss" Charlie insisted. Claire scoffed and rolled her eyes. "please?"

Claire sighed and gave him a kiss on the cheek. Charlie rolled his eyes, and she gave him a kiss on the mouth. "There, you happy?"

"Verry" Charlie confirmed with a grin, losen his hold around her waist. "Alright then. Have fun" She gave him another peck on the cheek. "I'll try" Charlie assured playfully, picking up her bags. "Thanks sweety" She took the bags from his hand. "Bye"

She gave him another quick kiss, witch turned into a long kiss, witch turned into a toung kiss. "Charlie, I'll be back in a week" Claire remined insistently once finding the conviction to pull away. "Right, right. Sorry" He aplogized with a nod. "Its ok. Be good" She told, giving him a kiss on the forehead. "yes ma'am" He assured as she walked out the door.

"bye" The door closed behind her. Charlie sighed and leaned back agenst the door. "Hey Charlie" Megen wondered into the living room. "whats wrong?"

"I miss Claire" Charlie eplained simply. "But...it was your idea" Megen reminded, a look of confusion on her face. "But it was your idea, why do you people listen to me?" Charlie questioned in agrivation, pushing himself off the door. "I...don't know" Megen replied, eyeing him in concern. "But hey, its only a week. I'm sure you'll be fine"

"I know" Charlie nodded, laying down on the couch. "I am fine. I'm just...i'm not anything. I'm fine" He babbled insistently. "Are you sure?" Megen questioned, raseing an eye brow. "Positive" He confirmed confidently. "Alright...well, i'm gonna go then" Megen shrugged and grabed her bag. "Where are you going?" Charlie questioned curiously.

"Uh...school?" Megen explained, as if it should be obvious. "But its sunday" Charlie noted in confusion. "No, that was yesterday. Today's Monday" Megen explained, trying to hide a smile. "oh...fuck"

"Hey, watch that lanugage" Megen scolded playfully. "oh shut up. So when do i take the kids?" Charlie questioned, hopeing up from the couch.

"In an hour."

"fuck"

"Didn't Claire fill you in on this?" Megen questioned curiously. "Probly, i wasn't listoning. So, what do i do exacltly"

"Want me to help?" Megen offered in amusementy. "Yes, please" Charlie replied despertly. "Alright, you get them up and have them get dressed. I'll make breakfast."

"Right" Charlie nodded, and headed up stairs. Megan shook her head as she watched him sprint up the steps and sighed. "Good greif"

At the school:

"Alright, off you go." Charlie shooed the kids out of the car. "Your gonna be back to pick us up, right?" Geni questioned with a skeptical look on her face. "Of course i will" He assured in an over cherefull way. "What time, again?"

Geni rolled her eyes and walked away. "Three O'clock" Megen explained. "Right" Charlie replied with a nod. "Alright, just make sure your hear or else i'm gonna have to kick your ass" Megen scolded playfully.

"Aww" The four kids gasped sarcasticly. "Hey, watch your language" Charlie noted playfully. "Bye Charlie" Megen waved with a smile, reminding him that they needed to go. "Bye" and back home he went.

"Hey, man. How'd the first drive to school go?" Liam questioned, glanceing up from the couch as Charlie walked into the living room. "Wonderfull. Thanks for helping by the way" Charlie noted sarcasticly. "Hey, you could have woken me up" Liam replied with a shrug. "Yeah, right" Charlie scoffed, "a dinodaur couldn't wake you up"

"Michelle pulls it off all the time" Liam explained simply. "Yeah, i'm sure she has a way difforent means of doing it to" Charlie noted sarcasticly. "Good point" Liam nodded, in agreement. "But, hey, atleast you didn't get lost" Liam noted optimisticly. "How could I? Your doughter is an extreme back-seat driver" Charlie explained teasingly.

"I know, thats why i stopped driving them" Liam explained honestly. "Well, in her defense if it wern't for her comeing down here i would have tought it was sunday" Charlie noted. "Its not sunday?" A look of confusion crossed Liams face.

"Nope. Monday"

"ahh" Liam nodded. "Man, our gean pull is fucked" Charlie noted simply. "Eh, what are you gonna do" Liam shrugged, and contenuied looking at his paper. "Since when do you read the paper?" Charlie questioned, just now realizing he'd been holding it. "Cartoons" Liam explained simply.

"Oh", Charlie nodded, "Is mine still in there?"

"What? Charlie brown?" Liam looked up once again. "Duh" Charlie answered playfully. "yeah, its in here" Liam explained with a roll of his eyes. Charlie reached for the paper. "ah, ah, ah. Wait your turn" Liam solded, pulling the paper away. "right, sorry" Charlie sat back in his chair.

Later that day:

"Dad, can you help me with my homework?" Ben questioned, sitting at the kitchen table. "Posibly. What subject?" Charlie replied, not makeing any promisis. "Math" Ben explained, unenthused. Charlie consided for a moment. "what grade are you in again?"

"Second. Geze, dad, don't you know anything?" Ben questioned with a roll of his eyes. "I knew that. I was just testing you, and you passed!" Charlie covered playfully. "Now, lets see this homework. Second grade level wasn't to bad. But when your in third your on your own" Charlie explained, takeing a seat beside him.

"No, mum will be here" Ben reminded simply. "Right" Charlie nodded, and took a look at the paper infront of him. "Dad?"

He turned to see Gabby standing behind him. "Yeah?" He questioned, raising an eye brow. "Can we go play at the creek?"

"Dose your mum let you?" Charlie questioned skepticaly. "Umm...i dunno" Gabby replied innocently, swaying back and forth. "No" Megan answered for her. "Shut up" Gabby snapped. "Make me" Megen replied threateningly. "Hey, kids, cut it out. I'm trying to do Ben's homework" Charlie explained.

"Your doing his homewrok?" Megen raised an eye brow. "Well, not doing. Helping" Charlie corrected. "Right" Megen rolled her eyes skepticly. "Whats for dinner?"

"I have no idea" Charlie explained simply, turning back to the paper. "Claire normaly makes dinner" Megen reminded moodily. "Well, Claire's not here" Charlie reminded in reply. "Right. Guess will starve" Megen noted smartly. "Or, you could make something yourself" Charlie corrected, slightly annoyed.

"Why can't you do it?" Megen questioned, testingly. "Because i'm bussy. Get your parents to do it" Charlie explained, trying not to sound agervated. "Yeah, right" Megen rolled her eyes. "What? You think they won't feed you?" Charlie questioned, skepticaly.

"They never do" Michelle explained simply. "They never do anything"

With that Megean slipped out of the room. "Uh, Ben, think you could try to pull this off with out me for a bit?" Charlie questioned, now concerned about his neice. "Yeah" Ben assured confidently. "Alright. Remind me later, k?"

"K" Ben nodded. Charlie slipped out of his chaire. "Megen" He fallowed her down the hall. "Yeah?" she turened, stopping in her door way. "Think we should talk" Charlie explained, stopping infront of her. "About what?" Megen questioned, as if she didn't know. "About that little out burst you just had" Charlie reminded in a serious tone.

Megen rolled her eyes and slumped down onto her bed. "What about it?"

"Well, I'm worried. You seem pretty pissed off about something." Charlie explained, sitting down beside her. "Its just dumb teenager stuff. You probly wouldn't understand" Megen replied. "How old do you think I am?" Charlie questioned sarcasticly. "I was a teenager once you know. Not to long ago, as a matter of fact." He reminded.

"I know" Megen replied with a sigh. "Ok then. Whats going on?" Charlie questioned, keeping a serios tone. "I don't know. Its just, Mom and Dad, they just goof around. Neither one of them have real jobs. We lost our house, so they mooch of of you and Claire. They don't make dinner, or wash cloths, or clean or help with homework or do any of the things you and Claire do for your kids. And you guys have three kids to take care of. You don't need two more! And even right now! Your talking to me. Your the one helping me with my problems. Your the one who cought me sneaking out. Its like all they do is sit around and make jokes. They don't even notice when i'm upset" Megen explained, giving in quite easily.

"Have you talked to them about this?" Charlie questioned. "No." Megen replied simply. "Maybe you should." Charlie sugested. "I don't think it'll change any thing. they'er in denile" Megen replied. "Look, Meg, I know it seems like they'er just goof offs, but they do alot more for you than you think" Charlie explained. "Like what?" Megen questioned skepticly.

"Liam and Michelle were young when she got pregnet. They were just kids. Liam was a freaking party animal too. We were bloody famous. He thought he was gonna be able to just party for the rest of his life. But when you came along, every thing changed. He quit smokeing, quit drinking, quit doing drugs, he even quit the band. I hated him for about three years. Wouldn't talk to him or anything. I thought he was being selfish. Dropping me to go live a perfect suberban life. But i was wrong. I didn't realize untill Ben came along what it was like to have a child. He gave up every thing for you. His fame, his youth, every thing important to him. All so you could have a decent life. With a father you could have some amount of respect for."

Megen looked on in suprise for a while. "I defintly didn't know that" Megen explained, feeling slightly guilty. "Its alright. I don't blame you. It took me three years to figure it out. Probly even more than that" Charlie explained.

"Thanks Charlie" Megen looked up at him aprechativly. "Any time" Charlie assured with a smile. "Come on. I'll help Ben with his math homework so you can make dinner" Megen offered, hopping up. "Why do you want me to make dinner so bad?" Charlie question, playfully.

"Cause, you make a mean grilled chease" Megen replied with a smile. "Exspecialy when we used the iron instead of the stove"

"You remeber that?" Charlie questioned, suprised. "Of course I do. I remeber all the crap we used to do when I was little" Megen explained. "I don't know if thats a good thing or a bad thing" Charlie noted sarcasticly. "Oh, trust me, its a bad thing. If i told Claire about half the crap you'd live on our couch" Megen assured playfully.

"I guess were not telling her then" Charlie confirmed with a smile. "Of course not. I like the couch when its Charlieless" Megen agreed. The two headed downstairs.

Next day:

Charlie was near a breaking point. When Claire came home, he was going to hug her to death. He couldn't understand how she'd managed to take care of all these kids all this time and not explode. Liam and Michelle, were as Megen said, no help. It had been two days, and they did nothing except make comments.

The girls would not stop fighting, and Geni has quite the voilent streak. He managed to put them in seperate rooms. Megen let Geni stay in hers, and Gabby was in his and Claires. They still managed to argue across the hall, but atleast no pig tails were being ripped out. Ben was stressing over his homework, wich Charlie had no idea how to do. Second grade was nothing like it used to be. Then again, Charlie didn't really use his brains to get through school. Thats where the pace charms came in.

"This is insanity" Charlie confirmed with a sigh, stareing down at the work sheet. "Since when did they put letters in math? Your in elementry school danmit!" He exclaimed in astonishment. Ben simply shrugged. "Who's your teacher?"

"Ms. Adams" Ben explanied. "I'm gonna have talk with her. This is redicoulus" Charlie declaired, hopping up from the table. "Uh,oh" Liam noted simply. "What?" Charlie turned to him angrily. "Time to use the Pace chame againe?" Liam questioned teasingly.

"Liam ,what the bloody hell are you going on about?" Charlie questioned, not really in the mood for this. "Look, man, I know how you got through high school and it wasn't your beuitfull mind" Liam explained playfully. "What was it?" Megen questioned curiously. "Charlie slept with his teachers" Michelle answered simply, without even looking up from the book she'd been reading.

Megen looked over at Charlie with a look of suprise. "Not all of them." Charlie confirmed, defensivly. "How many of them?" Megen questioned, trying not to laugh. "Three" Charlie answered, hopeing if he did the subject could be dropped. Wrong!

"Were they girl teachers?" Megen asked playfully. "For the most part" Liam answered with a snicker. "Really?" Megen gasped, turning back to Charlie. "No, not really. I'm trying to make a phone call here" Charlie reminded in anoyance. "Your not gonna sleep with Ms. Adam's are you?" Megen questioned sarcasticly.

The look of agrivation on Charlie's face just grew stronger. "Sorry. We'll talk about this later" Megen confirmed, trying to whipe the smirk off her face. "Thank you" Charlie sighed, and went to the fridge for the school number (Claire had a system of sticky-notes that covered the refrigerator door.)

"Danmit, its not on here" Charlie muttered in agrivation. "Any one no the number?"

No answer. "Of cours not" Charlie noted in flustration. "Maybe it would be better if you just went down there" Liam sugested casualy. "Oh? You think i should go down there? Sorry Liam, in case you haven't noticed, I've got three kids to take care of!" Charlie reminded, letter his flustration get the best of him.

"I'll watch them" Liam explained simply. "The fuck you will. You don't even watch your own kids!" Charlie exclaimed. "What's that supose to mean?" Liam questioned defeinsivly. "It means i've been playing Claire for a few days now, and you've done absolutly nothing but sit on that danm couch and make comments. Maybe instead of telling me what to do you should get up off your ass and try makeing dinner, or putting your son to sleep, or giving him a bath, or takeing them to school, or even talking to your dougter for once!" Charlie snapped.

"Are you trying to tell me how to be a parent?" Liam questioned, standing up. "Liam sit down" Michelle Scolded simply. "Yeah. I am. Some one should" Charlie confirmed. "Your a spoild little bitch, you know that? Claire's gone for two days and you snap. I'm sorry you can't take care of your family, but i do a danm good job in takeing care of mine" Liam confirmed anrily. "You know what? I'm not even going to argue with you. I've got to much shit to do" Charlie declared, and started back into the kictchen. After a moment he stopped and turned around.

"I've put up with alot of shit from you Liam. But i forgave you, because i know what its like to have a family. But incase you haven't noticed, your in my house, so maybe its time you start doing something for me for a change" Charlie confirmed angrily.

"Man, i feel the love in this house"

Shannon apeared at the front door. (She wasn't leaving untill tommarow. Missed the plain on the account of not knowing what to wear)

"God danmit" Charlie grumbled in annoyance. "Ben, don't worry about the homework. Tell your teacher i told you not to do it, and tell her to call here, ok?"

"Ok" Ben assured. "Where are you going?" Shannon questioned curiously. "To my room" Charlie explained. "Gabby's in your room" Megen reminded.

"Fuck"

"You ok, Charlie?" Shannon questioned. "No, I'm not" Charlie confirmed in anoyance. "He's grumpy cause Claire's not here. I think this is the longest the poor boy's gone without sex in a loooong time" Liam explaine jokenly. Aparently, Charlie didn't find it to funny.

"Get out"

"Excuse me?" Liam looked up in confusion. "Get out" Charlie repeated firmly. The rest of the group stared at him in shock. "Your kicking me out?" Liam questioned in amazement. "Yeah, i am." Charlie confirmed, witch not intention of backing down. "Why?" Liam questioned in confusion. "Well aparently I'm grumpy, now get the fuck out" Charlie explained angrily.

"Fine" Liam snapped, and headed out the door. Charlie wondered upstairs. "Danm" Shannon declared simply. "Seriously" Michelle nodded in agreement.