How's everyone been doing? I'm fine, by the way. Sorry I took so long to update, but here is chapter 3! Hope you enjoy!

Chapter Three

The Next Day

"Claire!" Charlie whispered shaking Claire gently awake. Claire opened her eyes to see Charlie leaning over her.

"What is it?" Claire asked sleepily. She rubbed her eyes and sat up. Charlie looked excited.

"We're here! You can see LA now!" Charlie said. Claire looked at him wide eyed. "We're finally home."

"We are?" Claire asked. Charlie nodded and smiled. Claire smiled brightly and pulled him in for a hug. "I want to go see LA."

"Okay, I'll grab Aaron and then we can go up on the deck to see as we pull into LA," Charlie said. Claire straightened herself up and got dressed. Then, she and Charlie walked up on deck to watch as they pulled into LA.

"See it?" Charlie asked.

"Yeah," Claire said staring at the big tall buildings in the distance. It looked beautiful. She hadn't seen a building in months. She got nervous and excited all at the same time.

"When we get off, we'll say goodbye to everyone and exchange numbers and then we can head off to my place. Okay?" Charlie asked.

"Yeah, sounds good to me," Claire replied. Charlie smiled down at Claire and put his arm around her. Claire looked down at Aaron who was gazing up at her and Charlie like they were a family. Claire smiled at the thought.

"So, you have to go shopping for Turnip Head when we get home?" Charlie asked.

"Yeah, but we'll unpack first and everything and then we'll go shopping. And then we can eat dinner out if you want," Charlie said.

"Sounds good to me," Claire said. "Sounds good to me."

Soon, the ship docked in a port just near LA. Everyone got off and then stopped on the deck to talk to each other one more time before having to say good bye for now.

Claire walked over to Shannon. "So, this is it huh?" Shannon asked.

"Yeah, but not forever," Claire replied. "You going to try to catch a flight out tonight?"

"Yeah, guess I got to go break the news to his mother before too long. Just a little nervous about it though," Shannon said.

"Don't be, it'll be fine. Trust me," Claire replied.

"Don't worry, I'll be back to visit you and Charlie. And of course Aaron. Hopefully by then you two will realize that you two love each other," Shannon said.

"Shannon," Claire said. But then Charlie walked over with Aaron crying on his shoulder.

"What's wrong with him?" Claire asked.

"I think he has a dirty diaper, here I got Sayid's and Locke's addresses," Charlie said giving her a piece of paper. Claire put it in her bag.

"I'll get the rest," Claire said as Charlie walked away to go change Aaron. Kate walked over and hugged Claire.

"Have fun with Charlie and Aaron," Kate said.

"We will have fun. You aren't going to run are you?" Claire asked.

"No, I think I'll stay here. If they find me, they know I have to have a fair trial," Kate said.

Claire smiled. "Thanks Kate, for everything. For helping me deliver Aaron."

"No problem, where is he? I want to hug and kiss him," Kate said.

"Who me, freckles?" Sawyer asked coming over to them two.

"No, Aaron," Kate said.

"So Turnip Head gets all the ladies now?" Sawyer asked.

"He's working young. I'm teaching him," Charlie said coming back over with Aaron. Kate grabbed him and smothered Aaron in kisses.

"You better not be teaching him Charlie," Claire said. Charlie smiled. "Sawyer, can we have your new number or address to where you're staying?"

"Hotel right across the street," Sawyer replied. "Look up the number in the phone book."

"Sawyer, you don't have to stay there, you can come stay with me," Kate offered.

"Nah, freckles, I'll just stay there, bye y'all," Sawyer said and then ran across the street. Kate sighed.

"I'm going to go try to talk him out of it," Kate replied. She gave Aaron back and then hugged Charlie and Claire. "Bye guys."

"Bye," Charlie and Claire said. Charlie looked down at Claire.

"Ready to go home?" Charlie asked.

"Yeah," Claire said. Charlie and her walked over to one of the cabs that were waiting to take them anywhere they wanted. Charlie told the driver the address and they drove off to his apartment building.

Claire looked out at LA in its entire entirety. She had never seen a city like this one before. And she was starting to love it even more.

She looked over at Charlie who was looking out at the sights of LA too. He looked over at her and smiled. Claire smiled back and she looked at Aaron who had fallen asleep in Charlie's arms. She leaned down and kissed his forehead.

Soon, the cab stopped and Charlie and Claire got out. Charlie pulled out what they had left as luggage and paid the driver.

Claire looked up at the building. It looked pretty nice; it was sort of tall but nice. Charlie walked up.

"You ready?" he asked.

"Yeah," Claire said. Charlie and her walked up to the sixth floor to Charlie's apartment. Charlie unlocked the door and they walked inside. Claire immediately sneezed when she walked in.

"Bless you," Charlie said. "You okay?"

Claire looked around and noticed tons of dust everywhere. "Yeah, just I'm allergic to dust and you have plenty of it here."

"Well, remember, I was stuck on an island for five months," Charlie said. Claire giggled. "We'll clean up later. Let me show you your room."

Charlie and Claire walked to the other bedroom in the apartment. Charlie opened up the door to an empty room.

"Sorry that it's empty. I just didn't know what to do with this room," Charlie said.

"No, it's nice. I'd just have to buy furniture for it," Claire said.

"Right, I don't want you to sleep on the floor," Charlie said. "We can go shopping in a few minutes if you want. I'll drive."

"Are you a safe driver?" Claire joked. Charlie smiled.

"I'm a perfect driver," Charlie said. "Except we don't have a carseat for Aaron."

"I know, we should go get that first," Claire replied. She threw her stuff down.

"Well, if we're going to go lets go," Charlie said. Claire looked down at Aaron and smiled.

"Come on Aaron, we're going to go get stuff for your new home," Claire said softly. She followed Charlie out into the living room to get ready to go.

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Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. Sorry no romance yet, but it will be soon! I promise! As of today I'm on summer vacation so I'll be able to update more. See you next time.

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