Chapter 9 "This is Love"
Kate cradled Aaron in her arms. She was all alone on the beach. Claire wanted to be with Charlie, alone, so Kate offered to take care of the child. She could have spent the day hanging out with Sawyer but she decided she needed to take care of the baby. She needed practice."When Sawyer and I are married we might have kids.I don't wanna screw up when I have kids..." Kate thought. "Not that I wanna screw up with Claire's baby!" She added silently. Just then Claire walked over. "How's Aaron?" She asked. "Oh uh He fell asleep." Kate said, looking down at the sleeping child. "Good!" Claire said, sitting there. "Love, C'mon! This is our day remember!" Charlie said, impaitiently. "Coming Charlie!" Claire said, getting up. Then Claire added "You'll make a great mum, Kate." and walked away. Aaron started crying. "What's wrong, Aaron?" Kate said, getting up. "I know what to do! I remember the day Charlie took care of you!" Kate said, quietly. She walked over to Sawyer. "OH NO NOT AGAIN!" Sawyer said, noticing the crying baby. "Pleeeaaaaasssssseeee Sawyer! Just talk to me and he'll stop!" Kate asked, pouting. "Very Funny, Freckles." Sawyer said. He stared at her pouting face and started laughing. "Fine! You guys can sit down." Sawyer said. "Thank you!" Kate said, and lightly kissed him. "So what's up Freckles? Why didn't Sun take the baby?" Sawyer asked. "I thought we needed some practice, Well atleast I do..." Kate said. "OHHH I get it! When we get married, you want us to have kids?" Sawyer asked, considering the thought of kids. "Ya, What do you think?" Kate asked. "I think I need practice too." Sawyer said. Kate smiled. "I think he stopped." Sawyer said. "He'll start again if I leave with him." Kate said. She put the baby in the crib and fell asleep in Sawyer's shelter.
CHARLIE AND CLAIRE...
Charlie and Claire walked hand in hand, along the ocean. "I love you so much." Charlie said, looking at Claire. "I love you so much." Claire said, looking at Charlie. "I want some peanut butta..." Claire said. "I promise I'll get you some as soon as we get of this island." Charlie said. "You will?" Claire asked. "I will!" Charlie said, smiling. "This is love." Claire said, turning to look at Charlie. "It sure is." Charlie said. Then they kissed. "You think we should get back to the baby?" Charlie asked. "Ya, he needs us." Claire said. Charlie and Claire arrived at Kate's shelter expecting Kate and the baby to be in there. They went in. No one was there. Unfortunatly they didn't know Kate was in Sawyer's shelter. "Where's our baby!" Claire asked, with an alarmed look on her face. Charlie smiled. "That's the first time you remembered to say our baby, Claire." Charlie said. "Oh, Charlie, it is!" Claire said, then added "BUT OUR BABY!" . Charlie looked around. "I think they are at Sawyer's." Charlie said. "If you say so..." Claire said. They walked to Sawyer's shelter. "Charlie, it's so quiet! I don't think they're in there!" Claire exclaimed. Then they heard Kate whisper "Mommy's here!". They walked into the shelter. Kate and Sawyer sat together, Sawyer's arm was around Kate's shoulder. Aaron was sitting up in the crib, giggling. "Awww Isn't this a cute sight!" Claire said, walking over to them. "You did a great job, Kate, Sawyer too." Claire added. "It's no problem." Kate said, hugging Sawyer. "The little one was good." Sawyer said, and smiled. Aaron giggled. "Looks like Aaron has an Uncle Sawyer!" Charlie said, setting Aaron on Sawyer's lap. Aaron giggled and played with Sawyer's hands, while the adults talked. When Charlie and Claire decided to leave, Charlie added before they left "Say buh-bye to Aunti Kate and Uncle Sawyer!" Aaron giggled. "That's his way of saying good bye." Claire said, and smiled.
Kate, Shannon, and Claire...
Shannon sat in her shelter. She thought about Boone. "Why'd he have to die? He meant everything to me. But I still have Sayid, Claire and Kate. And Jack and Charlie and Sawyer. And Vincent and Walt. And Sun. I have so many people that can be there for me. Just like you Boone. You were always there for me." Shannon thought. She pulled about some nail polish. She started to paint her nails bright green. "Cool color, Shan." Kate said. "Hey you're wearing green. Wanna paint your nails?" Shannon asked. "Sure, that'd be great." Kate said, sitting down. Claire walked over. "Manicures? Without me?" Claire asked. "I have more colors. Do you want me to paint them? Or do you want to do it yourself?" Shannon asked, pulling out light blue nail polish to match what Claire was wearing. "I'll do my own. And we should do our hair... Show our men we can look good even when we're lost!" Claire said, smiling. "Sure!" Kate and Shannon said. Shannon pulled out some light pink nail polish to match what she was wearing. Everyone finished their nails and started to talk about their hair. "Claire should leave hers down, I should too, and Kate... put it in a loose bun." Shannon said. They all agreed. "Did anyone bring make up?" Kate asked. Shannon pulled out a bag of make up. "Here!" Shannon said, setting down the bag.They all chose their make up and put it on. "How do we look?" Shannon asked. "GREAT!" Claire said. "Let's go!" Kate said.
The girls walked up to their men. "Claire! You look bloody hot!" Charlie said, shocked at her look. "You look beautiful, Shann." Sayid said. "Freckles, you're so pretty!" Sawyer said. Each couple kissed. "Shannon, Will you marry me?" Sayid asked. "Oh my god, YES!" Shannon screamed. Everyone laughed. "This is Love." Claire said again, looking at Charlie. "It sure is, love" Charlie said, hugging Claire.