Bleeding Rose- lol writing Hope's dialouge is my favorite part! As a one year old, she probably wouldn't be as verbal as she is, (at least I don't think) but that's just another island mystery at work!
Jack- (gasp) Write about something other than Lost? Are you CRAZY? Oh wait, no I'm the carzy one, lol!
Chapter 27- Childish Innocence
Kate pulled back the flap on her tent and raced inside.
Sawyer had set Alex down on their bed and was putting a wet washcloth on her forehead. Claire and Shannon knelt on either side of Alex, worried expressions on their faces.
Claire looked up at Kate. "Someone should go get Sayid and Jack-"
"I've already sent Michael after them." Kate explained hurriedly, shifting Hope's weight on her hip.
"Oh! Good."
Hope squirmed in Kate's arms.
"Lexi! Lexi! Mommy, Lexi asweep?"
Claire wiped a tear from her eye. "Yes, sweetie, Alex is asleep right now. Why don't you and Kate go outside and play, so you don't wake her up, okay?"
Mollified, the child tugged on Kate's shirt. "Go outide, go outide!"
Claire mouthed a silent 'thank you' as Kate took Hope out of the tent and into the sunlight.
Gripping Kate's fingers for support, Hope toddled along, laughing as the sand tickled her toes.
Kate kept glancing at the silent tent. What was taking Sayid and Jack so long to get there?
Hope brought her out of her thoughts.
"Lexi wakes up, can we go swim?"
Kate smiled to herself. She wished she could be like Hope, wished she still had the innocence of childhood.
"Of course, we can all go swimming!"
Hope giggled. "Look at funny man!"
Kate looked up, expecting to see a bedraggled Jack or Sayid.
Instead, lurking in the shadowy trees, she saw a man she didn't recognize.
The man had a long, tangled brown beard and wild, wind-blown hair.
She gulped. "Oh, God."
AN: lol I just kill you with the cliff hangers, don't I? (evil laughter) Review and I'll update...if you're lucky...