Ponyboysgirl1: lol! Yeah, that should be interesting! And yeah, I hopefully will get a few chapters up since I have free time!

Oximi: lol. Poor Hurly. I almost feel bad for him. But yeah, Jin has to be the smart one. Mostly because I couldn't picture him drunk.

domaholic17: Aw, thank you. Glad you liked it so far. Keep reading, it gets better!
Stark Wars

Kitten-Kath: Wow, your right. Man, I'm bad at geography. lol. Sorry about that, I'm not always the brightest crayon in the box.

Hekate-trivia: I know! The guys are so silly. I have to get them drunk more often. But don't worry, the delay won't be too long. Its just not coming up as soon as I expected. I'll just make it extra good to make up for the time it took to put up. Promise!

Truth

Stark Wars

Claire walked back into the tent. It was already afternoon, and both her boys were fast asleep. Claire smiled at them from the open curtain, watching them adoringly until Kate and Shannon appeared at her side. "Morning" Shannon spoke up, with an overly enthusiastic grin, witch made Claire a little worried.

"Good morning" Claire replied, eyeing her curiously. She let the curtain that served as a door fall shut, so they wouldn't wake the boys. "Truth or dare?" Kate questioned, a playful smile across her face. "Excuse me?" Claire questioned, raising an eye brow. "Truth or dare" Kate repeated insistently.

"No" Claire confirmed, and began walking away. Kate and Shannon followed. "Ok, then. I'll pick" Kate explained with a shrug. "No" Claire insisted, turning to face her. "I dare you too...kiss Sawyer" she explained with an amused grin across her face. "What!" Claire exclaimed, unable to believe what she just heard.

"You heard the girl" Shannon confirmed, smiling teasingly as well. "You two must be out of your minds" Claire confirmed, turning back and pushing between them. "Its a dare, witch means you have to do it" Kate reminded, playfully. "But..." Claire tried to think up a good response but could find none. Kate and Shannon just smiled triumphantly, knowing they had one.

Later...

Sawyer was at his tent, working on a small section he had knocked over on his way in last night. His head was throbbing, making it a little hard to concentrate. Witch was why when he saw Claire walk past with neither Charlie, Aaron or one of the girls, he was easily distracted. "Morning sunshine" He said with a grin, casually leaning against one of the wooden post that held up his tent.

"Um...good morning" She replied, aqwardly. Sawyer just grinned. "Where's your other half?" he questioned curiously. "Um...he's back at the tent" Claire replied, still seeming a little shy. "I'm not surprised. He had a lot to drink last night." Sawyer explained, bluntly. "Yeah, but...so did everybody else" Claire replied in Charlie's defense.

"Yeah, but Charlie defiantly had the most" Sawyer assured, in amusement. Claire looked a little confused, so Sawyer decided to continue. "We were playing a little game called I've never. You've heard of it?" He questioned. Claire nodded in reply. "Yeah, well...lets just say there ain't a lot of things Charlie's never done" Sawyer explained sarcastically.

Claire didn't know what to say. She didn't know much about Charlie's past. She knew he'd had a pretty rough life, but that was about it. He never seemed to want to talk about it. It was always about her and Aaron, his present. His future. But never his past. And now Sawyer, a man who Charlie pretty much despised knows more about him than she did. Sawyer's grin widened.

"You want to know, don't you?" He questioned temptingly, an amused look across his face. "Know what?" Claire questioned, acting as if she didn't know what he meant. "What he told us" Sawyer confirmed, pushing himself off the post and taking a few steps towards her. Claire felt a little uncomfortable.

"I'm sure what even Charlie told you, I already know" She explained, trying to convince herself more than anything, witch was good, because Sawyer wasn't convince. "You sure? Cause I'll tell you" He explained, taking another step forward. Claire took a step back. "No, that's all right" She assured, insistently. Sawyer stopped in his tracks. "Fine, suit yourself" He replied, disappointed, and walked back to his tent.

Relieved, Claire turned and walked off as well. She walked back to her tent and stepped inside. Charlie shifted when she walked in, but kept his eyes closed for a moment. "Hey" She said softly, carefully closing the curtain to keep the sun out of the room. "Hey" He replied, his voice muffled against the pillow.

Claire smiled comfortingly and sat down on the bed. "How do you feel?" she questioned, running her fingers through his messy hair. "The word shit comes to mind" He replied, shifting so that his head laid on her lap. "Well, that's what you get for drinking so much" Claire replied teasingly. Charlie smiled.

"Can I get you anything?" She questioned, hopping there was something to do to help. Charlie's eyes opened suddenly, giving her a confused look. "I'm hung over and your asking if you can get me anything?" He questioned, looking up at her in disbelief "...yeah" Claire replied, not sure what he was getting at.

"Wow" Charlie muttered, surprised. "Most of the time when I get hung over my girl friends would just throw something at me and then call me a worthless bastard, or not wake me up at all and steal my wallet" He explained, bluntly. Claire tried not to laugh. "Would you prefer me to do that instead?" She questioned sarcastically. Charlie shook his head. "No, this is fine" He assured, sleepily, letting his eyes close again.

It wasn't long before he fell asleep again. Careful not to wake him, Claire slid out from underhim and laid a pillow under his head before walking over to the crib. By now, Aaron was awake, though he had not yet made it known. He was on his back, starring up at her when she walked by, smiling instantly when he spotted her. She lifted him out of his crib and walked him out of the tent with her.

She walked along the beach with Aaron for a while, letting him get out and look around. As she walked, she tried to keep her mind off what Sawyer had said. But no matter what she did, she couldn't help but wonder. It wasn't just the fact that Sawyer knew that bothered her. It was also what Charlie had said about his ex's. Ex's who she knew nothing about. The questions were driving her crazy.

Jin and Sun both sat in the sand near they're tent, talking to one another and smiling happily. "Hey, Sun" Claire questioned, stopping in front of them. "Yes?" Sun questioned, turning to look up at her. "Would you mind watching Aaron for a bit?" She questioned, hopefully, shifting Aaron in her arms.

"Of course" Sun replied with a smile. Claire knelt down and handed him over to Sun, giving him a kiss on the cheek before she stood up again. "Thanks" She added appreciatively. Sun nodded and smiled. "No problem" She assured, turning her attention to Aaron, who giggled in her lap. Claire smiled once again and walked away.

Later...

"I want to know" Claire explained bluntly, stopping in front of Sawyer, who was laying back in his beach chair. "I'm sorry?" He replied, looking up from the magazine he'd been reading. "I want to know what Charlie told you. Tell me everything" She confirmed honestly, cutting straight to the point. "I knew it" Sawyer grinned triumphantly and set his magazine aside.

Claire rolled her eyes. "Are you gonna tell me or not?" She questioned, crossing her arms. "Well, that depends" Sawyer replied, rising from his seat and walking over to her with a suggestive smirk. "What are you gonna give me?" He questioned, raising his eye brow. Claire sighed in annoyance, looking away from him.

"Nothing. Just tell me" She replied, insistently. "Woo...where's the fun in that?" He questioned curiously, knowing very well that he was annoying her. "Fine. Keep it to yourself then. I don't care" She scoffed in frustration, and began to walk away. For the first time on the island, Sawyer actually felt bad. She hadn't come to him to be sneaky and make a trade. She wanted to talk. And he sent her away.

"Wait" He exclaimed, calling after her, barely believing that he actually cared enough to call her back. Claire stopped and turned about half way. "You win. I'll tell you" He explained in defeat, turning and walking into his tent. A little relieved, Claire smiled, and followed. She stepped over the invisible line that marked the inside of his tent witch, unlike the others, only had two tarp walls.

He sat back down on his beach chair, and Claire took a seat on the box across from him, so the two were relatively face to face. "Lets see, now. Where do I start..." Sawyer began, leaning back on his elbows. Claire waited, patiently. "You do know he was in a band, right?" Sawyer questioned, raising an eye brow.

"Mh,hm. Drive Shaft" Claire confirmed with a nod. "Yeah, whatever. Well, apparently there was a time when the kid was rather famous. And got a whole lot of action" Sawyer explained bluntly. Claire didn't look too surprised. "I don't really see why, but I guess when your in a band it doesn't matter how short, scrawny, or need of a shave you are" Sawyer continued teasingly. "Anyway" Claire reminded insistently, not at all phased by his comment. Sawyer sighed, and continued.

"He didn't go into much detail. But he mentioned a lot of groupies, threesomes, things like that" He explained casually. This, caught Claire a little off guard. She gulped nervously, and Sawyer just smiled. "There's more" He explained in amusement. "How much more?" She questioned nervously, a part of her didn't even want to know. Sawyer shrugged.

"Not sure. That's something you'll have to ask him about. But if your on tour and having sex pretty much every night with a different girl, or, girls...the numbers got to be pretty big" Sawyer explained bluntly. Claire shifted, uncomfortably. "What else?" She questioned, unable to control her curiosity.

"Drugs" Sawyer answered bluntly. Claire looked surprised. "What kind of drugs?" She questioned, worried. "Only every kind you could think of. Mainly heroine, I think" he explained as if it were nothing. Claire gulped again. All of this was news to her. News she wasn't exactly thrilled about.

"Is that all?" She questioned, hopefully. "Pretty much" Sawyer nodded, casually. "Thank god" She muttered to herself, hopping up from the box she'd been sitting on. "Wait, where are you going?" He questioned, looking up at her in confusion. "I don't know" She replied hurriedly, running her hands back through her hair.

"You mean you really didn't know any of that stuff?" Sawyer questioned, sounding surprised. Claire shook her head in response. "He didn't tell you anything?" he asked, in disbelief. Claire shook her head again. She looked upset, as if she were holding back tears. Sawyer felt more guilty than before.

"I shouldn't have told you" He noted, apologetically, rising to his feet. Claire shook her head again. "No, its all right. I'm glad you told me" She assured, still trying not to cry. "Look, if he didn't tell you its probably because he didn't want to get you upset" Sawyer explained, doing his best to help.

Claire dropped back to her seat on the box. "I know, its just...here I am, stuck on an island with a baby all by myself cause I was dum and fell involve with a guy I knew nothing about, and now here I am doing the same thing over again..." She explained, her voice a little strained. Sawyer sat down in front of her.

"Hey, just cause the last guy you were with turned out to be a jackass doesn't mean Charlie's gonna be one too" He explained, trying to help. "Yeah, but I trusted him. I trusted him and I don't even know him, how dumb is that?" She questioned, more to herself in anything. "Hey. that kid saved your baby! And he almost died when you and him got yourselves kidnapped, did he tell you that?" Sawyer questioned curiously.

Claire looked surprised at first, shook her head no. "You know why? Cause the kids in love with you. He didn't tell you because he did want you to get all upset like you are now. You have every reason to trust him. Even if he was a junkie and a whore" Sawyer explained insistently. Claire couldn't help but laugh.

"Your right" She nodded, smiling slightly as she wiped her eyes. "Of course I am. I'm always right" Sawyer explained with a grin. Claire rose to her feet and smoothed back her hair, making sure she didn't look like a total wreck when she went back to get Aaron. She started to walk away, but then stopped when she reached the edge of his tent.

"You know, your not as big an ass as you make yourself out to be" She noted, turning back to face him. "Yeah I am. This is just one of those rare occasions that your not going to tell anyone about" Sawyer replied, sarcastically. Claire smiled, and turned around once again. As she walked away, for some odd reason, she remembered her dare. It popped into her head out of no where. After a moment of consideration, she turned back.

She walked back to his tent, where he had been standing, leaning against the post, watching her leave. She walked right up to him and gave him a short, quick kiss on the lips that took him completely by surprise.

Once it ended after a quick second, he looked down at her in confusion. "This is one of those occasions that your not going to tell anyone about" She explained with a hint of a smile, then without another word, she turned and walked away, leaving Sawyer dazed and confused with a grin across his face.

The End
for now

Its a break in history! Sawyer was dun dun dun dun Nice! lol. Just kidding, he's not that bad. But still! Well, I'll let you all guess what happens next, and you can just wait and see. Except for lostlorenzo, you already know, mis plot-predictor! Well, that's all for now. I'll update again soon as possible. Peace and love! Oh, and review!