Bills. Kill. : Thanks! I'm glad you liked it. Charlie and Claire are back together. All is well. Not for long, lol.

Hekate-Triva: I know! I love turniphead! I told my mom I was gonna name my kid that and she yelled at me.lol. But yes, Aaron is adorable. And everyone's all happy again. Yay!

Domaholic: Thanks!

Ponyboysgirl1: Don't worry, there's still more CC to come. Sadly, they'er not in this chapter a whole lot, but I managed to squize them in a couple times.

Stark Wars

Competition

When Kate woke up, she was alone. Sawyer had left while she was asleep. She wasn't surprised. The thing between them was kind of an unspoken secret that only the two of them and Jack seemed to know about. She slipped out of bed and pulled on her cloths, all except her underwear, witch seemed to be missing.

Then, she headed out side, half afraid she'd be raided by the girls who'd heard about the little incident through some grape vien and would attacked her for details. But, luckily for her, the island was peacefull. No one was the wizer.

She walked along the beach, not to sure of where she was heading, but stopped when she spotted Charlie and Claire comeing out of their tent. She watched as the two of the stopped in the door way of their tent, talking softy, quiet enough so that she couldn't hear them from a short distance. Charlie had his arms around Claires waist, kissing her in a flirtasuos manor as they talked before finaly letting her go with a look of disapointment.

Kate cought up with Claire as she was walking off. "Hey" She greeted, comeing up beside her. "Hey" Claire replied, flashing her a quick smile. "So, everythings back to normal with you two, right? No more fighting?" Kate asked, hopefully. "Yep. Everythings fine" Claire assured with a happy grin. Kate smiled as well. "Good, because you two belong together" she insisted playfully. Claire nodded in agreement.

"So, where have you been? I was exspecting to get a pep talk or something" Claire explained sarcasticly. Kate thought for a moment. "Um, I've been...busy" Kate explained, trying to act casual. Claire saw right through it. "Bussy with what?" She questioned curiously, knowing that something was up right away.

"Nothing really, just cleaning and getting fruit and junk-" Kate tried to explained, rambling nervously. Claire crossed her arms and raised an eye brow skepticaly. "Hey, don't give me that look. Thats the look I give you!" Kate scolded, hopeing to change the subject. "Yeah, well, you deserve it. Now stop trying to change the subject" Claire demanded insistantly. No such luck.

"I don't want to talk about it" Kate explained nervously, and tried to start walking away. "I don't give a shit. Tell me any ways!" Claire insisted, staying close behind her. "No really, I can't talk about it" Kate explained persistantly. "Why not?" Claire questioned, giving her a skeptic look once again. "Because...I just-" Kate tried to think of a good excuse but couldn't find a single one.

"Ok, fine" Kate finaly gave in with a sigh, and lead Claire back to her tent. "Ok, I'll tell you. But you have to keep it secret, ok?" Kate confirmed, wispering in the safetly of her tent. "Ok" Claire nodded, unsure rather she was actualy capable of holding up her end of the deal, but, she'd try.

"Alright...the other day, me and Sawyer, we...we kind of had sex" Kate confessed nerviuosly. "What!" Claire questioned in disbelief. "Twice" Kate confirmed in embarassment. Claire simpy stared in shock, not knowing what to say. Kate was blushing feirsely. "And the worse part is...Jack found out" Kate added, a hint of guilt filling her voice.

Claire's eyes grew wider in surprise. "Your kidding!" She exclaimed with a look of utter entertainment across her face. "Yeah, and he hasn't talked to me since" Kate added, in agrivation. Claire quicky wiped the smile off her face, remebering it was a serious subject, no matter how amuseing.

Kate frowned in distress and Claire patted her on the shoulder. "Look, Jack's just pissed. He'll get over it" Claire assured comfortingly. "And if he dosen't?" Kate questioned skepticly, a touch of emotion in her voice. Claire took a moment to think of a good explaination. "He will" She assured again, unable to think of anything else. Kate frowned again.

Later...

Jack was back at the caves, sitting on the rock right outside the opening of his own, stareing off into no where. "Morning, doc" Sawyer greeted, a smug grin on his face. "What do you want?" Jack questioned, a hint of annoyance all ready in his voice as he looked up at Sawyer impaitently. "Just to tell you it happened again" Sawyer answered simply.

"What happened again?" Jack questioned, giving him a confused look. "Me and Kate, fucking, screwing, hopping on the good foot, doining the bad thing, shell I go on?" Sawyer bragged in amusment. Jack studdied his expreshion for a moment. "Your full of shit" He concluded in disbeleif. He didn't want to belive it.

"Oh, I see. You don't belive me" Sawyer nodded in an almost mocking tone. "Nope" Jack confirmed simply. "Fine with me. Go ask her yourself. And while your out there, ask her if she wants these back" Sawyer sugested, pulling a small pair of black panties from his pocket. "Oh my god, how pathetic can you posibly get?" Jack questioned, looking Sawyer over in dsgust as he rose to his feet.

"Excuse me?" Sawyer questioned defensivly. "It bad enough you lie about sleeping with Kate just to piss me off, but stealing her underwear? Come on, Sawyer. That's low, even for you" Jack explained, angrily. Sawyer just laughed. "Man, your in denial" he muttered through his laughter, finding the whole situation amuseing.

Jack scoffed, though in the back of his mind, he knew Sawyer was right. "Alright, thats enough. Could you go now?" Jack questioned, getting very agrivated. "Aw, come on. I'm just haveing a little fun. Here, you wanna hold em?" Sawyer questioned teasingly, conteniued to laugh as held out the little black panites.

"Stop it" Jack insisted firmly, a warning look across his face. "So, you spend all this time trying to get into Kate's pants and now you won't even touch them?" Sawyer conteniued to tease persistantly, haveing way to much fun. That was it. Jack charged forward and takled Sawyer, knocking them both backwards.

Once he had Sawyer on the ground, disgaurded, her started whailing on him. Throwing punch after punch until his nose was bleeding. Sawyer managed to grab hold of Jack arms, stopping him from strikeing again before his whole face was a mess. The two stugled against each other as a small crowd gathered around, no one knowing what to do.

Kate emerged from the trees just intime to witness the fight. By now, the two were both bleeding and badly bruised in difforent places. "Stop!" Kate called, squeezing through the circle that the on lookers had formed to break them up. "Stop it!" She demanded once again, kneeling down beside the two and holding their arms, trying her hardest to pull them apart.

She managed to break them apart, though they mostly did it willingly. Jack rose to his feet and wiped the blood off his lip with the back of his hand, looking down at sawyer triumphently. "Jack, what the hell is wrong you?" Kate demanded, leaning over Sawyer as she tried to stop his nose from bleeding.

"He...he was-" Jack tried to explaine himself, but he was to out of breath to talk. "The bastards trying to kill me!" Sawyer exclaimed, his voice a little strained. Kate rolled her eyes in agrivation. "What happened?" She insisted, looking up at Jack once again. "He came over, told me you two slept together again...he was lieing about you" Jack explained, still breatless, but manageing.

"Tell him, Kate!" Sawyer insisted, giving her a stern look. Jack stared at her in disbelif. "Kate?" He questioned softly, hopeing to god it wasn't true. Kate lowered her head, avoiding eye contact. That was answer enough. "Well...I guess size dosen't matter after all" Jack noted simply before walking away.

Kate let out a sigh that wasn't in releif after he left. A wave of guilt rushed through her. "Don't worry freckles..." Sawyer assured, looking up at her her in what apeared to be sympathy. Kate looked at him curiously, almost in tears. "We both know I'm better" he finished with a proud grin. Kate growled in disgust and punched him hard in the gut with both her little fist before riseing to her feet and storming off as Sawyer doubled over in pain.

Kate moved through the trees, her steps quick with anger. "Jack!" She called, spotting him in the distance. He didn't stop. "Jack, please" She pleaded desperatly, emotionaly out of breath. Finaly, Jack turned. "What, Kate?" He questioned sharply, turning to face her. I'm sorry" She explained apologeticly, not knowing what else to say.

"For what?" He questioned with a sracastic laugh. "For...for letting Sawyer get to me." She explained, with a shrug. "Kate, he did more to get to you. You let him get in you. Twice." Jack reminded defensivly. Kate sighed. "What do you want me to do, huh? I'm sorry. I'm sorry I got tired of waiting around for you to finaly get enough balls to do it instead" Kate explained sarcasticly, an acuseing tone in her voice.

"Oh, so now its my fault?" Jack questioned defensivly. "Thats not what I meant" Kate replied in agrivation. "Its exactly what you meant Kate. You slept with Sawyer because of me. Because I 'neglected' you" Jack confirmed mockingly. Kate frowned. "Well here's news for you Kate. Maybe the reason I never went for you is because I didn't want to be in constant compatition!" Jack exclaimed angrily.

"Compatition? What kind of idiot are you?" Kate questioned, the emotion showing in her voice. "What?" Jack questioned defensivly, looking at her in confushion. "You honestly think Sawyer even compares to you? God, the only reason I even talk to him is to get my mind off you" Kate explained, her words quivering.

"You exspect me to beleive that?" Jack questioned, skepticaly. "YES!" Kate demanded. "Because its the thruth" Her voice got softer, and a tear rolled down her cheek. Jack was beging to feel bad. "Fine...then prove it" He challanged, lowering his voice so it didn't sound as intemidateing.

"What?" Kate questioned hoarsly, a little confused. "Prove it. Prove that you've always wanted me over him." Jack explained, gradualy moveing towards her. "How?" Kate asked, looking him up in down in confushion, backing a few steps away until her back hit a tree. Jack didn't stop untill he was at her chest, inches away. That was when she realized what he had meant. But before she could say or think anything, his mouth was on hers, his hands were on her, and everything else floated away.

Later...

"Say mum" Claire instucted to Aaron, who sat on her lap, paying attention to anything and everything except her. "Aaron, look at me" She insited in a motherly tone. Aaron fixed his big blue eyes on her. "Say mum" She reapeated, a hopefull smile on her face. Aaron stared at her blankyl. Claire sighed in defeat.

"Jelous?" Charlie questioned, apearing behind her out of no where. "Huh?" Cliare questioled, looking up at him. "Your jelous because he said 'da' first" Charlie confirmed in amusement, lowing himself down beside her. Claire blushed and shrugged, makeing no attemt to deny it. "Don't worry" Charlie assured, slideing his arm behind her waist so that their bodies were touching, "He'll say mum eventual."

"He better" Claire confirmed playfully. Charlie smiled. Claire felt his hand run up and down her arm in a reasuring gesture. She smiled and leaned aginst him, glad to be able to do things like this again. Although, the things they had done last night were alot better. Claire's smile grew at the memory, her cheeks going a little red.

"What are you thinking about?" Charlie questioned, looking at her as if he already knew. "You...last night" Claire explained sheepishly, her cheeks turning bright red. Charlie smiled and blushed as well, placeing a little kiss on her temple. Aaron rolls off Claire's lap and starts to crawl, witch distracts her from the moment.

"Aaron, sweetie-" She calls, leaning forward in attemp to catch him before he got to far. To late. He was out of her reach. "I'll get him" Charlie asured, jmping to his feet. He walked over and gathered Aaron up into his arms. "Where do you think your going?" Charlie questioned, looking at the child playfully.

Aaron frowned a little and placed his palm on Charlie's cheek, trying to push him away. Claire laghed and took Aaron into her arms. "Come on, lets get him away from the water so he can rome around a little. " Charlie sugested, slinding his arm around her back. Claire walked with him up the beach, untill they were a safe distance from the water, before sitting down again.

Aaron crawls in wide circles around them, exploreing the sand. He spots a little black spider and picks it up in his tiny little hand. "Aaron, don't eat that" Claire instucted warningly, just imageing what would happen. Aaron feels it move and dorps it quickly, crawling away. "He's fine" Charlie confrimed, trying not to laugh.

"Besides, it wouldn't kill him. Its not posiones" he added in assurance. "How do you know?" Claire questioned skepticaly. "Because, I like bugs" Charlie answered with a simply shug. "Ew" Claire shot him a look, and shivered a little. "Boys are gross" She muttered in a childish voice, scooting away from him a little. Charlie laughed.

"Yep. Thats why next we need to have a little gril" Charlie confirmed, pulling her back again. Claire looked at him in alarm for a moment. "When were ready" He then adds, quickly. Claire smiles in releif and lays her head back on his shoulder. The sun is starting to set.

meanwhile...

Shannon and Sayid were out on their private peach, both streced out on a blanket surounded by candles and torches. Shannon shifted under the blanket that was covering them both, turning her head to look at Sayid. "I thought you were asleep" He noted softly, his hand gently playing with her silky blonde hair.

"Nope" She confirmed sleepily, shifting agian so that she is now faceing him. "Its getting dark. We should probly go back" She sugested, strugling to sit up. Sayid layed his hand on her shoulder, stoping her. Shannon looked at him over her shoulder in confushion. "Lets stay" He sugested softly. "We'll go back in the morning"

Shannon nodded in agreement and layed back down beside him, feeling his arms slide around her tightly. As soon as she got comfortable her eyes fell shut. Sayid watched her sleep in admiraction, idaly playing with her hair untill his own eyes grew tired as well and as the sun went down, together, they fell asleep.