Important Note: This chapter have some spoilers from season 2; especially for 2x04 Everybody hates Hugo. And this is more of a fluff chapter!
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Even though the sun wasn't shining anymore, and it was late, Claire wandered through the jungle – alone but with Aaron, desperate to find Charlie. If Locke hadn't talked to her, she would still be thinking that she didn't trust Charlie as much as she had thought.

Claire stopped as she heard a branch breaking somewhere else. She breathed deeply, holding Aaron close to her while looking around. Maybe she should have waited until the morning, walking in the jungle at night was not really good, at least not on an island. Claire saw some bushes move and she backed away but the only thing that came out from the bushes was Charlie. Sighing in relief, Claire walked against him and he frowned as he saw her.

"C-Claire? What are you doing out here at this time… and alone?" Charlie asked and looked at her. Even if it was dark, he could still see her face from the little moonlight that shone through the trees and he clearly saw that something was wrong.

"Charlie," she whispered and pulled him into a hug with one of her arms, still holding Aaron with the other one. "I'm so sorry; I've been so stupid…" Charlie hugged her back, not really understanding why she suddenly had changed her mind. He pulled away from her but looked at her instead.

"No, I'm the one who should have opened up to you. But why did you come, Claire? It's dangerous out here!" Charlie stated and Claire looked down, smiling a little.

"I-I was at the beach and I told Aaron how much I missed your attempts to make us ha-" Claire began but Charlie cut her off.

"Attempts? You're saying that I'm not succeeding with what I'm doing?" Charlie asked with a kind of hurt look at his face. Claire opened her mouth to speak but instead she shook her head.

No words were needed at that moment. Charlie understood what she meant by the look in her eyes. Together they walked back to the caves and put Aaron down in his crib, watching him falling asleep. Right now, Charlie had forgotten about the statuette and his drugs and instead felt the need to spend some time with Claire.

Earlier that day, Charlie had talked to Hurley, who had been in the hatch. Charlie had asked if there was any peanut butter, Hurley had said yes but denied him it. Charlie had found his own way to the hatch, by following Hurley and after sneaking into it, Charlie had taken a jar of peanut butter for Claire. Now he was holding it in his hand while Claire was sitting by Aaron's cradle. He quietly approached her, holding the jar behind him.

"Hey!" Claire said with a bright smile. "Are you keeping something from me?"

Charlie didn't answer her and he sat down next to her. As she looked to see if Aaron was still sleeping, Charlie held the peanut butter jar in his hand in front of her. When she turned her head back, she gasped as she saw the jar and she laughed softly, taking the jar from him, opening it.

He watched her smiling sweetly, dipping her finger into the peanut butter and tasting it. She closed her eyes and quickly opened them again, looking at Charlie.

"Thank you! I-I hope it wasn't too much trouble for you!" Claire said and looked at him, keeping the smile at her face. Charlie smiled back, shaking his head.

"Whatever trouble it was, it's worth it all!" Charlie said and smiled.

"Oh, do you want to taste it?" Claire asked and moved the jar in front of him. He laughed softly, dipping his finger into it and then he moved his finger to his mouth and tasted it.

"Bloody delicious, might have to get some milk." Charlie said and Claire giggled.

Claire put the jar down at the ground and kept looking at it for a while and then she took a deep breath and looked at Charlie. She looked down again.

"Maybe I should explain myself," Claire began and looked up at him, clearly seeing that he was confused. "I mean, when I said attempts… it's more than that. You do make me happy and Aaron, I need you to know that. When you're not around me, the only one I've got is Aaron because I can't trust the others like I trust you." Claire moved her head down, blushing and smiling slightly.

"Y-You trust me in a different way?" Charlie asked, looking at her. She definitely was something extra than all the other women he had known through his life.

Claire nodded and looked at him. "Yeah… of course. You were there for me before I was taken by Ethan and you're here for me now." Claire said.

"But do you remember anything from before?" Charlie asked her, studying her.

"I remember that I fainted and you were there to watch over me and you said I didn't scare you. And of course, peanut butter." Claire said and chuckled.

Charlie smiled brightly. Her memory was finally coming back and that was a really good thing. Then they could go back to normal and laughing at the memories they had shared. They sat in silence for a while, enjoying each other's company but Aaron broke the silence and started crying.

Claire moved a little, picking him up and tried to calm him. He didn't stop and Charlie could see the look at Claire's face. She had probably already fed him and changed him; he did wonder what was wrong. Maybe he didn't like the caves, or maybe he just wanted to ruin the nice moments between Claire and him. Charlie moved closer to Claire, reaching out his hands, taking Aaron from her without even asking for permission.

"Shh, Aaron, mommy and Charlie are here." Charlie said, rocking the baby boy in his arms. To both his and Claire's surprise, Aaron stopped crying and looked at Charlie, giggling a little. This amazed Claire and she felt a weird connection between her and Charlie.

"How – he calmed down…" Claire said and looked down at Aaron. "Am I doing something wrong?"

"No Claire, you're not doing anything wrong," Charlie said and handed Aaron over to Claire. "I know it sounds silly, but did you ever think that he might want to prove that he likes me?"

Claire took Aaron into her arms and heard Charlie and she shrugged. "Yeah but do we - I mean does he really have to prove it?"

"No, Claire, you two don't have to prove it." Charlie said and smiled.

TBC…