Two days later...
"So, have you heard from any one?" Claire questioned, idly twirling the straw in her glass of lemonade. "Yes, I spoke to Jack a few days ago" Sun explained with a nod. "Him and Kate are getting married in two weeks. We're all invited" She continued with a smile. "Thank God. Its about time those two hooked up" Claire noted sarcastically.
"Yeah. I could have sworn she'd go with Sawyer, though" Sun mused. "Her loss" Claire replied with a shrug, and took a sip from her glass. The two laughed in amusement. "So, who have you heard from since we got back?" Sun questioned curiously.
"Charlie stopped by a few days ago" Claire explained simply, trying to act as if it were nothing special. "Oh, what a surprise" Sun mumbled sarcastically. "Well, I was surprised" Claire noted, in contradiction.
"Why?" Sun questioned, raising an eye brow at her as if she were insane. "Because...sure, we were friends on the island but were back in the real world now. Suddenly a single mother doesn't sound so flattering" Claire explained simply.
"Oh, come on. You know Charlie loves Aaron almost as much as he loves you" Sun insisted teasingly. "Oh please" Claire scoffed, rolling her eyes. Sun just laughed. "Your hopeless" Sun confirmed teasingly, and took a sip of her drink. Claire shook her head and laughed.
The front door opened and closed, and Claire's mother announced her entrance. "Hi mum" Claire called, glancing over her shoulder as Abby walked in, carrying a bag of groceries. "Hi, girls. What are you up to?" Abby questioned curiously, setting the bag on the counter.
"Just talking" Claire explained simply. "Trying to convince your daughter he's in love" Sun added playfully. "Sun!" Claire exclaimed and gave her a scolding smack on the arm. "In love? With who?" Ms. Littleton questioned, eyeing the two curiously. "Charlie" Sun explained, mimicking the way Claire pronounced his name. Claire rolled her eyes.
"Ohhh, so that's why he came to see you" Abby noted, playfully. "No. We're just friends" Claire confirmed, shooting Sun an insisting look. Abby and Sun exchanged a glance, giggled and shook their heads. Claire rolled her eyes.
"Well, I guess you wouldn't care to know that I bumped into your friend today, would you?" Abby questioned sarcastically as he began to unload her grocery bag. "You saw Charlie?" Claire questioned, brightening up quickly. Sun snickered to herself and Claire shoot her a look, then turned back to her mother.
"Mh,hm" Ms. Littleton replied casually, amused at the sudden desperation in her daughter's voice. "Where?" Claire questioned, raising a confused eye brow. "Outside the grocery store. He was talking to some guy" Abby explained as she carried an arm full of groceries over to the fridge. Claire hopped up to help her.
"Did you talk to him?" Claire asked curiously, trying to make it sound like she didn't care. "Of course not. I wouldn't want to embarrass you or anything" her mother replied sarcastically. Claire smiled in response. "Besides, he seemed pretty busy" Abby added after a moment, closing the fridge once again.
"How so?" Claire questioned with a look of confusion, once again. "I think him and his friend were having an argument" Ms. Littleton explained, simply. "Oh..." Claire nodded. "Its was probably his brother, then" She concluded with a shrug, and put the rest of the groceries in a cabinet near by.
Sun and her Mom shoot her a curious look. "What? So I know he has a brother. Dose that make me some kind of stalker now?" Claire questioned in frustration. Sun and Abby just laughed. Aaron could be heard fussing in the other room. "You guys are unbelievable" Claire confirmed in annoyance, and marched out of the kitchen to attend to her sun. The two simply burst out into laughter once again.