Charlie walked with Claire into her little hotel room after he accidentally made it apparent that he had to "Piss like a race horse" and blamed it on his fear of Claire's utter demise due to lack of paying attention when crossing a street.
Claire has smacked his chest and told him to get inside before he wet himself and wondered off to check on Aaron.
Charlie took only a moment to look around, his need of bladder release controlling most of his mind. But the short over look was enough to tell him a few things. One, this place was a complete dump and he wasn't going to let Claire spend another night in it for fear that Aaron would be eaten by rats in his sleep.
Two, apparently Kate was baby sitting Aaron during the accident which in her mind consisted of laying on a bed watching herself and the other survivors on the news while Aaron sat at the end of the bed, playing with some toe nail clippers.
And three, Claire seemed completely terrified by the whole scene and was quick to begin grilling Kate on her lack of responsibility.
Charlie gave Kate a wave of acknowledgement on his way to the loo and quickly did his business, glad to finally be relieved of the burden as he washed his hands until they were practically raw due to the abundance of bacteria before heading back out to take a look at Aaron, who now sat in his mother lap, inspecting her boo boo.
"Look Aaron" Claire stated as soon as the bathroom door opening, quick to change his attention before his curious hands began to grab at her bandage. She point a finger at Charlie and Aaron quickly turned his head, his face brightening up as he recognized him instantly.
"Chawleeeee!" He squeaked, bouncing on the bed in excitement. "Come here, you bugger" Charlie greeted the child playfully, lifting him up off the bed and holding him high in the air.
Claire eyed the two nervously as Aaron came what she saw as dangerously close to the rickety ceiling fan. Charlie noticed her worried expression and toned the horse play down a not, resting the toddler on his hip as looked him over, wondering how he'd grown so much in the past three days.
"Well, I suppose my job here is done" Kate announced as she hopped off the bed, leaning over to give Claire a hug. "Nice seeing you again, Charlie" She noted as she zipped up her bag. Charlie smiled and nodded in response.
"By Aaron" She added in a high, girly voice, waving she pulled up the door. "Bah!" he responded lazily, distracted by Charlie's contentions movement. Kate flashed him a huge smile just the same before closing the door.
Charlie bounced Aaron energetically on his hip, asking the toddler all kind of questions about what he thought of the city and receiving only shrugs and "I dunno"s in response.
"He hasn't had much time to actually see the city" Claire explained in disappointment, pushing herself off the bed.
"Well, that's gonna change" Charlie confirmed, flashing Aaron a playfully grin. "Oh?" Claire questioned skeptically, raising an eye brow and placing her hand on her hip.
"Uh,hu. Cause you and Aaron are going to come stay at my place, and I'm going to take you both to the park first thing tomorrow" Charlie confirmed, knowing Claire was in just as much of a hurry to get out of this disgusting place as he was.
"Aren't Sawyer and Desmond staying at your place?" Claire questioned, remembering hear something about it on the plane. "Yep" Charlie replied simply as he sat Aaron down on the bed and began packing her things.
"How are we gonna fit?" Claire asked curiously, knowing Charlie hadn't left the country in a very good economic state, and assumed that his apartment was a little less then what she would call roomy.
"We'll make it work" He assured, zipping up her bag. Claire paused for a moment, staring at him in confusion as a wave of thoughts rolled through her head.
"Well, I guess I don't have much of a choice since you've already packed my bags" She noted, amazed at how fast he'd managed to do so.
"I guess not" He replied with a shrug an accomplished grin, unable to hold it in. After a moment, a smile worked its way across Claire as well, and she couldn't help but feel a bit realized that he was there to take care of her again.