Sun stayed and looked after Michael all through the day and well into the night. She continued to cool him down with a wet cloth and re-apply her handmade healing balm to his cuts and bites. Jin was fuming, he knew his wife was being disloyal to him. He remembered how shortly after the crash he had been certain that his wife had been cheating on him with Michael. But since then he had bonded really well with Michael, he was one of his closest friends. All Jin couldn't understand was why Sun wanted to tend to Michael so badly now.
Slowly Jin turned away from the tent where he knew Sun was alone with Michael, and set off back alone to his own shelter. He knew he was going to be spending the night alone.
The following morning Sayid decided to go for a walk alone in the jungle. He needed some time to clear his mind, mostly of all the dirty thoughts he had been having recently, mostly concerning himself, Charlie and a bottle of lubricant. Sayid was getting more and more frustrated. He needed Charlie, he couldn't live without him.
Suddenly Sayid realised his legs had subconsciously brought him to the caves. With a heavy heart he wandered around the now deserted caves. It seemed everyone had moved back to the beach. Sayid smiled smugly to himself, for once everyone had agreed to his idea over Jack's. But then Sayid heard a sudden ssplash from the direction of the spring. He instantly raced over to investigate. When he saw what was there though, he wished he hadn't.
"Michael's up and moving round fine this morning," Libby announced as she brought over some water for herself and Hurley. Even though she only had eyes for Hurley, she had got to know Michael quite well duringthe time he, Sawyer and Jin had spent with the Tailies. She cared about him, and she found herself feeling that if it wasn't for Hurley, it would be her, and not Sun, at Michael's side all through the night.
"Anyway, so what are we going to do today?" Libby asked Hurley as she passed him his plastic cup. "Maybe some more fishing?" she continued innocently.
"You've gotta be kidding!" Hurley replied in disbelief. Libby snorted into her water.
"Okay, then perhaps we could go work in the garden. I felt kinda guilty leaving it unattended yesterday while Sun was tending to Michael."
Hurley nodded his head eagerly. "Sure. Gardening sounds cool. But I'll have to catch you a bit later, I need to go talk to Jack about something first."
"Alright, I'll see you soon." Libby felt a bit put out, but at least he had agreed to come, even if it was a bit later on. So she started to make her way across the beach to the path that lead to Sun's garden. On her way she passed Locke and Claire's tent and paused to watch for a moment. Claire had just put the baby down to sleep and was now talking in hushed voices with Locke. He said something to her and then she smiled. She jumped up, flung her arms around his neck and then they kissed. It was only when they broke apart did they notice Libby watching them.
"Oh hi Libby! We didn't see you there," Claire said, starting to blush.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to spy on you, I was just thinking..." But Libby didn't finish. "Well I'd better be going." And she quickly hurried away, Locke and Claire both staring after her with puzzled expressions. What Libby had been really doing was wondering if she wanted the same relationship with Hurley that Claire had with Locke? Her mind was pulsing with these thoughts and Libby was relieved when she arrived at the garden. Planting and weeding would take her mind off everything else.
Sun was so happy that Michael was recovering. "Oh Michael, we were all so worried about you! What happened to you out there?" she quizzed him whilst he drank the juice she'd prepared for him.
"I can't remember," he sighed, once he'd downed the juice in one gulp. "All I know is that I still haven't got my son back." Tears were starting to fill Michael's eyes. "I'm better now, I've got to go back out there and carry on searching for him!" He made a move to get up but Sun pushed him back down.
"No Michael! You can't, not again. You'll just hurt yourself again, and it hurts me when you do that." Michael's eyes flickered up to meet hers when she said that. Now Sun was starting to cry.
"Shh," he whispered and brushed away the tears with his thumb. But his face had that determined look in it. "I have to go get my son, he could be in danger. And I don't think I could live with myself if anything ever happened to him. You've got to understand Sun." Michael stood up, and Sun let him. But as he went to leave the tent, she suddenly grabbed his hand.
"Please, don't go Michael. I love you."
He stopped dead, and turned to face her. Then he stepped forwards and and kissed her. And she kissed him back harder.
Sayid stared in amazement. There was Charlie, completely naked, washing in the pool beneath the spring. Sayid had to pinch himself just to check that he hadt strayed into a dream. Except that he wasn't dreaming. Charlie had his back to him, he hadn't noticed Sayid watching him. But then he turned round, and almost screamed when he saw Sayid standing there. Finally Sayid couldn't take it anymore, he wanted Charlie so much, and here he was, right in front of him. So close he could almost touch him,how badly Sayid wanted to touch him..."Charlie" Sayid called out,"I regret to tell you that I am in love with you."
Soz about the crappy ending I'm sure Sayid wouldn't have acted anything like that. At least I hope not...
