Chapter 3- Brotherly Love

To all fans of Everyone Else Can See, I am writing to inform you that I am suffering a major writer's block, and an update may take awhile. I know exactly what I want to do with this story, but I can't think of what I want to do with that one. I have been thinking about adding another story, but I just can't do that until I get one of these stories done or almost done. I will try to write an update today and post it tomorrow or the day after, mainly because the last chapter of Everyone Else Can See was kind of boring. I know it's not fun to listen to people talk the whole time, but I promise it will get more interesting. As for fans of this story… I have written chapter four and have come to like it a lot. Like I said, someone unexpected shows up… who could that be? Hope you enjoy this chapter, and don't forget that I'm changing my pen name to waiting4october.

Claire and Karen were at Claire and Charlie's new house, finishing unpacking boxes. Charlie and Liam were out grocery shopping for everything on the list Claire had made up. Charlie grabbed diapers off the shelf. Liam crossed them off the list. He rounded the end of the aisle while pushing the cart as Charlie walked beside him.

"What's next on the list?" Charlie asked looking at Liam.

"Peanut Butter…" Liam read off the list. Charlie turned towards the shelf.

"Alright, here it is." Charlie said putting a jar in the cart.

"Wait, Claire likes peanut butter?" Liam asked smiling.

"Absolutely, she's bloody crazy about it." Charlie said laying a hand on the cart and letting out a small laugh.

"I thought Australians didn't like that stuff?" He said furrowing his eyebrows and begging to push the cart again.

"Well, Claire's special." Charlie explained breaking into his goofy smile. It was the one that always formed on his face when he thought about Claire. Liam had come to recognize it in the year Charlie had been back. He laughed at Charlie and stopped the cart.

"You have that look again." He said laughing. Charlie stopped and turned to look at him.

"Can you blame me? She's bloody beautiful." He said taking the list from Liam. Liam smiled at him.

"You've changed so much." Liam said laughing. "For the better of course." He added as they walked up to the check out line.

"You can thank my lovely wife for that." Charlie said putting the items on the surface to be checked out. Liam helped him as the checker scanned each item. Charlie paid as Liam bagged the groceries.

When they got home, they put away the groceries and Liam plopped down on the couch.

"Where are our lovely wives and kids?" Liam asked putting his hands under his head and putting one foot over the other. Charlie picked up a note that rested on the kitchen counter.

"Charlie and Liam, thanks for getting the groceries. We took the kids to get ice cream. We'll be back soon, love you, Claire and Karen." Charlie read out to Liam and then circled up the note and tossed it in the garbage.

"So, how shall we keep ourselves entertained?" Charlie asked walking into the living room and grabbing a pillow off of the love seat. He tossed it at Liam, and then turned on the television. He sat down on the love seat. Liam picked up the t.v. guide and skimmed the pages.

"Any games on today?" Liam asked sitting up.

"Since when do you watch the games?" Charlie asked furrowing his eyebrows. Liam laughed.

"Well, I seem to remember watching the World Cup every four years."

"Yeah, but the World Cup won't be on for another two years. You'd just be watching the regular season games." Charlie explained.

"Well, I don't see any games on the t.v. guide anyway." Liam said closing the t.v. guide and putting it on the coffee table. Charlie turned off the t.v. and looked over at Liam.

"What?" Liam asked smiling.

"I was just thinking about…"

"Claire." Liam finished rolling his eyes.

"Yeah." Charlie said showing the same goofy look. Liam raised an eyebrow and sighed loudly, "What?" Charlie asked smiling, resting his cheek on his hand.

"You are obsessed." Liam said laughing.

"No Liam, I'm in love." Charlie said standing up. "You acted like this when Megan was born. You never left Karen's side."

"Hey, I was no where near as bad as you are." Liam said putting his hands up in defense.

"And why is that?" Charlie asked laughing.

"Charlie, you killed a man." Liam said brushing his hand through his hair.

"Not a man a monster." Charlie said in a lower tone.

"What did he do Charlie?" Liam asked, his eyes searching his face as if the answer was written on his face.

"He took Claire and I when Claire was still pregnant." Charlie said rubbing his stubble of a beard. "But that's just the shortened version."

"Took? Like kidnapped?" Liam asked confused.

"Yeah." Charlie said nodding his head gently.

"So what's the long version?" Liam asked paying full attention.

"Well, to make a statement to Jack he… well, he… um."

"Charlie what did he do?" Liam asked leaning forward. Charlie quickly returned his hand to his lap, laying it gently on his thigh.

"He hung me Liam, left me for dead." Charlie explained slightly nodding his head. Liam's eyes grew bigger and his mouth opened slightly.

"He hung you?" He asked in disbelief.

"Yeah." Charlie whispered. "I don't really remember much about it, just that Claire was screaming my name. When I came back, it was to Jack pounding on my chest and Kate sobbing with her back to me."

"So, this Jack… he saved your life?" Liam asked standing up.

"Yeah, twice."

"Twice?" Liam asked shaking his head.

"Well, when we were looking for Claire, he stabbed me, then Kate stabbed him and Jack saved us both."

"Why did he save this Ethan guy?" Liam asked scratching the back of his head.

"We wanted to know why he wanted Claire, so we handcuffed him to some wreckage up by Sawyer's tent."

"So how did you end up killing him?" Liam asked not understanding.

"He got free… we still don't know how. He took Adam and I chased after him. We fought and I stabbed him twice."

"Sounds like you went through hell on that island." Liam said as Charlie stood up.

"It was." Charlie agreed letting out a small laugh.

"I love you Charlie." Liam said taking him into a hug. Charlie patted him a few times on the back and pulled away.

"I love you too." He said smiling. "I'm just glad we got rescued." Charlie admitted.

"Yeah, I can finally tease you again." Liam said laughing. Claire and Karen walked in with the kids. Megan ran over to Liam. He picked her up, kissed her cheek, and put her back down. Karen walked over to Charlie and put Adam in his arms. Claire took Faith up to her room and placed her in the crib. She walked back down the stairs and made her way towards Charlie. She kissed his cheek and then Adam's cheek. Liam turned his cheek towards Karen and tapped it a few times with his finger.

"Aw… Liam wants a kiss on his cheek." Claire said laughing.

"Well, he's not getting one from me." Charlie said joining her in laughing. Karen gave him a kiss on his cheek, smiling as she did so. Claire smiled and walked up the stairs, putting Aaron in his bed.

"Thanks." Liam said kissing Karen's lips softly.

"Anytime." She said wrapping her arms around his waist.

"We better get going." Liam said smiling.

"Oh, okay, we'll see you later then." Claire said entering the room.

"Yeah, bye Claire." Karen said giving her a hug and then Charlie. Liam did the same and him, Karen, and Megan left. Charlie put Adam in his bed and walked up behind Claire. He wrapped his arms around her waist and gently pressed kisses on her neck. Claire turned in his arms and kissed his lips passionately. Charlie picked her up and carried her to their bedroom.

Hope you enjoyed this chapter, I know I did. It was fun to play with Liam's character. I don't know why, but he's fun to make a jokester like Charlie. Anyways, I will try to update Everyone Else Can See next if I can get past the writer's block. See ya guys and keep reading! It can only get better from here…

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