Notes: Haven't abandoned this one :) Been distracted with other fics, lol. But, here's a short chapter, and there's load of action yet to come. :)
Kate jumped as she woke up. She peered out at the darkened sky, and shook Claire to wake her up.
"Wha?" Claire said, sleepily.
"We fell asleep!" Kate exclaimed.
"Oh...oh no." Claire said, sitting up and looking around. "Thank the stars no one found us. Well, no one we don't want finding us at least." She peered down at Aaron in the sling, who stretched a little and opened his eyes.
"He's slept well." Kate said.
"I should nurse him, he's probably starving." Claire stated. Kate nodded as Aaron gave a hungry whimper.
"Are you hungry?" Kate asked.
"STARVING." Claire replied as she lifted Aaron out of the sling over Kate's shoulder. Kate dug through her bag and pulled out two mangoes. Claire rather awkwardly held Aaron to her chest with one arm and attempted to eat the fruit with her free hand.
"You think they'd be looking for us...you know, Locke and them." Claire said between bites of the rip fruit in her hand.
"I think they are looking, they just aren't looking in the right places." Kate sighed. "We don't even know where we are..."
"What do we do now?"
Kate shrugged. "I really don't trust wandering around when its dark like this." They were lucky the moon was very bright this particular night, otherwise they wouldn't be able to see each other. "How's your ankle?" She asked, remembering Claire's fall earlier.
Claire rolled her ankle and gave a whine. "Not horrid, but not good either. It's a bit sore."
"We're going to have to stay here then. We'll rest some more, keep you off your ankle, make sure Aaron's fed and everything...then we'll head out when it's light enough."
Claire nodded. "I think I can manage." She said.
Aaron finished nursing and both girls finished off their mangoes. Kate passed Claire some water and being rather thirsty she drank half the bottle and Kate finished off the rest.
"You know, if we keep walking straight, one way, wouldn't we reach the beach?" Claire asked. "Then we could walk the beach and make it back to our camp."
Kate nodded. "It sounds like a good idea, but we don't know which side of the island we're on...we could walk straight into the Other's camp...but, its worth a try."
"Anyway we could make a fire?" Claire asked as she shivered.
"I don't think its the best idea...It would give us away far too easily."
"Oh, Yeah..." Claire said as she rubbed her upper arms with her palms.
"If you can, get some more sleep." She set her bag at Claire's feet. "Elevate your ankle on my bag. I'll stay up with Aaron, you rest."
"What about you?" Claire asked.
"I'll be fine. We're pretty lucky we haven't been found yet."
"This is a good little spot." Claire stated.
"Regardless, we're still not safe." Kate said. Claire gave a gentle nod, handed Aaron to Kate and laid back, resting her head on her forearm.
"Goodnight." She said, with a gentle smile.
"Night." Kate replied softly.