Chapter 5: Secrets
After he was close to the caves, there was a horrible baby cry. Charlie sprinted to the caves. Claire was trying to calm Charles.
"He's not hungry," Claire said."And I checked his towel diaper, it's clean." Charlie wrapped the blanket around little Charles and rocked him. Charlie bounced him and sang to him, but Charles kept on screaming. Finally, Charlie sat down with Charles and just looked into his eyes. Charles looked back at Charlie and smiled. Claire smiled too. Charles closed his eyes and fell asleep.
"Looks like he just wanted to see his dad," Claire put Charles in his cradle.
"But I'm not his dad," Charlie denied.
"You are to him," Claire kissed Charles. And stood up. Charlie smiled at her. "You have the funniest smile," Claire giggled.
"And you have the funniest laugh," Charlie replied. He kissed her and then they both sat down next to Charles.
Sayid had been waiting with Shannon all night and all morning the next day. No matter how long he waited, Shannon was not going to wake up anytime soon. Then she twitched. She had moved her hand from next to her body to on her stomach. Sayid left her and found Jack.
"I think she has a stomach ache, she just put her hand on her stomach," he told the doctor.
"She's awake?"asked Jack.
"Oh, no she just fidgeted," answered Sayid. "I mean,that would explain the vomiting and the aching, but not the swelling and the urinating."
"I'll see if she wants water." Jack grabbed a water bottle and entered the tent. Sayid approached Sawyer.
"If you had just given her the towel, she wouldn't be unconscious, this is your fault,"Sayid was angry at his enemy.
"If you ask me I gave her what she wanted. Now she can sun bathe all she wants and no one will yell at her," Sawyer said.
"You son of a bitch!" Sayid was steaming with anger.
"Why do you insult my dead mother, she didn't do nothing to you soldier," Sawyer replaced his sunglasses on his nose. "Don't go staring any fights now." Sayid wanted so bad to just shoot that bastard ten times in the heart he didn't have, but he knew it would only make things worse. Sayid just walked back to Shannon's tent.
Jack was succeeding at giving Shannon water. "She hasn't budged," Jack said.
"I will continue to sit with her," Sayid vowed.
When Claire woke up Charlie had already changed Charles' diaper. "Good morning Sleeping Beauty,"Charlie smiled. "Look it's mommy, hi mommy, I'm hungry!" Charlie said in a high pitched voice. They both laughed and Claire took Charles into her cave to feed him. Charlie took the dirty towel to the stream. There, Locke was building something awkward looking. Charlie watched him as he crated a flat surface with poles extending from the corners. "Are you making a table?" Charlie was very interested.
"No," was all Locke said. Charlie washed the towel. And then continued to watch Locke. After a while Locke left the stream and came back with five different kinds of shells.
"What is that then?" Charlie asked. Locke strung the shells together and hung them on the poles which now crossed at the top.
"There, I'm done," he said. Locke handed the large table looking item to Charlie.
"Seriously, what is it?" Charlie examined the object intently.
"It's a baby gym, Charles can lay down and bob the shells," Locke smiled and walked away.
"Thanks!" Charlie yelled after Locke. Claire soon found Charlie with the baby gym.
"Charlie? Did you make that baby gym?" Claire asked. Charles was sitting on her hip.
"No Locke made it for us," Charlie said. "Let's see if he likes it." Claire laid charles down on the gym. Almost immediately Charles started bopping every shell. He giggled. Charlie and Claire smiled and kissed. Then Charlie went to hang the towel a branch. Claire tickled her baby's feet, and he giggled again. Charlie got Charles' blanket and balled it up like a pillow. He placed it under Charles' head. "Claire, I think you should know, if you don't already, there was an accident on the beach," Charlie told her about Shannon.
"Oh my gosh, I should go talk to her," Claire said. She was completely shocked.
"Well, she's unconscious,"Charlie said.
"Oh Charlie, I can't lie to you," Claire began to cry.
"Lie to me?" Charlie didn't really care what the lie was, he just didn't want his girlfriend crying.
"You have to promise not to tell anyone," Claire wiped away her tears.
"I promise," Charlie said.
"Well, um I think that Shannon's pregnant, she has so many symptoms, but she doesn't believe me," Claire began to cry again, thinking about how Shannon had treated her earlier.
"Did you ask her if it was possible?" Charlie hated hearing Clarie cry. He stroked her hair and waited for an answer.
"She said it was, but she doesn't want anyone to know who the father could be," Claire cried even louder. Charlie rocked her back and forth.
"You don't have to tell me anything you don't feel comfortable telling me," Charlie acted like a professional psychiatrist. He continued to stroke her hair until, a few minutes later she stopped crying. Charlie lifted Claire kissed her, and carried her into her cave. Then he got Charles and his cradle. He brought him to Clarie and then they both just held each other for hours.
