A/N: Hey! I got a review saying that there should be more Jate in this story so that's what I tried to do. Now it won't be immediate mind you… it will be a rough road for Jate in this story. Anyway this is mainly a Charlie based chapter with hopefully a good twist and cliff at the end.
(Charlie's point of view)
I guess you could say that I've changed over these last few weeks. It all started with the Aaron and Claire incident. Since then Claire, or anyone else for that matter, can't look me in the face without flinching or looking down again. I really did try to hang out with the other survivors but I found myself getting more and more depressed as they began to avoid me. So I moved out closer to the forest and found a peaceful tranquility and for a while I was content. Then Sawyer came and told me how I could get back at Locke and I found myself hurting Sun just to get to Locke. I then realized what the anger was doing to me and decided that I never want to go through that again so I moved even farther down the beach so that even Sawyer got the hint. Now I have this constant need to just run away from the stares of other people and hide in the cool darkness that I have come to love. I've given up on everyone in the group, including Claire, so I have no reason to go back. Well actually there is one, Aaron. Aaron has become like a son to me so I keep a close eye on the commotion just to make sure that he's safe.
(No point of view)
"Well good morning sunshine!" Sawyer exclaimed as he opened the entrance to Kate's tent. Kate glared at Sawyer, partly because the sunlight nearly blinded her and also because she wasn't on very good terms with him either.
"Why don't you go bug someone else for a change Sawyer? I think I deserve a little bit of sleep!" Kate snapped harshly and sat up so that she could aim her glares a little better. Sawyer looked hurt for a second but Kate thought it was probably an act to make her feel bad. She was right.
"Well can't a handsome man wake up the lovely sleeping beauty?" Sawyer drawled in his heavy accent and at that point Kate lost it.
"Well I thought that you would be too busy going behind everyone's backs and stealing some guns just so you could get back at Jack because he's everything you're not!" Kate nearly screamed at Sawyer. Now Sawyer just looked plain angry.
"Hey darlin', I was just doing what had to be done! Jack's ego has been way to inflated lately and he needed something to bring it back down! So stop trying to beg for his forgiveness and open your eyes up a little bit freckles. He ain't anything he pretends to be." Kate let out a slight yell because Sawyer had just stuck a lemon into her "cut". Her current situation with Jack was sensitive for her and she hated it when Sawyer brought it up. Anyway Kate started yelling a swearing at the top of her lungs while Sawyer returned the favor. Kate was also the first to start shoving Sawyer and from there it started to get a little bit ugly. Fortunately Jack himself showed up on the scene.
"SAWYER! KATE! BACK OFF!" and with that Jack firmly separated the two before either got hurt. "Now would someone mind telling me what's going on here?" Jack said loudly and looked between Kate and Sawyer.
"Well…" Kate started, "Sawyer came and woke me up and I didn't really feel like talking so I asked him to leave…"
"Then this little ray of sunshine started defending you and praising you like the little suck up that she is," Sawyer finished for Kate and continued to use some rather creative and vulgar names for Kate under his breath. Upon hearing this both Kate and Jack went to swing a punch at him but Jack got there first. Sawyer reeled back looking slightly surprised and very angry while Kate just stood there looking shell shocked. Suddenly Sawyer started laughing so hard that his face turned purple. Shaking his head and still laughing, Sawyer stumbled away from the two off to his own tent.
"Well… thanks Jack," Kate muttered and was blushing furiously. Jack also looked slightly uncomfortable but at least he wasn't blushing.
"Well… Sawyer shouldn't be talking that way about anyone. Just putting him in his place." Jack smiled at Kate and she looked away. The fear of losing Jack forever now that she had feelings for him was bubbling it's way to the surface again and she was trying to force back the urge to run. Charlie watched them from a distance and was deep in thought.
"Isn't it funny how everyone but them can tell how good they are for each other?" Charlie thought to himself grimly. He couldn't resist looking over at Claire's tent when he heard soft cooing noises coming from the baby. He grinned to himself as Claire lifted Aaron up and tickled him softly to receive squeals of delight from him. Charlie's smile soon disappeared though as he realized how much his heart was aching to be a part of that family again. He blinked back tears that were threatening to spill over and decided that he couldn't watch anymore. He stood up and walked towards his little home over in the distance to take a nap. Now more than ever he wished that he could have a fix.
"Come on man! How bloody weak are you? Still wanting a fix even after everyone shunned you because they thought you were using again! If you won't do it for yourself do it for Claire and Aaron." Charlie gritted his teeth painfully and clutched some sand from the beach until the craving passed. Exhausted, Charlie immediately fell asleep right where he sat.
"You'll never amount to anything Charlie! Always listening to that devil music and wasting your life away on silly dreams! You're slowly killing your mum you know that? YOU'RE KILLING HER DAMN YOU!" Charlie's father bellowed down at him with his veins nearly popping out from his neck and his eyes filled with immense hate.
"I'm sorry! I didn't mean to! I didn't mean to kill her, honestly I didn't! You have to believe me…" Suddenly someone was shaking Charlie desperately and he woke to the harsh sounds of someone calling his name.
"Charlie! Charlie wake up man!" Mumbling curses under his breath Charlie looked into the darkness to see who woke him.
"Who is it? Where are you?" There was silence and then the person stepped closer. "Oh dear god, Michael?"
A/N: There you go… another chapter! What's up with Charlie's past, is it really Michael that woke Charlie up, and will Sawyer ever quit laughing? Find out next time… and only if you review. I want to know what people want to read!