A/N: Well… here you go! The next chapter in my little interesting story. So what is so funny? Well you're about to find out. Sorry if the chapter seemed a little bit leaned towards Charlie but I really tried to make it even throughout the characters. Oh well…

Disclaimer: If I owned LOST the show would feature Jack crying a lot more… just because he looks good when he cries. :D Sadly I don't own it though…

(Hurley's point of view)

Lots of people think that I'm some kind of carefree roaming spirit or something. Well I think it's time that we all face the facts… I'm not that guy. I'm a guy with absolutely no self confidence, recently spent time in a nut house, had an imaginary friend named Dave, and I eat to punish myself. That's why I'm this way I suppose. Anyway, the point is dudes no one is carefree. No one's perfect. No one ever will be either. It's time that we all stopped pretending that there are some people out there that don't have any problems because it's a lie. Everyone has secrets and everyone has their own past to haunt them. I guess Sawyer learned that the hard way this morning.

(No point of view)

Everyone stopped to stare at Hurley for a second before laughing all over again. Really there was nothing that funny… it just felt good to laugh after all the stress hanging over the island lately.

"Well what's up Hurley? Not thinking of attacking me again are you? And what are you doing so far from camp?" Sawyer sneered but finally stopped when Kate sent a death glare in his direction. Hurley ignored the first few questions and instead only answered the last one.

"Well… I'm not far from camp at all… you guys are the ones that are in it," Hurley stated in a bored voice. The others looked around in surprise. They had waltzed right into camp laughing their heads off.

"Great…" Jack thought to himself, "Everyone must think that I'm a complete loon!" He scowled and Kate's own high spirits fell. It was always much better when Jack was laughing or smiling. Suddenly an excited looking Claire ran up to the group, clutching Aaron closely to her.

"Michael! You really are back!" she nearly shouted and didn't notice the dark look that crossed Charlie's face at this comment.

"Well it's not like I was making it up or anything!" Charlie exclaimed somewhat furiously. Claire stared at Charlie like a deer in the headlights for a minute. She opened her mouth a few times as if to say something to him but nothing came out. Everyone shifted uncomfortably. Finally Claire decided to attempt to save her dignity by facing Michael, mumbling her good to see you, and walked quickly away.

"Well… I've got somewhere to be right now… someone's calling me I think… see ya later Mikey," Sawyer finally said and he strode off quickly. Jin motioned to Sun and nearly took off at a run.

"Umm… well I should probably get down to Locke and relieve him of the creature," Jack growled (referring to Gale of course) and made his way over there.

"Wait, I'll come with you Jack! With Locke on crutches you'll need all the help you can get," Kate suggested and Jack certainly didn't refuse. Kate cast a meaningful look in Charlie's direction and strode off with Jack.

"So…" Charlie began to Hurley, "You and that chick Libby snog yet?"

"What is that even supposed to mean dude?" Hurley asked, genuinely confused. Charlie laughed slightly.

"Sorry… it's a British term… you all in America probably don't recognize it." There was another awkward silence between the two when finally Hurley just blurted out something.

"You should go talk to her dude," was all he said and then he walked awkwardly off to his tent. Charlie sat there dumbfounded for a moment, wondering what to do. Somewhere in the distance Charlie heard a faint, "Hey Libby? What does snog mean?" Meanwhile Jin and Sun were certainly having an interesting conversation.

"So how is Michael?" Sun asked to Jin in Korean. Jin shrugged slightly and smiled at her.

"He's alive… sadly he couldn't find Walt though," Jin replied (also in Korean).

"Is he okay about it? I mean was he depressed or upset?" Jin's face darkened for a moment until he replied shortly.

"How would you feel if you couldn't find your son? How would you feel knowing that They have your child?" Jin said angrily. Sun shrank back slightly in fear.

"I-I was just wanting to know…" Sun stuttered slightly until Jin cut her off again.

"Why would you even care Sun? If I could've gone out to find him maybe we could've found Walt together. But you were too afraid for me weren't you?" Jin was now shouting at Sun. Sun's rebellious side kicked in and this side of her decided she didn't like Jin yelling at her.

"Was it wrong to fear for the man that I love? Although now I see I should've been more afraid of you than for you Jin!" Sun screamed back and she left Jin feeling alone and stupid.

"So how have you been Kate?" Jack asked casually as the both of them walked through the jungle. Kate just shrugged.

"Oh you know… the usual. Keeping an eye out for mysterious monsters, the creepy Others that live on the island, and witnessing the survivor's random panic attacks," Kate replied, laughing slightly. Jack grinned and it made Kate much happier. Just knowing that she could make him laugh was a blessing. Suddenly his grin faded to a slight frown and Kate got worried. "What's wrong?" Jack shook his head slightly.

"I was just…" Jack began but he changed his mind quickly. "I guess you have a right to know this Kate. I hate having to lie so here it goes. We have one of Them in the hatch locked up in the armory. What I told you about the showers the other night was just a way to keep you from finding him." Jack looked at her with a steady face and Kate just stared blankly for a second. The she replied shakily but firmly.

"Wow… you doctors really don't get a day off do you?" Kate said with a small smile.

Charlie still stood on the beach undecided. The thought of talking to Claire made him want to run back to his little spot by the jungle but reason talked him out of it.

"It's been plenty of time… you're clean and Locke is being kept up in the hatch due to an injured leg. Go for it! Show her you're good qualities!" Charlie drew a deep breath and walked forward to Claire's tent. He found her rocking Aaron in his cradle and he paused for a moment to gaze at them. Not wanting to spend too much time doing that though he made his presence known. "Hi Claire."

"Charlie!" Claire cried, obviously shocked to see him there. On instinct she moved in front of Aaron's crib in a protective gesture. Seeing her do this made Charlie wince but he didn't say anything. "Look Charlie… what I said earlier… well… I didn't mean it that way. Really." She attempted a smile in his direction but Charlie didn't have the courage to smile back.

"That's all right… I overreacted a bit. I know that's not the way you meant it." After that they both stood there in an awkward silence.

"So… did you need anything Charlie?" Charlie looked up as if startled and he shifted uncomfortably. Claire saw something in his eyes… it was a desperate look. Like a trapped animal that needed to run away. Jack had mentioned this look to her before but she never really believed it was true… until right then. She was about to say something to Charlie when he hastily excused himself and nearly ran out of the tent. Claire looked after him and longed to be able to trust him again.

A/N: Okay there you go… all done! You know what… writing from Hurley's perspective is fun. You get to use words like dude a lot… sorry anyways please review! I need some feedback! Oh and I know that in one of the episodes Kate saw Gale but I'm just pretending that she wasn't there to see him… sorry it just kind of worked out that way.