Thanks for the review. I know I feel bad for Charlie to. Anyways here's Chapter 2. Hopefully I'll get more reviews as time goes by. Hopefully It's not to cunfusing for you. If it is let me know and I'll try my best to explain without giving away the ending. Okay so enjoy...
"It's been along time." Charlie said to the beautiful blonde Aussie standing in front of him. Her porcelain skin was flawless as ever. He knew she was there. She was waiting for him. Charlie watched her as she walked up to the old tree and took a seat between Aaron and himself.
"He's beautiful, isn't he?" Her voice said in that soft loving tone she always spoke in. Charlie's already huge smile grew. He had waited so long to hear her voice again. He knew she was there. Hell, he knew she was there every day. She was just hiding. Playing hard to get. For 13 years she had been playing hard to get. That was just like Claire. Just like how she had done so long ago when Charlie had asked to be her friend and she reclined. He knew she wanted his friendship. She was just playing hard to get.
"Yeah, he is. He looks just like you." Aaron had a confused look in his eye. Charlie was staring right at him but he wasn't looking at him. It was like when you see a small feather floating through the air and your eyes zoom in on it.
"Finish the story" Aaron said trying to knock his father out of his trance. It didn't work. Charlie was in his own dream world staring at Claire. She smiled softly before saying
"Yes…finish the story." It took Charlie's mind a second to process the thought. Claire lightly took his hand. He was back. He never thought he would be happy to be back. It was all there. He saw Jack. Good 'Ol Jack running. Where was he running? He looked over to see a very pregnant woman and a heavy weight guy sitting under the wing of the plane. He smiled. He knew they weren't going to get hurt. He had relived this day in his mind so many times before. Never this real though. It was all there exactly as it had been. Details so small that there was no way he could have remembered them before. He then thought for a second before turning toward the huge sound of an engine running. Yep, there he was. Standing there in his striped long sleeve shirt. Suddenly Charlie felt a pair of small fragile arms wrap around him from behind. It was Claire. Not the 8 months pregnant Claire in false labor a few yards away. It was the Claire that had brought him here. The Claire that had brought him back. Charlie smiled before asking
"How's Aaron" Claire smiled
"Aaron's fine. You know that. He's waiting for you…right where you left him."
"I don't talk to him much. I use to sing to you all the time, but I don't talk to him much. It's to real…To hard to face the truth." Claire saw the pain in Charlie's eyes as she released her grip around him and took his hand.
"Come on" She said with a teasing smile "Let's go for a walk" She laughed as she looked at her pregnant self laying on the sand with Hurley. "You don't want to stick around here do you?"
"What do you mean" Charlie asked slightly worried she might leave him.
"I mean…let's go to a happier time" With that it faded… not all of it just certain things people we're in different spots and certain objects had been moved out of sight mainly luggage. They we're in a different place or more correctly a different time. He watched as he loaded Claire's luggage onto a wheelchair. He walked closer. Just close enough to hear himself say that all to familiar line
"Men…bloody useless" Him and Claire laughed slightly.
"I never knew what to say to you." He said looking into her crystal eyes. "I was always so nervous when you were around"
"Well, you didn't seem to be that nervous when you got me pregnant" She smiled to herself remembering that wonderful night. Charlie's huge smile disappeared and his normal frown took it's place.
"I'm sorry" He said looking down at the ground.
"What are you sorry about? That was the most fun I ever had and those we're the best 7 months of my life" She said as she watched the old Charlie stumble out of the woods. "I wonder what you were doing?' She asked almost in a mocking way.
"You know exactly what I was sodding doing" He paused for a second. "I'm not a good person, Claire. I don't know what you ever saw in me"
"You mean you weren't a good person" He smiled for a second before adding
"Can we go somewhere else?"
