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(Seperation line doesn't work.)
Claire:
Fuzzy thoughts filtered into her head. "Claire." She felt the numbing sensation of someone lightly tapping her face and fought off the urge to scream at them. She struggled to focus her weary eyes on the person who so desperately wanted her to awaken. Thomas! It was as if a cloth had been removed from her face, she could see with renewed vision and wished with all her might she couldn't see the sight before her. She blinked furiously trying to block out the man before her, this wasn't happening, it wasn't happening.
Claire walked over to her answering machine and pressed the play button and silently sat on her couch. "Claire, its me.. Rachel.. I have someone for you to meet, before you say no, just think about it.. His name is, Thomas." The voice boomed out of the answering machine. She slowly walked towards the kitchen slightly humming, she grabbed a wine glass out of the cabinet and poured some of the red liquid easily into the glass. She stood there taking small sips, letting the bitter liquid slide down her throat. Thomas, she quietly let her mind ponder on the subject, what could she lose by just going on a date?
She made the decision, one date. She padded over to the telephone and quickly picked it up before she lost her nerve she stabbed in the digits, letting the dull ringing from the phone put her into a tentative state. She heard a light clicking on the other end and a excited voice boomed "Claire!" She sighed silently taking a deep breath. "Hi, I got your message, about Thomas.. I would, um yeah I'd like to meet him." Her voice sounded forced and strained even to her own ears. "That's excellent! He really is a great guy.. I know you two will hit it off. I can call him, tell him you'd like to meet at a coffee house or something tomorrow at noon, or whatever, sound good?" Rachel sounded so excited she couldn't keep a smile from forming across her own lips. "Yeah, Rachel.. That sounds great, thank you, for all of this." She heard a sigh from the other end."Don't get all mushy on me now! I gotta go, I'm calling him, so absolutely no backing out!" She smiled, "Never."
She placed the phone back on the charger and rushed back over to her wine glass, finishing of the remaining liquid in one sip. She gently placed the glass in the sink and padded towards her bedroom. She opened the door and closed it behind her walking towards her bed she collapsed and let her mind wonder as she drifted off to sleep.
She pulled her mind away from the memories and focused on the person in front of her, slowly she opened her eyes to find a worried looking Charlie standing above her lightly tapping her face. "Bloody hell, Claire you scared me."He put his hand in front of her face, inviting her to stand she wearily grabbed a hold and he pulled her into a sitting position she let go of his hand and sat there staring off into the ocean, confusion spreading through her body. "Now that I've come and rescued you, mind telling me exactly why it is your laying in the sand?"He smirked obviously trying to get some sort of reaction from her, she attempted a smile and giggled unsure of what he even said.She placed her hands on both sides of her body and forced herself to stand her legs wobbly under her, feeling like they had been put into a bowl of jello.
She glanced around her tent and finally the realization that Aaron was crying, wailing dawned on her with a sickening thud. She walked over to him her body feeling shaky and on edge she scooped him from the cradle and hugged him to her body whispering lightly into his ears, his warm breath gently blowing into her face. Charlie stood behind Claire, staring at the scene before him a mixture of desire and confusion playing across his features.
