Chapter 6: Jealousy All Around

Disclaimer: I don't own LOST

A/N: Sorry for the long wait! Here's the next chapter!

Charlie and Ana finally decided on a spot to dig the hole at and it was near the trees. Charlie probably would have wanted it to be nearer to the beach if he was still trying to get Claire's attention but he wasn't really thinking about that. He felt really bad about using Ana like this and it was obvious that Ana had been enjoying it. He really needed to tell her and he decided he would, but he still had to figure out how.

Claire and Sun were sitting on the beach talking. Claire had been with Sun a lot the last couple of days. She hadn't seen Kate for a couple of days. The last time she had seen her she was going with Jack out in the jungle. Claire was happy they were talking again. They were good for each other. She also hadn't seen Locke since he had gotten hurt at the hatch.

Sun was a good companion though and they were really bonding now that Sun was pregnant. The only problem was that she really missed Charlie. She had gone through several scenarios in her head in order to talk to him, but none of them seemed to be realistic. She had also talked to Sun about it and Sun had told her that she needed to talk to Charlie. But the way Charlie was around Ana now Claire wasn't sure if Charlie even cared about her anymore. But she could still try.

Claire turned around and looked to see if she could spot Charlie. There he was digging something with Ana.

"What do you think they're doing Sun?" Claire asked her.

Sun took her eyes off the ocean and looked towards the jungle. "It looks like they're digging a hole."

"I wonder what for.."

"I don't know Claire why don't you go ask him?" Sun smiled.

"I'm afraid of what he'll say. I did slap him and tell him to stay away.."

"And he's doing that. Now I'm sure if you tell him that you miss him he will probably drop that shovel and follow you."

Claire didn't respond and just watched him.

"So why do you think there were shovels in the hatch?" Ana asked.

"What?" Charlie hadn't been listening.

"Why do you think there were shovels in the hatch?"

"I don't know."

"Well think about it. Why would you need a shovel in a hatch?"

"Maybe if someone comes in and tries to kill you, you can hit him over the head with the shovel."

Ana laughed. "Right. Or you could just grab a gun from the armory."

"Well what if the guns are gone, like in this situation with Sawyer?"

Ana stopped digging and looked at Charlie thoughtfully. "You know, you've got a point there!"

Charlie smiled proudly. " I do?"

"Yeah." Ana looked down at the hole. "We aren't making much progress."

Charlie glanced down. "No…" He began digging again and so did Ana.

Claire decided to go and talk to Charlie. She stood up and began walking over there, her heart beating furiously out of her chest. She was almost there when she heard another voice.

"Well, well, well, what do we have here? Little Sassafras hanging out with the baby-napper? Now that's something I would've never thought of"

Claire stopped and walked over to a nearby tree to see what was going on.

Charlie's ears turned red and he didn't look up.

"What do you want Sawyer?" Ana looked over at him.

He was leaning casually against a tree, smiling.

"Nothing! Calm down. I'm just walking around and I spot you two doing.. whatever the heck you two are doing. What are you doing?"

"Digging a hole? What does it look like?" Charlie said.

"For what?"

"We're bored." Charlie said.

"So you dug a hole? I can think of a lot of things better to do then that and all of them involve girls." Sawyer grinned at Ana. Ana rolled her eyes.

"But hey! You got the best hole digger around, Chuckie. Ana dug a huge one all by herself. She threw us in it. Remember that? Good times.. Good times.."

"Why don't you go find your girlfriend or something?" Ana asked.

"What?"

"Kate? You like her. We can all tell Sawyer. That act doesn't work anymore."

Sawyer just glared at her. Then he took on a casual expression again and said. "So the doc is back huh?"

"Yeah. They got back last night."

"Well where have they been all this time?"

"Down in the hatch. Together. You might want to go down there. You might be loosing your girl and you don't want that." Ana smiled mischievously at him.

Sawyer looked to the direction of the hatch then back at Ana. "Yeah, yeah.. whatever. Like I really care what they're doing down there." Sawyer started to walk away.

"Jack seemed pretty happy last night Sawyer so if I were you I would run down there."

"I ain't goin' down there." Sawyer replied and continued walking.

Ana smiled as she watched him go.

"Wow! That was great! No one has ever sent Sawyer away like that!" Charlie grinned.

Ana smiled wider. " I know. I just have a gift."

Charlie realized this could be his chance to talk to Ana about what he had been doing.

Claire sighed and decided to leave. Obviously Charlie was doing just fine with Ana and didn't even miss Claire. She walked back over to Sun and sat down. Sun could tell by the expression on her face that she hadn't done anything. Sun sighed and told her. "Don't worry. You will get your chance to talk to him."

Claire nodded but she really didn't believe it.

"So do you like him or something?" Charlie asked.

"What?" Ana stopped smiling and looked at him.

"Sawyer."

"No way! Who in their right mind would like him?"

"Oh I can think of a few people."

Ana just stared at him.

"What?"

"I'm not one for relationships Charlie. I could care less." Ana continued shoveling.

"Uh huh. Not into relationships? Everyone is into relationships. Or at least something like that." Charlie said. If Ana wasn't into relationships then maybe she did just like Charlie's friendship.

"Something like that? You're so funny. That's one of the reasons I like being with you. You keep my mind off of things…"

"Like that guy trying to kill you." Charlie said.

"Yeah." Ana's face darkened all of the sudden. "You know what?"

"What?" Charlie lifted up a shovelful of dirt.

"I'm gonna kill him."

"What?" Charlie dropped the shovel and it made a huge clanking noise.

A/N: Sorry for the weird ending. It will continue in the next chapter.