Thanks so much to my reviewers, especially PaceJunkie. And yes, hopefully I have a surprise up my sleeves. Dramatic Music We'll just have to wait and see. Okay with that let's start Chapter 5. :) Enjoy!

Claire looked at Charlie sympathetically. She had had no idea what Charlie had been through.

"I'm so sorry" She was starting to feel really bad for being mad at Charlie about the drugs in the first place. She had assumed he had done the normal rock star thing. It hadn't even crossed her mind that maybe Charlie hadn't wanted to use the drugs as much as she didn't want him to.

He smiled lightly. "It's okay, love. The past is the past" He said releasing her hand and rubbing her cheek softly. "Okay, you've heard my depressing story…what's yours?" Charlie could tell from the moment he had meet her that she was hiding something. Most people didn't notice. Mainly because she seemed so sweet and innocent on the outside. Like she knew nothing about what really went on in the world. But at the same time she couldn't be that innocent, right? She had a baby with no father that was for sure.

"Thomas" She said after a minute. She usually tried to keep the name pushed as far back in her mind as possible, but hearing Charlie's story she felt she owed him something. "Thomas is my depressing story...Everything that went wrong in my life was because of him...My mum, who was the only family member I had. Since I never knew my dad...Well my mum disowned me because I was sleeping with him...Then we found out I was pregnant...I was...I was going to get an abortion, but..."

Charlie closed his eyes as he pictured not having Aaron around. Claire noticed the look. "I know" She said as her voice broke and she cried. "I was going to hurt the one person who trusted me with his life...The one person who's never hurt me...The one person…" That was as far as it got. She was in hysterics. Charlie sat up quickly as Claire collapsed into his arms crying uncontrollably.

Charlie rubbed her back gently as he whispered in her ear.

"Shhh…love. It's okay"

"He…He said…He said…we could do it"

"Well he got half of it right...You're doing it Claire. You're doing it without anyone's help. On an island at that…If you ask me, you're the best mum ever"

"I…I…wouldn't even be here…without you"

"I don't think that's true at all...I think you'd be here and you'd be doing just as good without me"

"No"

"Claire, look at me"

She turned her head to look into his blue eyes. "You CAN do this, Claire. You can make it. You can make it without me. You can make it without Locke. You can make it without Jack" Claire had finally quieted down enough to talk logically.

"But I don't have to...You're always gonna be here, right?…No matter what."

"No matter what" He said with a smile before noticing the bags under her eyes.

He hadn't realized how long they had stayed up. It was around 5 and he knew everyone would be up around 7. "You tired, love? Ready for bed?" She nodded her head softly as she laid down on her side and Charlie laid down behind her. Her back touching his stomach so there wasn't an inch of space between them.

"Charlie?"

"Yes, Love"

"Will you sing me a song?"