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Chapter 2: Dead

Name: Claire Littleton

Holding him in her arms was the most satisfying thing she could ever do. For Aaron was her life, her family and her love. But something about him broke her heart. He remembered him. He remembered the songs he'd play on rainy afternoons, the way he'd hold him, the way he'd take care of his mom.

And she knew that Aaron would never forget him, he would never forget Charlie Pace.

Why he stayed she had no idea, but she knew he needed to stay for his own sake. But she couldn't, she had to come home.

Flash Back

It was day 99 on the island; the four people she thought had come to saver them had either joined the camp or were dead.

As she walked along the beach for the millionth time since she arrived on the island she saw something in the distance, she saw movement so went into the jungle a little bit.

Getting closer but without being seen was easy due to the trees. When she was close enough to see what it was she got down on her knees and squinted at the sight.

She saw a piece of wood that must have been from the raft washed up on shore. Then there were marks from somebody crawling away and then she felt her heart flutter as she saw who had been washed up on shore.

"Charlie!" She called out running up to him.

He lay unconscious against a rock. She ran to him and realized he needed help. So she attempted picking him up in a fire fighter rescue position she carried him back to the camp.

When she turned the last corner she saw all eyes on her, and the first one at her side was Desmond.

"Is that Charlie?" He asked with a smile.

"Yeah," She said through tears. "I need Jack." She placed Charlie gently on her bet and poured some water in his mouth.

People surrounded her tent asking her question she explained the whole thing when Jack arrived at her tent with Kate.

"Is he alive?" Jack asked kneeling beside him.

"Yeah I think so."

"Claire, can you take Sayid and go get the raft he was on, I want to see if he was in the water the whole time."

She nodded and ran as fast as she could back down the shore line Sayid closely following her.

She started to lift the bit of the raft but had no success it was pretty heavy.

"It looks like he could have stayed on that." Sayid said catching his breathe.

"Yeah, it does. But one question, what did he eat and drink? I mean six days without food and water."

"I don't know. We'll let Jack figure that out."

"Do you think he's in a coma?" She started to lift the piece of wood, this time with Sayid's help.

"You said that he crawled off this raft to a rock, and by these marks it seems you're telling the truth, he has been unconscious for only a short while and will wake up soon, you needn't worry."

When they arrived back at camp with the wood they saw that Charlie was sitting up chugging water. She immediately dropped the piece of raft and ran to him.

"Charlie!" She called running as fast as she could.

"Claire?" He said in a very weak voice.

"Charlie!" She exclaimed again.

"Claire don't!" Jack said holding her back.

"What do you mean?" She yelled at him.

"Claire he's…he's dead."

"No he's not I can see him sitting up. He's alive."

"No he's a hostile." Juliet said stepping up from Behind Jack.

"A what?"

"A hostile." Charlie was suddenly right beside her, with a smile on his face. "You don't have to worry, I might be dead, but that doesn't mean I'm not here!"

"How could you be here than?"

"How could any of us be here, if we weren't dead?"

End of Flash Back

Suddenly she felt a ping of regret. She needed to go back…she needed to be on the island.

"Mommy what's wrong?" Aaron asked hugging her tightly.

"Nothing baby, nothing."

"Mommy when will I see daddy again?"

And before she could answer she found herself reluctantly saying "Soon, baby soon."