A flurry of young children dashed outside and began to scatter amongst the towering play sets.

Hidden securely behind a bright red crawl-through tube was little Charlie, rocking back and forth, trying to convince himself that he did NOT need it…

"You don't need it Charlie. You don't need it…. Mommy says you don't need it…Daddy says you don't need it…. Liam says you don't need it…. You don't need it, Charlie…. You. Don't. Need. It…I NEED IT!!!!!!!!!" the young boy finally caved and shoved his hand into his pocket and yanked out an orange pixy stick and ripping it open quickly before dumping it in his mouth.

" Charlie? What're you doing?" a young female voice belonging to Claire inquired from behind him.

Charlie jumped in surprise. "I…uh…uh…" he shoved the pixy stick back into his pocket. "Nothing. Nothing at all. Cute baby doll…" he squeaked in an attempt to distract her attention.

This obviously worked as Claire practically glowed with pride. "His name's Aaron. He doesn't have a Daddy…I was wondering…do you wanna be his Daddy?" Claire pleaded, her big crystal blue eyes pleading with his own.

Charlie nodded with a smile. He hadn't played house since the little girl down the street made him be the family dog last week. He never got to be the Dad. "Okay!" he said brightly. "Can I hold him?" he asked eagerly.

Claire nodded and handed him the doll with an even bigger grin. Charlie took the doll into his arms, his grin having no end. He agreed with his conscience that this was WAY better than being the family dog.

"Thanks. He's cute, you know?" he remarked, as he looked up across the playground. Loud screams were heard, likely from Boone and Shannon fighting over who daddy loved more. Not to mention Sayid had taken to being Shannon's ever faithful lackey.

"Shannon, maybe we should just go play on the monkey bars…" Sayid complained, having gotten sick of hearing the two fight. The girl ignored him, still engaged with her furious battle with Boone. "…Or we could play with my radio…"

Shannon glanced at him, curious to see what the boy meant. "Your radio?" she asked, surprised. He nodded, hiding the fact that he was overly excited that she was interested.

"Yeah…It's a red and blue one…It even has a smiley face!" he continued, as she cocked her head.

"Cool…I wanna see!" she as she followed him to the side. Boone watched them go, mouthing a 'Thank you!' to Sayid. He was getting sick of fighting with his sister for a little while, as he looked around for someone to play with. The sand box was taken over by Desmond, who tore open another Juicy Juice and was now chugging it.

"Hm…Everyone has someone to play with except me…" he whimpered, feeling lonely.

"Well, maybe I could play with you, " Locke said, taking a seat next to the boy.

"Really? Are you sure?" Boone asked in shock, surprised he'd made a friend so quickly. An older one at that.

"Sure. What kinds of things do you like to do?" Locke asked, wondering what he could play with the boy.

"I like to swim. I'm a really good swimmer. I like to play tennis too! Oh and I like to go 'sploring." he added, excitedly.

Locke chuckled. "Well, why don't we go exploring? We can pretend we're hunters on a hunt and we're finding food for our tribe…" he explained.

Boone practically peed himself with excitement. "OKAY! LET'S GO MR. LOCKE!" Boone exclaimed, grabbing Locke by the arm and dragging him in the direction of the trees.

Elsewhere Ana-Lucia, Jack, and Sawyer were having a fierce argument over who was going to be the cop and just who were going to be the robbers.

"I NEVER get to be the Cop…" Ana-Lucia whined.

"That's 'cause women ain't cops." Sawyer stated, sure of this fact.

"My Daddy says that Sesist (Sexist)…" Jack said chastising Sawyer.

"What's that mean?" Sawyer asked, his little eyebrows furrowing in confusion.

Jack shrugged. "I dunno but Daddy says it isn't good."

"Yea well my Mommy's a cop so shut your face!" Ana-Lucia practically spat in Sawyer's face. "I'm gonna be a cop and you gotta get over it!"

Jack smiled. "You go sister!" Jack said, quoting something he heard some African lady say on a talk show that his mother watched. Op-ah or something like that.

Sawyer grumbled but begrudgingly accepted the role of robber with Jack. Ana-Lucia gave them a ten second head start and they took off.

Jack ran as fast as his little legs would allow, Sawyer along side him. Sawyer, rather sick of Jack getting in his way and ultimately causing him to get caught by some girl, shoved him to the ground. Jack skidded on his side on the sidewalk, getting a nasty cut on his side.

Jack's eyes watered at the pain. Stupid, no-good, sesist Sawyer. Shoving him like that…He looked around for his medical kit, unable to find it. Aw man. What was he gonna do? He pressed his side since his Daddy always said applying pressure to a wound reduced blood. He walked around, his hand pressing his side as he turned around in circles, looking for his case. He couldn't find it. He plopped down on the ground, about ready to cry now that not only was he hurt, but he lost his medical case and could never be a doctor again when suddenly Kate walked by. Maybe she could help..

"Excuse me…" Jack called out to her.

Kate turned to look at him, suddenly sympathetic as he looked hurt.

"Have you…Have you ever played hide and seek?" Jack asked.

"Um…I play with my Daddy in the evenings…" Kate said, trailing off, unsure where this was going.

"Good. I lost my medical baggie. Can you help me find it?"

"No, you don't understand, with my Daddy it was in our yard, this is the playground!" She asked, not knowing where it might be on this vast playground.

"Please. I'd do it myself…I'm gonna be a doctor…but, I'm hurt. Please." Jack pleaded.

Kate nodded. "Okay…" She said softly before quickly searching around the area. Under a nearby bench there was a small blue bag with a doctor sign on it. A smile spread across her face at the sight. She rushed over, grabbed it, and brought it back. "I found it!" she called to Jack excitedly.

Jack lit up at the sight but quickly realized he couldn't put the band-aid on properly if he couldn't really see the cut all the way. "Thanks. Could you please put a band-aid on me? I can't see my boo-boo…"

Kate made a face, but nodded, knowing Jack was in need of help. "Okay…What kind do you want?" she asked pulling out the assortment of cartoon character themed band-aids.

"Blues Clues." Jack said with a smile as she pulled out the Blues Clues band-aid and gently placed it over his cut.

Jack grinned. "Thanks. You could be a nurse…" Jack told her standing up and examining his well taken care of boo-boo. As she stood up with him he stuck his hand out to her. "I'm Jack."

Kate smiled. "I'm Kate. And your welcome." She said, glad she could be of help.

Jack kissed Kate's cheek in sheer joy. "You're really nice." He told her. Kate blushed and shrugged. "You are too."

So let's see…Charlie/Claire, Jack/Kate, Shannon/Sayid, I think there even may have been Sawyer/Ana… 4 ships! We're on a roll! We'll get to the other ships soon, don't worry. We really just need to go to bed because all of this was done on a sugar high. Rate and Review! We love to get your comments…