Chapter 2: The arrivals
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A/N: I may be a little off here with the kid's ages. I can't seem to remember when a child begins to walk and talk and so forth so if it is off I am sorry. And I know you guys want jate, and I promise that is coming next chapter. I'm saving the best for last. There is going to be a lot of jate fluff in this story. : )
The doorbell rang and Claire looked at herself in the mirror and straightened out her shirt before opening the door.
"Rose!" Claire smiled and hugged her.
"Hi honey. I hope we're not too early. I thought we could help you out with the food. I brought some snacks as well."
"Oh thank you!" Claire smiled and they went into the kitchen together.
"And how are you Bernard?" Claire asked as Bernard followed them into the kitchen.
"I'm just fine. Where do you want me to put the gifts?" Bernard had a whole bag of gifts with him for the kids.
"Just put them by the tree."
The doorbell then rang again and Bernard went to open it. Hurley, Desmond, Penny, Sayid, and Nadiaa were at the door.
"Well a whole bunch of you hm?"
"I picked up Sayid and Nadia and Desmond and Penny were walking here so we just met up with them in front of the house." Hurley explained.
Bernard beckoned them to come in and soon the doorbell was ringing once again.
This time Sun, Jin, and their two daughters Jada, who was now a year and a half old, and Tia, who was about four months old were at the door.
"Merry Christmas!" Jin smiled. He now knew a lot of English. Sun was holding Tia in a baby car seat and Jada rushed past Bernard to find Aaron.
"Jada be careful!" Sun called. Soon they were in and settled.
The doorbell rang yet again and this time Charlie came and answered it.
"Hey." Sawyer greeted him.
"Sawyer!" Charlie exclaimed and gave him a hug.
"Hey get off me man." Sawyer protested, though secretly he didn't mind.
"Hey Cassie!" Charlie said and he hugged her. Then he bent down and hugged Clementine, who was about six years old.
"Hi Uncle Charlie." She said shyly.
"Hey there. Why don't you go find Claire in the kitchen. I'm sure she'll give you a cookie." He winked at her. That was all she needed and she ran into the kitchen.
Sawyer and Cassidy walked in and Charlie began to catch up with them.
"So where should the presents go?" Cassidy asked.
"Here I'll take them." Charlie said and he grabbed them and put them near the tree.
"Sawyer!" Hurley greeted him from the reclining chair he was sitting in.
"Hurley." Sawyer nodded as he plopped down on a near by couch and Cassidy went in to the kitchen to join Sun and Claire. Soon after they got off the island, Sawyer had gone to find Cassidy and he had found her. They fell in love all over again and they recently got married in Vegas. Sawyer didn't want a big fancy wedding and Cassidy didn't mind. She was just happy that he wanted to get married to her. He had introduced Cassidy to everyone else and Cassidy immediately hit it off with everyone, though when Sawyer had introduced her to Kate it had been a little awkward. Kate had to fill Cassidy in on why it had been awkward because Sawyer didn't tell her. But things were ok with everyone now, even though Sawyer, Kate, and Jack still felt awkward around each other at times. The three of them had been through more then the rest of them had been through and because of it they had a special bond, but it was also a difficult one.
"So we're just waiting for Jack and Kate?" Sayid asked.
"Yep." Charlie said as he sat down near the tree on the floor.
"Why do you think they're late?" Desmond asked.
"They're probably sitting outside in the backseat of their car right now making out." Sawyer said.
That brought a chuckle to the rest of the group.
A/N: Jate next chapter! Please review! Ugh the alerts aren't working! I hate it when that happens because I get all mixed up! lol