Finally Chapter 2!!!

Chapter 2

Charlie has been avoiding Claire for the past couple of days. He wouldn't even glance in her direction, because he was worried they would get back together and then he would mess it all up again like he had done so many times before.

Charlie now sits alone on the beach, staring into the water. He's not a very good swimmer but he wanted to go into the ocean so he got up took off his shirt and shoes and ran into the water. He got hit by one really big wave, that made him fall back. He started laughing and then made his best attempt to swim. Claire was watching him this whole time. She knew he couldn't swim and had a concerned look on her face.

She looked down at Aaron.

"Oh...Aaron why does life have to be so complicated."

He just looked back at her and then pointed his finger behind Claire, then started to fall asleep.

Claire looked back looking for Charlie but didn't see him. Her heart sank.

"Chh..Charlie?" she said quietly to herself. She started to walk towards the water looking both ways for him. No Charlie. "Charlie?" she said a little louder. Just then she saw him floating on his stomach not moving.

"HELP!!! SOMEBODY HELP!!!"

"What is it Claire?" Jack asked running towards her.

"It's Charlie! He's out there!!!" she said pointing to him.

"Oh my god. Okay stay here. Stay calm, I'll go get him." Jack said removing his shirt and shoes.

"Hurry Jack!!!" she said pacing back and forth.

Jack ran into the water and swam as fast as he could out to Charlie.

"Charlie!!!" he shouted getting closer. He finally reached him. "Charlie are you okay?" He didn't respond. Jack quickly wrapped Charlie's arm around him and swam as fast as he could back to shore. Kate met him once he was in shallow water helping bring him in. They laid him down on the sand and Claire ran over to Charlie and sat next to him. Jack started CPR on him and Claire held his hand. After a couple minutes he managed to get him back.

"Charlie!" Jack shouted

He started spitting out water and then he raised his head for water Claire was giving him.

"It's okay Charlie." Claire soothed him as he drank.

Then his head fell back and Jack and Michael picked him up and brought him to his tent.

"He's going to need some rest now." he told Claire as they sat by him.

"He's going to be alright though?"

"Yeah...he's going to be fine."

"Thanks Jack...for saving him."

"You're welcome." he said getting up and leaving.

"Bye." she said as he waved.

She turned her attention to Charlie now...lifeless Charlie.

"It's okay Charlie. You're going to be alright." she said rubbing his hand.

He opened his eyes.

"Cll..Claire?"

"Charlie! You're awake."

"Mmm." he said trying to get up. He immediately sat back down once he felt the pain in his left leg.

"I...I think my leg is broken." he said trying to reach it.

"What? No! It can't be she said looking down at it.

"Go get Jack."

She got up and ran over to Jack.

"Jack! Jack! His leg is hurting!"

"Well...it's definitely broken." he said after a couple minute evaluation. "You won't be able to walk until...oh about a month."

"A month?" Claire asked worried.

"Yeah...sorry...we can get you those crutches if you'd like?"

"Sure..." Charlie replied.

"Alright...get feeling better Charlie." Jack said exiting the tent.

"Do you want to see Aaron?" Claire asked pushing the hair out of his eyes.

"Yeah...I would...thanks."

She got up and went over to Sun's tent where she was taking care of Aaron.

"Can I borrow him for a minute?" she asked walking in.

"Of course you can...he's your baby." she said smiling and handing her Aaron.

"Thanks."

"Here you go Aaron...go to Charlie now." Claire said handing Charlie the baby.

"Oh hey there little guy." he said taking the baby. Claire watched as he wrapped the blanket around him tighter...something Locke taught them. He sat there for a couple minutes playing with Aaron.

"Charlie?" she asked looking at him.

"...Yeah?" he asked looking at Aaron but listening to her.

"You're going to be fine."

"Of course I am, Claire."

"I was so worried about you when I saw you on your stomach...What happened out there Charlie?"

"...All I remembered was swimming and then my leg got stuck somehow and then I hit something and blacked out."

"...I'm sorry."

"For what? You didn't do anything wrong Claire."

"Yes I did. I'm the one who made you go out there. Because you were mad at me."

"I wasn't mad, I just wanted to go for a swim."

"It's okay...Charlie." she said taking Aaron.

"But I."

"You need to rest now Charlie." she said as she put Aaron on her hip. She leaned down and kissed him on the cheek. "I'm going to go put Aaron down."

With that she walked away. She put Aaron back in his crib to leave Sun to babysit, and went back to Charlie. She sat down next to his bed and rubbed his face with the back of her hand. He was sleeping. She then leaned down and kissed him, but this time on the lips. It was a short sweet kiss. He woke up surprised to see Claire kissing him. She was about to pull back but he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her in for a deeper kiss, that lasted what seemed like forever to Claire. Finally Claire pulled back and sat and looked at Charlie holding hands with him, both smiling until he fell alseep.

End of Chapter 2!!!

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