Summary: Think back to Mid season two. The losties have been on the island for three years when they are rescued. The story is their return to the world they once knew. Mostly CC but will include everyone.

AN/ Boone and Shannon never died. Just because they are fun to play with.

Disclaimer. I do not own Lost or it's Characters. They belong to ABC. If I owned them Charlie would still be alive.

Claire knew that she should get up but, she was so comfortable, she continued to lie there. She reached over for Charlie but only found pillows. That was when she remembered where she was. She sat up and looked around the room she had been sleeping in. She still couldn't believe that after over three years they had finally been rescued and were now ridding a cruise ship to LA. They would all finally be going home.

Just then the door opened and Charlie came in carrying Aaron. "Well, look who finally decided to wake up." Charlie said smiling.

"Morning." Claire said snuggling back into the blankets.

"Morning luv. How'd you sleep?" He asked putting Aaron down on the bed, where he promptly crawled over to his mom and curled up beside her. She wrapped and arm around him and answered. "Good. I still can't believe that this is real though. The bed, the ship, the rescue; I feel like any second someone is going to wake me up and tell me this is all just a dream." Charlie moved in closer to Claire and cupped her face in his hands. "This is real. We've been rescued and soon you, me, Aaron and the baby are going to start a whole new life far away from polar bears and monsters and that bloody island."

Claire's smile grew bigger. "So what were you and Aaron up to so early?"

"Early? Its past eleven luv. Someone had to get our boy breakfast while you were sleeping the day away." Even after all this time Claire still felt warm inside whenever Charlie referred to Aaron as his son. It was one of the things she loved most about him.

"Did you bring me back anything?"

"You were asleep." He said plopping down on the mattress near her and Aaron.

"But I'm so hungry." Claire said acting like she was going to faint. "Couldn't you go get me something?" She said smiling jokingly at him.

"Why don't you go get something yourself?"

"But me and Aaron are so comfy. Aaron tell your daddy he should go get us something to eat." She said teasingly.

"Yeah, and cereal. I want cereal!" Aaron said sitting up for the first time since returning to the room.

"Hey, you just ate." Charlie said smiling at Aaron.

"But I liked it."

"Ok, ok if everyone is going to gang up on me. One breakfast in bed coming up."

"Yeah! Thank you daddy." Aaron said smiling. As Charlie walked out of the room Aaron wrapped his arms tighter around his mom and they lay down together to wait for their breakfast.

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Jack was staring out at the ocean when he saw Charlie walk by pushing a cart of food. "New job, Charlie?" Charlie jumped when he heard Jack's voice.

"Oh hey, Jack. Just bringing Claire a little breakfast in bed."

"A little? Charlie there's enough food there for five people. I know Claire's eating for two but come on." Charlie blushed.

"I just want to make sure that Claire can have what she wants. She deserves that." Charlie said almost whispering the last part. Less than a month earlier Jack had told Charlie that Claire was pregnant. After what Claire had been through with her last pregnancy Charlie was determined to make things easier for her.

"How's Claire been feeling?" Jack asked, fully aware of how much Charlie worried about Claire.

"Good. Good, she's uh, she's still in shock a bit but mostly she's just glad to be going home."

"Glad to hear it." Charlie smiled and started to leave when Jack stopped him. "Hey, Charlie, where do you think home will be exactly?"

"What?"

"I've just been trying to figure out where everyone's going once we get back to LA. So… Where is home going to be?"

"That is the big question. I'd take LA or England but I think Claire has her heart set on going back to Sydney. We haven't really decided." Charlie said shrugging his shoulders.

"I should let you get back to what you were doing." Jack said suddenly wanting to get away from Charlie. "Tell Claire I said hi."

"Will do." Charlie smiled as he walked off with the food. Jack watched him walk away and then turned back to the ocean.

"You don't believe it either do you?" Jack turned around to see Kate standing behind him. "Charlie and Claire, the little family thing that they're doing, you don't believe it." Jack started to speak but Kate stopped him. "You don't have to feel bad. I don't think anyone really thinks they're going to stay together."

"They've been together for three years Kate. They're about to have a baby together." Jack said.

"It's different now. Everything was different on the Island. We could all be who we wanted there but that's gone now. We're going back to the real world and we'll all just go back to being exactly who we were before. And that's not always so nice."

"Kate…" Jack whispered.

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