Who: Claire Littleton and OPEN When: December 17, 11:30 am Where: A park somewhere What: A little bit of Christmas shopping Rating: TBA Status: Incomplete
Claire was feeling a lot better since first arriving in L.A. The nerves about the missing adoptive family and the psychic's warnings were starting to wear off…a little at least. Claire was becoming convinced that something was supposed to have happened to her between Australia and L.A. but whatever it was…it didn’t happen. Angel offering her a place at his hotel made her feel better too, even though she hadn’t officially met Angel, or gone to his hotel. But Claire figured if he was friends with Cordelia he had to be a good guy.
She had spent the last few hours shopping for a few Christmas gifts to send to her friends and family in Australia. Better late then never, Claire figured. Finding presents for most of the people in her list had been easy…but her mom? Was there even a point in getting a gift for her? It’s not like she’d even know it was there. She had found something nice anyways, a small flower pendant. At least it was something.
She walked through the park, her pace a bit slower then normal thanks to her very pregnant stomach. Part of her wanted to just have birth and get the whole deal over and done with, the other part of her was terrified, and usually when the two halves butt heads it was usually the terror and fear that won. Claire was convinced that she would make a horrible mother if she had to keep the baby. Not only because she couldn’t afford to support her baby, but wasn’t what she did to her own mother more then enough proof, that she wasn’t cut out for the job.
Suddenly the plastic bag Claire was holding ripped, sending the contents of it to the ground. Claire groaned slightly, and tried to bend down to pick them up, which was more then a little awkward with her stomach.
"Oh come on…" she muttered under her breath, trying to get all the contents from her bag, and not topple over at the same time.