Ever After

Taylor held the infant in her arms. She made faces and cooed to the little girl. She looked back at her mother who was watching the young child for Will and Marie.

"Mom, she's so adorable. I can't wait until I have one of my own!" Taylor exclaimed excitedly.

"Yes you can." Casey said sternly taking the child from her arms. Taylor just smiled.

Taylor thought about the baby that had been born not three months ago. Will was Tina and Sawyer's son and he had married another pair's daughter, Marie. And together they had Bailey. Bailey was a sweet baby who never cried or at least not in front of Taylor. She had a tuft of hair on her head that was rather dark for a baby but Tina had dark hair and so did Will, so she figured it was hereditary. Her bright eyes lit when she laughed and her fat cheeks were rosier than she'd ever seen.

Casey watched her flesh and blood stare at the baby contently. She had the longing for a family exactly like Casey had. 'Like mother like daughter,' Casey thought.

Taylor looked like her mother, long straight blond hair and a pale complexion. She was also short for her age and she always would be. She was her mother's height as well. But that's where the similarities ended with Casey. The rest of Taylor was Jack. She had his brown eyes and his stubborn but sweet personality. She felt she could save the world if she wanted to and was taking over as head doctor of the island since Jack and Casey were retiring to old age.

Casey was twenty-nine when she had Taylor and she was going to celebrate her twentieth birthday in less than a week. So although she wasn't old-old she felt like it. And she knew Jack felt the same. They were both ready for grand children but they didn't want Taylor to rush into anything.

Taylor stood up and smoothed out her purple shirt and then wiped her hands on her jeans. She said a quick good bye to her mother who still held Bailey and headed for the cave entrance.

"Hey monkey! Where you going, you know you have a lesson." Jack called after her.

"I know. I'll be back though. I'm going to visit Aaron." She told him. She and Aaron had been seeing a lot of each other lately and it somewhat concerned Jack. It wasn't that Aaron wasn't a good kid it was just that he was her father and didn't want to see his little girl get hurt if something were to happen. Taylor was hard to come by and was their only, so of coarse Jack was protective. Especially of a daughter who was exactly like him.

"Well, if I didn't know any better I'd think she just blew you off." Casey notified Jack from the cave floor. He turned and chuckled at her remark. She was still as fiery as they were day the married.

"I'd say I think your right." He sat down next to the forty-nine year old woman and kissed her. "I love you." He told her next.

"I love you." She repeated and kissed him again.

000

"Hey Christy! Have you seen Aaron?" Taylor yelled to Gabe and Maggie's daughter. She had been looking for him for over and hour and could find him.

"Umm…last I saw him he was going to cut some more fire wood." Christy explained. She tucked a piece of curly brown hair behind her ear.

Taylor still confused thanked her anyway. "Thanks Christy! I owe you one." Taylor yelled to her as she ran into the jungle to find the boy.

"Yeah, well when you guys get married you can let me be a bridesmaid!" She yelled after the girl. She giggled to herself at the thought of Aaron and Taylor's wedding. Scary thing was…she could so see it happening.

Christy and Taylor had grown to be good friends. The two had many talks together and took walks on occasion. They shared secrets and laughed together. They guessed that made them close friends.

Christy went back to hanging wet clothes which was what she was doing when Taylor had so rudely interrupted her. Her small smiled melted into a scowl once again. She hated hanging clothes but it was a necessary evil. Her blue eyes darted from one thing or another trying to keep herself occupied while she did the boring deed.

She was eighteen, two years younger than Taylor was. She had brown curly hair that cascaded down to the middle of her back, and blue eyes. She was a mixture of her mother and father. You couldn't tell whom she looked like more, it was just a complete blend of genes with her.

She re-tucked the piece of brown hair behind her ear again as her eyes finally landed on Hunter, another one of her and Taylor's good friends. She'd have to go over and talk to him when she was finished with the laundry.

000

Taylor walked toward the sound of someone chopping wood. She knew it was Aaron. Who else would be doing the same thing as him? She rounded the corner of a grove of trees and he came into view at last. She leaned against a tree waiting for him to notice her. A dimpled smile sat on her face.

"What are doing here? I thought you had a lesson with your dad today?" Aaron stood up straight, flexing his abdominal muscles that had come to him naturally.

He was fairly good looking. He had his mother's blond hair and her blue eyes but the rest of him was his father, Thomas. He knew Charlie wasn't his real father but it's the only one he knew so 'dad' was what he called Charlie. The ex-rocker didn't seem to mind.

"I did. I jumped it to come see you instead." Taylor said with a bright smiled.

"You did, did you?" Aaron dropped his axe and walked over to her and kissed her passionately.

As they drew apart Taylor sighed. "God, you're good at that."

"So, I've heard." Aaron laughed. Taylor soon followed with a giggle.

000

"Where do you think she could be?" Jack paced around the caves. Taylor had left earlier that day to see Aaron and she hadn't come back yet. The sun was setting off in the distance and Jack continued his worrying.

"Honey, don't worry. I trust her and you should to. We raised her right, and I'm sure she's fine. She's probably still at the beach with Christy and Hunter. You have kept her here for the last few days for lessons you know." Casey told him. Although her maternal instincts were tingling something told her Taylor was fine.

And soon, as if on cue Taylor walked through the brush and into the caves. She looked up at her father and waved.

"Taylor where have you been?" Jack asked sternly.

She looked at him oddly. "You're angry."

"What was you first clue?" Jack said sarcastically.

"You always call me Taylor when you're mad at me. Every other time it's monkey." Taylor retorted.

"Just answer my first question." Jack said hopelessly.

"I was at the beach with Christy, Hunter, Aaron, and Mia. We were just talking and we lost track of time and considering I'm the only one out of all of us that lives up here I had to walk the mile to get here." She walked over to her sleeping area and set her things down. "I haven't seen them in a while Pop." She added as a guilt thing.

Jack looked at his offspring and saw that she was sorry for worrying him. He nodded his head and closed his eyes. "Alright fine. But you have two lessons to do tomorrow." He said to her. Her tense expression melted into a smile and she ran and kissed his cheek and hugged him tightly.

"Thanks Dad. I love you!" Then she was gone again. Talking to someone else that sat around the fire. She had done it again. Taylor had a way of working him over without even saying a word and if frightened him sometimes. But for the most part he got over it. Tonight was no different and he went and sat next to his lovely wife.

A/N: This is only the beginning. You guys have to realize I'm totally winging this story. I wanted to write a sequel to Stranger Things Have Happened so here it is. I have no idea what is coming next so you guys may have to help me in a few places. My e-mail address is in my profile and if I ask for help you can mail me something you think should happen. Okay? Okay! Well, review!