Summary: Juliet POV. Episode tag to "D.O.C."
Disclaimer: I do not own Lost.
Good News
For the first time in three years, I gave a pregnant woman good news about her baby.
The whole time I've been on this island, pregnancies have been the cause for sadness and loss. It shouldn't be that way. I'm a fertility doctor. I'm not used to death. I didn't get into this field with the expectation of watching people die. No doctor likes to lose patients, but it happens. But I'm in the business of helping people create life.
Giving people the news that they're going to have a baby is probably the best part of my job. Giving people news like that -- good news -- seeing the joy on their faces...there's nothing else like it. But for the last three years, it's been the opposite. Here, pregnancy is a death sentence. How many times have I had to tell someone -- someone I know, one of my friends -- that they are going to have a baby and watch as they realize they and their baby are going to die. And then, four or five months later, I lose another patient. Another friend.
But today, when I did the sonogram on Sun, I got to see that look of joy when she saw her baby on the monitor. I felt the joy and wonder that she was feeling when she saw the baby's heartbeat. Then I told her that she had conceived on the island. She covered her face and cried.
"I'm sorry...I am so sorry, Sun. I will do everything I can..." And I meant it. That is what I'm here for -- on this island, that is. To solve this pregnancy problem. And I swore an oath as a doctor. The thing is, I've been dealing with this long enough to know, that my "everything" isn't going to be enough.
And then, the amazing thing happened. She looked at me and smiled. "It's Jin's."
After we left the medical station, she told me, "I am...very happy the baby is Jin's. You gave me good news, Juliet."
What did I say to that? "It was my pleasure, Sun."
By doing my job, I made someone happy. It was a good feeling. But I know it can't possibly end well. And I feel awful, knowing what Ben has sent me here for. She may be thanking me now, but she'll hate me when she finds out the truth.
Just like I hate Ben.
Author's Note: I don't actually know what Juliet is up to, infiltrating the Losties' camp like she is. So I remained vague about her actual purpose. But I assume it's something the Losties aren't going to be happy about. And judging from Juliet's last words in "D.O.C.", I also assume she's not too happy about having to betray them.