N/A: Sorry about any English mistake. Hope you enjoy it.

07/16/1974

Juliet didn't get much sleep during the night. The bed was ok, and she was thankful for having her own room, but she couldn't stop thinking about the island. It was 1974, but she finally got her chance to leave that place. Maybe she should take it. Maybe she should vanish from that world and start a new life. Thirty years from now, she could meet Rachel, and explain to her what happened. Would Rachel believe in her? What about Julian? Juliet would most likely never see him getting married or even finishing high-school.

Her mind kept drafting to weird thoughts. She thought about James and why he jumped. She thought about Jin, and she hoped Sun was off that island getting ready to have her baby. She thought about Jack, another man to add on her list of those who left her behind. She thought about her past, and future, she thought about her past that was now going to happen on the future...

Before the sun started to rise, Juliet get up from her bed and left her room. Maybe she could find something to do. Anything to occupy her head.

The only light in the house was coming from outside, the outdoor lamps that the Dharma Initiative kept on during the whole night. She walked to the living room in silence, where she happily found a bookshelf. Every house in there, had one, she knew that.

Juliet ran her fingers through the covers of the books, remembering of her childhood. For so many years, the books were everything to her. While she was growing up, adventure books were her best companionship. Soon enough they were replaced by biology books, but even after Juliet got her degree as a doctor, she never stopped reading. Maybe it would do her some good. Take her mind anywhere else, but the island. She decided to get The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, just to be distracted for a while. Juliet sat on the couch with her book, and for a few hours forgot about everything else.

Juliet was way past the middle of the story, when she heard a few knocks on the door. She looked through the windows to see the sun shining bright outside. She had been reading for so many hours that she didn't notice how clear the day had become.

The person on the other side of the door knocked again. The blonde woman got up from the couch and opened the front door. It was Amy, the woman they had rescued the day before. Her curly hair was in a bun, and she looked tired (as much as Juliet did), probably for not sleeping much during the night.

"Hi" Juliet tried to fake a sympathy smile. "Is Amy, right?" The woman nodded. "I'm Juliet."

"I know." The brunette said coldly. "Horace told me." The two women locked eyes for a second, sharing something they didn't understand what it was yet. "I brought these things for you and your crew." Amy looked down to a paper box that was standing between herself and Juliet.

"Oh, you didn't need to..."

"You don't have to say anything. Just take it. My husband won't need them anymore." Without looking back up, Amy turned around to leave. However, Juliet's voice stopped her with two brief words.

"Thank you." The blonde meant it. And the brunette knew it.

Horace met them early in the morning, to explain how the search would work. They would be free to look for their crew, but they would have to respect the truce. Terry, a security guy that looked like a teenager, would go with them, to make sure no one would step into hostile territory. No one complained, after all, it was way more than they could ask for.

No one talked much during the morning. There were way more things to think than to say. So they walked pretending to be lost, hoping that anything would happen and give them a way out of that situation.

"IS ANYBODY HERE?" James yelled out of nothing, making everyone stop. "ROSE? BERNANRD? JOHN?" His voice echoed in space, making a few birds flew away from their hiding spots on the trees.

"Yeah, sure thing, they will answer you, captain" Miles said mocking him.

"Listen, China, if you haven't noticed, it's a jungle. It's easier to hear than see them."

"Whatever you say" Miles said coolly and started walking again.

Juliet waited till Daniel, Jin and Terry followed Miles, and looked at James. His eyes met hers, and he sighed. He knew what she was asking, no words were needed.

"It's a con" James whispered as they followed their group a few steps behind. "They have to believe we are looking for someone."

"Aren't we looking for them?" Juliet asked eyeing him.

"Locke will find us when he gets back"

"What about the others? Rose? Bernard?" She worried, she didn't want to let anyone behind, because she knew exactly how it felt. Juliet had been accomplice of bad enough caused to those people

"They won't be here. If anyone survived, went back to the beach..."

"I think we should stop." Terry voice made Juliet take her eyes off James'. The security guy looked tired, it was too hot outside, and they had been walking for a few hours.

"We ain't stopping here, Munchkin. Keep walking." James said irritated.

"James." Juliet said in her calm voice. "I think Terry is right."

"Rest" Jin said sitting down under a tree. His skin still showed clearly burns, walking under that sun was being a torture to the Korean.

James looked at Juliet and mumbled "Fine".

The blonde lowered herself, her back against the trunk of a tree. At that time, probably the submarine should be leaving the pier. Juliet was not there to see, but she could feel that once again she had missed the chance to leave that island. Two weeks. Just two more weeks.

"Want a granola bar?" Terry offered her, but she didn't take it.

"We've walked a lot today. You need to eat." Juliet was too tired to discuss, so she accepted. She wasn't hungry, perhaps because she's gotten used to the lack of food. She wasn't tired, even thought she didn't get any sleep during the night. The only thing she could feel was the sub leaving the island without her one more time. "Is he always like that?" Juliet didn't realize that Terry was still on her side, looking at her trying to start a conversation.

"I'm sorry?"

"Jim. Your captain, is he always angry?"

"Most of time." she said kindly.

"It must have been rough on you... The shipwreck, I mean." Juliet arched her eyebrow as she looked at the man. He was too young to be on that island, and she felt sorry for him. He most likely had no idea what happened in there, neither what would happen in a few years. "You were looking for old stuff right?"

"Something like that."

"Cool. Maybe one day you can tell me more about it."

"Maybe" Juliet said before putting the granola bar on her mouth. She was not on the mood for small talk.

James watched from a distance as Terry approached Juliet. He did not like what he saw or heard. Maybe it would be better if he kept an eye on Terry, just to make sure he wasn't getting too close.