A/N: Wow, I think this is the fastest I've ever posted another chapter…but the plot bunny and Charlotte are bugging me to get the story moving. Here's chapter two. Thanks to everybody who reviewed! Especially the anonymous ones! I love you all!

DISCLAIMER: (I forgot to put it in the first chapter) I don't own anything…

Previously, on Life Happens:

Looking up at the sun, Charlotte figures she's been sitting there for long enough. One deep, shaky breath later, she looks down to see the results.

Her heart – and stomach – drop to the bottom of the Earth.

The little brown plus sign told her everything she needed to know.

Positive.

Positive.

Po-si-tive.

Her breath quickened and her heart began pounding in her ears. This could not be happening. It couldn't be. She wasn't ready to be a mother, least of all on this island. Her fear grew even more enormous when she realized that she would have to tell Dan, who definitely wasn't ready to be a father. Sure, he was smart, caring, and cute, but she just didn't picture him as father material. Coming from a woman who barely knew her own father, it seemed justifiable not to tell him. A plan began to formulate in her mind on how to deal with the situation.

She would hide it for as long as she could. She wouldn't attempt to terminate it, whether by herself or with the help of someone else, abortion sickened her. Thankfully, they had plenty of larger clothes on the island, which she could use to her advantage. When she couldn't hide it any longer, she would claim to have been impregnated off the island by some one-night-stand and then change the subject if anyone pressed on further. She would deliver her baby and raise it. And under no circumstances would she tell Dan that he was the father. Let him be its favorite uncle, yes, but father, no. She would make it work. No matter what happened, she and her baby would make it on their own.

"Charlotte?"

Juliet's soft voice coming from behind the trees startled her enough to fall off the rock. She raised her walls. "Juliet, what are you doing out here?" she asked as she stood up.

"I could ask the same of you," Juliet replied. "Nobody could find you at the camp, so we formed a search party and went looking. I guess I wandered off." Juliet's gaze dropped to Charlotte's hand. "What's that?" she asked, knowing what it was by sight but wanting to hear from Charlotte herself.

Charlotte immediately dropped the test. Act casual, she thought. "N-nothing. I was just feeling nauseous and came out here for some fresh air. That's all." She sent up a silent prayer to heaven that Juliet was convinced. No such luck.

"You've been feeling nauseous a lot lately, haven't you?" Juliet watched as Charlotte's face turned from one of nonchalance to panic. As Charlotte opened her mouth to protest, Juliet cut her off. "Don't lie to me. I know a Dharma pregnancy test when I see it. And from the look on your face, it was positive, wasn't it?" Juliet watched as Charlotte shakily nodded her head, her mood changing from one of annoyance to motherly concern. "Come with me. I'm a fertility doctor, and I've seen what this island does to pregnant mothers. You'll be safe – for now, anyways." Juliet motioned for Charlotte to follow her, which she obediently did.

Entering the Staff Station, Charlotte considered the irony of her second visit. Both times it was for a medical reason, both times Dan was directly involved. However, this was the first time that it was for two people, instead of just one, and one of the two was her.

Re-entering the familiar room, she noticed Juliet preparing a needle near the counter. She took a quick, deep breath; she had always been scared of needles. Juliet had probably heard her because she turned around, motioned to the hospital bed, and said, "Have a seat." As Charlotte obeyed, Juliet approached her with the necessary medical equipment. "We'll check your blood pressure first, the listen to the baby's heart rate, estimate a date of conception, then the due date, and leave the unpleasant aspect for last." While Juliet was wrapping the pump around her arm, Charlotte finally let the gravity of the situation sink in. I'm going to be a mum, she thought. And even though I'm not cut out for the job, I promise to do the best I can. I promise. Her thoughts were broken by Juliet's question.

"So, who's the father? I'm pretty sure he's on the island." Charlotte struggled to find the answer. Seeing as Juliet would eventually find out, most likely when she was in labor, she decided to be honest. "Daniel," she shakily answered. "It's Daniel."

"When are you planning on telling him?" Juliet asked, seeing as Charlotte herself had found out probably half an hour before. The force of that question slammed into Charlotte like a thousand bricks. "I'm not." Juliet stared, shocked. "I can't, I don't need a man's help. My baby and I can make it on our own." There. Satisfied? Good, now let's move on, she thought.

Juliet, on the other hand, wasn't letting this topic go anytime soon. "Why not? I'm sure he'd be thrilled. And besides, I can see how much he loves you, so this baby would be in the right hands. He would absolutely adore it."

"Look, I…I just can't, okay? Please just leave me alone on that subject." Juliet winced at the harshness of Charlotte's tone. Sighing, she let herself sound defeated. "Alright, have it your way. I'm just thinking about what's best for your baby, that's all. It deserves to have a mother and father. And Charlotte," she said, looking into the woman's eyes to let her know she was serious, "if you don't tell Dan on your own, I will. After the baby is born."

Charlotte considered her options: one, tell Dan when she got back to the camp and get it over with; two, tell Dan after the delivery that Juliet was lying and no, he wasn't a father, or three: confirm Juliet's admission to Dan after the delivery. Seeing as the first one would probably be the least painful, she begrudgingly admitted that Juliet was right. "I'll do it. A little after we get back to the camp."

"Good," Juliet replied. "Now, lift up your shirt and lie back." Shortly after having done so, Charlotte felt a cold gel on her stomach. She gasped in shock.

"Sorry. It's a little cold. Now, let's listen to what baby has to say." Juliet turned on the heart monitor, and placed it on Charlotte's belly. Charlotte listened in wonder as a soft but quick ba-thump ba-thump ba-thump filled the room. She smiled when she realized that this was the sound of the baby's heartbeat. However, her joy changed to dread when she noticed Juliet's face fall. "What's wrong?" she asked, fully out of concern for her child.

"Nothing, I just need to check something," Juliet responded as she pulled over the sonogram machine. As she turned it on and put the monitor on Charlotte's belly, black and grey came onto the screen. "Just as I suspected," Juliet sighed, the enormity of the task of keeping several lives from death weighing heavily upon her. She turned the screen towards Charlotte. "See that?" she asked, pointing to a grayish-white blob near the middle of the monitor. "That's your baby." Juliet watched as Charlotte's eyes filled with wonder and love. "And that," she said, shifting the monitor over to the left side of Charlotte's belly to another grayish-white blob, "is your baby's twin. Fraternal. I guess you have double the reasons to tell Dan now."

Charlotte's eyes grew wide as she realized the larger task at hand now: carrying and delivering not one, but two unique and special lives, nurturing them, caring for them, raising them, a task she defiantly could not do alone. Still unsure, she decided to tell Dan. Immediately. Resolved, she turned to Juliet and asked the second question nagging her. "When are they due?"

"Well, if it was a singleton, I would say around October 12th. But because you're expecting twins, I wouldn't be surprised if they came at the end of August. So, at the earliest, you have six months to plan." Juliet turned off the monitor and gave Charlotte a tissue to wipe off her belly. "Keep your shirt up. I have to give you a vaccine that will keep you and your babies alive." Charlotte became scared. "Why…"

"Because women who get pregnant on the island die." Juliet responded. Seeing her companion's frightened face, she continued. "However, we've managed to create a vaccine that will save you and your children." She approached Charlotte with the needle. "Relax and shut your eyes. It'll go a lot quicker."

Charlotte obeyed and felt a slight pinch. "There. It's done." She heard Juliet say. "Now let's get out of here. The groups probably more worried that they were when started looking for you."

Shifting herself off the bed and pulling down her shirt, Charlotte subconsciously placed her hand on her stomach. "I guess daddy will know about you two soon," she whispered. She looked up and noticed Juliet staring at her. "What?"

"It's nice to see you bonding with the twins," Juliet smiled. "I should know. My sister, Rachel, has a son, Julian. I've never met him before, so it'll be nice to have some babies on this island. I never really got to know Claire and Aaron."

Charlotte was surprised that Juliet would confess something that personal to her. She smiled, and they both realized they had both learned to trust each other. Juliet, hearing a noise outside, turned and walked through the hallway, Charlotte directly behind her. Exiting the station, they saw Sawyer's back in a few feet in front of them.

"James!" Juliet called out. As Sawyer turned to them, Charlotte counted a group of five, which included Bernard, Miles, Sawyer, Locke, and, to her horror, Dan. A million things raced through her mind at once, pausing when Sawyer spoke.

"Where the hell have you two been? You scared the crap out of everybody, Red! Haven't you been on this island long enough to know not to go wandering off by yourself, or are you just that…"

"James." Juliet cut off sternly. "She felt sick. I found her and gave her the help she needed, okay? She didn't wander off on her own." As Sawyer accepted this and turned around to lead them back to camp, Dan came up to Charlotte. "Are you okay?" he asked, his voice filled with nothing but concern and a hint of love.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Listen, Daniel, can we talk when we get back to camp? Alone?" As Dan nodded began to walk back to camp, Charlotte took a shaky breath.

She wished telling him would be that easy.

A/N 2: Longest I've written in a while. Wow, I'm good!

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