Jack ran to the emergency room and took a glimpse of the blonde mass of hair sprinkled with blood lying on the hospital bed. Not taking the time to analyze the face, not even taking the time to notice, he began working on the tiny limp body of what seemed to be a teenager. He turned to the nurse and asked her what had happened to the child.
"I don't know doctor."
Jack nodded and returned his attention back to the girl, for now there was nothing he could do, the girl was losing too much blood, all he could do was stop it, and hope for a fast blood transfusion. As he told himself within minutes he had stopped the bleeding and sent her blood to get tested. On his way out he grabbed the pale chin of the young girl and shifted her face towards him, he was stunned to see who it was.
"Claire?"
"Do you know her doctor?"
"Umm, yeah, yes I know her. Where's Aaron?"
"Aaron?"
"The baby. Where is he?"
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Jack and Juliet sat next to each other in the waiting lobby with Aaron playfully tugging at Juliet's blonde locks. They had found a match, luckily it had been a donor in the hospital, Jack thought it was probably a doctor or a nurse working there. He would investigate later and thank them.
"Look at him Jack, he has no idea what's going on."
"Yeah I know. Claire's gonna be ok though."
"Where is he gonna stay tonight Jack? We can't leave him here in the hospital, alone."
"We don't really have a choice; we can't take him with us."
Juliet looked down at the chubby baby endearingly.
"But he likes me."
Jack chuckled and grabbed her hand, raising it to his lips, trailing her thin fingers with soft kisses.
"You sound surprised."
"I am, the only other little kid that has ever liked me is Julian."
Jack pulled her into him and whispered into her ear.
"I like you."
"Awwww that's sweet Jack, but your not exactly little. You're pretty big."
Jack took a few seconds to process what she had just said and couldn't help himself.
"Yeah baby."
Juliet grinned and pushed him off of her with her free hand.
"Oh my god Jack, you're so nasty, get your mind out of the gutter."
As they both laughed and giggled the doctor stepped out into the lobby and called out for Claire Littleton's family. They both stood up and walked to the large framed man holding Claire's file. The tall man greeted Jack first.
"Jack Sheperd right?"
"Yes."
"Ok, don't worry, your sister is gonna be fine, she'll be home in a week, two weeks."
"She's not my sister."
"Oh well, she's marked down on her file as relative of Jack Sheperd, I assumed sister."
"What?"
"Cousin?"
"Umm, no that must be a mistake, we are just friends."
"Well doctor the blood you donated is the one that was used for her transfusion. It proves you two are family."
Jack stared blankly into the doctors face, there had to be a mistake. The doctor thought he was just playing and chuckled.
"I know what it's like having a sister, they're a pain sometimes, but when it comes down to it, us big brothers are always here huh?"