Wednesday's episode was great! Naveen Andrews is a really good actor. I liked his flashbacks. When that guy's wife first came out, I thought she was Nadia, but she wasn't. But then the cat's name was Nadia! And it was the same cat that the lady saved. It was interesting seeing Miss Klugh again. When she and Mikhail (eye-patch dud) were talking in whatever language, I got really nervous. I'm glad Danielle came back. I was waiting for her to kill Mikhail, when Sayid didn't. I LOVED how Kate lost it when she saw that it was Miss Klugh. "She knows where Jack is!" Aaaahhhh! I can't believe John won chess on the computer! Chess is hard enough, but on the computer?!? And then what's his name came up. And then John kept pressing the freaking buttons! Aarrrgghh! It was pretty dramatic when the house blew up though. I wonder what they're gonna do with Mikhail. Next week looks awesome. I think they're gonna tell us that Jack and Claire are related. The promo said something about a connection between two characters. I'm so glad Hurley won ping-pong! Sawyer's gonna have a hard time not making up nicknames for a whole week though. In the preview for next week, that "security system" or whatever looked like an electric fence. And then it looked like Mikhail ran into it. Man, these Others are crazy!
Yay she had the baby! See, I told you everything would be fine. Thanks for the great reviews. This chapter is REALLY long for some reason. So, happy birthday! I think there's only gonna be two or three more chapters, unless I get some great ideas for a longer story. (Hint, hint, suggestions welcome)
Kate was exhausted. Hours of what was quite possibly the most pain she had felt in her entire life. But it was all worth it. They had their baby. Their baby girl. She was beautiful. Seven pounds eight ounces, twenty-one inches long. Her round head with a thin layer of light brown hair. Her green eyes sparkled just like Kate's. They still hadn't picked out a name; they were torn between Brianna and Abigail. Brianna means "strong one" and Abigail means "a father's joy." And she was definitely a joy to her father. They knew her middle name would be Claire, after her Godmother. Abigail Claire or Brianna Claire; they couldn't decide.
Charlie and Claire had met them at the hospital and had called, pretty much everybody to tell them the news. Everybody came; John, Shannon and Sayid, Sun and Jin and their baby, Rose and Bernard, and Hurley and Libby. The only one who hadn't come yet was Sawyer. Everybody figured he wouldn't show; babies weren't exactly high on Sawyer's must-see list. Still, Kate was disappointed. She wanted him to be there.
Claire was at Kate's side the minute she went into the recovery room and Jack hadn't left the baby's side since she was born. He followed her as the nurse finished cleaning her up and putting on a cute lamb print footed outfit and taking her to the nursery. Jack stood outside the room where she lay among the dozens of other newborns, his arm above his head leaning on the glass window, his forehead resting on it. Everybody was standing around him, looking at her, acting like a bunch of fools, making googly eyes at her. Okay, so it was really just Hurley and Charlie making baby noises.
Charlie held Aaron, who was now two years old, and introduced him to his future fiancée. "See? See the baby. It's a baby girl. Isn't she cute? She's so cute. Yes she is. She's so beautiful, you're gonna love her so much. Yes you are. You two are gonna be so cute together."
Hurley laughed, "Dude, he has no idea what you're saying."
Libby poked him, "Aw, leave him alone, it's cute." Hurley put his arm around her shoulder and smiled.
Sun had seven-month old Chin-Mae, Jin holding his hand, also pointing at the angelic infant who was now sleeping.
Jack was glad they were all there. He wanted to stay and watch her, but he was wondering how Kate was doing, so he decided to go upstairs and check on her. "I think I'm gonna go upstairs and see how Kate's doing. Thanks for being here you guys."
He shook hands and gave hugs, giving everybody a warm smile before walking down the hall towards the elevator. As he rode in the elevator, he thought again about the names they had settled on on, trying to decide which he liked better. He was leaning towards Abigail, they could call her Abbey. Abbey would work if she turned out to be a tomboy like her mom too.
He exited the elevator and walked down the hall to Kate's room. He walked in and smiled at what he saw. Both ladies were sound asleep, obviously tired from all the joyful chattering and exited planning they had been doing.
He walked over to Claire and gently placed a hand on her shoulder. "Hey, Claire."
Claire stirred, and finally woke up. "Hmm? Oh, Jack, hi. How is she?" She rubbed her eyes, regrouping and orientating herself.
"She's good. Everyone's down there with her. Charlie's introducing Aaron to his future wife." Jack chuckled.
"Oh well, I'm sure Aaron is completely clueless to what's going on." Claire stood, straightening out her shirt and glanced at Kate. "She's been asleep for awhile. She's pretty tired."
"Yeah, I'll bet. Thanks for sitting with her. You know were the nursery is?"
"Yeah, it's my favorite part of the hospital." Claire smiled and picked up her purse.
Jack hugged her. "Okay well, I'll see you later."
"Bye." Claire turned to Kate and placed a kiss on her cheek. "Bye sweetie."
Jack sat down in the chair next to Kate's bed and picked up her hand. He brought it up to his lips and kissed it. "Our baby is so beautiful. Everybody loves her. She's the prettiest baby in the nursery. She's the prettiest baby in the world! You did good today. I know it must have been hard, but you did real good." Jack sighed, scooting the chair back and resting his head next to her.
Awhile later, Jack awoke to his shoulder being shaken. "Jack. Jack, baby wake up." Kate gently called to him, knowing he must be tired; he had had about as much sleep as she had, which wasn't very much.
Jack sat up, rubbing his eyes adjusting to the light. "Hey, how you feeling?" He leaned forward and placed a tender kiss on her forehead.
Kate smiled, "Good. How's she doing?"
"She's great. She's beautiful. Everybody's down there, just… ogling." He chuckled at his choice of words. They weren't exactly ogling, but they were definitely captivated.
"You were with her a lot. She your new girlfriend?" Kate loved how infatuated Jack was with their daughter.
"No, I'm not worried about her, and fortunately, she'll have plenty of people in her life who won't obsess over her like I will." Jack laughed. "I wanna know how mommy's doing." He picked up her hand and held it in both of his.
Kate sighed exasperatedly, "Mommy's tired. And happy." She smiled at him, his eyes filled with pride and satisfaction.
"That's good. Everything is… good."
Kate leaned up and kissed him, embracing his head in her hand.
"So did I miss it? Is the excitement over?" The familiar twang of their Southern friend interrupted them. There stood Sawyer, leaning on the doorframe.
Kate laid back, her hand still on Jack's cheek. "Hey, you showed. Yeah, the excitement's over."
"Didn't think you were gonna turn up." Jack held Kate's hand again; glad, for her sake, that he had come.
"Yeah well, Claire left like a thousand messages so I figured I might as well come so she'd stop bothering me." For a moment his tone changed. "So everything's okay? You're okay. The baby's alright?" Sawyer's harsh mood had become caring.
Kate looked at Jack, wondering if he knew where this compassionate Sawyer came from. "Uh, yeah. Yeah she's fine." Jack looked just as confused as she did.
Realizing he had dropped his guard, Sawyer quickly covered up. "Yeah, well I just wanted to make sure I didn't have to, like, clear my schedule for a funeral or something."
There it was; the crass comment that always came after the rare glimpse of a person.
Kate rolled her eyes, "Get in here Sawyer." She squeezed Jack's hand, feeling him tense up and then let it go reaching out her arms to Sawyer. Sawyer reluctantly walked into the room and over to her bed, leaning down to give her a quick hug.
"I'm glad you're here. I was gonna be sad if you didn't get to see your Goddaughter." Kate eyed him steadily, gauging his reaction. She knew Jack was hesitant to this decision, but eventually he had agreed; if this was something Kate wanted, he would support her.
For a moment, Sawyer looked unaffected, like he didn't believe her. "You serious? Me?" Then came his smug attitude along with a scoff. "You sure you wanna do that to the kid?"
Kate glanced at Jack, reassuring herself that he was still behind her on this; he nodded. "Yeah, we want you to be her Godfather. Think you can handle it?" Her tone was challenging, hoping to make him feel less awkward.
Sawyer could hear her daring disposition. "Course, I'm just not sure the kid'll be able to." He crossed his arms, taking on a pompous air.
Jack decided to join in the playful banter, "Mmm, I think she'll be tough enough for you. She's gonna be a lot like her mom." Jack smiled at Kate, remembering how alike her and the baby looked.
"So what do ya say? You up to the task?" Kate hoped he wouldn't back down. She really wanted him to be a part of the baby's life.
Sawyer pondered it for a moment. "Yeah, all right."
"Come on, I'll take you to go see her." Jack stood up and then leaned over to kiss Kate. "I'll be right back."
"Okay." She smiled and watched the two men walk out. "You boys be nice." She shouted just as they left the room. She sighed and a smile crept across her face. Everything was perfect. She and Jack had a baby. All her friends were here. Sawyer was here. What more could she want?
Okay so the last little bit was kinda eh, but it's been a long time since I updated and I felt bad. I found Abigail and Brianna and their meaning online. I found the name Chin-Mae online to; it means "truth" I thought that was appropriate for Sun and Jin and that episode "The Whole Truth" Wow, I'm so creative hahaha.