Explaining Jane

Jane sat one the beech wrapped in a blanket provided by Sawyer. Jack was still asking her questions. She seemed to be friendly. She was however nervous around the small crowed that had gathered to see was the fuss was about. Her brown eyes darted from one person to another, studying faces and exploring her surroundings.

"Do you know how you got here?" Jack inquired.

"The flight I was on…took a nose dive into the ocean. I've been floating out there for a few days now. I got caught in a rip-tide and I guess ended up here." She said in a very thick Australian accent. Jack could believe her story. Her lips were blue and her skin was pale from both cold and dehydration.

"Do you know if anyone else survived?" Kate asked this time.

"No. I only saw seats floating around and a couple pieces of plane. I didn't even see any bodies." She closed her eyes and took a moment to calm herself. " My sister and fiancée were on the flight with me." Jack looked at her sympathetically.

"I'm sorry," he added. "Do you know what flight you were on?"

" Yeah…Oceanic flight 342. I knew I shouldn't have taken that damn airline. Ever since flight 815 disappeared I've been weary of the company." She looked at Jack who was looking at the ground.

There was a very awkward silence. "Jane, we're the survivors of flight 815." Kate confessed. Jane's eyes went wide. Eyes started to dart again.

"What?" She pulled the blanket around her shoulders tighter. "How many of you are there?"

"A little over 40." Kate answered.

"Oh my god," she was stunned. "Do you know how long you guys were on the news? They looked for you for over a month. Oceanic even shut down for a while after what happened!" Jane's breathing became short and shallow. " I don't believe this," she said under her breath and she passed out.

Jack caught her and sent her down gently. "Well, I guess she's with us now." Kate shooed away the audience that had grown quiet large and walked with Jack as he carried Jane to Kate's shelter.

Jack she her down and looked at her. Her hair had dried curly and was reddish brown in color. She was pretty he had to admit. She had on white shirt and khaki pants and a jean jacket hung on her shoulders. That's when he noticed her strange figure. Now looking at her from the front Jack could tell that something was different.

"Jack do you think anyone else survived her crash?"

"I don't know Kate. I guess we'll find out if anyone else washes up on shore. Until then we'll just have to take care of her." He turned to walk away. Kate followed of course.

"Jack…wait. What do you mean we'll have to take care of her?" There had been something about his voice that made that statement different from the others.

"She's pregnant." Kate looked at Jack strangely as if to say 'what are you talking about'. She turned to prove right or wrong Jack's accusation. He was right. It wasn't that noticeable but there was a definite curve to her midriff.

"How far along is she?" Kate asked. They began walking again.

"I would say four, maybe five months." He shielded his eyes from the now risen sun.

"Does she know? I mean wouldn't she have told us? Wouldn't that be the first thing on her mind? What if…"

"Kate!" Jack cut her off. He turned to her. "I don't know. She just survived a plane crash. I'm sure she's somewhat traumatized by the whole thing. Let's just let her rest and we'll ask her questions later. Right now I want you to go and sit with her. If she wakes up, come and get me. I want to check her over to make sure she's not hurt. Can you do that?"

"Yeah. I can do that." With that Jack left her and she made her way back to her shelter.

"Sayid!" Kat called for him. She waved from where she sat next to the still unconscious Jane. He approached her at her request.

"Hello. Did you need something?"

"Yes. Can you sit with Jane? I'm going to get Jack. She's been out for a long time."

"I can sit with her. Go," He encouraged. He set down his things and watched as the rest of the camp went by him.

It wasn't long before Jane woke up. To her surprise there was a very Middle Eastern man sitting across from her. She sat up and scooted away with a gasp. Once she realized where she was and that she was in no danger the apologized for jumping.

"I'm sorry. You scared me." She said with one hand on her chest. Her breathing steadied and the man introduced himself.

"I'm Sayid." He shook her hand. "And you are our new arrival. Are you not?"

"Yes." She laughed. "I'm Jane." She didn't know what else to say. What else could she say? She looked away at the busy little mini city they had created. "You really have settled here haven't you."

"What else can you do when nobody is looking for you? You have to make the best of the situation and we did just that." He reached behind himself and produced a water bottle. "Here drink this." He almost commanded it.

"Well, I can say that nobody didn't look for you. You were on the news every night for weeks. They had no idea where anything was. They thought surely there would have been some trace of a crash but there was nothing."

Sayid watched her as she took a long drink out of the bottle. He couldn't help but ask. "Where was you flight headed?"

"I was taking the flight from Melbourne to Florida. We were headed to Texas which is where my family lives." She took another drink of water.

"You say you family lives in America yet you accent is Australian."

"Yeah, well, I was adopted when I was six by my parents. So I had enough time to adopt the lingo that the aussies use."

"I just…" Sayid was cut off by Jack and Kate's arrival.

"Hey." Jack was as doctor-ish as Sayid had ever seen him. A man on a mission he thought.

"Well it was nice meeting you, Jane." Sayid waved and was on his way, leaving Kate and Jack alone with Jane.

"Hello doctor." Jane nodded instead of waved.

"I can to see how you were feeling. You were out quite a long time." Jack had a sincere but very professional aura about him. He was very intent on making Jane as comfortable as possible. She could tell that. She could also tell that he was extremely sleep deprived and he looked as if he carried the weight of the world on his shoulders. Jane almost felt sorry for him.

"I'm fine thank you."

"You're not hurt or anything? And you can still remember everything right?"

"Is all you ever do is ask questions. I don't think you have said one statement since you revived me this morning." She smiled a very sly smile, which gave her dimples. And Jack couldn't help but smile back.

"No, I don't always ask questions but it's my job. I'm a doctor." Jack spied the almost empty water bottle in her hands and decided to use that as an excuse to be alone with her. "Kate will you go get Jane another water bottle. I don't want her to get dehydrated."

Kate looked at her and then looked at Jack. She knew what he was doing and she could take a hint. "Yeah. I'll be right back."

They watched her leave before Jack interrogated Jane again. Only this time it was a more serious matter.

"Why didn't you tell me you were pregnant?" He looked away from her, as if trying to look casual.

'More questions' she thought. "How long have I been here? Like…a couple of hours? Did you expect that to be the first thing out of my mouth?" She was somewhat offended by the question and she didn't know why.

"No, I didn't expect it to be the first thing out of your mouth but I expected it to be close." I was very serious about the whole thing. Why? She wondered.

"Okay…what business is it of yours?"

"I'm the only doctor here and if you're here long enough you're going to need me. And I'm not an obstetrician. I'm a spinal surgeon. So we need to cooperate as much as possible." He looked at her. He hand was resting on the little bit of stomach she had. "How far along are you?"

She couldn't take it. The conversation was too heavy for her. She had to lighten it somehow. "Great another question! But if you must know I'm around five months. Now if you'll excuse me I have people and places to become familiar with!" She got up and stormed off. She passed Kate on her way to the other settlements and Kate gave her, her water. She thanked Kate with little hostility. What had Kate done? Nothing. So she calmed a bit.

Kate went back to where she and Jack had sat earlier. "What happened?" she asked as she sat next to him.

"I don't think that I'm Jane's favorite person right now." He looked at Kate and sighed. 'Oh great' he thought.