What's In A Name

Jane was now officially seven months. No longer 'on the verge of seven months'. She was enjoying her time on the island more and more. She was growing out of having to be with someone at all times and frankly enjoyed sitting by herself sometimes. But thankfully Jack was there so she wasn't alone all of the time.

"Do you have any names picked out?" The doctor asked. Jane and Jack had been walking to the beach for sometime now and their conversation had veered in the direction of Jane's pregnancy.

"Yes. Now that I have time on my hands I have chosen two very suitable names." Jane seemed to like the names she had picked out. So, of coarse Jack had to ask her what they were.

"Well, are you going to tell me what they are?"

"Oh! Sure! Umm…let's see. If it's a girl I have the name Penny in mind."

"Jane…your last name is Banks. Are you really going to name you little girl Penny Banks?" Jane laughed.

"There's a story behind it. Okay?" She giggled. "My dad died last year…"

"I'm sorry." Jack cut in.

"Yeah, me too. But there's really nothing to do about pancreatic cancer." A sad look crossed Jane's face before she lit up again. "But anyway, he always told me he wanted to name one of his daughters Penny. He found it hilarious."

"Why didn't he?" Jack was curious.

"My mother wouldn't let him. We all ended up being 'J's' instead."

"What are your parents' names?"

"My dad was a Jeffery, my mom is a Janet, my sister was a Jessie and I am a Janie." Jane smiled at her quaint little family. "So as a tribute to my late father I'm going to name my first daughter Penny."

"I take it you and your father were close." Jack was somewhat envious of the bond between Jane and her father.

"Uh-huh." She looked at Jack and noticed the sadness of his face. "Jack…what's wrong?" She asked with concern.

"Oh, umm…its just…I lost my dad recently also. He died of a heart attack." Jack smiled faintly.

"Jack, I'm so sorry. I know how it feels to loose someone so close." Jane said with extreme sympathy.

"Yeah," Jack didn't want to tell her that he hated his father while he was growing up. He didn't want her to know that he spent his entire life trying to live up his father's reputation. So, there was a long awkward silence before Jack redirected the conversation. "So what name do you have picked out for a boy?"

Jane hesitated. "David." She answered simply.

"What?" Jack stopped walking. "Jane you're going to name your son after the man who…" Jane cut him off.

"Jack! Calm down. I have a method to my madness. Don't worry." Jack wanted to hear this.

"I'm going to love this." He said sarcastically.

"I have this theory, that if I would have never met David he would have never done what he did."

"Yeah, and Jane just incase you didn't know…those were bad things."

"I know. Now just listen and stop interrupting me." Jane gave Jack a stern look. "If David wouldn't have done those things in the first place, I wouldn't be pregnant right now. And if I wouldn't have become pregnant I would have never gone to Australia and he would have never come to get me. I would have never gotten on that plane that crashed, I would have never ended up here, in this place, and I wouldn't know you…" Jane took a deep breath. "So you see, I owe David in a way. I ended up here because of things he did to me. Bad things that he did to me and now that I look at the rewards of it all…maybe it wasn't so bad. I mean after all, I got to meet you right?" Jane looked at Jack with the bright smile that he loved so much.

"Janie, you are a brave woman." Jack shook his head in disbelief.

"You've said that before." Jane announced.

"When?" Jack had no recollection of ever telling Jane she was brave.

"It was my second day on the island and you came to apologize for verbally battering me with questions about my personal life and I yelled at you. Then you turned around and said 'you know…you must be more frightened than anyone here must be. To wake up in a place you've never been, with people you've never seen, pregnant…you're a brave woman.' Do you remember?"

"I guess I have told you that before." Jack smiled at Jane who smiled back.

Jack then hooked arms with Jane even though they were almost to the beach. He wasn't ready for a relationship but he had a feeling neither was Jane so everything was good. And he liked the names she had picked out for her to-be-child. They were interesting, and deep. They had reason to them.

000

It was late evening and the sun had already set. People were gathered around the main fire including Jane and Jack. There were others there as well, including Sayid, Kate, Sawyer, Charlie, Claire, and Shannon. There were a few more that Jane didn't recognize but it didn't matter she was having a wonderful time.

The group was eating their daily rations of fish and fruit they just happened to be doing it together tonight. They were laughing and talking and having a 'gay ol' time'. It was almost as if they had forgotten about the island and it's problems put together. No one cared that there was a monster out in the jungle, at least for the night.

Soon the fire started to die down and people were departing for their shelters. Jack was one of the last one's to leave. He was going back to the caves and waved to the people who stayed on the beach.

A voice from behind Jack called for him. It was southern and he knew it was Sawyer.

"What do you want Sawyer? It's late and we're both tired and frankly I don't want to mess with you right now." Jack was brutally honest.

"Come on Doc! Don't be like that. We can walk and talk at the same time. Hell, I'm not even tired. I'll walk to the caves with you!" Jack was alarmed at how cheery Sawyer was. He would keep his guard up while they walked.

"So, what did you want to talk about?" Jack wanted to get it out of the way before they had walked to far.

"Nothing in particular. Just some guy talk." There was a pause from Sawyer. "No hard feelings about Kate right?"

"No. Why would there be?" Wait was Sawyer seeking his approval? Jack was now intrigued by the conversation.

"I don't know. Maybe 'cause you like her so much. But then again I've seen you and the pregnant girl pretty close these days."

"Jane. Her name is Jane Sawyer. And yes, she's my friend. But she's also my patient in case you hadn't realized."

"No, it's not that. I just think it's a little strange that you shot her husband to be with her." Sawyer sounded very precise about it all, like he knew he had everything figured out. Jack turned to him.

"I did not kill her husband to be with her. Sawyer if I were you I would stay out of other people's business. You don't know the half of it all." Jack understood that he had just told Sawyer more than he wanted to.

"Jack, is there something between you and Jane that we all need to know. Maybe like the kid she's carrying is yours for example." Sawyer was being too assy for Jack.

The doctor turned around and hit Sawyer face with a good hard punch. Sawyer fell to the ground.

"What was that for!" He yelled in his southern accent as he held the side of his face.

"I told you not to interfere with other people's business and her baby is not mine! She was already five months along when she got here! Now tell me Sawyer how could the baby be mine it I hadn't even met her before she washed up on shore!" Jack, in a rage, didn't even wait for Sawyer's answer; he just walked into the jungle on his own.

"Jeeze! You try to get some answers and you get punched in the face! What has this would come to!"

Sawyer got up and stared back at Jack even though he had long since disappeared into the mass of green. He spit on the ground and began his walk back to camp. Kate would be waiting for him.

A/N: I'm sorry DirrtyXtina87 but I had to make Sawyer an ass for this chapter. You see I wanted Sawyer to be the voice of the people you know. He's relaying what other people think. hint-hint! By the way...another fast type job so sorry about editing errors!