Here it is at the request of redhoodedsweatshirt…the Epilogue ladies and gentlemen!
Epilogue: Stranger Things Have Happened
Casey held Jack's hand on the walk down the beach and the ring that Jack wore around his left ring finger rubbed against Casey's hand. This was pure bliss. She glanced at her own hand as if she expected it to be gone…her ring still hung on her finger as well. Casey smiled at it.
It was the most untraditional day of her life but it couldn't have been more wonderful. Her wedding day was what she though about. It was beautiful.
There stood Jack at the end of the line of people. He looked so handsome. Casey and he had decided to wear all white on that day. Locke did too, him being the priest and all. It was beach wedding and of coarse there was seventy people there. Casey slowly walked toward Jack; she held no flowers but a white orchid in her hair.
She was stunning. Her smiled was bright and her eyes were brighter and Jack couldn't believe that she had agreed to do this…the wedding. It meant nothing except to them. It was just a formal way of saying 'I love you'. But still…here they were with rings that they had saved from wreckage and a very eager John Locke to perform a quiet little ceremony.
"Do you Casey promise to love and cherish, to honor and obey, to protect 'till death do you part?" John asked the blond woman.
"I do." She answered slowly staring into Jack's eyes. He was happy and she could tell.
"And do you Jack promise to love and cherish, to honor and obey, to protect 'till death do you part?" He asked again.
"I do." He answered with a smile.
"Then you may kiss your bride!" The two kissed each other and held smiled as wide as their faces.
There was a party after that. Charlie sang and people danced and ate tropical fruits and had a grand time. It was the perfect day and even though it was so out of the ordinary it was a dream come true for the both of them.
"You okay?" Casey heard Jack ask, and he squeezed her hand to get her attention
"Yeah, I'm fine." She smiled back at him. She squeezed his hand back. They were getting closer to the beach. They were going to check up on things like they did every morning and evening. Today was no different.
The couple stepped into the hot sun that beat down on the beach. Suddenly something clasp itself to Jack's leg. He fell over and looked in horror and fear at what it was. He laughed and grabbed it and threw it to the sky. The little girl came crashing down into her father's arms and he threw her up again. Her giggles and screams were signs of joy and Casey looked on in awe.
"Did you miss me monkey?" Jack asked once he had his child calmed down.
"Daddy…I always miss you!" She wrapped her small arms around his neck as he brought her close.
Casey had told Jack that she couldn't have children and she wasn't supposed to. But of coarse the things that married couples do led to one thing or another and Casey suddenly found herself pregnant. She was furious with herself for letting it happen. In fact it had happened twice since they were married those short three years ago.
"Jack! I don't think you understand! I'm pregnant!" She screamed loud enough for other people to hear. Jack tried to calm her down. But to know avail.
"I don't see what the big problem is?" Jack hadn't remembered the whole thing about not having kids. "This is a blessing." He assured her.
"Yeah? Well we'll just see what you say three months from now when there no longer is a blessing at all!" She started to cry. "This wasn't supposed to happen Jack." Jack took her in his arms and tried his best to comfort her.
"Everything is okay Case. Everything is going to be fine." He rubbed her back as her tears subsided.
"I just feel like I'm a murderer if I know I can't carry a baby to term and I get pregnant. I'm not even giving it a fair chance." Casey really didn't want to be in this position. Having a family with Jack was what she wanted more than anything but it just wasn't going to happen and she was at peace with it.
Little did she know that, that baby would be her miracle. Taylor was born a month to early but she beat all odds and was here today. She had been pregnant one time after Taylor was born but the baby was lost at four months like it usually was. But it was okay; they had a family and that all the two of them could ever have wished for.
The island was known to do strange things according to Locke and Casey was now starting to believe him. Every time she watched Taylor play with Jack she had this overwhelming feeling that this was meant to be somehow. That some force greater than all of them had brought them to the island for a reason and the felt indebted to it in a way.
The survivors never did get rescued and none seemed too unhappy about it anymore. Things worked themselves out. The monster showed up every once in a while but nothing to cause alarm about. People had been married since Casey and Jack, such as Tina and Sawyer who now had a tyke of their own, a boy named Will. He was only a year old but you could tell he was his daddy's son.
Maggie and Gabe were engaged and were thrilled out of their minds together, not to mention various other couples who found love on the island. Things couldn't be better.
Casey approached her family. And sat down next to Jack who still had Taylor.
"Daddy."
"What monkey?" Jack asked back.
"Why do you call me monkey?" Taylor had asked the question a million times and she knew the answer but it was the nature of a three-year-old to ask questions over and over.
"Because…you act like a wild animal!" Jack laid her on her back and blew a raspberry on her small stomach. She got up and ran from them to play with Aaron who was a year older than her. Now it was just Casey and Jack.
"That's not why you call her monkey." Casey retorted.
"I know but I'll tell her when she understands more." Jack had always called Taylor monkey because they lived on an island and he was afraid when she was born about the whole thing. He had made a joke about her being raised like and ape and it stuck.
Jack held Casey as they watched life go by slowly that morning. Maggie and Gabe obstructed their view for no more than a few seconds when they walked passed hand in hand, and Tina and Sawyer could be seen with Claire, Charlie, Aaron and Taylor with Will. Everything seemed to work out for the better and if everyone was happy who cared where they were. That's when Casey realized this is the most mentally stable she'd been since Andy and Ian had died.
She smiled at the thought of what Maggie had said such a long time ago. Stranger things have happened than finding happiness, finding love, becoming a mother, and finding yourself all on an island. Casey smiled. Yes, stranger things have happened.
A/N: That's it people! That's the ending of my second story. I'm thinking of posting a sequel to this but I'm not sure. I know I have the story Learning To Let Go lined up next but let me know what you want. I aim to please. Lol. Thank you to all of my reviewers. You have been absolutely fantastic and I love you all!