The Married Life

Aaron and Taylor walked up the beach together, hand in hand. Aaron felt so proud. He was married to the love of his life and he could be happier. Taylor felt the same way. They were both very content together. They were continuing the conversation from the night before about kids. Casey had made a crack again this morning about grandchildren and now Taylor couldn't stop thinking about it.

"Well, I don't think we're ready quite yet do you?" Taylor asked timidly. "But I do want a family." She announced.

"I want a family too. Don't worry, it's one of the things on my top priorities list. And no…I second the opinion about not being ready. We just got married for god sakes. The last think we need at this very moment is a baby." He stopped and drew her into an embrace. "I'm not ready to share you yet." He said mischievously. Taylor grinned.

"Good." That's all she said. The conversation drifted in a different direction after that and they started their way back to the caves.

Taylor and Aaron walked the way back to the caves deep in conversation and hook in each other's arm. It was nice because they could be affectionate whenever they wanted without having to worry who saw them.

Taking advantage of the new luxury, Aaron kissed his wife passionately before going to talk to his mother and father. Taylor traveled the ways into the caves to talk to her father herself.

"Hey monkey! How's the married life?" Jack joked with her.

"It's hell on earth! Is there any possible way we could have a divorce?" She asked sarcastically. Jack took it as a 'it couldn't be more wonderful' and smiled at his daughter.

"Monkey would you hold this for me for a second?" Jack handed Taylor a long bunch of plastic tubing.

"What exactly are you doing?" She asked with a giggle.

"I'm taking stock of what I have. Now that you'll be working with me I need to know what and how much of it we have." Taylor smiled.

"I'm working with you?" This was news to her ears.

"Yeah. You officially know everything you need to know to be a doctor." He hugged the girl who still had plastic tubing in her hand.

"Thanks pop." She said softly.

"Hey…you earned it." He took the tubing and put it back in his makeshift cabinet.

"Guess this means I'll be going on a lot less walks huh?" She sounded disappointed.

"Not necessarily." Jack looked back at Aaron. "You'll still need time to be with Aaron and as long as I'm still here and have Sun…we'll be fine." Taylor looked down at her feet. This was so awesome. Married and graduated all in the same week. How could life get better?

000

It had been two weeks since Taylor had become a 'real doctor'. She never left the caves and Aaron didn't mind because he knew she needed all the experience she could get. He was a very supportive husband and she appreciated that.

"Today had been pretty slow," she commented to Sun. She sat breaking needles off of a sea urchin for their needle stash…it was running low.

"Yes, it has. It's strange. Sort of uneasy." Sun replied back in her choppy English. Taylor had to agree it was somewhat unsettling. But she pushed the feeling away.

Her and Sun kept talking about different things and were having a good time before they heard someone shouting. It was Jack.

"HOLD HIM STILL!" He yelled. Taylor stood up and Sun laid a hand on her shoulder.

"I guess you will learn today." She said calmly.

Taylor looked on at the scene before her. A man not much younger than her was battered from something. Blood gushed from his upper arm as Jack pushed Walt ahead of him.

Walt, who had been carrying him, set him down gently on a row of airplane chair that they used as a bed. The man was gasping and screaming in pain. Taylor had seen him before. She couldn't remember where but she knew him. His name was Bo and he usually went on all of the hunting trips.

Taylor quickly jumped in and took a towel and held it to the man's arm putting pressure on his greatest injury.

"What happened?" Taylor asked her father in a rushed, frantic manner.

"It was a polar bear." Jack answered simply.

"What the hell is a polar bear?" Jack kept forgetting that Taylor didn't know what half of the things on the island were. She hadn't experienced anything outside the island before so of coarse she wouldn't know what a polar bear was.

"I'll tell you later." Jack ran to get more cloths and a tie to use as a tourniquet only to see his daughter had already thought of that. He smiled briefly at his child, for he was proud of her. He stood for only a second more, watching her give orders…she looked like a real doctor. Suddenly he snapped out of it.

"DAD! Come on I need those." She said reaching for the t-shirts he had in hand. He gave them to her and went to help.

Taylor couldn't believe his injuries. Teeth marks were left in his arm and one on his leg that wasn't that bad but his are was. The bear had hit an artery and she was having trouble getting the bleeding to stop. She tightened the tourniquet and applied more pressure. Finally the blood flow slowed. She was able to stitch it now.

She sat very still in doing so and made sure it would come undone if he were to exert himself suddenly. Sweat dripped down her face and she bit her tongue in concentration. She used a knife to cut the string she had been using and them moved to her father's end of injuries.

"How we doing?" She asked.

"We're okay. The bleeding had stopped and there's no bone damage at all." Jack informed, relieved.

"This is great. And I've got everything else under control up there." She pointed to Sun who was quietly talking to the man while dabbing his forehead with a cold rag.

"Looks like we're okay." Jack said with a sigh. He hugged his daughter. "I'm very proud of you. You handled yourself very well. An excellent display of doctor-ship." He said, making up a new word.

Taylor laughed and playfully punched her dad in the shoulder. Then she gingerly walked out of the cave to find Aaron still in shock at what happened.

"You okay?" She asked concerned.

"Yeah. That was…you were…wow." He said speechless.

Taylor laughed once again and asked if Aaron would like to take a walk. He said yes and they walked out of the caves together hand in hand like they always were.

000

"That was so amazing!" Taylor said, so proud of herself she could burst.

"I'm glad you were there. You were the one who saved him, you know." Aaron shoved his hands in his pockets and watched Taylor dance around for a minute. She stopped twirling and looked at him happily.

"I love you Aaron Pace." She said dreamy eyed.

"And I love you Taylor Pace." He walked up to her and kissed her. It was swift affectionate kiss and they pulled away from each other quickly. The stared at each other for a moment before kissing each other again, only with more passion, more gusto this time.

Soon Taylor found herself on the ground with Aaron kissing her neck. She knew what was going to happen although she did voice a concern to Aaron.

"Aaron? What if someone hears us?" She asked enjoying his kisses.

"We'll be quiet." He answered. His speech was somewhat muffled by Taylor's skin.

"What if someone finds us?" She asked again.

"They won't. Now stop worrying and kiss be back." Aaron brought her into the deepest kiss he'd ever given her. All-of-the-sudden nothing mattered except what they were doing. Everything else seemed so unimportant to what was going on and Taylor gave up herself.

The rest of the afternoon they spent indulging themselves in one another, enjoying the company of each other. Little did they know that what they did would change their lives forever.

A/N: Can you guess what's going to happen next? I bet you can…it's been foreshadowed since last chapter. Oh, well…so much for surprises. But I do have a surprise up my sleeve that will shock you all. I just know it! Haha! Anyway, review! Every last one of you please review!