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Word had worked its way around camp fairly quickly like it always did. By now pretty much everyone knew of Taylor and Aaron's expectancy. And that was a good thing because it wasn't long before Taylor started showing.

Things had also settled down in the whole 'secret' department. More and more people were finding out about all of the things they needed to worry about and watched their steps in the jungle.

"Well it's definitely broken." Taylor said to the man that sat in front of her. His name was Stanley and she knew him well. He was one of the more accident-prone people on the island. He close to her age if not the same because Taylor always remembered him being there somewhere.

She turned to her medical table that sat beside her and rummaged through the drawers of little supplies they had. After a few years it all gave way to herbal remedies and what ever else they could use for medical purposes.

Taylor had soon come across a tin piece of bamboo and used it as a splint while she used floss to hold it in place. Then she sent Stanley on his way and told him to be careful-which was completely redundant because he always found his way back.

"Oh, Doctor." He called out in a swift manner.

"Yes?"

"Congratulations on the news." He said brightly and pointed to her midsection.

Confused for a second she looked down and realized he was referring to the baby and she smiled. A hand found it's way to the small curve of her belly as she waved goodbye to the man.

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Aaron watched his wife with the eyes of a hawk. He was so happy to be becoming a father that he didn't want anything to happen to her. Nothing would be able to touch her. Not man nor monster and he'd make sure of it. The stories about his own mother had scared him the most out of all of the information they had recently received the stories of the Others and kidnappings were the ones he worried about.

He didn't want Taylor to go through that so he was never far away from her. Even when she worked he was at the caves and close to her in that way. He was determined to be the best father and husband the island had ever seen.

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"MOM!" Taylor shouted playfully. "Come one give me a break! I'm only like…three and half months pregnant. The baby isn't coming for a while. Besides I have work to do and picking out baby names doesn't qualify as work." Taylor was separating everything in the drawers again. She liked to stay organized.

"But Taylor the baby will be here soon enough and I don't what my grandchild to have no name for the first year of its life. All you ever think about is work." Casey protested. She was a true mother. She liked to annoy her daughter in various ways but she had the best intentions at heart.

"Sorry mom but this is just something I feel like I should be discussing with Aaron." Taylor shrugged and went back to work as her mother's face fell slightly. She was becoming her father in so many ways it scared Casey.

A/N: I know this is a very short chapter but I'm working on it. I'm sorry I've been so…neglective. I promise to have more up soon. Thanks! Review!