A Word Between Friends

The sounds of the ocean and beach life soothed Taylor as she slowly hung her laundry. It was one of the days when if she inhaled deeply she could smell the salt in the air. She could feel the scorching sun baking her shoulder through her tank as she reached for another article of clothing.

"Need help?" An Australian accent came called to her.

Taylor looked up to greet Claire's smiling face. "I'll take all the help I can get." Taylor admitted.

Claire reached into the homemade basket and picked up a shirt and slung it over the line. She glanced over at Taylor and her growing form. It was still hard for Claire to picture her son as a father. Just the very thought of it made her giggle.

"What?" Taylor asked curiously.

"Nothing. Just trying to think of what Aaron would be like as a dad."

There was a long silence before Taylor spoke. "I'm convinced that Aaron will be a great father." Claire smiled.

"Oh, I have no doubt he'll be a good father. It's just the images I see are funny. He always panics at the smallest thing."

Taylor thought. She was right. Aaron did tend to overreact at times. She snickered and thought about what kind of a mom she would make. Taylor always pictured herself as calm but only god knew if she would be when it came to her kid.

"So…do you have any names picked out?" Claire asked politely as she hung a pair of Taylor's jeans up.

"No. We haven't really talked about it." Taylor told her.

"Well, do you have any name preferences?"

"To tell you the truth, I've been so busy at the caves lately that I sometimes forget I'm actually pregnant!" Taylor and Claire both laughed. "So, to answer your question, no. I don't have any names picked out." She felt kind of sorry about that. She had thought when it came time to have a baby of her own she would have the name picked out before she even did anything else. But here she was…with no name.

"I like the name Anna or Rachel for a girl." Claire said somewhat to herself. Taylor nodded in agreement.

"I like Anna more than Rachel but I do like the name Elizabeth." She commented.

"Elizabeth is a beautiful name." Claire complimented.

000

Casey and Tina had been hanging laundry of their own and were now finished. The two friends sat down on the beach for a little relaxation afterwards.

"So what have you been up to? Haven't talked to you in a while." Casey commented to Tina.

"I know! I feels like it's been years. I guess I've just been busy with the baby and all. I'm trying to help Will and Marie as much as I can. Sawyer too." Tina leaned back on her elbows to let the sun drench her skin.

"Speaking of babies…I have a feeling that I'll be busy pretty soon." Casey said excitedly.

"I heard. I happy for them. I'm happy for you!" Tina laughed. She knew how Casey had longed for another baby and having a grandchild was the next best thing.

"I know. I'm happy for them too." She smiled contently. Taylor was going to be so busy with her 'doctoring' that Casey had a feeling that 'grandbaby' would get to know her quite well.

000

"Hey doc!" Sawyer waved to the older doctor.

"What's up Sawyer?" He asked in a less than irritated voice.

"My headaches are coming back and I was wondering if it was because I needed a new prescription." Sawyer waved the glasses around.

"It may be. Come here. Let me see." Jack motioned for Sawyer to sit down. He then took the glasses from Sawyer and began examining them. There was an awkward silence between the two.

"So, I hear your daughter's going to pop." Sawyer said rudely. Jack laughed thought.

"She isn't going to pop. She's only about four months." Sawyer made a face as if to say 'O-oh'. That made Jack laugh again.

"Well, I wanted to say congratulations doc." Sawyer said respectfully then waited for the man to determine if he needed new glasses or not.

Jack nodded at the man's remark as a simple 'thank you'. Jack then gave Sawyer the glasses back. "You need to take these to Sayid." He dug his way through a box and pulled out another pair of glasses. This time they were thick red frames. Sawyer rolled his eyes at them and grasped them firmly.

"I take this as a 'I need new ones'." Jack nodded.

"Thanks doc." He said sarcastically. He sighed and then went on his way. Jack just stood there shaking his head. He'd never met a man as difficult as Sawyer.

A/N: I'm trying guys. I really am. And I'm failing miserably. What I think I'm going to do is just write up the rest of the story and post it all at once that way it's done and I won't have to worry about writing and posting. What do you think? Then you could just read without cliffhangers and the 'what's next's.