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Summary: They changed everything. Flight 815 never crashed, the island is underwater, and the same people are living different lives. So they think, because fate as other plans.

Sideways Stories from the Castaways

Juliet

Juliet Carlson pushes the number four button on the elevater. She knew she'd see Jack he did work here; she just didn't expect to see him the minute she walked in the door. She didn't tell him because this was all last minute. Sonya the head of the fertility department called and said they had an impossible case which meant it was time for her magic to help this couple. The doors open, Charlotte and her walk out onto the obstetrics/maternity wing.

They walk to room they would be using to prepare for the couple they would be seeing. Charlotte looks around the room at the posters of male and female reproduction systems. Juliet smiles, she met the archeologist in Tanzania when she was with Doctors without Borders as an obstetrician for a year. Charlotte was on dig for a rich couple Haki and Ajali Malokotela that had found strange items on their land; Haki's family has owned the land for many years and his home was filled with the strange items that his ancestors had found. His family believed they were sent by the Gods so they didn't question what they were. But Haki was curious by nature and wanted to know where they came from so Charlotte who was already in Tanzania took the job immediately. She was called to their house to deliver Ajali's baby boy who they later named Kipawa meaning Gift.

As she was also curious by nature the items the Malokotela's had were newer and not something you'd find buried in a land that was thousands of years old. The items in house were from the 1950's – 1970's so she went with Charlotte to check out the spot where they were found. When she was helping Charlotte dig they uncovered what looked like a cover of some sort with the numbers, 4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42 on it.

"They're here" A nurse says popping her head in.

"Ok, thank you. Send them in." Juliet tells her and stands up to greet them. "Mr. and Mrs. Kwon, I'm Dr. Juliet Carlson and this is Dr. Charlotte Lewis she will translate for us." She says as Charlotte translates and then they both bow to them. They look at her then at Charlotte and nod. She points to the two chairs and she sits across from them at the desk.

"I know this is hard, having to keep going to different doctors and hearing the same news over and over again" She pauses to let Charlotte translate. "But I've developed a serum that essentially makes it possible for you to have a baby." She smiles when she sees' Mrs. Kwon's face light up as her husband tries to look stoic but she sees a smile in his eyes.

Mr. Kwon speaks and she looks at Charlotte.

"They want to know how soon?" Charlotte tells her.

"I will need to take samples from both of you and try the serum until one takes and then we can do the implantation in about week." She tells them. She stands and walks them to the other room. Once she recieves the samples she smiles and tells them she'd call them when the results were in. She went to work right away in the lab, then looks at the clock she told Charlotte she'd meet her for lunch in an hour.

She walks down the hallway past a police officer and a woman sitting in the far corner of the waiting area. She smiles at them and they both smile back and nod. She continues on her way she had just stored the Kwon's samples, she was happy that she was going to be able to help the Kwon's. The best part of her job was telling her patients that have received nothing but bad news that they were going to be parents.

She was smiling to herself when sees him holding three sodas like a pyramid in his hands. He had blonde hair and his police uniform brought out the color of his eyes. Her heart rate speeds up and as he passes her and she can't help but turn her head slightly to follow him and sees that he was staring at her too. She can't take her eyes off him she doesn't want to. There was something about him that she was drawn to all these emotions run through her, which was strange because she didn't even know him. He smiles at her a smile that makes her heart melt and she instinctively smiles back. She didn't know what was wrong with her, she had to stop herself because in the back of her mind she saw herself run up to him, kiss him and run her hands through his hair. She shakes her head trying to clear it of thoughts about a man she's never met.

They both keep walking and are getting further and further away from each other until she bumps into a nurse. "Oh my, I'm so sorry. I wasn't paying attention." She says and helps the nurse up. She turns around to look for him again but he was gone.

She runs to the bathroom and looks in the mirror. Her face was flushed and her heart was still racing. She had never felt such intense emotions like this before. Who was that man? And why did he have this affect on me? She runs some cold water over face to try and make some of the redness disappear.

The door swings open and a women runs in as she was drying her face. "Dr. Smith?" She asks surprised to see her. "What are you doing?"

"Hiding from my boss" the frazzled woman tells her.

"Harper's not that bad" Juliet tells her. Which wasn't true Harper was like a dictator to the entire Psychiatric department. "If you want you can hide out in my office, it's an unused one she wouldn't think to look for you there."

Dr. Smith looks at the watch and back up. "I have an appointment in two hours so that will work, thanks; you're a life saver Juliet."

"It's really not a problem Libby."