Disclaimer: I do not own Lost or its characters. I only own the story in my head.
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
Miles
Miles Strume was getting bored, they had been sitting here for hours with no word on what was happening or if she even had the baby yet. They weren't family or in any way connected to the girl but since they brought her in and were waiting they should at least be updated.
"Do you think she had the kid, yet?" Jim asks him.
From the moment he met Jim he felt like he'd known for years. They worked well together because their minds were always on the same wavelength. "Do I look like her doctor? I've been sitting here with you so how would I know" Miles replies. "I don't know why they aren't telling us anything" He knew from experience how long some babies took to come out, but this wasn't his kid he was waiting for.
"Well, then Dr. Ray, why don't you ask?" James says to him with a smirk.
"Dr. Ray…really, so I moved from Harold Ramis to Dan Aykroyd." Miles replies.
"Yes, you won't ever be Bill Murray" James answers.
"Why? Because you're Bill Murray" he replies wryly.
"Yes" James says grinning. "You could be Slimer if you want"
"Are you two married?" Kate asks looking between the two of them. She'd been watching them argue and call each other various nicknames for hours.
Miles looks at Jim and smirks, he's about to say something when his cell phone rings, he looks who it is and smiles. "Hey" he says into the phone. Happier now then he had been.
"Hey" She replies. "
"Hey Mamasita" James says as Miles stands up and moves away from them.
Miles takes the phone away from his ear. "She asked me to ask you if you remembered what she would do to you if you called her that again." He says to Jim.
"Somethin' about the Exorcist and being in agony for months." Jim says with a smile. "I look forward to it"
Miles just shakes his head and moves further away to have more privacy.
"Are you at your desk? I'm covering an 11-80, I'm at the hospital with them and my laptop decided to crap out, I need you to check out license numbers of a Sayid Jarrah and Shannon Rutherford." She asks him.
"Which one?" He asks.
"Both of them" She replies like he was stupid.
"No, which hospital are you at?" He asks.
"Oh, St. Sebastian's" she replies.
"Well, I'm here too; I'm waiting for a baby to be born." He tells her.
"What?" She asks shocked.
"It's a long story, the summary is we caught Kate Austen and the woman whose cab she hijacked went into labor so now were waiting for the baby to get here so we can bring Austen to jail" When he's finished he hears silence on the other end. "You still there?"
"Yeah" She replies. "Let me get this straight, you caught Austen but are waiting for one of her vics to have a baby?"
"Yeah, that's right. I told you it was long story; I can fill you on the rest later." He tells her. He didn't know how long he'd be here. "If you have any time we can get something to eat at the cafeteria" He didn't really want to eat hospital food, but he was starving and he knew there was a possibility of her being in labor for hours. Plus he wanted to spend time with his wife.
"What'd Ana-Lulu want?" Jim asks when he returns to his seat.
"She's here too, with an 11-80" he replies. She said she'd call him as soon as she was done and then they'd grab some dinner.
"Well ain't this a small world after all" Jim replies grinning. "Who's gonna watch the kid?"
"You have a kid? Kate asks him.
"Yeah, a son" He answers her. "My mom's got him now, but I should give her a call and tell her she'll be watching until both of us get off of work." He pulls out his phone again and starts dialing. His parents loved watching him so it wouldn't be a problem but he would have to listen to why both of them shouldn't be in such a dangerous line of work.
"What's his name?" Kate asks curiously.
"Ricardo" Miles answers.
"Excuse me" A nurse says that was standing in front of them. All three of them turn to look at her. "Are you the ones that brought Miss Littleton in?" She asks.
"Yes" Kate replies quickly. "Is everything ok, did she have the baby?"
"No, not yet, but she will soon. She requested that Miss Austen be with her." The nurse tells them.