"Hey! Get off, get off!" Alex attempted to lure the large bird away from the breakfast she was cooking. It didn't work. So, she reluctantly threw a perfectly good piece of bacon into the forest or him to chase. After all, without Galileo, she wouldn't have her wonderful husband to help her raise Nim.

Alex sighed. She still wasn't quite used to living on an island with only two other people. She still wasn't sure if she could manage to support a family while she had only recently started to take care of herself. But she was learning.

Jack came out of the house and kissed her. "Good morning, darling." Alex smiled and kissed him back.

"Good mo-" she faltered and sat down on a log as a wave of dizziness passed over her. Jack became concerned at once.

"Are you okay, Alex?" She stood up, rubbing her head.

"I'm fine, just...tired." Jack massaged her shoulders, worry still etched on his face.

"You should go back to sleep, we don't want you to get sick." She nodded.

"Love you."

"Love you too."

Back inside, she lay down on her bed and fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow. She woke up in the middle of the day only to feel dizzy again. The next morning, she woke up to the smell of fresh bacon and potatoes again. A glance at the clock told her it was 10:00. She had slept for 27 hours. Suddenly, she felt very, very nauseous and barely made it to the bathroom on time before vomiting into the toilet.

How did she pick up such a disgusting virus in the middle of a nearly deserted island? It would be downright impossible unless... This is why she had stayed inside her safe house in Los Angeles.

Then Jack was there, smoothing her hair and telling her it was all right. Soon she was tucked back in bed. "Jack?"

"Yes, honey?"

"I, I, I think i'm pregnant."

He gasped and smiled. "Really?"

"Really."

A few days later, a doctor arrived and confirmed that she was indeed pregnant. He gave her some vitamins and said that it would be best to send someone to stay at the island when the due date neared.

Then Alex knew the perfect person. Her mother. She would love this, Alex's new life and her new family. That's why she hadn't talked to her mother in a long time. But now, things were different.