Illusions of the island *A LOST fanfic*

Chapter 10: 'Are you sure you're ready for this?'

Flashback:

Miami Medical Research Facility

Miami, Florida

March 2000

"Are you sure you're ready for this? Juliet I'm being serious."

Juliet gazed up at Doctor David Jacobson, her coworker and very close friend with a fierce seriousness in her blue eyes. Scooting her computer chair closer to him, she lowered her voice so that no one but them could hear.

"Absolutely David. I have been working on this serum for almost 6 years now. I think I've finally got the right sequences. Besides, I have to give my sister a chance at having a baby. She's wanted one her whole life, and right now she can't. I have to help her out. So will you help me do this? Or not?"

David sat back in his chair for a minute, looked around the room and then back at Juliet.

"What if Doctor Burke finds out?"

Slight worry crossed Juliet's pretty features.

"Ed's not going to find out."

David only nodded and discreetly stuck his hand in the refrigeration unit next to Juliet's desk, taking out two vials. Juliet followed him out of the lab and down a carpeted hallway. The good thing about the research lab at the university was that there was a clinic within those very same halls. Taking a look around the office to make sure no one was looking, David and Juliet entered one of the exam rooms and shut the door. Taking a seat on the exam table, Juliet looked at David with a nervous smile.

"If this works, we can't tell anyone. If Ed ever finds out, he'll lock me away somewhere until I give birth and then I'll be his own personal guinea pig."

David grimaced at the thought.

"I won't let that happen Jules. Can you lift up your shirt for me?"

Complying, Juliet did as she was told and lifted her shirt slightly.

"Remind me to put a warning label on this when it goes to clinical trials. This stuff stings worse than a snake bite. I know, I've been bitten by a snake before. So how long until we know this is working?"

David did a quick calculation in his head and came up with his answer.

"We'll know in four weeks. We'll need to take a blood sample though to measure your HCG levels."

Nodding, Juliet hopped off the exam table and smiled.

"I have a very good feeling about this David. Call it a gut feeling."

To Be Continued...