Someone To Watch Over You

Chapter 16

Cat chats away with Brittany, excited to have an online source for all things, baby. Being a pediatrician, she gave Cat some sound advice on what to do in the upcoming months of her pregnancy.

Doug and Olivia return from their swim, and Olivia catches the last part of their conversation. After drying off, Olivia thankfully put on a cover-up. However, the black lace dress thingy turned her look from revealing bathing suit to a lingerie model.

"You're a doctor?" Olivia asks as she tries to tame her wild hair.

"Children's Medicine," Brittany offers.

"Wow. I'm in pre-med," Olivia says, reluctantly impressed.

"Medicine?" Dillion spoke up. "What happened to you becoming an artist?"

Olivia shrugs. "Can't really make a living as an artist. Medicine is a far better decision."

"You sound like your parents," Dillion grumbles moodily.

"Well, they were right," she pauses only a second before adding, "about a lot of things."

Dillion clenches his jaw.

"Anyone else hungry. I was thinking of going to the boards to pick up a few pizzas," I interject.

Everyone agrees pizza is an excellent idea and chip in. 

"I'll go, I know my way around better than you."

I expected Dillion to offer, so I easily agree, handing him the money. Dillion starts walking away when Doug jumped in with, "I'll go with you. We'll need something to drink too. I'll help you carry it back."

Dillion shrugs. "Suit yourself," and continues to walk on. Doug has to jog a little to catch up to him.

"Your brother seems in a mood today?" Olivia questions Cat, who shrugs it off.

"He got beat by dad again in miniature golf. I think he was really hoping for some recognition but alas."

Brittany looks at Cat. "Dillion plays golf?"

Cat laughs. "Only when forced. My dad planned to make him his protégé, take him to the championship, make him a pro, but Dillion was never interested in such pursuits."

"How did you two meet?" Olivia asks Brittany, taking her place among the inner circle.

"I was an intern at the local hospital, working in the emergency room. Dillion came rushing in with this kid who was hit by a car. The boy was in bad shape. Turned out the kid was homeless. He was trying to set up a spot to sleep by an underpass. The car never saw him, it was a direct hit."

"Oh my God! Did the kid survive?" Olivia demands to know. Hell, we all wanted to know.

"Thanks to Dillion. A few more minutes and the boy would have bled out from his wounds. Dillion was so strong that day. He stayed by that boy's side the entire time. He refused to leave him. The days following during the boy's recovery, I got to know Dillion more. I helped him figure out how to get the funding to pay for the boy's stay and when it was time for the boy to go home, I asked Dillion out."

"You asked HIM out?" Olivia questions with disbelief, and I wonder why she finds this important to know.

"Well, sure. Not every day you meet a guy like Dillion. I wasn't about to pass that opportunity up."

"It didn't sound like you two were that serious about one another when you said you were his +1," Olivia challenges.

Brittany smiles. "I don't know. Maybe we will be someday, but right now I'm focused on my work and Dillion has his shelter to run. We both lead very busy lives."