Back at One
Pt 4

"I can't believe this is happening" Cat said to herself as she left the trauma room

"You okay Cat?" Gallant asked as he followed her out

"You do everything to protect your child, send them off to school thinking they will be safe and some jerk comes and shoots up a school," Cat said trying to hold her composure

"He is going to be okay Cat, Romano wont let anything happen to him" Gallant said putting an arm around her

"Thanks Gallant, I don't know what I would do if anything happened to him" Cat said finally giving into her emotions and crying

~*~

"So this is the new med students son?" Romano asked Elizabeth as they worked on Dylan

"Yeah, she is waiting in the waiting room. You want me to talk to her?" Elizabeth asked

"Yeah I don't think I'm suited to talk to her about her son" Romano said writing notes in the chart and walking off

"Is he okay? I don't know what I would do if I lost him" Cat said standing up as she saw Elizabeth come in

"Yes he's okay, the operation was a complete success and he'll be out in a couple of days," Elizabeth said

"Thank you Dr. Corday" Cat said

"Your welcome" Elizabeth said as she walked off

"How is he doing?" Gallant asked

"He is going to be okay, I think I might have to send him to a different school but he'll be okay" Cat said

"Hey, when was the last time you ate?" Gallant asked

"Well I think it was yesterday," Cat said

"Come on I'll buy" Gallant said. They walked to Doc Magoos where they saw Susan and Carter

"Hey guys" Susan said as she saw them walk in

"Hi Dr Lewis" Cat said

"How is your son?" Carter asked

"He is going be okay, he will be in a cast for a couple of weeks but I don't know about the emotional scars" Cat said

"I'm sorry Cat" Carter said

"Thank you Dr. Carter" Cat said looking at the table in front of her. Suddenly a figure came running through the doors of Docs wearing a Marine uniform

"Cat" the woman said

"Sarah, oh my god, I'm so glad that you are here" Cat said hugging her sister

"How is Dylan?" Sarah asked

"He is going to be okay," Cat said

"You going to introduce us?" Susan said

"Oh I'm sorry Sarah this is John Carter, Susan Lewis, and Michael Gallant. Guys this is my big sister Sarah McKenzie" Cat said

"Nice to meet you all" Sarah said sitting down

"So Sarah you're in the Marines?" Gallant asked

"You can call me Mac, and yes I'm a Lieutenant Colonel" Mac said

"That's interesting" Carter said

"Sarah, I mean Mac are you hungry?" Gallant asked

"Actually I am I had a big case today and hadn't had time to eat or anything" Mac said

"Case?" Susan asked

"Oh I'm with the JAG corp. I tried to get Cat here to join but she decided to become a doctor instead" Mac said playfully shoving Cat

"Yeah so who did win you or Harm?" Cat asked

"Very funny, actually the case isn't over yet" Mac said

"Well, you're going to have to excuse us we have an early day tomorrow, you ready to go Susan?" Carter asked getting up

"Yeah, it was really nice meeting you Mac" Susan said shaking Mac's hand

"You too, hopefully it wont be the last time" Mac said

"So you want to go ahead and come over to my apartment Mac?" Cat asked

"Yeah, I want to call Chloe she was worried about Dylan" Mac said

"Thanks for dinner Gallant" Cat said getting up from the table

"Your welcome Cat, and it was very nice to meet you Colonel McKenzie" Gallant said

"You don't have to call me that its just Mac" she said shaking Gallants hand "So what's with him does he have a crush on you" Mac said as they left the restaurant

"I don't know I like him a lot but I think he has a girlfriend" Cat said as they got into Mac's rental

"I think you should pursue him he's not that bad looking" Mac said

"Yeah how many times have I told you the same thing with Harm and you are still dancing around each other" Cat said

"That's a whole different story" Mac said

"How's that" Cat asked

"Well…I don't know it is" Mac said getting a little defensive

"Well if you don't do something soon I'll just have to call him and tell him how much you love him" Cat said

"You do that and I'll kill you" Mac said joking "okay where exactly are we going?" Mac said

"Oh just take a right here and its that big gray apartment building" Cat said

"I wont stay here long I just need some clothes then I'm going back to the hospital, but you're welcome to stay here and sleep in my bed if you want to" Cat said as they walked into the apartment

"Thanks Cat I'll come by later tonight to see Dylan" Mac said

~*~

"Hey Dylan its mommy" Cat said sitting at his bedside "I love you very much I want you to know that" she said stroking his forehead

"I'm sure he knows that" said the figure in the doorway

"Hey Gallant" Cat said looking up at him

"I was just coming up here to see how he was doing" Gallant said sitting down in the other chair

"Dr. Corday said his vitals are stable and he is going to okay, they're going to send DeRaad up tomorrow to talk to him before he goes home" Cat said

"Good, cause he's probably going to be an emotional mess after all this" Gallant said "What time are you on?" he asked

"10, how about you?" she asked

"Now I'm just trying to avoid working" Gallant said

"Well you shouldn't spend too much time up here I'm sure Weaver will have a heart attack" Cat said

"You're right" Gallant said looking at his watch "Hey Cat, I was wondering when Dylan comes home would it be okay if I came over and cooked him a welcome home meal" he said

"Yeah, I'm sure he would really enjoy that" Cat said