Chapter 195 - Ocean – The Doctor Comes To Visit

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Ocean

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Momma made Makai go to school the day after I got home. She told him that he had spent the entire previous day with me, so he needed to be responsible and just go to school. Her exact words had apparently been right along the lines of what my mother had told him before. 

"Who else is going to make sure that Ocean has all the information from his classes? If you skip school, then he will fall even more behind. Do you want his grades to suffer?"

Throughout her entire argument with Makai, Momma never once referenced his grades or him falling behind. She was apparently only focused on me and my grades. She didn't want me to suffer because my boyfriend was being 'selfish'. I don't see how him wanting to spend time with me was selfish, but I did understand what she was saying about school. I didn't want to get behind and wind up failing because of this whole incident.

The problem with Makai going to school though, was that I was basically left home all alone. Momma had to go into the office for something, that was the first time that I actually heard of either her or Dad going to their actual place of employment. Well, technically, it wasn't their place of employment since they were the two people that owned and operated the company.

Still, it was strange seeing it happen at all. Dad, a.k.a Reef, had gone to find out some information about Brittney. He wanted to know what was going to happen to her and what part I needed to play in the whole thing. Honestly, I hoped that I didn't need to do all that much when it came to her being punished for what she had done.

You see, unlike Justin, Brittney knew full well what she was doing. No one had done anything to her to make her act the way that she had. Justin, on the other hand, had been bespelled and that had caused him to act so hostile and violent. That had all been my fault and I would take responsibility for that. I would not, under any circumstances, take responsibility for Brittney and her crazy ass psychotic ways.

Well, I guess I wasn't at the house 'all alone' like I had said. The maid and chef were here. I think everyone was still too worried about me and my 'condition' to let me be anywhere fully alone. And because of that, I was being watched like a hawk by them.

Though, there was an upside to having a chef keep an eye on me. At the current moment, I was currently sitting in front of a very large and very delicious breakfast. Yvette had outdone herself and I was loving every second, and every morsel, of it.

"You eat just like Makai does." She commented as she watched me eat the food. "You seem to enjoy it so much, not to mention you eat just as much as he does and yet you are so fit. I don't know how you boys manage to do that." She was laughing as she commented about that.

"Well, we're teenage boys, as well as swimmers. We have very fast metabolisms." I wasn't lying about the metabolisms, I just didn't add that there was a third factor in it all as well.

"Yes, I can see that. Oh, to be young and as in love as you two are. I am so happy that you have found each other." I blushed as she continued to talk. I couldn't help it. "I do hope that you two will let me be the one in charge of cooking at the wedding."

I nearly choked on my food then. Someone had told her about the upcoming wedding and that was completely embarrassing. Who was it that was talking about it? Who would have told her about it? UGH!

Oh well, there was nothing that I could do about it now. What was done was done.

"I wouldn't have it any other way, Yvette. You're the best chef in the entire world." I happily shoved another big bite into my mouth and watched as she blushed now. I guess I had gotten my payback.

Following my breakfast, I was just sitting in the living room with nothing to do. I was planning on watching a movie or something, but that was interrupted by the doorbell ringing. I didn't know who it was, but I got up to check anyway.

"Dr. Malachi?" I nearly jumped when I saw him there. "W..what are you doing here?"

"Do you not remember, Ocean? I am here to provide your homecare. Are you suffering from memory loss? Do you have amnesia, son?" Dammit, I was making him think that there was something seriously wrong with me.

"No!" I answered quickly and loudly. "No, I do not have amnesia. I just didn't think that you would be here so soon. I also didn't think that you were actually going to visit me at home. In truth, I thought that was just another part of the lie."

Why was he grinning at me? Why was he looking at me like I was some dim witted child that he was about to manipulate and take advantage of? Someone, anyone, help me. Please.

"Ocean, I would never lie about taking care of someone. I took an oath to care for people, and I always honor that oath." He stepped inside the house and shut the door. "Not to mention, there is so much about you and your 'condition' that we need to research and find out about. I would never pass up the opportunity to do some research."

Uh oh, I was nothing more than a specimen to him. No wonder I felt like I was about to be swallowed up by a giant predator. And that reminded me, I still didn't know what type of 'creature' Dr. Malachi was. I wasn't getting a Merman vibe from him, but I still felt like he came from the sea like Makai and I did.

"Janice, you and Yvette are free to go. I will watch over Ocean until Analise and Reef return home." Well, apparently the scary doctor here knew the staff of Makai's family. That meant that he had come here quite often. Often enough that he knew them and ordered them to leave.

Part of me wanted to beg them not to leave. I wanted them to stay here and protect me from the man that was watching me so intensely. I didn't though. Mostly because I thought that Dr. Malachi would just dismiss my pleadings and make them leave anyway.

Once we were alone, Dr. Malachi walked over to sit on the couch.

"Sit Ocean, I won't bite you." Yeah, I knew that. I wasn't afraid of being bitten. I was afraid of being dissected.

"U..uhm, Dr. Malachi, what is it that you want right now? I just left the hospital yesterday, there can't have been that much of a change in my condition since then, could there?"

"No, I highly doubt that there has been much change, aside from you slowly getting better. However, I truly do wish to speak to you. I want to learn more about you and your origin, Ocean. I want to know how it is that you came to be. And, I want to learn any secrets that your genetics are hiding from us." There was a scary amount of intensity in his voice. So much so that I felt compelled to just do what it was that he wanted me to. I had been standing in front of the chair, watching him, but when he said that and looked at me with those dark eyes of his, I felt like I had to obey him no matter what. So, I just let myself sink into the chair and sat like he had told me to.

"D..D..Dr. Malachi, w..wh..what species are you?" The moment that the words were out of my mouth I clapped my hand over my mouth in shock and horror. "I am so sorry. I didn't mean to ask that. That was incredibly rude of me." My face was on fire at the moment.

"It's fine, Ocean. You're new to this culture of ours, so I will let it slide this time. And to answer your question, I come from the sea, just like you, only I am a more rare specimen than you are. Well, not you specifically but your race. I think you might be the most rare specimen on the planet, but that is only speculation."

"Well, don't stop there, what rare specimen are you? You can't just leave me hanging like that." I laughed, my curiosity boiling over.

"I am a sea dragon. We're a race that lives much longer than the other sea creatures, but we don't find mates or have families all that frequently. A lot of us will live and die without ever having a family."

"Shit!" That sounded like the loneliest species in the entire world. How horrible would it be to never find someone to love and settle down with? I could never imagine my life without Makai in it. Not now that I met him anyway. But to not even have a chance at that type of happiness, that had to be rough.

"Stop looking so heartbroken on my behalf, Ocean. I am perfectly content with my life right now. If I find a mate, that is fine, but I am OK with how things are. I mean, I would have to be right? I have dealt with it all for over a hundred years now."

HOLY SHIT! Dr. Malachi was over a hundred years old!