This is a new idea that came to me and I really wanted to post it. It's all about Lily, Cal and Ethan. Matilda is seven years old in this and has moved to live in Bournemouth with Cal. However, Cal is now returning back to Holby and is taking Matilda with him. Ada is the five year old daughter of Lily and Ethan but there is a chance that she could be Cal's daughter :)

I hope you enjoy the story. Also Lily and Ethan are both consultants now :)

Also this is my 50th story so yay! :D

Chapter One

"That was your grandma," Cal said, as he stared down at the grave in front of him. On the front, the name Emilie Groome had been engraved along with her birthday and the date that she had died. She was described as a loving mother of two but Cal wasn't entirely sure if that was true. She'd given him and Ethan up for adoption and then when they eventually found out who she was, they found that she couldn't have looked after them anyway. "You never met her," Cal sighed and placed an arm around his daughter's shoulder.

Matilda nodded her head and smiled down at the grave. She was wearing a white, flowery t-shirt with a pink cardigan, a pair of jeans and a cute pair of brown, cowgirl boots. Her blonde hair was long and straightened, tucked behind her ears to show off a sparkly pair of silver studs.

"Where did I get my name from?" She asked, looking up at her dad. "You said that I was named after Grandma."

"Well, princess," Cal sighed and crouched down to her level. "Your brother and I lived with this woman who was thought was our mum and she was called Matilda. Then we found out that we'd been adopted and that Emilie was our real mum. Do you know what adopted means?" Matilda shook her head. "Our real mum couldn't look after us properly so this other lady looked after us instead. You are very lucky though because you have two grandmas who I'm sure would love you very, very much if they were here."

"I love them too," Matilda whispered.

"Come on," Cal said, as they turned and made their way back to the car. "You are going to love Holby and you'll get to meet Uncle Ethan."

"Is there a beach at Holby?" Matilda asked.

"There's one close by," Cal chuckled. "Ethan and I have had many special trips to that beach. I know you'll miss Bournemouth but it's important to be near family and I've wanted this for a long time, Matilda."

"Then why are we only moving back now?" She asked.

"These things take time," he sighed. "I guess I just never had the courage. That's all."

"But you have courage now, don't you daddy?" She said, taking hold of his hand.

"Yeah baby," he answered her. "I do."

"Does Uncle Ethan know that you're coming home?" Matilda asked.

Cal shook his head and sighed, before gulping nervously and saying, "no."

"Are you working?" Ethan asked Lily as he stepped into the study of their country home. It was eight thirty and Lily was sat at her desk, typing away on the laptop with a cup of tea sat in front of her. She was dressed in jeans, a t-shirt and a smart jacket and as soon as her husband spoke, she looked up over the rim of her glasses.

"I just have to finish this report before Monday," Lily told him. "I'm almost done, don't worry."

"You're getting more like Connie by the minute," Ethan chuckled and walked over to her. "It's your day off."

"She asked me to write it," Lily said, flicking her hair out of her face and leaning back in her chair. "Maybe because I'm the only doctor she trusts in that hospital."

"Oh yeah?" Ethan asked and kissed her cheek. "And what about me?"

"You're all right, I guess," Lily joked.

"You do realise that Ava needs to be at school in less than half an hour," Ethan said, glancing at his watch.

"The school's only five minutes down the road," Lily said. "I'm just going to finish this paragraph and then we'll get going. Is she okay?"

"She's sitting in the lounge watching Dora the Explorer," Ethan told her. "I've given her some cereal and some milk but I have to head off to work now. I'll be late otherwise." Lily nodded and Ethan leaned in and gave her another kiss, this time on the lips. "I love you both. Don't work too hard today, okay? Go to the cinema, go shopping, treat yourself to something. I've left fifty pounds on the kitchen table."

"You didn't have to do that," Lily sighed. "Thanks though. I'll drop Ava off at school and then I'll probably go out somewhere. I have a meeting with her teacher this morning."

"Is that today?" Ethan asked. "Sorry, I forgot."

"It's okay, I'm sure it'll be fine," Lily said and hit save on the computer. "There we go. Now, I can get ready."

"I'll see you later," Ethan laughed.

Once Ethan had left for work, Lily made her way into the living room to see their daughter sat on a bean bag. She had her school uniform on and Ethan had tied her hair into two little pigtails, the only thing missing was her shoes.

"Come on gorgeous girl," Lily said and switched off the TV. "Time to get your shoes on. You have school soon."

"Can daddy take me to school?" Ava asked.

"Sorry princess," Lily said and ruffled her hair. "You're stuck with mummy. Daddy's had to go to work today." Ava nodded and sucked on her thumb, as Lily slipped her Dora the Explorer trainers onto her feet. "Good girl," she praised and kissed her forehead.

She quickly put together her lunch and grabbed her school bag from the hallway. Ava held Lily's hand as they left the house, locked up and walked down the road towards the little village school. All the kids were playing in the playground and a couple of Ava's friends waved at her as she walked past with her mum. Lily took Ada inside and knocked on the door to her classroom.

"Come in!" A woman's voice called.

Lily opened the door and led Ava inside. Her teacher, Miss Bailey was sat at her desk preparing the lesson plans.

"Mrs Hardy," she greeted with a smile. "Good morning, Ava."

"Good morning," Ava whispered, with her thumb still in her mouth.

"Thank you for coming in, Lily," Miss Bailey said and shook hands with her. "I won't keep you. It was just a short meeting regarding Ava's reading. She's still struggling so we're looking at getting a teaching assistant in to help her."

"She's five," Lily reminded her. "Even I wasn't able to read properly at five years old."

"I know," Miss Bailey laughed. "But a lot of the children are progressing and Ava can't even read a simple picture book. She gets very upset when she tries, as if she just can't put the words together. We just want to help her, the children are expected to be able to read simple books before they go up to year two next year. Do you and your husband read to her at home?"

"All the time," Lily replied. "She always gets a story at bedtime."

"That's good, it's important that parents read to their kids," Miss Bailey said. "Maybe try and get Ava to read something to you, see how she gets on?"

"Right," Lily sighed. "Thank you, Miss Bailey. I...I'll discuss it with Ethan."

"Doctor Hardy!" Connie called and made her way over to the consultant. "There is an RTC coming in in about ten minutes. Could you help out in resus please? There's about six casualties so we'll need all hands on deck."

"Of course," Ethan said.

"What's Lily up to today?" Connie asked out of interest.

"Knowing her, working," Ethan sighed but managed a small smile. "She's dropping Ava off at school and I told her to treat herself to something but she was up at half past six this morning working on that report."

"She's brilliant, bless her," Connie said. "Thanks for coming in today."

"I'm more than happy to help with extra shifts," Ethan said. "Don't worry."

Connie nodded and walked off to speak to Rita. Ethan was about to head off to resus when someone familiar caught his eye. He blinked a few times, took his glasses off to clean them and placed them back on his face. He wasn't seeing things.

Cal smiled at his brother and folded his arms across his chest. "Hi Ethan," he said. "Long time no see."

Let me know what you think in a review. I don't write much Cal and Ethan so I'd love to know what people think :) x