End of the line
Ethan walked through the main entrance towards Cal who was stood at reception, seemingly engrossed in his notes that he was starting intently at.
'Hello?!' Ethan waved his hand in front of his brother's face to try and get his attention- he succeeded and Cal looked up from his notes.
'What?'
'Just wanted to remind you that the two new F2s are starting today and I'm mentoring one and you're mentoring the other.'
'Yeah, yeah sure.' Cal dismissed the comment with a flick of his wrist before going back to studying the X-Ray in front of him.
Ethan looked at the X-Ray before walking towards the staffroom. He stopped suddenly and turned to face Caleb
'Caleb,'
'Yeah'
'Hairline fracture to the Ulna- you're welcome'
Ethan turned sharply on his heel and continued on his was towards the staffroom, smiling to himself. His joyful mood was commented on by Dylan and Zoe but he took no note of their sarcastic comments. His happiness couldn't be explained- Ethan just had a good feeling about today.
Once changed into scrubs and working in cubicles Ethan saw Cal again- his stormy face was the antithesis of Ethan's sunny smile.
'Connie's office- now'
Ethan rolled his eyes at the older doctor- sometimes he just had no idea what was going on inside his brothers head.
With a spring in his step and a smile on his face he made his way to Connie's office- Cal was already waiting outside.
The two brothers walked in to be greeted by two young F2s and Connie. Connie was wearing her usual icy glare but the F2s were warm but obviously nervous.
'Cal and Ethan this is Dr Rosie March and Dr George Jackson, Rosie and George this is Dr Caleb Knight and Dr Ethan Hardy.'
The four doctors exchanged pleasantries. Cal's mood had significantly brightened up since he had seen the young F2- Rosie was tall with lightly tanned skin, long wavy brown hair and thick purple glasses that covered her dark chocolatey eyes. She was in complete contrast to George who was pale with cropped ginger hair and piecing blue eyes.
'Cal you will be mentoring George and Ethan you'll be mentoring Rosie'
Connie knew this was the right decision- if Cal and Rosie were partnered together Cal may be 'distracted' by her. Both of the young doctors were capable but she didn't want to take any risks.
'Hi Rosie I'm Dr Hardy but you can call me Ethan. I'll take you to the staff room so you can get changed into your scrubs and find your locker.'
The first two doctors made their way to the staff room talking contently, the other two doctors followed in silence.
The brothers stood in the staff room as the new F2s found their lockers and scrubs. George left to get changed into his scrubs but Rosie just got changed in front of them. As she got changed Cal continued to stare at her- her olive-tinted skin was flawless and a small tattoo was revealed as she pulled on her top.
'What's your tattoo?' Cal seemed genuinely interested but Ethan was taken aback- he had sat down to read while Rosie was changing.
'This? Oh it says 'hope' something I never want to lose'
A smile broke out on Cal's face and he was about to reply when George returned to the staffroom dressed in scrubs.
Cal sighed and left the staffroom with George and headed to cubicles.
Rosie had finished getting dressed so Ethan put down the textbook he was reading, stood up and stretched.
'So where are we going?' Rosie's optimistic manner reminded Ethan of Cal's young christmas attitude and he smiled to himself internally.
'We are in resus for the first half of our shift and then we'll swap with Cal and George into cubicles.'
For a F2 Rosie was surprisingly good. Ethan was impressed and by the end of her first shift he allowed her to work alone in the cubicle next to him- making sure that she asked him for help if she needed it. For George however, it was a completely different story- he needed prompting to do the simplest of tasks and after hours of working together Cal was fed up of George and didn't try and hide it.
The two brothers walked out of the ED and, once out of earshot of any other staff members, Cal couldn't hold back any longer.
'God I can't stand him!'
'What?'
'He's just so annoying and incompetent!'
'Who? George?'
'Yes George- I can't believe that he is supposed to be a F2!'
'Cut him some slack- it's only his first shift and his first day in a new hospital.'
'Yeah but...just...Ulgh!'
Ethan laughed as he opened the door to his apartment that Cal was still living in.