Le Femme Fatale chapter 4

Cal run to meet Zoe who answered his question before he spoke

"He's waking up but he's panicking he doesn't seem to recognize us"

Cal nodded "I forgot about that when he comes round after a seizure he doesn't recognize many people" as Cal spoke he was already walking past Zoe and heading towards Ethan who relaxed as soon as he saw Cal

Cal knelt in front of him and Ethan grabbed his hand Cal squeezed three time and spoke softly "hey kiddo, so you decided to join the land of the living huh, do you know who I am?"

Ethan looked at Cal and squeezed his hands Cal smiled saying "out loud Ethan"

Ethan swallowed "Cccal" Cal nodded drawing his little brother in for a hug as Zoe came up behind them Cal pulled away

Ethan spoke quietly to Cal "Dddid I have a ssiezure?" Cal nodded and helped Ethan to stand on wobbly legs before leading him back to bed and sitting him on the edge

Zoe handed his some clothes and at Cal's confused look spoke "I checked Ethan's locker he didn't have any but they were in yours is that ok"

Cal looked down at the tracksuit and smiled his thanks Zoe then left them to it telling lofty and Robyn to give the brothers some space

Ethan who had come around a little more was staring at the clothes before looking at his trousers and Cal internally groaned at what was coming

Ethan's head dropped to his chest and tears rained down his cheeks unchecked as he brokenly whispered "who saw?"

Cal lifted Ethan's head so he could wipe at the tears and look him in the eye before answering "relax buddy, it was just me and Zoe, its ok nobody has to know, we're going to get you changed and then we'll see about getting you fixed up so we can go home"

Ethan sniffed as more tears fell he looked up at Cal "is it back, I don't wwwwant it to bbbe back I can't go through that again"

Cal who was trying to keep his own emotions in check recognized the signs of post fit Ethan who would always be teary and looked so much younger than he actually was he tried to offer up a smile before he spoke

"Ethan you have been drugged with who knows what, let's not start panicking ok, it's a good chance that the seizures are connected to the drugs in your system, your natural way of dealing with the raging temperature"

Ethan becoming more and more lucid tapped into the doctor in him and nodded

Cal leant in so nobody could hear his next words "let's get you into dry clothes then we'll call Zoe back in and see what we can do about getting this drug out of your system"

Ethan nodded but could do little more than lift his feet one at a time as Cal stripped him and washed him down before putting warm clothes on him when Cal went to pick up the discarded hoody Ethan whimpered and Cal smiling pulled that back over his head and smiled "Better?"

Ethan nodded not daring to move in case of another seizure Cal went to get Zoe and she came back in reading Ethan's test results

She spoke before either brother could "I'm afraid the results were inconclusive so what we are going to do is set up a saline drip and try to flush the poison out of you're…."

She trailed off as Ethan paled and Cal turned to Ethan quickly heading off the panic "Ethan, it's ok remember to breath you need to stay calm ok, panicking can bring on a seizure, it's just a small needle and I'll be here with you the entire time ok"

Ethan nodded knowing it was the fastest way to get the poison out he whispered defeated "ok, I just want to feel normal again, everything is all over the place"

Cal comforted him quick to squash his brother's fear whilst not letting him feel too sorry for himself "you'll be back to your normal dorky self in no time Eth, let's get you settled ok"

Ethan relaxed back against the pillows but shot up when Cal made to move off the bed where he was sat beside him

Cal turned round "I'm not going anywhere Ethan just relax I'll be right here ok"

When Zoe neared the bed she tried to hide the needle from Ethan but he saw it and began to shake Zoe spoke to Cal

"You need to hold him down Cal"

Cal shook his head "give me a sec"

He looked at Ethan who did nothing but shake his head and Cal spoke to him "Ethan, it's going to be fine, you're not going to look and I swear you will hardly feel it, I'll talk to you the whole way through"

Ethan looked at Cal and Cal saw the blind panic he thought back to when they were young and if Ethan was brought to the hospital following a fit how he and his mother would calm him down, he was aware that calming an 8 year old Ethan and a 28 year old Ethan in normal circumstances would be very different however in his current state he hoped it would work

"Ethan can you tell me the top line of the periodic table"

Ethan's head shot up and small smile played at the corners of his mouth as he replied "hug first"

Cal enveloped him in a tight hug running a hand through his hair calming him he pulled back as Ethan began to recite the table from memory and Cal motioned for zoe to set up the drip, he kept Ethan's focus on himself and when Ethan flinched he put his arm around him joining in on ones he knew

When Zoe was finished Cal leant back and laughed "cannot believe you still know that from memory"

Ethan ducked his head but smiled "thank you Cal" Cal grinned back at him "yeah yeah if you're a good boy for the rest of this maybe I'll even buy you an ice-cream on the way home"

Ethan stuck his tongue out before becoming subdued and spoke quietly "I really wish mum was here"

Cal put a hand on his shoulder before answering "me too, but poor substitute though it is you do get a handsome big brother in mother hen mode"

Ethan laughed and Cal had never been so happy to see his smile Ethan answered

"You're not a poor substitute if mum was here id be asking for you, I just want to go home Cal you can look after me there and no one will see"

Cal sighed "why don't you try and get some sleep, I'll stay right here in this chair I promise"

Zoe walked back into the room and checked Ethan's stats she smiled at Cal who looked at her eagerly "he seems to be coming out the other side Cal, his temperature is down and his BP is normal"

Cal nodded smiling running a hand through Ethan's hair he answered "when he wakes up I'll take him home"

Zoe nodded and handed some supplies to Cal he looked down and noticed the prescription for epilepsy tablets and he shook his head before he could speak Zoe answered "Do you have any idea how many drugs can have a lasting effect Cal, it may well have triggered the epilepsy to restart, that's just in case"

Cal slowly nodded while sending prayers to anyone who would listen that his little brother would make a full recovery from this

Ethan woke up after 2 hours and Cal was glad to see he was almost back to normal Ethan still seemed a little more timid than normal wanting Cal near him all the time but he definitely seemed more lucid

Cal gathered up their belongings and herded Ethan out the door and into the car

At home Cal settled Ethan in bed where he fell asleep straight away and Cal made his way to his own bed and fell into a deep sleep

Both brothers slept soundly that night Cal waking up at intervals to check on Ethan who slept through the night without waking

Cal smiled when he checked on Ethan at 6am and saw that he was curled up on his side and his thumb had made his way into his mouth he gently removed the thumb and covered Ethan with a blanket before heading to the kitchen to make them breakfast

So here's chapter 4 a little earlier than I thought. Hope you enjoyed more of a filler really leading up to the next few chapter. Hopefully get 5 up tomorrow.

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