The two of them remained in their embrace for a while. Cal was about to pull away when he felt Ethan slump against him.

"Ethan?" Cal shook by the shoulders. "Ethan can you hear me?"

Cal got no response from his brother. He placed Ethan gently on the floor then rushed to the door.

"Can I get some help in here?" Cal called out.

Zoe and Rita rushed over.

"What's happened?" Zoe inquired as she took Ethan's pulse.

Cal shook his head.

"I don't know. He just suddenly collapsed on me."

"Right, well he's tachycardic. Let's get him on a trolley."

Rita came in pushing a trolley with her. The three of them lifted Ethan on to the bed and rolled towards RESUS. Cal looked in the directions of cubicles and saw a distressed Emilie being held back by Shelle as the rolled by. In RESUS Ethan was hooked up to a machine and a litre of saline.

"Pulse is 120, and BP is normal at 100/70." Rita informed Zoe.

"Okay, well BP's normal but, I'm worried about his pulse. It's pretty high." Zoe said continuing to look at the monitor.

"Do you have any idea what might have cause him to collapse?" Zoe asked looking at Cal.

"Not that I know of. He has been a bit stressed lately."

"That might explain why his heart rate is so fast."

Zoe went back to checking Ethan's vitals. Soon Ethan began to come round.

"And how are we feeling?" Zoe asked him.

"A bit dizzy." Ethan commented.

"Okay. We'll keep you in for obs and hooked up to a saline drip just to make sure it's nothing serious. But, I think you're just a bit dehydrated. And Cal's mentioned you're stressed. So once I'm happy with your vitals then you're free to go. However, I want you to go home and take it easy for a while." Zoe told him.

Ethan nodded his thanks. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Cal approach him.

"You had me worried there for a minute, Ethan." Cal said.

"Sorry."

"No, I'm sorry. I should have seen you were in no fit state to work. I should have convinced you to stay home today."

Ethan replaced the oxygen mask back over his face and took in a few deep breaths. He then removed it again.

"Cal?"

"Yes, Nibbles."

"About last night…"

"What about last night?"

"You didn't really mean it, did you?"

"About what?"

"About adopting Matilda. You were going to tell me then, weren't you?"

Cal nodded.

"Why didn't you?"

"You were already stressed out. I didn't want to bother you."

"You should have told me."

"I know."

"And anyway, I didn't mean what I said." Ethan said quietly.

"About you quitting."

"Yeah. Like you said I was just stressed. I didn't know what to do or how to deal with it."

Cal smiled.

"Don't worry, Ethan. I'll always be here for you."

Ethan smiled back. Cal then left Ethan to get some well deserved rest. Heading back to his patients Cal stopped by cubicle 2. Entering the cubicle Emilie looked towards him, worry in her eyes and Shelle standing next to her.

"How's Ethan?" Emilie asked.

"He's okay." Cal told her.

"I was worried there when I saw him on the trolley. I'm sure you were as well."

"Yeah, well he's stable. He'll be able to go home once the doctors think he's okay enough."

"You've done a good job looking after your brother." Emilie suddenly told him.

"I hope so."

Emilie looked at him.

"What do you mean by that?"

"I'm not sure Ethan would agree with you." Cal told her frankly.

"Why wouldn't he be?"

Cal just shrugged his shoulders.

"I guess I haven't exactly been the best big brother he's deserved."

"You want to talk about?"

Even though Cal had recently only just met Emilie he felt like he could open up to her. Taking a seat he sat down beside her.

"It's just since working here Ethan and I haven't exactly been on friendly terms. Well, that was until I almost came to losing him in a car crash. It was then I only realised how much he meant to me and how much I've been a useless brother."

"I'm sure Ethan doesn't think you're a useless brother."

"No, he doesn't." Said a voice.

Both Emilie and Cal turned. Standing there was Ethan.

"What are you doing out of bed?" Cal asked standing up and walking over to him. "I though you were supposed to be resting."

"Yeah, well, I wanted to see how Emilie was." Ethan replied sitting down in Cal's vacated chair.

"I'm sorry for storming out on you earlier on." Ethan said to Emilie. "It's just a bit of shock."

Emilie took his hand in hers.

"I know. I understand."

Ethan smiled at her weakly.

"Right, let's get you back to RESUS before Zoe gets mad at you." Cal said helping Ethan stand up.

"I can manage, Cal." Ethan told him.

Cal caught him just as Ethan's knees buckled beneath him.

"Uh, I don't think you can."

Cal helped Ethan up and wrapped one of his arms around his neck while Cal's arm went around his waist. The two of them walked into RESUS. Cal remained by Ethan's bedside to ensure he stayed there until Zoe was happy to give him the all clear.

"Cal, I'm not a baby. I don't need babysitting." Ethan answered.

"Okay, then. But I don't want to see you out of here until Zoe's said so."

Cal ruffled his brother's blond curls before returning to his patients. An hour later and Zoe had discharged Ethan and he was free to go home. It was end of shift and Ethan was waiting for Cal. Soon Cal appeared by his side.

"Ready to go home?" He asked his little brother.

"Yeah."

Cal swung one of his arms around Ethan's neck.

"Let's go then."

"Wait up!" It was Lofty.

Both Cal and Ethan turned around.

"Fancy coming to the pub?" he asked the two of them.

"Nah, some other time, mate." Cal said to him.

Ethan looked at him.

"That's unlike you. Are you sure you're feeling alright?" Ethan smiled.

Cal rolled his eyes in response.

"Of course, I am. I just thought we could spend some brotherly bonding time."

"Really?"

"Yeah. I thought we could get some pizzas and then watch whatever you wanted."

Ethan smiled at him as the two of them bid their goodnights to Lofty and the others. In the car driving home, Cal turned to Ethan.

"You know what Nibbles?"

"What?"

"I think we should adopt Matilda."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes."

Ethan and Cal both smiled at each other. Life was looking good for them.

The End

Hey, guys! Thank you again for all those lovely reviews. I'm not really sure about this ending but, hope you enjoy it anyway. I thought I might do a sequel where they've adopted Matilda but, I'm not sure. Anyway until next time :)