The next morning I only had two thoughts on my mind as I woke up earlier than I usually would, laying in bed I couldn't stop thinking about my two options, I could walk away now from everything in Holby and hand in my resignation like Ethan and start a fresh somewhere new or on the other hand fight for my relationship with Alicia that there's still a chance for us both to be happy together and try to mend all the damage I've caused, I could easily fall back into the old me and not bother putting up a fight for a girl at all but not when I was stung so hard like this for Alicia, I had to work this out with her….

On the way to the house Alicia shared with Max & Jez I stopped at the nearest coffeehouse that was open and picked up some coffee and doughnuts, I knocked on the wooden front door and a sleepy Max appeared

'Morning is Alicia in'

'Morning handsome and yeah she is, you got any sugary treats for me' he greeted excitedly, making grabby hands towards the box

'Hands off they're for Alicia' I informed, moving past Max and heading towards the staircase

'Ooh someone in the doghouse already are they'

'You could say that Max' I laughed lightly

Moving my feet slowly up the flight of stairs I got nervous as I stood outside of Alicia's bedroom thinking of what to say when I saw her, holding my breath while I knocked gently on the door waiting for a reply before I entered the room, seeing Alicia sat up in bed watching the tv

'Cal' she greeted, confused to see me this early

'Morning sweetheart'

'What are you doing here?'

'Brought you breakfast in bed' I proclaimed, lifting up the coffees and doughnuts. 'And to make things up between us'

I sat down on the edge of the bed and opened the box of freshly baked doughnuts as the scent filled the room while she switched off the tv and drew her attention on us, we sat there quietly tucking into the sugary doughnuts and sweet coffee, none of us knowing what to say next as our eyes met on several occasions

'I know you've been a bit off with me since what happened yesterday with Ethan and I want to apologies for that, I'm sorry and I can promise you it won't happen again'

'Don't do this Cal' she exclaimed, shaking her head

'Don't do what Alicia'

'Fake promise me that it won't happen again because it will, that you'll change for me just like all my previous boyfriends have told me before. I can't go through this all again Cal'

'Alicia just believe me when I say this it won't ever happen again because I'm not like your ex-boyfriends, I've changed a lot from my old ways because of you Alicia and I want to be the man you want me to be and more not because I have to, to keep you happy with fake promises but I want too in fear of losing you and ending up alone' I admitted

'I don't want to lose you too Cal you're the first person that I've truly ever loved, just promise me one thing'

'Anything darling'

'You'll make it up with your brother and I'll forgive you for what you done to him and we can start again, do things right between us this time'

'Sure' I exhaled, meeting her gaze. 'I love you Alicia'

'I love you too' she mirrored

I scooted further up the bed and closer to Alicia as I cupped her soft cheek, brushing some of her blonde hair away from her face and behind her ear, I gently pressed my lips against hers and felt mine still tingle from her touch long after when we broke apart, Alicia's smile grew wider when I wrapped my arms around her and pulled her close, burying my head into her crook of her neck not wanting to ever lose her go again….

Alicia's P.O.V

We had arrived at the hospital together hand in hand for the start of our shift when we entered the staff room, Ethan was already there sorting himself out before he was on the clock as well, the two brothers just glared down at each other with no exchange given as they past one another in the room, the tension that rolled off their bodies in waves was so thick that you could cut it with a blunt knife

'Why don't you go and talk him Cal'

'Ethan won't want to listen to a word I've got to say let alone be in the same room as me'

'How do you know?'

'A brother's intuition'

Caleb got up from the blue sofa and left via the side door with it slamming shut, not wanting to continue our conversation as I most likely touched a nerve, turning on the heel I jogged after Ethan to find out his reason for not talk to his brother

'Hey Ethan'

'What do you want Alicia'

'I just wanted to ask you something about Cal'

'What is it?'

'Why won't you talk to him'

'He won't want to listen to what I've got to say to him'

'How do you know? Have you tried to talk to him'

'Brother's intuition I can read him like a book'

'God you two are so alike when you're stubborn that you both can't see it'

'No we aint Alicia'

Ethan had left the staff room as well via the other exit to get on with his duties, god these boys were screwing my head loose with their childish behaviour that I just wanted to rip the room into shreds, I leaned back against my locker as tears welled up my eyes in anger and sorrow. Charlie entered the staff room next and he saw the tear streaks on my cheeks as I tried to wipe them off

'You alright Alicia'

'Yeah I'm fine' I sobbed lightly

'You don't look it at all' he informed, reaching into his pocket and handing me a clean tissue

'Thank you' I whispered, drying my cheeks and clenching tight to the tissue in my hand

'What's happened now between Cal and Ethan?'

'I just can't get them to talk at all let alone find some common ground, I don't know what to do now'

'They'll sort it out in their own time Alicia trust me, the more you push at them the less likely they'll talk'

'And what if they never talk again Charlie then what'

'We'll give them both a little helping hand in the right direction, play one of the oldest tricks in the book to get them to talk to each other'

Caleb's P.O.V

I'd received a saucy text from Alicia to meet her at eleven sharp in the stockroom cupboard for a bit of one on one, making my way quickly to the stockroom I saw Ethan was already in their when I entered looking for something on the shelf

'What are you doing in here?' I inquired

'I could ask you the very same thing'

'I think we can clear this both up for you boys' Charlie's voice interjected from behind

We turned our heads in unison towards the door with Charlie standing right in the middle of it; Alicia appeared out from behind the door at his side, placing the keys into the lock

'You two are finally going to talk it out and you aint leaving till you do' she proclaimed

They both moved out of the way as we surged towards the door to escape out and it swung closed, Ethan and I pouring our weight onto the door to force it open but it wasn't any good as the door latch fell into place and the door locked, I rigorously trying at the handle to open it and slamming my fist against the door to call for some help….

I had given up crying out for help from inside the cupboard an hour ago and leaned back against the wall watching Ethan try his luck with banging for help on the door, he turned and sighed gently as I smiled weakly at him before looking away, Ethan walking over from the door and sat down in from me, clearing his throat before looking up again

'How's your head'

'It's still a bit sore but thanks for asking'

'I didn't mean to hurt you that bad Caleb it was an accident'

'I understand and I do get it if you did mean to hurt me'

'How'

'Alicia and I both betrayed you behind your back, I did expect a reaction out of you on at'

'It's always you Cal always getting your way, the one that always keep on hurting me time again'

'I really didn't mean too this time, it just happened between us'

'Do you love her Caleb?'

'I love her Ethan it's not lust between us and I genially care about Alicia, I want our relationship to go the distance and last and I'm sorry you got hurt Nibbles. One day you may be able to forgive and accepts us together'

Ethan sighed heavily and turned his head towards the door, he'd heard enough and raised up from the floor to try the door again, keeping his back faced towards to me….

We had been locking in the cupboard now for three hours yet no one seemed to hear us or come close enough to the door so we could hear them, I went to the door to help Ethan make a louder noise on the door

'So you gonna go through with your resignation then'

'Doesn't look like I've got a choice really, I want to get far away as possible from you Caleb'

'You can't go through with it Nibbles'

'Why not'

'You love this place too much to leave on a whim if anything I'll resign so it's not awkward anymore for you'

'I won't let you do that Caleb, for once in your life you're settled somewhere'

'And I won't let you resign Nibbles because Holby has become home for us' I replied. 'It will be awkward for a while but we'll get past it eventually if you want us to work back to normal again'

Ethan adjusted his glasses and sighed heavily. 'Alright I'll try to make us work again but I'm not promising anything for now'

'So you gonna pull out of your resignation then'

'As soon as we get out of here I'll go to Ms Beauchamp' he informed. 'Just know I am happy for you and Alicia being together, she's a good one and don't mess her around Caleb'

I nodded and offered out my hand to Ethan to shake to which he did, he let go of my hand a few shakes later and quickly hugged me, patting my back as held my brother tight, the lock on the door switched opened with Alicia and Charlie smiling happily on the other side, yeah things were going to be alright between us all….