It was the following week, Saskia and Malia were both busy with school. Alicia could tell that Malia was getting more and more stressed out about her exams and knew she needed to sit the girl down.

She was happy to be back on day shifts this week. It made things so much easier. Alicia was working at 7 today so got up at 6 to get ready. She headed down the stairs and was surprised to see Malia already awake.

"Hey, what are you doing here?" Alicia asked.

"I'm going to revision this morning before school" Malia said and Alicia nodded.

"You see a bit uptight about these exams" Alicia said.

"Well I just need to do well" Malia said.

"You are doing so well sweetie. Please don't make yourself ill" Alicia said and Malia nodded.

"I won't" She said.

"Well, remember to keep speaking to me throughout all of this. I don't want you going back to how you were before" Alicia said and Malia nodded.

"I know" Malia said smiling at her sister.

"What time do you need to be there?" Alicia asked.

"It's not till 7:45 but I was going to go to the gym first" Malia said and Alicia nodded.

"I'm leaving here at 6:40 if you want a lift" Alicia said and Malia nodded.

"That would be nice" Malia said as she stood up. She disappeared up the stairs to get ready.

They were in the car sharp. Alicia looked at her sister.

"So how is work?" Malia said. It was always Alicia looking after her, she wanted to pay her sister back.

"It's okay, Ethan is being weird with me because of the blog but hopefully he gets over it soon" Alicia said and Malia nodded.

They spoke for a bit longer before they arrived at the school. Malia jumped out and Alicia headed to the hospital.

She arrived at the hospital and got straight to work. She was working with Eddie. There was a competition between her and Eddie against Ethan and Bea. She was so relieved that Ethan was being friendly with her again. It was exactly what was needed.

Soon it the end of the shift. Ethan had ended up bailing on them so Alicia was taking the junior doctors to the pub. She had clothes with her.

"Give me a second, I just need to call my sisters" Alicia said and they all nodded.

Alicia quickly called the girls and checked that they were okay. She was relieved to hear that both of them seemed happy.

"Is it not your mum's job to look after your sisters?" Eddie asked.

"I have guardianship of my sisters" Alicia said. Eddie nodded.

"Why is that?" Eddie asked.

"Family issues, my mum isn't very well and well girls need a female role model" Alicia said and Eddie nodded.

"How old are they?" He asked.

"16 and 13" Alicia replied. Slightly worried as to why Eddie was so interested in them.

"Ah they can look after themselves then" Eddie said.

"They are still children though" Alicia said and Eddie nodded.

"Come on, forget about them for the night" Eddie said and Alicia shook her head.

"I can have a good time but I am not forgetting about my sisters" Alicia said as they headed to the pub.

They arrived at the pub and it wasn't long before Alicia started drinking with Eddie.

Meanwhile, at the house Malia decided to take charge and made dinner for herself and Saskia. She had so much work to do. She really wanted to speak to Alicia about all the stress of these exams but now her sister was out and having fun. She couldn't ruin that.

Saskia was sat watching TV. Malia noticed that the girl was spending less and less time with her friends but decided not to question it. They hung out for a while before heading to bed. They were quite good at sharing a room but sometimes both girls just wanted their own space.

Both girls lay awake for a while. They turned away so that they weren't facing each other. Both oblivious to the fact that the other sister was awake.

They lay in silence and heard Alicia come in. They could tell that someone else was with her. They both stayed completely silent. Malia noticed her sister move. She sat up and looked at the girl. Saskia looked at her sister. Malia encouraged Saskia to come to her bed. Quietly Saskia got up and slid in beside her sister.

"Can you hear him?" Saskia asked and Malia nodded.

"It's fine, don't worry about it. He's here with Alicia. I heard her voice" Malia said and Saskia nodded.

"Come on, let's try and get some sleep" Malia said and Saskia nodded before turning in towards her sister. They both managed to drift off to sleep.

They woke up and Malia felt very on edge but she didn't know why. She hoped that she'd be able to have a word with Alicia before heading to school. They both headed down the stairs and got the fright of their life when they saw a guy there.

"There is no milk" The guy said. Malia and Saskia just nodded not knowing how to react.

"Where's Alicia?" Malia asked.

"She isn't here" The guy said. Malia nodded before heading up the stairs. She grabbed her phone and quickly text her sister asking where she is and if she was okay. Malia was worried. She expected Alicia to at least look in at them before leaving. She usually did this.

Malia continued to get ready before both her and Saskia headed to school. Malia noticed she had a snappy reply from her sister saying she was fine and obviously at work. Malia felt really stupid for messaging her sister now. Previously Alicia had made Malia feel like she could ask her sister anything but that reply made her really nervous. She was already anxious today and that didn't make things any better.

The girls were relieved that the day went very quickly and the girls were ready to head home. Malia really needed to speak to Alicia so decided that they should go to the hospital to wait for their sister.

"Is Alicia here?" Malia asked Robyn.

"No, she is out on a shout" Robyn said. Malia looked around and noticed the bus on the screen. Then she saw the rocks fall.

"My sister is there?" Malia chocked out.

"Come on, let's go into the staff room. Please don't worry, Alicia is a tough cookie" Robyn said putting her arms around Malia.

"Are you okay?" Robyn asked.

"I don't feel great. I just really want to speak to Alicia" Malia said and Robyn nodded.

"Okay, sweetie. She won't be long" Robyn said giving the girl a hug.

Malia nodded and walked into the staff room. Saskia noticed that her sister looked upset and gave her sister a hug. They snuggled up on the sofa and watched TV.

"Don't worry, Alicia is fine" Robyn said as she called in about 30 minutes later. Both sisters were so relieved. They knew to stay in the staff room. It was very busy in the ED and the girls knew to let Alicia get on with her work.

Malia got up to go to the toilet. She noticed her sister in resus but she was sitting on the bed. This worried Malia. Her sister was speaking to Ethan. She stood at the door when Elle gently pushed passed and opened the door asking for Ethan.

"Mal, go and stay with Alicia" Elle said and Malia nodded going over to her sister. Her sister was just sat there frozen.

"We were so worried" Malia said putting her arms around Alicia. Alicia leant her head on Malia's shoulder but didn't say anything else.

"What are you doing here?" She asked.

"Well, I really needed to see you" Malia said hoping her sister would take the hint.

"Okay, it's not too long until I finish" Alicia said. Malia was surprised this was not like Alicia.

She headed back to the staff room and curled back up with Saskia until Alicia was ready to go home.

The car journey was silent. They arrived home and both Saskia and Malia noticed how distant and weird Alicia was being. It really wasn't like their sister. Malia guessed that perhaps Alicia was hung over and just decided to leave the woman to it.

They quickly disappeared up to their room. They heard the doorbell and Saskia came running down the stairs. Alicia noticed her sister and panicked for her. As scared as she was, she couldn't let her sister get hurt. She stood directly behind her sister with her hand over her shoulder.

"Ethan?" Alicia said surprised. She encouraged Ethan into the living room and sent Saskia up the stairs to her room.

Saskia tried to listen to what Ethan and Alicia were talking about but she couldn't hear.

"What's up?" Malia asked noticing her sister at the top of the stairs.

"I'm worried about Alicia" Saskia said and Malia nodded.

"I know, I am too but it might just be a bad day" Malia said and Saskia nodded.

They spoke for a bit longer before heading to bed. They were both in shock that Alicia hadn't been in to speak to them. It really wasn't like Alicia. Both girls got changed into their pyjamas before going to find their sister.

They found her staring into space.

"Lesh, we are going to bed now" Malia said and Alicia jumped.

"What?" She asked softly.

"We are going to bed. Are you okay?" Malia asked and Alicia nodded.

"I'm just tired" Alicia said pulling her sister into her arms. She held the girl so tight that Malia just didn't want to let go. Both girls really needed this.

"Night" Alicia said before both girls headed up to bed.

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