LindaAndrewsfan: Thanks for the review.

CBloom2: I loved the line as well that's why I included it. Thank you for the review.

tracy's dream: I love it when the boys are comforting each other. Thank you for the review.

sweet - as - honey: Thank you for the reviews you left. I liked showing Cal's immaturity and I loved writing the bit where Zoe was explaining what Ebola was. I prefer Zoe to clinical lead instead of Connie.

Sweet - as - honey: I love doing chapters where the boys comfort each other, I think they are my favourite kind of chapters.

Sweet - as - honey: I don't think I would forgive myself if Ethan were to lose his life, but I'm glad (in a good way) that you thought Ethan was going to die, it means I got the shock response I was after.

Sweet - as honey: I'd never really written Lofty before, but I got the idea and it wouldn't leave me until I had wrote it.

I was originally going to do this as a Iain and Lily story, but I'm not to confident with writing them.

I've read a couple of stories recently where Cal and Ethan get their results of their Huntington's disease test and this is my interapation of that. I'm really looking forward to Casualty Saturday night.

Any spelling and grammer mistakes are mine.


The Secret Life Of Casualty

Chapter 134.

Cal looked at the envelopes that were in his rucksack and sighed, he knew what they contained. He put the rucksack in his locker and shut it, before leaning against it and sighed, as he knew that both his and Ethan's lives were about to change again for the worst. He took a deep breath and walked out of the staff room, tracking down Ethan.

"Dr. Hardy, can I see you in the staff room?" Cal requested, as he knew Ethan would never go with him if he said "Ethan, can I have a word?"

Ethan looked up at Cal. "Sure, Dr. Knight " He then turned back to his patient, a pretty blonde, who had injured her leg in a fall "Excuse me?" He said as he left his patient and headed to the staff - room and stopped still as he saw two envelopes on the table.

"Are those?" Ethan trailed off, anxiously as he walked in to the staffroom to make himself a cup of tea on his break.

"Yep, " Cal replied, holding out Ethan's envelope to him.

"I don't think I can" Ethan said, he didn't want to know if he had the dreaded Huntington gene.

"We'll do it together " Cal decided as he looked down at his own envelope.

"OK" Said Ethan quietly.

Cal found himself praying as he slid the paper out of the envelope. "Don't let Ethan have it, " He prayed.

"Cal?" Ethan whispered. "Do you?" He trailed off, not wanting to say the words.

Ethab quickly scanned the paper for the words, that would change his life, one word jumped out at him. "Negative"

Cal sighed, he couldn't let Ethan find out.

"Cal?" Ethan questioned.

Cal knew he couldn't lie to Ethan, it's how they had got in to this mess in the first place.

He recognised the signs from when he first met Emile: the slurring speech, the shaking hands, the inability to feed herself, having to use a bag to do her business in, then have her career empty it daily, he didn't want that for Ethan, he wanted Ethan to have fun, live his life.

"I tested positive for the gene" He said, as he watched Ethan's face fall.

Ethan reached over and rubbed Cal's arm, to his horror his eyes were filling with tears, he blinked them back.

Ethan picked up his own letter and unfolded it. He didn't know how he would cope if he had the gene too, he wasn't as strong as Cal and he realised that he needed him and Cal, although he would never admit it, needed Ethan.

"Well?" Ethan asked.

Cal stared at the paper in his hands, his mouth going dry. "Positive" He choked out and Ethan was sad for his brother, but he knew that he would support him, whatever life threw at them as they were brothers and that's what brothers did.


Cal shut his eyes as he imagined what life would be like for Ethan and him once his condition had taken hold of him.

5 Years Later

Cal was now 35 and he had, had to quit his job at the hospital as his symptoms had become apparent to Charlie, Connie and Zoe. Ethan had quit his job as well to help look after Cal.

It was hard on Ethan as he watched his brother lose muscle in his arms and legs, he watched him try and fail to get off the bed.

There was a wheelchair in the corner of the room and Cal eyed it resentfully, he didn't want to end up, like Emile, he didn't want to end up bitter and hating Ethan.

E-than?" Cal struggled to say the word as Ethan looked at him, he felt bad for him and Cal hated pity.

Ethan gave a small smile. "Yes?"

"I need the loo " Cal hated relying on Ethan, but he knew that he had too.

Ethan leant forward and Cal put his arms around his neck and Ethan took Cal to the bathroom. He waited outside while Cal sat on the loo.

"Are you OK?" Ethan asked.

"Yep" Cal replied as he pulled up his shorts. Ethan helped him back to his room where he lay back on the bed, folding his arms.

End of flashback

Cal pulled himself back as he stared at his hands, wondering if he would get the shakes. Ethan stood up and after a moment, so did Cal and they headed out.

Ethan, did something, he never usually did as he put his arm around Cal, as the two brothers left the ED and got in to Ethan's car as they drove home, both lost in their own thoughts but knowing that they were going to be there for each other.

Ethan unlocked the door to the flat and he walked in, taking off his coat and shoes, and putting them neatly in the hallway, before he walked in to the living room and opened up his laptop, researching the different topics on huntingsons disease.

Cal walked in after him, sitting down and switching on the TV. He knew there was a footie game on, he decided that he wasn't going to worry about his symptoms until they happened. Cal decided to order a takeaway and for once Ethan didn't disagree with him.