The Secret Life Of Casualty.

Chapter 165.

She didn't know why, she just kept on walking and walking, she had no one left, her kids had gone back to live with their father in Saudi - Arabia, and even though, she'd fought for her kids not to be taken from her again, she knew it was a battle she couldn't win. She couldn't stand to look at Adam as he reminded her of Harry, her beautiful baby boy, gone too soon.

Suddenly, she found herself standing at the waters edge, but it wasn't just any water. No, it was the water where her life had fallen apart. It had been her wedding day, Zoe and Tess had helped her in to her dress, while Lucas and Amelia entertained Harry. She could hear her son's laughter as Amelia bounced him gently on her knee.

Why did Adam take that bend too fast?

Suddenly, the sentence shot through her mind, giving her the start of a headache.

Harry would still be here.

She shook her head, in a bid to try and forget her forever haunting memories.


Cal was walking home from his shift, his hands, thrust deep in his pockets, as if to fend off the harsh winds. He stared down at the grey stones of the pavement, they seemed to blur in to one.

A routine blood test at the ED, had revealed it was Cal with the dreaded gene and not Ethan. Ethan had been ecstatic and Cal had put on a brave face, but he wondered what girl would want him now?

The sounds of footsteps, treading in to the water caught his attention, but it was dark, but he realised, they needed help.

There was someone walking in to the cold, harsh waves, they'd almost certainly end up with hypothermia. Cal ran down to the water, panicking.

"Hello?" He called out.

She hadn't seemed to hear him.

"Hello? I'm a doctor " Again, she hadn't seem to have heard. Cal picked up his pace in order to reach her.

"You'll catch your death " Cal commented, as he did, shrugging off his jacket and placing it around her shoulders.

Jessica shrugged. "It's fine "

Cal shook his head. "Without a warm coat, you'll freeze to death, and I don't want the death of a beautiful woman like you on my conscious "

Jessica dipped her head, blushing. It had been so long since anyone had called her beautiful. Sean hadn't cared about her, he preferred to cheat on her, Adam had told her he loved her and she had loved him, but they hadn't been able to get the spark back, after Harry.

With long brown hair, curled at the ends, eyes a warm chocolatey colour, with pale skin, she never considered herself beautiful, just plain.

Cal led her off the water and they walked to a café that was open 24 hours, ordering two hot drinks.

"What's your name?" He asked, striking up a conversation as they found a table and sat down.

"Jessica" she replied, quietly.

"I'm Cal " He introduced himself.

"OK"

Gratefully, she sipped at the warm drink he'd brought her.

"What were you doing out there?" Cal questioned, raising an eyebrow at her.

"I don't know " She replied, she couldn't tell him the real reason, he would have thought that she was mad, she was planning to drown herself.

The water had been too cold, she'd dropped Harry in the murky water, as her body began to give up on her. Her vital organs would start shutting down soon.

Her heart, unable to cope with the freezing water, would lead her to have a cardiac arrest.

Her brain, would go in to shock, and she would suffer a bleed.

Surgeons would fight to bring her back, but defibrillators wouldn't work.

Bringing her out of the induced coma she had been in, to find herself attached to an: ECG, Pulse Oximeter, an oxygen mask and a plaster on her neck, where the tube had been as it was important that unconscious patients got nutrients to.


"Oh, Cal " Ethan sighed, dropping his head in to his hands as he took in the brunette he had his arm around.

"It's not like that, mate " He replied, leading her down the hallway and to the door of the only spare bedroom the flat had, the other two were occupied by him and Ethan.

"Thank you, " She whispered, it had been ages since anyone had shown her kindness and she had forgotten what it felt like.

"Don't worry about it " Cal left the room so that she could settle in. She looked around, it was a comfortable room, a decent size; there was a bed, with a pink duvet on it, unknown to her, their biological mother Emile, had stayed with them as she lived out her last few days, and the boys had vowed to make her as comfortable as they could.

There was a set of chest of drawers, which, when she looked in, she found they were empty. Having nothing with her made her feel vulnerable.

Cal returned to the living room to see Ethan, looking at him, Cal realised that he owned Ethan an explanation. "What are you playing at?"

"Ethan, she would have frozen to death" Cal said. "And isn't that what we do as doctors, help people "

"Well, yes. " Ethan stuttered, fiddling with his glasses, "But Cal you are ill. "

Cal glared at him. "I'm aware of that Ethan "

Ethan nodded. "OK"

Cal stood up "I'm off to bed " He told his younger brother.

Ethan looked up from his laptop, he hoped that he did mean his bed, he could easily go in to Jessica's room, the old Cal would have done.

Cal knocked on the door. Jessica walked over and opened it.

"Hey" Cal smiled. "I thought you might like these" He said, placing a pair of trackie bottoms and a white tee - shirt on the bed.

"Fine" she said, quietly. "Thanks, Cal " She added as he again left her alone.

Jessica picked up the clothes and changed in to the clothes, folding her ones up and getting in to the bed, as soon as her head hit the pillow, she was asleep.

Ethan retreated to his bedroom, looking at the pictures of both Matilda and Emile that he kept on his bedside table, he kissed both of them and took off his glasses, before his head hit the pillow and he too, was asleep.


Just some randomness about Jessica that I wrote, that is what happens when I'm bored, haha. Thanks for reading.