I started this chapter after the 17/9/16 episode: "Pride Becomes Before A Fall"

This chapter was prompted by "Sweet - as - Honey" I hope she enjoys this.

Second half of this chapter may include spoilers, I wasn't originally going to include the second half, but then I thought it could be a good idea, but by the time I get this up, it'll probably be past the episodes.

I was going to wait a few days to upload this, but I thought as it was ready, I would upload.


The Secret Life Of Casualty.

Chapter 245.

Ethan sat in the living room, of the flat. He was clearly deep in thought about something, tapping his phone against his chin.

"Are you alright?" Cal asked his brother, making Ethan jump, it was a habit that had annoyed Ethan since they were children.

"I want to ask Alicia out. " Ethan said, quietly.

Cal sat down on the couch and prepared to give his brother some of his "Cal's best women advice. "

"Pretend I'm Alicia. " Said Cal.

"What?" Ethan replied, he knew that Cal had some wacky schemes sometimes, but this one was just totally out there.

Cal rolled his eyes. "Ask me on a date. "

Ethan nodded, taking it in, before giving it a try.

"A- Alicia?" He asked, hesitantly.

"Yes Ethan. " Cal put on a girlie voice.

"Would you like to come on a date?"

"Oh, Ethan, I'd love to. " Cal replied.

Now, Ethan, could only hope that the real Alicia would say "yes"

They left their flat and walked to work.

As they crossed the road opposite the hospital, Cal was the first to see Alicia.

"Good luck, " Cal smiled, patting him on the shoulder.

Taking a deep breath, Ethan walked over to Alicia, remembering Cal's words.

"Alicia?"

Alicia smiled at him.

"Do you wan- I mean, do you want to help me in cubicles?"

"Sure" Alicia replied, confused as to why Ethan was stuttering. Ethan picked up a file at random and passed it to Alicia, it was a case for a child, with a fracture after falling off her bike.

"How did it go?" Cal asked.

"We got interrupted. " Ethan muttered.

"You bottled it, didn't you, Nibbles?" Cal asked, knowingly. Ethan nodded. Cal put his arm around him. "It'll be fine. "

At the end of the shift, Ethan headed to the flower shop, it was where he went when he wanted flowers for Emile's and Matilda's graves. He picked up some flowers that he thought Alicia would like and paid for them, making his way to the pub.

Outside, the pub, Alicia was texting her friend, Ethan waited until she was finished.

Once she had finished texting, she put her phone in her handbag.

"Alicia, " Ethan started nervously, clearing his throat. "I really like you and I'd love it if you come out with me ".

"Ethan was a geek, why would I want to go out with him, " She thought, before looking in to his eyes. "What would I want with you? But if you want me to like you, can you tell your brother I'll be ready when he is. "

That isn't what he wanted to hear, he felt his heart break. Tears welling up in his eyes, he ran to his car and pulled the door open in his haste to get home.

As soon as he seen his flat come in to sight, he was relieved to have a few hours to himself to try to work out what had gone wrong. But as he fumbled with his key in the lock, a hand opened the door.

"W- what are you doing here?" Ethan asked. "I thought you were at the pub. "

Cal laughed slightly. "I live here "

Ethan tried to push past him, but Cal grabbed his arms.

"What is it, Ethan?" Cal asked.

"Alicia doesn't want to go out with me, "

Cal felt anger. He led Ethan in to the living room. Due to his diagnose and his stutter, he found it difficult to communicate, although he was alright at work.

As the next day rolled around, Ethan knew he wasn't looking forward to going in to work and he usually loved going in and helping the sick patients, diagnosing the different and usually illnesses.

"What's wrong?" Cal asked, placing a hand on his brother's shoulder.

"I'm not looking forward to going in, " Ethan whispered.

"I'll be there, " Cal said supportively.

Ethan appreciated that, as he put on his coat. "Thanks Cal. "

"Anytime, " His brother replied, opening the door to the flat as they walked the short walk to the hospital. When they arrived, they seen Alicia standing outside.

"Cal, do you want to do something after work?" She asked, with a smirk, as if she knew what the eldest brother's answer would be.

Cal shook his head. "I won't spend anytime with someone who hurts my brother. " He walked off with Ethan, as Alicia stood there, her mouth open, in shock, she wasn't used to being turned down, she took a deep breath composing herself as she walked to the pub, thinking that another one of their colleagues would buy her a drink.

"Pub or home?" Cal asked as the two lads made their way outside.

"Home. " Ethan told him.

"Let's go " Cal said, as he slung an arm around his brother and they headed towards their flat. Once they arrived, Ethan got his keys out and put them in to the lock.

The smoke alarm went off, as Ethan groaned, trust Cal to burn their tea. He walked in to the kitchen and saw Cal trying to salvage the burnt chicken and rice he was cooking for them. He scrapped the burnt bits in to the bin and got two plates out and shared it out equally on to the plates.

He put both plates down on the table in the living room and then sat on the couch.

"Thanks for today, " Said Ethan as he took a sip of his water.

Cal opened his can of larger, taking a sip, before answering his brother. "What are brothers for?"

Ethan laughed as they continued to eat their tea. After tea, with the plates, in a bowl of warm soapy water, the boys relaxed and watched "Game Of Thrones" Cal's favourite, even though Ethan tried to get in to it, he found he didn't like all the fighting and blood that came with it, so he made an excuse about heading to his room. Cal paused the film and followed him.

Alicia had text Ethan about a party that the team were holding in the pub for her birthday.

"I'm having a party. "

Cal took the phone out of Ethan's hands, replying. "Ethan's not coming to your party"

Cal looked at his brother and groaned. "You can't be serious, Ethan. "

"She wants me there, Cal. "

"She's messing with your head, mate "

"Alicia's not like that. "

Cal groaned again, he felt like shaking him. "Alicia's exactly like that. "

Ethan muttered: "I really liked her "

Cal sat on his bed. "I know you did, I liked Taylor remember?"

Ethan nodded. "It was the first time I'd seen you serious about a woman. "

Cal nodded at Ethan as they left the bedroom and returned to the living room to continue watching "Game Of Thrones"

As Ethan put some popcorn in to his mouth, he looked to Cal's side of the couch and saw that he had fallen asleep. Reaching for the remote, he turned off the TV and then awkwardly pulled Cal off the couch and in to his room. He took off his brothers shoes and put them by the bed, before pulling back the covers and

Going back in to the living room he made sure that the lights were turned off, before he headed up to bed. Walking in to his room, he pulled back the covers as he got in, took off his glasses, placed them on the side table and pulled the covers up to him as he felt his eyes drift closed.


Thanks for reading, I enjoyed writing this.

I have decided to close this down, as for now I feel that 245 chapters is enough, but I may return to this in the future. Thank you to everyone who has left reviews, requests and has followed and favourited this fanfiction, it really has meant a lot, considering I started this two years ago! But if I do not come back to this fiction, I will still be around reviewing other people's work.