Agirlwithgreatpotential: Haha yes, such a great name ;)

ETWentHome: Thank you! It could possibly be his but only a test will determine it for sure. More to come.

sweeet-as-honey: It would have been awkward and I love Ava, she's so cute and adorable! Thanks for reviewing.

Chapter Five

Lily arrived home from work, feeling completely exhausted. She placed her bag down in the hallway and locked the door behind her, before strolling into the kitchen. She wasn't alone though, she saw Cal standing in the middle of the kitchen with Ava in his arms.

"How did you get in here?" She asked.

"Ethan gave me a spare key," he said and shrugged his shoulders. "It's my house now as well."

"No, no it isn't," Lily said. "There isn't enough room for you and Matilda to stay here. Now put down my daughter."

"She likes me," Cal said, bouncing her up and down in his arms.

"Daddy!" Ava squealed, giggling with excitement.

"Ava, no," Lily whispered and shook her head. "No. Ethan is your daddy and he'll be home any minute."

"Daddy!" Ava squealed again, grinning at Cal lovingly.

"You heard her," Cal whispered and turned to Ava. "That's right, princess. Daddy's here."

Lily woke up in a sweat. She sat bolt upright in bed and held a hand to her tangled hair, glancing around the dark room. The clock was ticking and Ethan was lying fast asleep beside her. Taking a nervous breath, she glanced at the clock and saw that it was 1:30am. She double checked to see if Ethan was still asleep before climbing out of bed and making her way out of the door and through to Ava's room. She was fast asleep under her pink, Frozen blanket, thumb in her mouth and Princess Elsa doll clutched to her chest. Lily smiled and tucked her in a bit more, she kissed her head and left to go back to her own room. Her daughter was safe, it was all just a bad dream.

"Where did you go?" Ethan asked, yawning and rubbing his eyes.

"What?" Lily asked and climbed in beside him. "Sorry, I...I woke up and I thought I heard Ava stir."

"Is she okay?" Ethan asked and Lily nodded faintly. "You look warm, why don't you open the window?"

"I...I'm fine," Lily lied. "Just had a bad dream, that's all."

"Do you want to talk about it?" Ethan asked but Lily shook her head. "Okay, you haven't had any nightmares in ages though. What brought that on?" Lily stayed silent and shrugged her shoulders. "Well, I'm here if you do want to talk about it."

"Thanks," Lily whispered softly.

"I was thinking of inviting Cal and Matilda over for dinner one evening," Ethan said. "Cal wants to see Ava and I think Ava and Matilda would get on really well together. They're close in ages."

"I don't know," Lily said. "Maybe that...Maybe that isn't such a good idea."

"Why not?" Ethan asked.

"Sometimes it's nice to just have family time," Lily said. "And by that, I mean...Just us three. Besides, Ava gets really shy around new people so I don't really want to make her nervous."

"She's a kid, Lily," Ethan said. "She needs to meet new people and this is her Uncle Cal we're talking about here. Come on, we can either cook or order a pizza and the kids can play outside in the garden or something."

"I'm tired," Lily sighed and lay back down. "Let's talk about it in the morning."

Ethan nodded faintly and lay back down as well, holding Lily close to him for a hug. Lily sniffed and breathed in his scent, briefly closing her eyes to try and get back to sleep.


"Okay, Doctor Keogh I would like to see you in resus please," Lily said, as she rummaged through the stack of papers in front of her. "Doctor Munroe, you can help him," she added and turned to Alicia who was standing at her side.

"What? Really?" Alicia's eyes widened in shock. "Wow, thanks Lily."

"It's Doctor Chao to you," Lily told her, as her mobile phone vibrated from her pocket. She pulled it out and unlocked it, revealing a photo of Ava. She hadn't even realised that Alicia was looking over her shoulder.

"Is that Ava?" She asked and Lily nodded. "She's well cute, looks like you. I like her cheeky smile."

"Thanks," Lily thanked her.

"How old is she now?" Alicia asked.

"Five," Lily said. "She'll be six in June."

"She's dead cute," Alicia said.

"Get to resus," Lily said, but she couldn't help but smile. Alicia nodded and patted her shoulder before doing as instructed and making her way to resus. "Doctor Knight?" Lily questioned, noticing that Cal was walking towards her in scrubs. "What on earth are you playing at?"

"I work here," he said and shrugged his shoulders.

"What?" Lily scoffed. "Since when?"

"Since I asked Mrs Beauchamp if I can have my old job back," Cal said. "You're not clinical lead yet, Lily," he said and winked at her. "So you cannot make the decision."

"Well, what about Matilda?" Lily asked. "Where is she?"

"Until I get her enrolled in school, I've hired a babysitter," Cal said. "Besides Connie knows the situation, she said that I can only work the morning shift today so that I can spend the afternoon with Matilda."

"Mrs Beauchamp wouldn't do that," Lily muttered under her breath. "The ED has changed, Caleb. It isn't the same as it used to be so don't go thinking that it is."

"Come on then," he sighed. "Impress me. What's changed?"

"Well, Doctor Hanna has left for starters," Lily said. "And Lofty is training as a therapist in the ED. Ben's helping him."

"He'll be good at that," Cal said. "And you and Ethan are both consultants. What about Alicia?"

"She failed her first exam," Lily informed him. "But she's currently resitting it. If she passes, she will become a registrar like yourself. Now, make yourself useful and go and see to Mr Page who is in cubicles." And she piled a stack of notes on him without saying thank you. "Whether you like it or not, your brother and I are above you so you better get used to it."

"Thanks for the invite by the way," Cal said, as Lily went to walk away.

Lily stopped walking and slowly turned round to look at him.

"Yeah," Cal said. "Ethan invited Matilda and I for dinner tonight. Apparently, you were dead set against it but he seems quite excited. I hear we're having Lasagna, see you at six okay?"

Lily chewed her lip and clenched her hands into fists as Cal walked off smirking to himself. She held her hands to her head and sighed deeply, trying her best not to lose her patience.

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