When Cal entered the private room where Ethan had been transferred to he was met with a shock. Well, not a shock shock but, he was surprised to see his brother awake and sitting up. Ethan turned towards the door when he heard someone approached him. He smiled when he saw Cal.

"How's it going, Nibbles?" Cal asked as he walked over towards the bed.

"Still a bit sore, but much better." Ethan replied.

"That's good." Cal said.

Ethan noticed something was bothering his brother.

"Is everything okay with you?" He wondered.

"Not really no." Came Cal's reply.

"Care to talk about it?"

Cal pulled up a chair and sat down beside Ethan.

"I just had a visit from two social workers today." Cal began.

"Social workers?" Ethan said confused. "What did social services want with you?"

"They wanted to ask me about Matilda."

Ethan urged him to carry on.

"Well, the family who were going to adopt Matilda can't and so they were wondering if I would want to become Matilda's official guardian." Cal continued.

"And what did you say?"

"I told them I needed time to think."

"Why on earth would you need time to think?" Ethan sighed. "You should adopt her."

"I wanted to discuss it with you before I made the decision."

"Why? You know whatever you'd decided I would always support you."

"Of course. But I thought considering what happened last time it would be better to tell you now rather than later." Cal told him honestly.

"Thanks for that. But, you know I would love to adopt Matilda." Ethan replied.

"So that's a yes then?" Cal smirked.

"Yes." Ethan smiled back. "Honestly, Cal. You can be so stupid sometimes."

"Oi!" Cal said as the two brothers laughed.

For a few minutes the two of them sat in comfortable silence just talking. Cal was glad things between him and Ethan were alright. He promised Ethan he would never shut him out ever again and would always talk to him whenever he needed to.

"Once I'm better," Ethan began to say. "Could we go see her?"

"Who?"

"Emilie."

"Of course. I'm sure she would like that, Eth."

"And she can finally meet her new granddaughter." Ethan added.

Cal smiled at Ethan. Yes, things were going to get better. Their relationship would become even stronger and they would be able to rebuild their relationship with their birth mum. They were going to be a proper family again. As soon as Ethan drifted off to sleep, Cal crept out of the room. Heading downstairs he was bombarded by his friends and colleagues.

"Is it true, mate?" Lofty asked.

"Is what true?" Cal wondered.

"You're going to adopt Matilda." Max chimed.

"Who told you that?" Cal asked with raised eyebrows.

"Charlie" Lofty said.

"Noel" Max announced at the same time as Lofty.

Cal saw Lofty shot a glare at Max. He knew they had been listening in to his conversation with Ethan.

"Look, guys, it's okay. I know you were listening. And yeah, it's true. I'm…..we're going to adopt Matilda." Cal told them.

"Or Toad, as he likes to call her." Max whispered into Lofty's ear.

"Hey! I heard that." Cal said.

"You were meant to." Max told him.

Cal rolled his eyes at the two of them and left them to talk while he went to find Charlie. Cal found Charlie by the nurses' station going over some paperwork that needed to be done. Charlie lifted up his head and saw Cal approach him.

"So, what did Ethan say?" Charlie inquired as he went back to what he was doing.

"He of course, said yes."

"And what did I tell you?"

"I wasn't disagreeing with you, Charlie. I was just wanting to make sure."

Charlie gave Cal a smile as he handed him a file.

"A patient in cubicle 6 for you. 25 year old woman with a hand injury."

Cal headed towards cubicles. As he drew back the curtains a woman looked towards him. Although he didn't recognise her in that moment, she recognised him.

"Ah, Dr. Knight." She smiled sweetly. "I'm so glad it's you."

It was the smile that caused Cal to finally realise who she was.

"Bonnie." He said through gritted teeth.