Ok so this was only going to be a one shot but it won't leave me alone haha. Thanks for your reviews everyone and I'm really enjoying writing for you. xx

Chapter 2

Cal had spent the night in a chair by the side of Ethan's bed and sometime in the night had fallen asleep when he woke up it was to the beeping of Ethan's drip signaling it was empty he stood up and silenced the machine not wanting it to wake Ethan whilst on his feet he checked Ethan's vitals and was glad to see he was breathing a lot easier and his colour looked a lot better he turned and put his finger to his lips when a nurse came in carrying a saline drip bad he motioned to the sleeping Ethan and she handed the bag to Cal who hooked it up to Ethan's drip.

Cal hadn't gone back to sleep after the change of drip he checked and rechecked Ethan's stats and when the nurse came in to do their checks he told them that Ethan had a slight fever and for them to note it in his file they nodded and placed a comforting hand on his arm before they left.

It was two hours later when Ethan began to wake up and Cal sat down on his chair and waited not wanting to panic Ethan and let him wake up on his own, however when Ethan's eyes fully opened he saw the panic in them and stood up in Ethan's line of sight and Ethan's eyes settled on him and his breathing calmed Cal smiled "how you feeling?" Ethan coughed clearing his throat and Cal helped him sip some water before he answered "like I was hit by a truck" Cal laughed "wow that accident knocked a sense of humor into you Eth" Ethan smiled and looked at Cal "Did you stay here all night?" Cal nodded stretching his back and neck "well you did ask me too besides wanted to make sure you didn't ruin the hard work I did on you yesterday" Ethan smiled his thanks and grabbed his hand squeezing it tight.

Cal Squeezed it back before sighing he sat on the edge of the bed and Ethan sat up as much as his healing body would allow Cal smiled sadly and started to speak "Ethan I have some bad news, now I want you to try and remain calm ok" Ethan nodded eyes like saucers, cheeks flushed from the slight fever and Cal continued "at the accident site yesterday there was an explosion, nobody expected it and thankfully most were away from the car when it happened, Ash had just got free but I'm afraid Jeff didn't get out in time there nothing anybody could do" Ethan began shaking his head and grabbed Cal's hands tighter before talking "please Cal tell me it's not true, not Jeff he got us all out he was so good" his eyes filled with tears and he dropped his head on to Cal's shoulder and began to sob. Cal put his arms around him frowning at the heat radiating from him and knowing that although his sensitive brother was feeling the loss of his friend the fever also had a lot to do with it. They stayed that way for a while with Cal holding him as he cried and spoke gently to him "he died doing what he loved Eth, he would have been glad he got you all out" after about 10 minutes Ethan pulled back quickly looking ashen in the face and Cal reading the signs reached to get a bowl from the side cupboard and shoved it under Ethan's face just as he vomited Cal rubbed Ethan's back and Ethan looked up before saying "Cal I don't feel so good".

Cal cleaned Ethan up and got him settled back in the bed before telling Ethan that he was going to get the ward Doctor to come check him over. Ethan feeling tired just nodded adding "will you come back" Cal nodded "I'll be back just stay in bed until I do ok".

The Doctor had been and with Cal's help agreed that Ethan's fever had spiked and that he needed medication to help keep hi temperature down, Ethan groggily allowed them to inject him and focused on Cal as he drifted off to sleep with tears in his eyes, Cal heard him say miserably before he fell into a deep sleep "I'm sorry about Jeff, please tell then Cal, I'm so sorry".

Cal held his hand and smoothed some hair away from Ethan's eyes before saying "Sshh just sleep" Cal was a little concerned to why Ethan would tell him he was sorry but put a lot of it down to the fever. He knew that Ethan would sleep for a while so he decided to pop down stairs and see Connie to get a few hours off to be with Ethan and get some coffee he had a feeling today was going to be a long day.

Connie after taking one look at Cal told him he was to take a few days off and that although Ethan needed him to ensure he got some rest too. Cal assured her he would before speaking to a few others and heading to get some coffee he had just paid when he was paged from Ethan's ward asking him to go to Ethan's room.

Cal took the stairs 2 at a time and was on Ethan's ward within seconds and was met with his nurse who held a hand up to him "Don't panic Cal, he just woke up and his fever seems a lot higher he got a little upset and was asking for you he seems to be hallucinating so we paged you" Cal nodded and smiled before talking "he seeing green men?" the nurse smiled before gesturing that Cal go in.

Cal opened the door and Ethan looked at him before speaking "hey Cal, you look tired, you should really get some sleep, I just had a visitor Jeff wasn't that nice of him" Cal stopped dead in his tracks and looked at the nurse who nodded sadly Cal shoulders slumped before he went closer to Ethan "hey kid, how you feeling?" Ethan spoke and Cal noticed his voice was very raspy "I'm ok I'm hot though" Ethan went to kick the blanket it off him and Cal stopped him "Hey, you need to leave that on for me ok?" Ethan sighed but nodded and Cal took a seat in next to Ethan and began to speak "Ethan do you know where you are?" Ethan shrugged and Cal switched tactics knowing that contradicting Ethan on his 'visitor' would just distress him, whenever he was ill when he was younger he was known to hallucinate. Cal placed a gentle hand on Ethan's chest being careful of the bruising there and spoke "How about you lay down for me and try and get some rest and I'll be right here when you wake up ok" Ethan who was being lulled by Cal's soft voice laid back eyes closing before his head landed on the soft pillow and Cal leant forward and whispered "night kiddo, sweet dreams" before placing a gently kiss to his forehead.

Cal was getting settled in the chair when the nurse came back handing him a blanket and a pillow she drew the blinds around the room "try and get some sleep Dr Knight, you'll be no good to him if you're exhausted" Cal smiled his thanks and got comfy in the chair and was asleep within minutes.

Cal woke up to much clearer Ethan although he was miserable from the news about Jeff and withdrew a little answering Cal in one word answers after 30o minutes of this Cal sighed before saying "Ethan please don't shut me out I know it's hard we will all miss Jeff he was one of a kind, but we have to get through this together" Ethan looked at Cal with hurt eyes before answering "I was driving, if I hadn't crashed Jeff would still be alive, everyone will blame me" suddenly Cal got why Ethan had apologized to him earlier and when he looked at Ethan now he didn't see his brother the doctor he saw his little brother the one who still believed that Cal could fix anything he sat up on the bed and pulled Ethan into a tight hug being careful of his injuries he began to stroke Ethan's hair and spoke firmly "Ethan what happened was in no way your fault, you were side swiped no driver in the world could have prevented it, no-one blames you and no-one should it was an accident, nobody expected the car to explode it was unfortunate but you are in no way to blame for this I promise you" Ethan cried harder and Cal knowing this was grief and not fever making his brother cry soothed him and sat with him until he composed himself.

Ethan his body still weak from the accident eventually fell asleep in Cal's arms exhausted form the events of the past 2 days and Cal gently laid him against the bed before covering him with the blankets. He then sat down and out his head in his hands and silently cried allowing himself a moment to grieve for their fallen friend. Today they had got through it together, Cal just hoped that in the coming week Ethan would continue to get better and open up to him, he also hoped for a slight miracle to make Ethan strong enough to attend the funeral knowing his brother needed the closure and not looking forward to having to deny him that if he wasn't. Cal sighed before getting as comfy as he could ready to spend the night with Ethan. After all his brother had asked him to stay so he wasn't going anywhere.

Thanks for reading guys, hope you enjoyed and keep tuned to see if cal's miracle request is answered.

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