Hey all,
Kind of left this story on a hiatus since I had a really bad case of writers block but I had an idea and I'm going to end this story with it.
Two days later, Ethan was discharged, Cal took him back to his flat. They approached the door.
"Thank you, Caleb." Ethan spoke.
"No problem, I assume you can make it into your flat on your own. I'll see you around." Cal sadly smiled and began to walk away. Ethan stood there for a couple of milliseconds.
"Cal." Ethan called down the corridor. Cal stopped and turned his head to face Ethan.
"Do you want to come in for a bit?" Ethan asked. Cal stood there and thought for a second before nodding and walking back to Ethan's flat.
In the flat, Ethan began to unpack his hospital bag. Cal got up from the chair.
"Let me do that, Ethan. You should be resting." Cal gently took Ethan's bag.
"I've spent two days resting." Ethan smiled lightly.
"You heard what Zoe said; a minimum of a weeks rest." Cal smugly replied back.
"Do you want a coffee?" Ethan asked, changing the subject.
"Ethan..." Cal looked at Ethan with a joking frown. "Sit." Cal instructed. Ethan scoffed and chuckled as he went to sit on the sofa. "There, now you don't move." Cal smirked.
"Cal?" Ethan called as Cal turned around to face him. "How's Christian?"
"Yeah yeah, he's fine." Cal lied. "He loves our new flat, he's doing well in school, he's..." Cal paused during his answer, he let out a sigh then turned round to face Ethan. "Missing you." Cal answered honestly, he watched as Ethan sighed.
"Cal I-" Ethan was interrupted.
"I'm not saying I should move back in but you can still see Christian, whenever you want. I would never stop you from seeing him." Cal rambled on until Ethan finally stopped him.
"Cal, come move back in. My flats closer to the police station, yours is nearly on the other side of Holby." Ethan tried to convince.
"I don't think it will work Ethan." Cal sighed.
"We can go back to our arrangements of looking after Christian." Ethan kept convincing.
"You are a cheap babysitter." Cal winked as he nudged Ethan.
"I mean it Cal, you and Christian are great company and I'm glad you're doing something you love and I'm not just saying that." Ethan smiled, Cal smiled a little back. "And besides, pretty much all of your stuff is still here anyway." Ethan shrugged jokingly.
"I'll put my flat on the market tomorrow." Cal smiled. "If you really want us back?"
"Of course I do, Cal." Ethan smiled.
"You're going to be supportive and not try and beg me to come back to the ED?" Cal asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Nah, I already applied and got your post as senior registrar, one step closer to consultant." Ethan smiled only to get another playful nudge from Cal.
"Aw my kid brother, following in my footprints. You'll want to go into policing next." Cal jokingly suggested.
"Don't go that far." Ethan joked then he looked at the clock: 14.45. "Hey, don't you need to go pick up Christian?"
"Ah yes, wait till he hears the news." Cal beamed. "Do you want to come with me to get him?"
"Of course, I can't wait to see his little face any longer." Ethan smiled as he went to put his jacket on.
Both the boys walked down the stairs, out of the apartment and began to walk to Christians school.
"We should really decorate Christians room, we kind of just left it didn't we?" Cal asked. Ethan nodded. "I was thinking a police theme." Cal smiled.
"Oh no, my flat, my decision. I was liking the idea of a doctor kind of theme with stethoscope stickers on the wall." Ethan chuckled.
"You little nerd. How about a Doctor Who theme?" Cal suggested.
"Maybe. Will see what he thinks of that." Ethan smiled. Cal smiled as he wrapped his arm around Ethan as the brothers continued to walk down the road.
I was trying to end this chapter with some brotherly love. I think it kind of worked anyway thank you all for reading and reviewing this story : )