Tato Potato, thank you for your review - I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter. There are certainly problems that can arise as a result of having someone else's medical records, so you could be right!
Tanith Panic, thank you for your review. I've never even heard of intelligent fluff before, but it sounds good! I must try to be intelligent more often. I'm glad you like Sarah and Emma - I really love writing fanfiction, but mostly, the characters are all written for me. I like making up characters of my own!
CBloom2, I don't think I got your whole review, but I really like what I got, so thank you! It's always lovely to know that you're looking forward to the next chapter. Well, here it is - I hope you enjoy it.
X-Sammii-X, thank you for your review - I'm really happy you enjoyed the last chapter. I hope you enjoy this one too! I'm going to start reading one of your stories as my bedtime reading tonight - I'm looking forward to it!
ETWentHome, the blood results are a complete mess! But I suppose if they are worried about anything, they can always phone Ethan! Thank you for your review.
"There you are!" said Sarah, when she finally caught sight of her sister. "I thought I'd lost you. Have you been discharged yet?"
Emma nodded. "I was discharged ten minutes ago. What about you?"
"Yes, I'm all done." Sarah gave her a significant look. "For now, anyway."
"Oh, have you got to come back?" said Emma. "My doctor said my wrist is just sprained so I won't need to go back."
Sarah smiled like the cat who'd got the cream and half the milk as well. "My wrist is just sprained too, but my doctor asked for my number so I think there's a fair chance I'll be seeing him again. He's gorgeous, Emma. Absolutely, stunningly, gorgeously hot. And he's all mine."
"My doctor was gorgeous too," said Emma, not to be outdone. "And I asked for his number."
Not much shocked Sarah where her sister was concerned. That did. "You asked for a guy's number? A doctor's number?"
"Yes, but I pretended it was for medical reasons," said Emma.
Sarah led the way out towards the taxi rank. "Tell me more… once I've finished telling you about my Dr Cal Knight, that is."
"Cal?" said Emma. "I met Cal! He did my blood test for me. He was really kind. I cried all over him and he didn't freak out once."
"I had a different doctor doing my blood test too," said Sarah. "Dr Ethan Hardy."
Just the sound of his name made Emma shiver. "Yes: that's my Ethan!"
Sarah shook her head. "I can't believe we both walked into a hospital and came out with a boyfriend. Isn't it great?"
"Isn't it?" said Emma. "If it was just you, I'd understand. But me!"
"Well, Dr Hardy was a bit weird," said Sarah cheekily.
Emma gasped in horror. "He was not! He was lovely."
"No, I'm just teasing you," said Sarah. "He didn't mind when I threw up over him, which is always a positive. He was really sweet about it. And he's very good-looking. But he's much more your type than mine."
"And Cal's much more yours," said Emma. "He was a little bit flirty."
"Not with me," said Sarah, to Emma's amazement. But then she continued. "He was a lot more than a little bit flirty with me!"
They both laughed.
"It's weird, though," said Sarah.
"What is? Me getting a boyfriend?" Emma teased her.
"No… well, yes. Obviously. That's the weirdest thing ever." Sarah poked her in the ribs. "But it's also weird we kind of swapped doctors in the middle. Why not just stick with the same doctor?"
Emma thought this over, intrigued. "It is weird."
"I suppose it might have been completely random: the next doctor who was free took the next patient, no matter who it was," said Sarah. "But then to end up with the same doctors is a bit of a coincidence!"
"Unless it's fate," said Emma. "It's either that or… oh dear."
"Oh dear?" echoed Sarah incredulously. "We get ourselves hot, intelligent boyfriends and you're saying 'oh dear'? Okay, so we've hurt ourselves quite a lot and embarrassed ourselves in front of our twin sister's boyfriend, but look on the bright side… we have hot, intelligent boyfriends!"
Emma gave her an worried look. "Do you think maybe they got us mixed up? They wouldn't necessarily have known there were two of us. They'd just have gone over to the patient who looked right. And as they call us Miss Mealing, we wouldn't have known."
Sarah thought about this for a moment, but then she shook her head. "It couldn't be that. Cal didn't call me Miss Mealing. He called me Sarah. So if he thought you were me, he'd have called you Sarah too."
"Oh. I don't think he did," said Emma. "I usually notice things like that."
They reached the taxi rank and climbed into a taxi. As Sarah gave her address to the driver, Emma got Ethan's phone number out of her bag and looked at it again. She still couldn't believe it had really happened.
"It's weird that Cal didn't mention you though," said Sarah. "You'd think if he saw two identical patients, he'd mention it. Did Ethan say anything about me?"
Emma shook her head. "No, he didn't, but they wouldn't be allowed to do that. It's against patient confidentiality."
"True," said Sarah. She looked slightly disappointed to be proved wrong, but it wasn't long before she was smiling again. "We have gorgeous, intelligent boyfriends! Now, be quiet and listen while i tell you everything Cal said to me. And then, when I've finished, I want to hear absolutely everything Cal said to you."
"And then you'll tell me everything Ethan said to you?" said Emma hopefully.
Sarah smiled and hugged her. "Try and stop me!"
Ethan had a soppy smile on his face. He knew it was dangerous when he could theoretically meet Cal at any moment, but it wasn't every day that a girl liked him.
He just hoped Emma wouldn't turn out to be a murderer. That kind of thing could really ruin a relationship.
He also hoped she wouldn't be one of those girls who were only interested in him because he was a doctor. There seemed to be a lot of that about at the moment.
Luckily, he saw Cal coming before Cal saw him and quickly schooled his face into its usual serious expression – only to discover that Cal had a soppy look on his face too.
He just hoped the girl who had caused the soppy look wouldn't turn out to be a con-artist. That kind of thing could really ruin a relationship.
"Ethan!" said Cal, and tried to hug him.
Ethan got out of the way. "If you want the flat to yourself tonight, the answer's no." Much as he'd have liked to see Emma tonight, she needed to rest. "But I might be going out tomorrow night."
He hoped so anyway. Emma had made a point of asking Ethan if there was any medical reason why she shouldn't go out tomorrow night. Ethan had told her that if she was reasonably well-rested and not in too much pain, there was no reason why she shouldn't go out and enjoy herself, as long as she didn't tire herself out.
Of course, he knew that Emma might have been talking about going out with someone else. She might have a boyfriend for all he knew. She probably did. She was beautiful.
But for some reason, Ethan was feeling almost positive.
"That's okay. I'll be spending tonight all on my own," said Cal. "Sarah was in an accident today so she really needs to rest."
Ethan sighed. "Caleb, don't tell me you've been flirting with the patients again. You know the rules about flirting with the…" He closed his eyes for a moment. On second thoughts, he probably wasn't qualified to give that lecture anymore.
"Some patients are just special," said Cal defensively. "And Sarah is special."
Ethan knew it might be better not to tell him, but a smile sneaked out. "Actually, Emma's pretty special too."
Cal looked shocked. "Who's Emma? How did you get another girlfriend already? It took me months and I know what I'm doing!"
"Emma is, um… my patient," said Ethan with an embarrassed smile. "She asked my for my phone number. I said yes."
He couldn't dodge Cal's hug that time. "That's brilliant, Nibbles! I'm really happy for you, mate. It's about time you got over Marmalade."
"Honey," said Ethan.
"Whatever," said Cal dismissively. "So, do you need me to clear out of the flat for the night? Because I'm not sure how I could pass the time if I did."
Ethan could think of a few things Cal could do, but he also knew they probably wouldn't appeal to Cal when he was feeling soppy. "Not tonight. Emma needs to rest too."
"What was she in for?" said Cal.
"I don't think I can really tell you," said Ethan. "Patient confidentiality."
"Oh, right. That," said Cal. "I suppose that means I can't tell you about Sarah either."
Ethan had heard Cal talking about his girlfriends before. He usually went into far too much detail. "Sorry, Cal. I don't think you can. How about we worry about this when we know our new relationships are going to go somewhere?"
"I know already," said Cal. "Sometimes you just get a feeling about a girl."
Ethan didn't remind Cal of what had happened the last time he'd got a feeling about a girl.
Cal patted him on the back. "Looks like we're both back in business then!"
"You are, anyway," said Ethan. "Emma hasn't phoned me yet. "
"Don't give up hope, little brother," said Cal. "Miracles do happen."
"I know they do," said Ethan.
Emma's asking for his number was proof of that.