I was going to finish this story with the last chapter, but then I realised quite a lot was unresolved so I decided to write a chapter where Ethan sorts things out with a few of the people he's upset. But it didn't turn out quite like that. Nothing really gets sorted out at all. But I hope you enjoy the chapter anyway and that the scenes aren't too similar.

xXxAnInspiredWriterxXx, thank you for your review - I'm so pleased you enjoyed it. I'm afraid Lily isn't in this chapter, but I think she probably will feature in this story again as I think Ethan might need her help again!

X-Sammii-X, I would love to see the boys singing YMCA on the show! It would be so much fun. I love Ethan and Lily's friendship too. Lily doesn't like to leave tasks undone so I can imagine her wanting to sort things out with Alicia if she got the chance. Thank you for your review.

Tanith Panic, I want the new Ethan to disappear or calm down too. There are worse things to be than 'more Cal' as I do really love Cal, but I do miss lovely, sweet, shy, innocent, adorable Ethan. And no, it looks like that wasn't the last chapter! Thank you for your review.

CBloom2, thank you for your review. I'm glad you think Lily's advice is good. I really hope there's a moment like this in the show. I am a little bit sad that everyone seems to like Ethan so much more now he's being 'more Cal' and has lost so much of his adorable Ethanness. But I've said that before so I'll shut up now!

ETWentHome, if it had been as bad as you thought, Ethan wouldn't have been able to show his face in the ED again! Thank you for your review - I'm really glad you enjoyed the story and I'm glad you liked Lily's advice.

Thank you to xMissWhitneyBexx for the follow.

Ethan fully intended to follow Lily's advice about doing what he wanted rather than what he thought he ought to want, but he had a few things to put right first.

Jez and Dylan had a couple of misconceptions about him; Zoe's feelings had been hurt; and Louise probably wanted to kill him. Connie, meanwhile, was after his money - and fully entitled to it.

As Ethan believed was often the case after a night of drinking, there were a few apologies to make.

Ethan thought about the five people he needed to speak to and tried to decide who was the least terrifying. It definitely wasn't Louise or Connie. It probably wasn't Dylan. Under the circumstances, it probably wasn't Zoe or Jez either.

Oh dear, thought Ethan. Why couldn't I have offended Robyn or Rita instead? Not that I ever want to offend Robyn or Rita. But at least I would feel there was a small chance they might actually forgive me, if they were in the right mood.

He looked through the doors of Resus. Connie looked busy; it would definitely be a very bad idea to interrupt her and in any case, Ethan didn't have the money yet. He usually made a point of carrying a lot of cash with him, but he seemed to have spent most of it.

Ethan saw Dylan with a patient and went over to him. "Dylan, could I borrow you for a minute?"

Dylan put a bit more distance between them. "Whatever you want to say to me, Ethan, you can say it in front of my patient."

Oh dear, thought Ethan. I really did terrify him. "It's about last night."

"On second thoughts," said Dylan, "I really must be going."

"When I asked you if you wanted a 'quick one', I wasn't suggesting anything inappropriate," said Ethan, blushing red as he said the words. "I just wanted to buy you a drink."

Dylan's patient looked delighted. "How sweet! You should say yes, Dr Keogh. Look at him. He's adorable. Don't you just want to pinch his cheeks?"

"No," said Dylan.

"Go on. Say you'll let him buy you a drink tonight."

"I really don't think-"

"I'm not going near that cubicle until you say yes. And you needn't look at me like that. I do mean it, you know. Say you'll go out with this lovely young man or I'm leaving the hospital."

Dylan's hands were on his hips. "There is a very high probability that your wound is infected. If you don't receive treatment-"

"-I could die. Or at least become very ill," said the patient. "As my doctor, you should be doing everything possible to stop that from happening – and all you have to do is have a drink with this lovely young doctor."

Dylan looked suspiciously at Ethan. "Why do you want to have a drink anyway?"

"I thought I might introduce you to my PIMP," said Ethan. "I thought it might help with… the problems you faced when you were seeing Ben Harding."

The patient stopped smiling. She was actually looking severely disgusted.

Ethan wondered if someone behind him had just vomited (the way he was feeling right now, he really hoped they hadn't), but the patient actually seemed to be looking at him.

She turned back to Dylan. "You were right the first time, Dr Keogh. Steer well clear of this one. I should have guessed when I saw how pretty he was. You really should report him, you know."

Ethan stared after them, his hands to his throbbing head as he tried to work out what had just happened.

Ethan found Jez playing basketball with Iain. Ethan hesitated for a moment, wondering if he wanted to join in or not. Cal would definitely have joined in, but his head already felt like someone was playing basketball in there and that was quite enough for Ethan.

"Hey, Hardman!" Iain threw the ball to him.

Ethan fumbled it and sent another jolt of pain through his head. He bent down very slowly and carefully and picked it up.

Jez held out his arms. "Over here, Ethan."

Ethan hesitated, wondering if Jez wanted the ball or Ethan himself. It took him only a moment to decide the latter idea was completely ridiculous. He threw the ball into the air.

It fell short of Jez by a good three feet, but he picked the ball up from the floor and bounced it towards Ethan. "Iain, how would you feel about giving Ethan and me a bit of privacy?"

Iain grinned. "Depends if it's going to be hilarious or pornographic really."

"Um…" Ethan was rather hoping it would be neither.

"Oh, come on, Iain," said Jez. "You're more than old enough to watch a porn show. You were probably watching them when I was in nappies."

"If you were still wearing nappies in your teens, I probably was," said Iain.

Jez walked over to Ethan and smiled at him. "Miss me already, did you, Ethan?"

That was another question Ethan didn't really want to answer. "Lily has acquainted me with some of our… escapades last night."

"I don't think Lily was there for all the escapades," said Jez. "Not unless she has a secret in her panties and she uses the gent's."

"I'm sure Cal would have mentioned it if she had," said Iain.

Jez looked startled. "Lily and Cal? No way. We should go on a double date sometime. Lily and Cal; Jez and Ethan."

"Jez, I was drunk last night," said Ethan.

Iain laughed. "And then some!"

"I didn't know what I was doing," said Ethan.

Jez stepped closer. "What are you trying to tell me, Ethan? That you're not that kind of boy?"

"No… well, yes… but no. I mean yes. What I mean is, my reactions were impaired."

"I never would have guessed," said Iain.

Ethan tried to work out if he wished Cal was there or not. "I really hope I didn't lead you on. If I'd been thinking clearly, I wouldn't have let you pick me up."

"Ethan, picking someone up in a pub isn't exactly a crime," said Jez.

"From what Lily told me," said Ethan, "I thought the table was a lot higher than it actually was so I needed your help to get off."

"And I was happy to help you get off," said Jez.

"But I didn't actually mean for you to take me all over the pub," said Ethan.

Jez reached up and stroked Ethan's face. "Don't worry, Ethan. It will be different next time. I promise."

Ethan was frozen in horror. This was a nightmare. Ridiculous as it seemed, it sounded like Jez really liked him. "I'm sorry, Jez. I really think we went too far last night."

"It's okay, Ethan," said Jez. He slipped his arm around Ethan's shoulders. "Tonight, I'll take you to a nice restaurant and we won't do more than hold hands. I can do romantic."

"Um, I wasn't actually going to come out tonight," said Ethan. "I'd rather just go to bed."

Jez laughed. "Whatever turns you on, Ethan. What would you say to a little ride in the ambulance?"

Ethan felt a moment's panic, but then he thought of a way out. "Mrs Beauchamp would have me in her office if I even thought about it. It was bad enough when me and Cal did it."

"Then you'll need protection," said Jez.

"I'll be okay," said Ethan. Not entirely truthfully, he added: "I can handle Mrs Beauchamp."

"If you're sure," said Jez. "So, you want to play with my ball till your shift starts?"

Ethan gasped. Under the circumstances, perhaps Jez should be careful about saying ambiguous things like that. "Sorry, Jez. I need to get back in there and get busy. But maybe we could, um…" He searched for the kind of word Cal might use. "Maybe we could hook up later?"

Jez smiled and gave him a quick hug. "Whatever you say, Ethan. I'll be right behind you."

Ethan was so busy worrying about seeing Zoe, he didn't notice her until she was almost on top of him. Possibly not quite as close to being on top of him as she'd been last night, but it was enough for her to try to run away.

Unfortunately, she tried to dodge around Ethan at the exact same time as he tried to step aside to let her pass. They moved in the same direction and before Ethan knew it, Zoe was almost on top of him again.

"We've got to stop meeting like this," muttered Zoe, who wasn't meeting Ethan's eyes.

"About last night," said Ethan. "Lily has told me everything that happened and I can honestly say I don't remember a thing."

Zoe's gaze jerked up to the level of his mouth, which wasn't entirely reassuring. "And that makes it all better, does it?"

"Well, I'm perfectly willing to pretend it didn't happen," said Ethan.

Zoe glared at him. "Okay. I know I'm twice as old as your normal type. No need to rub it in."

"I don't think you're old at all!" said Ethan gallantly. "You look nothing like as old as you really are."

Zoe's eyes flashed. "Are you trying to insult me?"

Ethan frowned slightly. "I don't think so. I'm just trying to make things easy."

"Yeah, like I'm not easy enough already," mumbled Zoe.

Ethan wondered where he was going wrong. "Zoe. Dr Hanna. I'm trying to make it better. Can we just forget it happened and go back to the way it was before?"

"I thought you already had forgotten," said Zoe.

"Well, yes. I have," said Ethan.

Zoe sighed. "The guys never used to forget about me."

Ethan found he was feeling quite sympathetic. "I'm sure I'd have remembered you if I hadn't been so drunk. I mean, a woman of your experience…" He blushed. "I'm sure it was quite an education. Kind of like The Graduate."

Zoe gasped. "I hope you're not saying you think I'm old enough to be your mother."

"Oh, goodness me, no! Not at all!" said Ethan, appalled. "You're nothing like either of my mothers."

"Well, thanks a lot!" said Zoe.

Ethan was confused again. "I'm sorry. I thought that was what you wanted to hear."

"What I wanted to hear is that I'm much younger than your mothers!" said Zoe.

"Oh, yes. Yes, of course," said Ethan. "You're much younger than both of them. Please don't be embarrassed. I'm very flattered that a lady like you would look at me twice, even if you had just got on it like a bonnet."

Zoe's eyes bulged. "On it like a what ?"

"A car bonnet," said Ethan.

Zoe put her hands over her face. "Oh God. Tell me we didn't."

"Didn't what?" said Ethan.

"Get it on on a car bonnet."

Ethan's cheeks were burning. "Oh my goodness! I never thought of it sounding like that. No wonder Cal kept smirking."

"So we didn't?" said Zoe.

"I think we must have done," said Ethan. "I drank enough to pass out and you drank enough to find me attractive, so I think we must have been very on it."

"Hold on," said Zoe. "Are you saying you'd only have slept with me if you were really drunk?"

Ethan shook his head earnestly. "No, I'm saying you'd only have slept with me if you were really drunk."

Zoe took a step away from him. "So, you're saying you do want to sleep with me."

"Oh, no, not at all!" said Ethan. "Of course not!"

He jumped in alarm as Zoe swung her hand towards his face, but she stopped at the last minute and stormed off instead.

Ethan watched her go. He had a horrible feeling he might have said something wrong.