"Cal?", Ethan said quietly, still in disbelief that he could have the courage to tell his brother (second only to Robyn for rumour spreading) the truth.

"Ethan?", replied Caleb with his mind still on the lung drain. He knew that he knew what he was doing and that Ethan just refused to trust him to start with out of pig-headedness

Taking a deep breath Ethan continued, "You were right."

"Of course I was. But when are we talking?", Caleb replied no-one but Etgan would state such an obvious point, he thought.

"About Lily", Ethan almost whispered.

"I KNEW IT!", yelled Caleb, making everyone in Resus jump about a foot in the air. "But it is really obvious. Whenever you talk to her you stammer like a little kid."

"I do not!" Why, why, why did i think this was a good idea?

"Hey Fletch, listen to this ...", called Caleb ignoring his brother. Caleb still couldn't believe that Ethan thoight that nobody had seen his lost-puppy gazes at Lily and that nobody had inferred anything when Ethan got all defensive about her.

"But...", Ethan desperately tried to stop his brother's talking, knowing what was coming next.

"Y'know Lily, obviously. Well her and Ethan..."

"Caleb!", threatened Ethan.

"Are sorta, kinda, well...", continued Caleb. It's not like anybody doesn't know already!

"She's in love with Dr Ashford!", Ethan half-said, half-cried.

"WHAT!", exclaomed Caleb in shock. His mind literally exploded, he was Caleb Knight, ladies' man and all round love god. He would have sworn Lily was just waiting for Ethan to...

"You heard me", continued Ethan in that strange half-crying choke, "and if you don't mind, I need a break." Pushing past the nurse and the locum, he walked the long way back to the staffroom.

Ethan's mind was in turmoil, Lily's voice telling him she loved Ash ringing in his ears, her tear-stained face burning into his brain. Opening his locker, he leant forward hiding his head in the cold, black shadows. Suddenly he pulled back, slamming the door with all his might. Turning he slowly slid to the floor, sitting with his knees bent up, his head in his hands. Mentally he went over last night, Lily's arms around his neck, her head buried in his shoulder. He remembered perfectly the smell of her perfume and the way her shoulders had shaken with sobs. Sliding his head back, he slammed it into the metal, whispering her name.

A good five minutes later, Ethan returned to Resus looking much saner. Caleb gave a cursory greeting and drew his attention to the latest results of Rob/Paul's x-rays. Shortly afterwards, a specialist checking his lungs remarked how a second anaphylactic shock could have seriously damaged the patient's heart. Once she had left Ethan turned to his brother and starting talking quietly.

"I thought he was heading for a massive haemothorax. Good call." Ethan spoke normally as if trying tp pretend tfat the last ten minutes had never happened.

"How long have you known?", Caleb asked risking his nose, (Ethan may be small but a punch is a punch) for one final piece of information.

"Long enough." How long is 'long enough'? Give me sonething to play with here, Ethan! The more i know the sooner, i Caleb Knight, matchmaker supreme can hook you two up!

"Well his resps are right back up there, BP and pulse rate are normal so we're good to move him whenever.", interjected Fletch. Suddenly the door half-opened, and Dr Hanna started talking, causing both doctors to turn around.

"Everything alright in here?". However the replies died on the brothers' lips when they saw Zoe's companion: Dr Lily Chao herself.

"Zoe, can I have a word?", asked Lily. As Zoe turned Ethan glanced at Caleb, forbidding him to say anything. Caleb looked from Ethan to Fletch and back to where Lily had been standing, his trademark smirk on his face. Ethan really needed some help in the romance, no scrap that, the seeing zone!

Hi again!

Sorry its short! I'm currently working on chapter 5 -the big kiss!

I have chapter 4 written and i will post it when this story gets 22 reviews+followers+favourites! (if i ask really nicely can i have 200 views, d'you think? pretty please!)

I still don't own casualty!

PS Ive added over 100 words of description :-D