Yet again Cal woke with a start after another sleepless night. He sat and watched Rosie breathe. Her chest gently rose and fell as she lay on the bed. No one knew exactly why she was still unconscious, it was likely the stress and trauma of the crash put her into a coma to recover. Cal both dreamed and dreaded that she would wake up- he wanted to see her smile, hear her voice, taste her lips as they kissed, but at the same time he knew he would have to tell her that Ethan was gone. Everyone knew how close the three young doctors were and they knew how hard it would be to get over it- if they managed to get over it at all.

The time had come to look through Ethan's funeral- he wasn't expecting what he found. A guest list had been regularly updated so Cal quickly scanned through it, checking if there was anyone who was invited that didn't know that he was dead- there wasn't. Everyone who was invited worked at the hospital or in the ambulance service. At least he wouldn't have to tell anyone else. Cal put more effort into reading the crossed out names, predictable names had been crossed out 'Mum' 'Jeff', the friends that had died, friends from university that he hadn't spoken to for years 'Harry' 'Jess' and then he noticed one name that was crossed out but reappeared several times on the list- 'Caleb'. Cal choked back tears- why couldn't he have been a better brother? Would it have been so hard?

A small, weak cough caught Cal's attention- it wasn't coming from the direction of the door, so it wasn't another member of staff. Cal turned to look at Rosie, her chocolate eyes had flickered open and she was startled by what surrounded her. Last thing she remembered she was trapped, drowning in smells of burning, in the screams, in the hot sticky blood. She began to hyperventilate- this was not good- she needed to calm down or risk further damage to her body. Cal tried to calm her down in the traditional way, speaking gently and encouraging them to focus on their breathing. It didn't work and Rosie was clearly becoming worn out. Cal did the only other thing he could thing of- he leant over and kissed her. As if by magic Rosie calmed down, her breathing steadied and she managed wake up slightly.

'Good morning beautiful,' Cal spoke softly, not to startle her. He allowed her to continue analysing the room. Cal had refused to put up the get well cards and the sympathy cards. They were in a box in the staffroom. He wanted to appreciate Rosie's recovery without Ethan's death hanging over him. He knew it would anyway but he wanted to keep the sympathy cards for another time. Rosie could open her own get well cards.

'Caleb,'

'I'm here- it's alright.' Cal knew what was coming next

'Ethan?' Her voice was small and hoarse

Cal couldn't say it, not again. He just shook his head. Rosie let out a shocked gasp, her hand flew to her mouth and tears ran down her face. Rosie turned over the hand that had flown to her mouth- siting on her ring finger was a silver ring with a small diamond, she gasped again, and fresh tears spilt down her face.

'Right I'll try again,' he got down on one knee and looked into her eyes, 'Dr Rosie Jemma March, will you marry me?'

'Yes! Yes Caleb!' For now the pain of Ethan's death was replaced with hope and excitement for a wedding.

'Rosie I was so scared- I don't know what I'd do without you. I truly do love you- more than I've loved anyone else. You- you're my everything. Especially now. And I can't lose someone else.'

'I love you too Caleb.'

The two young and now engaged doctors kissed, just as Robyn walked in. She let out an excited squeal- she hadn't been allowed to tell anyone else about the ring, Zoe had regularly checked up on Rosie while Cal was sleeping and had seen the ring but didn't comment- he would tell everyone when he was ready. Robyn scuttled out of the side room and gathered as many members of staff as possible. The staff filed into Rosie's room where Robyn quickly said

'Rosie and Caleb have an announcement!' She could barely contain her excitement.

The couple looked at each other, smile and announced

'We're engaged!' They sealed their message with a kiss. Cheers broke out among the staff. Finally something to celebrate. The staff left them in peace in their room.

Zoe turned to Robyn,

'That was what he was doing the morning of the crash- he was going to buy the ring wasn't he? That's why he was only round the corner.'

'Yeah- he had a romantic dinner planned and then- then-' Robyn choked on her words and burst into tears, Zoe wrapped her arm around the young nurse and let the tears trickle down her face too.