jumping up and pulling me with him leading me into his room
i stood in the doorway feeling a little unsure, he climbed onto his bed with his medical kit and looked over at me patting the bed next to me for me to come and sit down, walking slowly towards him I sat on his bed
"Right I am going to need your help Mads"
holding my hands up i shifted backwards away from him and shook my head
"oh come on pleaseeeee I don't want Ethan playing doctor on me again"
i huffed and looked down to the bed
"i don't even know what i'm doing, i can't, why do you need my help anyway?"
"I need you to take my temperature and then just help me listen to my lungs"
"so you're "playing doctor" as you put it on yourself?"
he looked around the room and then nodded
"Yup pretty much"
"I don't know Cal"
he shuffled towards me sighed and put his hand on my leg looking directly into my eyes
"Maddie what is it about doctors that gets to you?"
staring at me intently waiting for my answer i looked up to the ceiling and back to Cal
"I don't.. i mean.. it's Just.. it.." sighing "I don't want to talk about it"
he rubbed my leg
"hey its alright, can tell me when you're ready, but i do want to ask..."
he looked at me again
"are you scared of Me and Ethan?"
i held his gaze for 2 seconds and then looked down
"i guess well, of you and Ethan no, not as such, but as Dr Hardy and Dr Knight if i was the patient then yes very much so"
he nodded looking slightly sad
"sorry Cal i wanted to be honest"
"hey no need, it is fine wouldn't be the first time a patient was scared of me! But you are not my patient Mads you are my housemate! However i would really appreciate it if you could help me"
i grinned
"i will try and see what we can do"
he grabbed the thermometer and took the cover off
"so put this in my ear, gently as you can and then press this button here, when it beeps twice take it out and read the number"
i moved so i was sitting on the right side of him and lifted the thermometer to his ear putting the probe inside as gently as i could and pressing the button trying to hold my hand as still as possible
*beep beep*
i slowly took it out and read 38.9 on the screen
"it's better than it was yesterday Cal, but its still high"
he took my hand and pulled it towards him to read the screen and moaned
"stupid body"
i laughed at his little strop and he looked up towards me
"oh you think this is funny huh?"
i nodded still laughing
he jumped up from his position and on top of me tickling me all over
"how about now?"
"CAL STOP NO STOP PLEASE" I was laughing so much I could barely breathe
"It's not funny is it Maddie?" he pulled off my jumper and tickled under my arms
"CALLLLLLEBBB STOP THIS NOW" i tried to kick him off as best i could but he was still stronger
"OK OK IT IS NOT FUNNY, NOW PLEASE GET OFF ME YOU APE"
he rolled off of me and laid on the bed laughing i sat up and whacked his bare abs lightly whilst laughing myself
"do you ever wear a top Caleb?"
he grinned
"well yes, but it's not like you don't like what you see I've seen you checking me out"
i scoffed
"don't flatter yourself" surprised at the confidence i just had and the fact i hadn't blushed.
Caleb made a hurt face at me whilst i laughed it off
he sat up and pulled me towards him then leant over grabbing the stethoscope which had ended up on the floor
he put the ear buds in and then placed it on his chest after listening he turned to me and smiled whilst removing the buds from his ears
"Cal, what do you actually hear when you do that?"
"I can show you if you like, you put these in and i'll hold it on my chest?"
Well why not i thought, he isn't doing anything to me i looked back and nodded placing the buds in my ears, Cal put his arm around me and pulled me closer towards him so it could reach his chest leaving that arm around me he took the end of the stethoscope and placed it on his chest holding it there whilst breathing deeply for me to hear
I heard his heart beating and looked at him with a huge grin on my face he smiled back, i removed it from my ears and passed it back to Cal
"quite cool huh?"
i nodded in agreement
"although it sounded even faster than when i heard it yesterday"
Cal laughed and looked me directly in the eye
" when did you hear it yesterday? well yes that's because I had a gorgeous girl listening to every beat"
I pulled a face at him and pretended to be sick
"when i was sitting on your lap I held my head against your chest and could hear your heartbeat.. I liked it made me feel a bit relaxed! ha! how many girl's you pulled that one on huh?"
he laughed at me, before letting out a deep cough
I rubbed his back soothingly and passed him a bottle of water which he gratefully took and had a drink from
"right i need your help here for this bit"
i nodded and waited for him to continue
"im going to put these back in but i need you to hold it on my back so i can listen to my lungs"
"Cal i don't even know where to put it"
"come here"
he sat me in front of him with my back towards him he placed his hands on my back and I jumped slightly at his touch which he ignored thankfully
"firstly here and here" moving his hands slightly further down
"then here and here" and then moved his hands again
"lastly here and here"
I got back up and crawled to sit behind Cal
"wait Cal how long do I hold it there for?"
"I will tell you when to move it ok?"
i hummed in response and waited for him to pass it to me, when i had it in my hand i moved to place it on the first spot Cal had just told me too
Holding it in place i was shaking slightly and hoped he wouldn't pick it up, i felt him take two deep breaths
"ok Mads move it" i moved it across to the second spot and we did the same until he finished and took the buds out sighing
"what's wrong?"
"Doesn't sound too good! Although I feel better, I have nothing to compare it too as Eth did it yesterday so i guess he will get to play doctor tonight"
"should have just let him listen this morning Cal. he cares about you a lot you know I can tell. why doesn't it sound good?"
he nodded
"i know it's just difficult letting him take control you know? i always want that control to give it up is difficult. Yeah I know and I love him too he is my little brother he is always there for me and sometimes I take advantage of that... here put them back in and listen if you like"
i did as he told me and placed it on his back whilst he took deep breaths
"it sounds like your struggling to get air like wheezing a bit"
he nodded sadly and moved to sit behind me
"this is what it should sound like, well if you are healthy that is, remember your in control not me, take some deep breaths"
he placed it on my back making me tense up he felt this and placed a hand on my shoulder rubbing it softly, i went to take my first deep breath and it shook, but the second was better and i could hear the difference between mine and Cal's breathing mine was much clearer and sounded like less hard work. i took the buds out and put it down on the bed
"could you hear the difference?"
i nodded and turned back to face him
"you going to let Ethan have a look at you when he gets home?"
he sighed rolling his eyes at me but nodded
"i guess i have too huh?"
smiling at him i got up off the bed
"want to go watch a movie?"
he got up and followed me downstairs we put on harry potter and laid on the sofa.
it was getting late when we put on the 4th movie and i was starting to get a little cold ,i got up to fetch a jumper
"Where you going?"
i turned back to face him
"just getting a jumper i'm a little cold"
he laughed
"don't know if you knew this but i'm actually quite hot at the moment come here I will warm you up"
i went back towards Cal he grabbed a blanket and let me climb in between his legs whilst wrapping me in the blanket and pulling my back in towards his chest i snuggled in getting comfortable. i felt so safe in his arms, like no harm could ever come to me, i felt myself getting sleepy and drifted off too sleep.