Tato Potatoe: Thank you, for the review, I really enjoyed writing it.

In a world, were Matilda was revealed to be Cal's daughter, Cal is determined to give her the best Christmas he and Ethan can.

I was hoping to get this up before tonight's episode but it doesn't look likely, so I think it'll be up shortly afterwards.


The Secret Life Of Casualty.

Chapter 95.

Cal looked down at baby Matilda, who was snuggled safely in to his arms, he had a look of happiness on his face.

"Are you going to help me with this?" Ethan asked, he was out of breath from getting the Christmas tree down from the loft.

Cal nodded and gently placed Matilda down in her cot and went over to help his brother.

A couple of hours later and the tree was complete.


Early Christmas morning, Matilda began crying. Cal rubbed a hand over his face as he sat up and went to tend to his daughter. He walked next door where Matilda was and lifted her out of the cot. He changed her nappy and put a new baby- grow on her. He picked her up and carried her back down.

"Merry Christmas Cal" Ethan said as he walked in to the living room.

"Merry Christmas Ethan " Cal returned the greeting.

Matilda babbled as Ethan smiled, how could he have forgotten about his adorable niece?

"Merry Christmas Matilda " He took her out of her fathers arms and started to bounce her gently.

Matilda laughed, enchanted by the bright balls that were hanging on the tree.

Cal brought in Matilda's Christmas presents and Ethan realised he had left Cal's present upstairs. He took Matilda and headed up the stairs and headed in to his bedroom. He placed Matilda on the bed and got Cal's present.

He went down stairs and placed the present under the tree, waiting for Cal to open it.

"Thanks, nibbles" Said Cal, once he had unwrapped the present to find a PS4, Ethan knew what a big kid Cal was, at heart.

"that's ok" Ethan replied, thinking that he would let Cal get away with "Nibbles" for now.

Cal gave Ethan his present and hoped that it would match up to what Ethan had got him.

Ethan took off the paper to reveal new medical jounerals, which sounded boring for Christmas, but Ethan wanted them.

"Thanks" Ethan said.

Cal smiled as he replied. "That's alright"

Even know she was too young to understand the true meaning of Christmas, Cal didn't want her to feel left out, so had brought her a few gifts.

Cal sat on the floor, Matilda in between his legs and helped her to unwrap them. She received a baby born doll, some new rattles and some new clothes.


That afternoon, Ethan and Cal went to visit Matilda's grave, to put new flowers down. Christmas had been Matilda's favourite time of year and this year, it would be the lads first one without her and Ethan was finding it particularly hard, he had been the closest of the two to their mum.

"Mum" Cal said as he unstrapped his daughter of the same name out of her pram. "Ethan and I have someone we'd like you to meet. Meet Matilda, my daughter " Ethan looked at Cal and smiled. Cal smiled back and put Matilda back in to her buggy as he watched Ethan lay the flowers down. A tear trickled down his check. Cal noticed.

"Mum, is with you, wherever you go, nibbles" Cal told him.

Ethan sniffed. "I know."

Cal slung his arm around his younger brother as he pushed the pram out of the cemetery.


Ethan knew that Cal was terrible in the kitchen and he didn't fancy slaving away for hours. So, they decided on going out to a restaurant for their Christmas dinner. Both of them got changed and Ethan changed Matilda, who was strapped in her pram, kicking her legs, Ethan laughed.

Cal put her in the high - chair while she looked at Cal and gripped onto his hand.

The two of them ate in comfortable silences, toasting their mum.

Ethan raised his glass and spoke quitely. "To mum"

"To mum" Cal repeated, clinking glasses with his brother, hoping that his mum was having a good time up in heaven.