I'm getting this up a little early because even though it has nothing to do with any spoilers, I know I will forget after Casualty tomorrow.

Any spelling or grammar mistakes are mine.

sweet - as honey: Thank you for the review and prompt, I really hope that you enjoy this chapter.


The Secret Life Of Casualty.

Chapter 109.

"Another one " Cal said, going up to the bar, it was Saturday night and Cal was off shift, but Nurse Jessica Harrison, worked in a hospital across town and the exhausted nurse was on her first night shift, since coming back from America and reuniting with Adam and bringing her two kids back over with her.

"Haven't you had enough?" The barman asked him, raising an eyebrow.

Cal scoffed. "No "

The barman shook his head, but picked up a glass and filed it with what Cal had previously been drinking.

A man, who looked to be in his twenties, pushed past Cal.

"Oi!" Cal shouted drunkenly.

"Oh, sorry mate " the guy replied, flippantly. Cal followed him out.

"You kissed my girlfriend " He told Cal.

"Did not " Truth was, Cal was too drunk to remember.

The man pushed him and Cal, in his drunken state, tried to fight back, but he stumbled back and hit his head on the concrete ground.

A passenger - by called an ambulance and two paramedics come from the hospital which wasn't Holby.

"This is Caleb Knight, 33, face and hands injuries from a fight, they look superficial. " A paramedic told the nurse, who nodded, in understanding.

Jessica, along with, another doctor walked alongside the trolley.


"This is Matilda Ashbie, 6 months old, involved in a minor RTC.

"Is she going to be OK?" Her 'mum' Ellie asked.

The doctor looked at her. "We'll do everything we can for her"

When, the doctor examined the little girl, she found bruises on the girls body.

Doctor Alana Wilson went and spoke to the girls foster mother.

"When happened?"

"We crashed, she started crying and I wanted to comfort her. "

"Yeah, the bruises are from the seatbelt " Ellie told her.

"Theres also hematoma on her brain "

"What's that?" Ellie asked

"It's a solid swelling of clotted blood within the tissues. " Alana explained.

"How will it be treated?"

"An operation " Alana said.

"But, an x - ray showed she also has a cracked rib, which I suspect wasn't caused by the accident "

"Are you accusing me of abusing her?" Ellie spat.

"No, " Doctor Alana Wilson, shook her head. "I just need to know what happend. She's in my care and I have a duty of care towards all my patients "

"I told you we were in an accident, she started crying and I reached over to her " Ellie replied.

Alana didn't believe what Ellie was telling her. She went back to RESUS to check on Matilda, and then she was going to take a break. She knew Cal, but not a lot, but she knew that he couldn't have permission to mind her, she would have to go back in to care at least for a while.

Matilda was prepped for surgery with her mum holding her hand.

Little Matilda was put to sleep while the surgeons worked.


Over, at the hospital, on the far side of Holby, nurse Jessica was treating her patient and was talking to him.

"Ethan's my brother " Cal told her.

"OK" Jessica said as she cleaned up the grazes on his hands. She had heard of Cal Knight and Ethan Hardy from Zoe when she was in America, as the clinical lead kept in touch with her best friend.

"Ouch" Cal muttered.

"Sorry" Jess apologised with a with sweet smile as she finished bandaging up his hands.

Adam watched as his wife treated Cal from outside the double doors.

"Can I have a word?" He asked.

"Sure" Jessica replied, as she followed him to his office. He opened the door and she followed him in, Adam sat behind his desk while Jessica sat in front of him, resting her hands on her lap.

"Don't get involved " He warned her, Adam knew what Jessica was like, she'd worry about her patients and that's only because she cared.

The pair were interrupted by a nurse. "Excuse me, doctor Trueman? The patient in cubicle 2 has gone missing and so has the baby "

"Right, " Adam raked a hand through his hair as he leaned over the desk and picked up the phone.

"No, Adam don't " Jessica told him.

"What?" He asked.

"Don't call security " Jess replied as she knew that's what he was about to do.

"Jess, a child's gone missing " Adam replied, remembering when he came a father for the first time with their son, and accidentally leaving him in Tesco in a trolley, Jessica had been frantic, even though he was only gone for 5 minutes, it was the longest 5 minutes of her life without her baby son. Her heart ached 100 times worse without Harry.

"I know " Jessica said as she shook her head, Cal wasn't doing anything wrong, he was Matilda's dad, after all.


Jessica ran up the stairs that led to the roof, ignoring the fact she was scared of heights, finding Cal and Matilda was more important. She knew that she shouldn't scare Cal. As, she opened the door to the roof, she wrapped her arms around

"Cal, you need to come down" She told him, quietly. "She needs to be inside with her family "

"I am her family, I'm her dad!" Cal retorted angrily.

"I know Cal " Jessica said as she sat down beside him.

"No, you don't " Cal lashed out with words that he knew would hurt her.


Ethan was worried about Cal. He had tried calling him, whenever he got a break, but he got just his voicemail each time.

"Hi, this is Cal, sorry I can't take your call now, I'm either busy flirting or working, but I'm most likely flirting"

Ethan rolled his eyes at his voicemail message and shut his phone, tapping it against his chin.

Then, Ethan, remembered, he had an app on his phone. It was called 'Track My Phone' He put in his brothers number. From, the location, on his phone, Ethan found out that Cal and Matilda were on the roof of a hospital.

"Oh, Cal, please don't do anything stupid " Ethan thought as he tried to locate the flat keys, and car keys. He shrugged on his NHS hoodie and ran out of the flat.

"Please be OK" Ethan prayed, driving fast. When, he saw the sign for 'Holby ED' in his view, he put his foot down and parked in his normal space and raced out, looking up at the roof.

He knew that his life would never be the same again if he lost Cal. He waved his way through the small crowd of people that had gathered to have a look at the demented doctor on the roof.

"Cal, please" Ethan said, he could feel his heart beating frantically inside his chest, at the thought of loosing his older brother; his safety net.

Cal turned to face Ethan, who was holding out his hand, ready to pull him and Matilda to safety.

As Cal reached to grab Ethan's hand, he lost his footing and he fell to the ground. Ethan screamed.

"This is Caleb Knight, 33, fell 40 feet from a roof. Possible head injury injury, supected internal bleeding "

Being rushed in twice in one day was a terrifying ordeal for anyone.

Connie got the fast scanner and scanned him. He was rushed to surgery and Ethan faced a tense filled few hours with worrying and pacing the staff room.

Cal was out of surgery, Connie had put him on a ventilator and started an IV in his wrist, as even unconscious patients needed fluids.

He woke from the pain relief, a few hours later and Ethan was relieved to see his older brother.

"You stupid idiot " Ethan scolded Cal, but deep down, he was concerned for him.

Cal sat up in the bed, he now had a bandage around his head, ECG wires were attached to his chest and both of his legs were in plaster and Connie was the doctor treating him. And Jessica came to visit him.

"Are you ok?" She asked.

"Where's Matilda?" Cal asked, worried.

"She's in peads" Jessica told him.

Cal nodded, taking the information in.

Jessica was exhausted as she went outside for a quick break.

Ethan headed back to the flat to pick up some clothes for Cal and Matilda (Cal still had some of her stuff in their flat, as he didn't want to get rid of it all) as they would be in hospital for a while.


Over, in peads, Matilda was in a cot, she was kicking her legs. Jessica headed up there after her break.

"You could get in to trouble" Adam told her.

"I know" Jessica replied. Adam just shook his head at her.

Cal bounced Matilda on his knee as Ethan watched the two of them.

"Why have you got toad?" Ethan asked, using the nickname that Cal had given her at the brief - time she was in their care.

"Oh, a nurse brought her down " Cal said, but it was only half of the truth.

"Really?" Ethan asked, he was sceptical.

"Yep. " Cal said


"Can I have a word?"

"OK" Jessica responded.

Jessica knew what Zoe wanted to talk to her about. It was about Cal, she knew not too get too close to male colleagues, hey meeting Adam was a moment of madness, and looked how that turned out.

"Take a seat" Zoe said.

Jessica did so.

"What's gotten in to you?" Zoe asked, she knew getting close to another man wasn't like Jess, well, apart from Adam, of course.

"I don't know " She responded.

Zoe sighed while Jessica wondered what would happen to her.

Zoe sighed, brushing a hand through her hair.

Jessica left the office in shock, she'd been given a two week suspension. She paled.


Zoe headed to the private room that Cal was on, clutching her work ipad under her arm. She knocked on the door. Ethan smiled as she come in.

"Cal, " Zoe started. "Your injuries are healing well, so you can go home "

"Good " Cal grinned, he was going to stop acting like the womaniser he was and concentrate on the two people he cared about; Ethan and Matilda.

"I'll give you some pain killers" Zoe said

"It's OK" Ethan told Zoe, as a doctor, he believed it was important to have a cupboard full of medical supplies. Cal had called him a nerd over it, but Ethan had argued that one day, his supplies would come in handy and he was right.

Cal pulled the covers off him, but grimaced in pain.

Ethan quickly hurried over. "Careful"

"I am, Ethan " Cal said, a bit irritably, but then he saw his brothers face; he was only trying to help. "Sorry" He added.

Ethan shook his head; big brother didn't need little brothers help.

Cal sighed.

"It's good to be home, " Cal said.

Cal hobbled in to the living room and put Matilda down in her cot, he couldn't stop staring at her, he was terrified that if he stopped, she would be taken away from him again and he couldn't risk that.

"She's back were she belongs with us, " Ethan said, picking up one of her small hands.

"She is, " Cal agreed, planting a kiss on her forehead. Cal stood and headed upstairs to Matilda's old room. He decided not to put her down in her cot, and instead he carried her in to his room. He carefully placed her on the bed and got on beside her. When, Ethan come up, he wasn't surprised to find Matilda curled up on Cal's chest; it really was a beautiful sight.


I really, really, really enjoyed writing this, thanks to 'sweet - as - honey' for the prompt and I hope this was close to what you were expecting.

I know Jess was a little occ but I liked her, and I hope that you guys liked her too.