The meeting
The meeting
Ethan
I wake up, having fallen asleep by Spencer's stomach, I get up silently and make my way to the living room. I find Cal watching GMB on the TV, I sit next to him and put my glasses on.
"Ahh nibbles, he awakes!" He says. Suddenly I start to get really angry, like I just want to punch him!
"Shut up Cal!!" I snap .
"Woah Ethan I'm just joking." He says taken aback.
"I said shut UP!" I say standing up and storming off back into my bedroom, I slam the door and rest my head against the wall.
"Nibbles, are you ok?" Asks Spencer.
"CAN EVERYONE STOP CALLING ME NIBBLES!" I yell, Spencer looks at me petrified and then she runs out of my room, closing the door behind her, I sit by the door and listen to Cal and Spencers conversation.
"What's up with him?" Asks Spencer
"Not sure, he just snapped at me a minute ago." Says Cal.
"He just yelled at me, it was scary." Says Spencer." Anyway gotta go, see you at work."
"Yep." Says Cal.
"Bye." Says Spencer.
"Bye." Says Cal and Spencer leaves.
She's not wrong, I don't know what's wrong with me either, apart from Huntingtons disease. I hear a knock at my bedroom door and stand up, wiping my eyes, because I had been crying, and I open the door. He is standing at the door with his arms crossed.
"What the hell is wrong with you Ethan?" He says angrily.
"I don't know!" I say crying. " Cal I feel so angry all the time, like I want to hit something or someone!"
"Oh Ethan please don't cry, not again." He says grabbing me and pulling me into a hug.
"I'm gonna get ready for work." I sniff, letting go of him and closing the door.
*
We walk into work and get into our scrubs. I sit alone on the sofa, Spencer walks in and goes to walk over to me.
"Don't, just leave him, he's in a mood." I hear Cal say to Spencer. I watch as Spencer nods and sits down next to Cal instead, I sigh angrily and loudly." What?"
"Nothing!" I say angrily, looking at the floor.
"Ethan?!" Says Cal standing up and walking over to me.
"Nothing Caleb!" I snap.
"I'm your brother, tell me what's wrong!" He demands.
"I said nothing." I say and without warning I hit him the lip.
It's starts to bleed and I stare at him speechless, my hands start shaking and I feel the guilt building.
"Caleb I'm so sorry, I didn't-" I begin but he cuts me off.
"Leave me alone Ethan." He says. I nod and walk out of the room, barging past Jacob.
Caleb
"What was wrong with him?" Asks Jacob, I shrugged and take my hand away from my lip, it's bleeding pretty bad.
Spencer walks over to me and examines it. She touches my lip and I flinch in pain.
"Ok, that needs stitches." She says." Jacob, take Cal to bay three please and get him stitched up."
I follow Jacob to bay three and he stitches up my lip.
"So what happened?" He asks.
"I don't know, Ethan just snapped and punched me, I wasn't even winding him up." I explain.
*
I walk to Mrs Beauchamps office, I knock on the door and she says that I can come in. I sit down at her desk.
"Dr Knight, what can I do for you?" She asks, staring at my lip.
"Umm, I need to speak to someone about Ethan." I say.
"Why?" She asks.
"He's having trouble controlling his anger, that's why I have stitches on my lip." I explain.
"I will get him to talk to Dr Keogh, you can go with him if you like, be his moral support." She explains.
"Thank you." I say and walk out.
I walk around the hospital, trying to find Ethan, I find him standing in the corner by himself. I start to feel bad.
"Ethan." I say, tapping him on the shoulder.
"Cal, I am so sorry, you can punch me if you like." He says quickly.
"Ethan, I'm not here to get revenge, meet me outside Mrs Beauchamps office in half an hour." I say and he nods.
Ethan
I walk to Mrs Beauchamps office, I see Cal waiting for me outside. I walk over to him and he smiles.
"What're we doing here?" I ask worriedly.
"We are here to talk to Dylan about your anger." Replies Cal.
"No, I... I don't want to." I say nervously.
"Look, you're going to be fine Ethan." He says placing his hands on my shoulders. I nod and then Dylan calls us in.
I sit down a chair, Cal next to me and Dylan opposite. I play with my fingers nervously, Cal places his hand on mine. I look up at him and he nods. I look back up at Dylan, sigh and then nod, signalling that I am ready.
"So Ethan, your brother has been telling me that you are having problems with your anger? Is that right?" Begins Dylan.
"Yes that's right." I say.
"When did this begin?" Asks Dylan.
"Two days ago, but properly today." I explain, looking at my hands, that Cal is still holding, then looking at Cal, who is looking at Dylan.
"You have Huntingtons disease?" Asks Dylan.
"Yes."
"Well anger is a symptom of Huntingtons, but you have a very rare form of this symptom. You have anger issues Ethan, which means that you can't control your anger aswell as you used too. Not many Huntingtons paitents have anger issues, but to go along with this you will have mental health issues,mood swings and not being able to look after yourself." He explains.
I feel the tears build up in my eyes, I sigh and try to sniff them back.
"Have you had any mood swings at all?" He asks and I nod. I feel Cal rubbing my hand sympathetically.
"Isn't it too early for my symptoms to show?" I ask.
"Not particularly. They can show at any point in your adult life." Says Dylan." You can go to anger management classes and have a tablet to Calm you down."
I look at Cal, my eyes filling with tears, he looks at me and smiles sadly. Dylan leaves us to think about it. Great! I have anger issues!
"you ok?" Asks Cal.
"Never better." I lie, forcing a smile, but a tear escapes and goes rolling down my face.
"Ethan, don't lie to me." Says Cal upset.
"No, I'm not fine, I can't be a dad now, not with my anger issues, I'm not going to be allowed around Quentin or Spencer if I just flip out at random times." I cry.
"Yes you will." He says. My stomach flips in my body and I feel a warm liquid start to run up my throat.
"Cal, I'm going to be sick." I say placing a hand over my mouth.
"Ok ok, Umm ,Umm here throw up in this!" Says Cal panicking. He grabs the bin and passes it to me, taking off my glasses.
He passes it to me just in time as I throw up my lunch into the bin.
"Ok Ethan, it's ok." I hear Cal say, he's rubbing my back gentley. He can be caring sometimes. I pass the bin back to him, I wipe my mouth and place my head in my hands." We will get through this!"
"We?" I ask.
"Yeah, me and you. And Spencer, Quentin and the baby.". He says.
"She cannot know!" I warn.
"Eth, she has too." Cal says an then he hugs me. I sob into his shoulder.
Who knew Caleb Knight could be so caring!
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