How Carol and David met?

Young love at first sight

I have loved Carol and David being back together in Eastenders so I thought I would attempt my first fanfic. I love it when Carol and David talk about their past and how they felt about each other when they were 14 resulting in Bianca. I thought I would attempt to write my version of how they met and fell in love based on brief references they have made about their past. Hope you enjoy!

Chapter 1

It was a warm autumn evening of 1976 in Walford. A young Carol Branning was strolling home from school joking around with her mates and gossiping about boys and a party they were going to that night. Carol was a striking and confident young girl with great prospects. She was obviously the prettiest amongst all the others but was tinged with a distinct vulnerability underneath her charismatic and strong exterior.

"Tonight is going to be immense. Drink, classic tunes and of course fit lads. Carol, are you excited?" said Gemma who was Carol's best mate

"Yeah it's going to be amazing. I love dancing and hopefully we''ll have a laugh with a few lads if you know what I mean" winked Carol

"Carol you dark horse. Who have you got your eyes on?" questioned Gemma

"No one, I just want to have fun and let my hair down and forget about school and my mental family and just have a laugh"

"Well let's get a move on we don't want to be late. Oh and here let's have a few shots before we go eh and get this party started" roared Gemma

Carol slipped into this short floral dress which real brought about the twinkle in her eye. She applied a small bit of make-up which emphasized her features and displayed her true beauty. Carol and Gemma were now tipsy and slowly crept downstairs sneaking passed Carol's parents and brothers who were in the living room and made a bolt for the door. Gemma and Carol staggered towards this house surrounded by teenagers with music roaring out. Carol was a small 14 year old girl who definitely stood out amongst the crowd of 14 and 15 year olds at the party. Carol and Gemma staggered in giggling and met up with a few other mates from school. The girls were extremely tipsy and Carol had the biggest smile on her face

"Let's dance Gem, I love this song" shouted Carol as she pulled Gemma to the middle of the room

"Carol you are so wasted tonight is going be a night to remember" smiled Gemma

In the corner of the room stood David a tall boy with dark hair who was captivated by Carol dancing and took an instant liking to her. The good looking tall 14 year old David stared at Carol constantly for the next half an hour and finally began to approach her.

"Hello gorgeous. Fancy a dance?" proposed David

"David Wicks finally we meet, yeah okay why not?" Carol confidently responded

"Carol Branning isn't it. You are looking absolutely stunning tonight I must say" Charmed David

"Thanks, you don't look to bad yourself" Carol said trying not to blush

"Is that all, can't you stretch to handsome" smiled David

Carol smiled up towards him and their thoughts were lost in each other's eyes. They danced together for the next hour or so barely loosing eye contact. It was obvious to anyone there was a spark between these two young teens. This was the beginning of something special that was deep that touched both of their hearts as in that moment they both felt knots developing in their stomachs and began to tremble at each other's touch. As they moved closer together they fell into a passionate embrace which let out all the hunger they had developed for each other since they had met just an hour ago. Several moments later they were broken apart as some lad came rushing in.

"We've got to get hour of here everyone as the old biddy next door has phoned the old bill and they might do us for underage drinking if we get caught". Shouted the young lad

David turned to Carol and whispered "Let's get out of here Carol and go for a walk somewhere quiet where we can talk"

Carol looked up at him and nodded forgetting all about Gemma as she sloped off holding David's hand as they calmly walked away from the wrecked house and wasted teenagers that surrounded it. Carol and David walked along the road silently for five minutes catching glimpses of each other's smiles. David finally broke the silence

"You know Carol you have the most beautiful eyes. I can't believe we've only just properly met tonight." Said David

"I know you David; you're always in trouble at school breaking the rules. It's what has always intrigued me about you" responded Carol

"Are you intrigued by me then? I never realised how pretty you were Carol" claimed David charmingly

"You really know how to charm the girls don't you". Questioned Carol

Before David could respond Carol's confidence shone through as she quickly said "You don't have to charm me David, I know exactly what you are after"

This shocked David as he never expected that response and therefore had no idea what to say so he followed his heart and said "Carol I really like you and just want to be with you and get to know you. I've never felt like this before and I don't want to spoil it by treating you like any other girl because you are not just any other girl, I think you're the one"

Carol was taken away by David honesty and genuine sentiment to what he had just said. She immediately cuddled him and they sat down by the canal for another hour just chatting and smiling as they talked and opened up about their families and their lives and learnt a lot about each other which neither of them had ever told anyone about before. Carol and David suddenly looked up and smiled at each other at the same point and in a moment of pure love they released all their feelings and found themselves making love by the canal. As David walked Carol home they both knew they had ignited a teenage romance that would change them both forever.