"Are you ready?" Michelle said as Carla walked out of Victoria Court, she gave her a smile and continued to get into the car, "I don't get why you've paid someone to drive you, I mean the venue is over there." Michelle laughed as she sat down beside her.
As they pulled up outside the Bistro Michelle looked across to Carla and smiled, "You're nervous." Carla looked down and took a deep breath, "You are." She laughed slapping her arm.
"No Michelle I'm terrified." She said looking up with tears in her eyes, Michelle suddenly stopped laughing and pulled Carla into her arms.
"Why are you crying silly, you're going to ruin your make-up." She said whilst she rubbed her back. Carla pulled out of her embrace and grabbed her tissues to dab her eye make-up.
"He's the best thing that's ever happened to me Michelle. What if-" Michelle cut her off instantly.
"Nothing bad is going to happen." Michelle whispered.
Carla began to laugh, "Okay." She said sarcastically.
"Your not doomed you know, to repeat the same mistakes, like your in some eternal loop." Michelle said as Carla sat with her head in her hands.
"Huh, shows how well you know me." Carla laughed at Michelle's blindness.
"Nick isn't Peter, or any of the others for that matter he's as steady as a rock. Which is what you want." Carla looked up and nodded. "So, are you ready now." Michelle said with a beaming smile on her face which made Carla laugh.
As she walked through the doors everybody stood, there was only a few people there Carla and Nick just only wanted a small wedding, only close family and friends. She looked down at Nick and got butterflies in her stomach like she did every time she walked into a room when he was there, he made her feel so loved and wanted, something she'd never felt before.
She stood by his side and grabbed his hands, "You alright?" He whispered, she nodded her head and let out a small laugh as a single tear fell down her face.
"I promise to be your navigator, consoler, sidekick, best friend and your husband. I promise to notice and acknowledge the positive things you do, rather than the negatives. I promise to help you love life and be happy, to always hold you with tenderness and to have the patience that love demands, to speak when words are needed and to share silence when they are not and to live within the warmth of your heart forever."
Nick placed his palm on her cheek and wiped away her tears, as they both stood and laughed Michelle stood and passed them both the tissues, "Thank you." She whispered as Michelle smiled at her with tears in her eyes.
"I promise to always call you my Nicky because you will always be my everything. You are my light, and you've shown me more love than I've ever known. Where there has been cold, you have brought me warmth; where my life has been dark, you have brought light. I promise to love you for eternity, respect you, stay faithful to you, honour you and grow old by your side."
"Do you Carla Connor take the, Nicholas Tilsley to be your lawfully wedded husband." Carla smiled, "I do." She whispered whilst trying to hold back her tears.
"And do you Nicholas Tilsley take the, Carla Connor to be your lawfully wedded wife."
"I do." He said proudly. He loved her more than life it's self, he never believed that he could be this lucky, he never believe her could get her. But he did and he was never going to let her go.
"I therefore declare you man and wife." Nick pulled Carla into his embrace and placed a kiss on her lips. She placed her forehead against his and began to laugh. "We did it." She whispered into his ear as he wrapped his arms around her waist.
Suddenly Tracy burst through the doors, "Nick." She said whilst panting, "I've know something you might want to know."
Carla looked up at Tracy and took a deep breath, she knew it, she knew she couldn't just forget about it, she knew exactly what Tracy was going to say.
"What's that then?" Nick said curiously as he walked up to her with Carla on his arm, "It's about your 'Wife'" She said whilst laughing.
Carla looked down at the floor, "Nick lets go somewhere private." She said tugging at his arm, "Don't you want everyone to hear what you've been up to." Nick looked up at Carla's face, he knew there was something she was hiding.
"Let's go into the office Tracy." Nick said as him and Carla walked away from her, "But what if I want to do this here." Tracy shouted, "If you want to talk to me, talk to me, but we'll do it in private." Nick said as he walked through the office door.
"So what is it because me and Carla haven't even signed the papers yet." Nick said as he poured him and Carla a glass of whisky from the bottom draw.
"You might not want to sign them after what I tell you." She gloated as she sat down in Carla's chair.
"Why is that then." Nick said, nothing she could say could change his mind. Well at least he thought.
"Your 'perfect' wife slept with Robert." Tracy whispered, Carla looked down at the floor in disgust, she knew she should have been the one to tell him. But she couldn't she didn't want to lose him but now. Now she was probably going to.
"Get out Tracy." Nick shouted as he turned to face Carla, "And miss the fireworks, no thanks I'll stay." Tracy laughed, Nick spun back around and threw the glass at the wall, "Get out." He said sternly.
"Is it true?" He whispered as he wiped his tears away, Carla looked up at him, she couldn't look him in the eyes, "It's true isn't it." He said quietly, "Isn't it." He shouted and slammed his hands down on the table, Carla began to nod, "I'm sorry." She whispered.
He began to laugh, "You're sorry." He paced around the room, "When?" He said as he sat down beside her, "Does it matter, I mean it's not going to change anything." Carla sighed, "I need to know Carla, I need to know everything."