Okay okay so you guys have convinced me to do more on this fic…For a few reasons…

1 - I honestly only expected 2 or 3 Reviews at best, so to have 5 is just amazing.

2 - Carla & Peter are just adorable and writing 1 chapter just didn't seem enough!

3 - I give-in far too easily!

I'm gonna try and write chapters in bulk but once the New Year kicks-in and the normal routine returns, uploads may slow down 'cos of work etc…But I will try to keep-on uploading.

A week or so later, and Carla & Peter had only seen each-other in passing. But they had both had each-other on their minds….Mostly worried about the other.

That afternoon, Carla & Michelle entered the Rovers both in jolly moods after a good-day spent shopping together.

Toyah was stood behind the bar, and it's safe to say that her face fell as soon as she saw them enter the pub.

"Hiya Love." Carla said happily, she had no bad intentions over Peter, she was just glad that they could be friendly with each-other, even after everything.

"Hi…" Toyah said nervously.

"Peter not in?!" Carla asked, innocently.

"Why do you want to know?!" Toyah replied, getting rather-defensive.

Carla gave Toyah a worried-look and was just about to say-something when Michelle intervened.

"A glass of white and an orange juice please Toyah love." Michelle requested.

"Sure, I'll bring them over." Toyah said, wanting rid-of them as soon as possible.

"Awh thanks Love." Carla said happily as the 2 friends then wandered-over-to a table together.

Toyah whispered under her breath as they walked-away. "Love. Don't call-me Love." She muttered-to herself as Peter appeared behind-her.

"Have I just caught-you talking to yourself?! First sign of madness that." Peter joked.

Toyah turned-to face Peter as she made Carla's & Michelle's Drinks.

"Well I must be totally mad then 'cos I've been doing-it for years." Toyah said, not wanting Peter to catch-onto her jealousy.

"Yeah and you're with me, owh yeah you're definitely mad." Peter chuckled-as he leaned-in and kissed Toyah on the lips.

Carla & Michelle were sat not so far away, and even though Carla wasn't that bothered about Toyah & Peter's relationship, she still couldn't seem-to stop herself from looking-over as the couple-kissed.

"They seem happy." Carla told Michelle as she sipped-at her orange-juice.

"Yeah I suppose they are…" Michelle trailed-off, she didn't really have much to do with Peter or Toyah nowadays.

"It's a bit-odd tho…Peter Barlow running the Rovers of all places…" Carla giggled.

"Yeah well he seems to be pretty chilled-out nowadays…I don't think he's had a drink since your split a few years back…" Michelle said, almost surprised-by this fact.

"Well good for him." Carla replied with a smile.

"It's weird you know…You being-so chill with him…It's not like you to be sooo…Forgiving." Michelle said.

"Ahhh life's too short Michelle…And the past is the past…And I'd rather leave-it there…" Carla said.

"It's still weird-tho…You're being far too nice…" Michelle said with a giggle.

Peter & Toyah had been busy serving drinks to other customers whilst Carla & Michelle were talking but it had now calmed-down a little-bit and so they were just stood-there together as Peter leaned forward with his elbows against the bar and his face cupped-into his hands.

He glanced around the pub, trying not-to look-at Carla as he didn't want to appear weird, or give any reason for Toyah to be jealous…That said, he hadn't exactly told Toyah about his and Carla's conversation the other-night. He didn't see the need-in giving her a reason-to worry when there weren't any…

However, his eyes kept finding themselves back-on Carla as he noticed something…She was drinking Orange Juice and Michelle had a white-wine…

'Carla Connor drinking Orange Juice?! Something's up.' Peter thought-to himself.

"You alright Sweetheart?!" Toyah asked Peter as she placed her hand-onto his back.

"Yeah…" Peter trailed-off.

"What you thinking about?!" Toyah said, as she joined-him in leaning-against the bar.

"Well actually I was just thinking how weird it was that Carla's got an orange juice when Michelle's drinking wine…It's not like her." Peter said, intrigued.

"Dya think she could-be pregnant?!" Toyah suggested. 'At least that might put Peter-off going back-to her if she-is…' She thought-to herself.

"I dunno Love…Maybe." Peter replied-as he stood-up properly then moved-across to start clearing the bar and Toyah headed-out to the back.

A short-while later, Carla came-up to the bar to order more drinks for herself & Michelle.

"Same again please." She told Peter.

"More orange juice?!" Peter questioned.

"Yeah what about-it?!" Carla asked.

"It's just not like you that's all…Especially when you're with Michelle." Peter said.

"And who's to say you know what's 'like me' anymore Peter?!" Carla said, and there was a short-pause before she spoke-again. "Anyway, how are you holding-up, after our chat last-week?!" She asked-him, remembering that he wasn't in too great a place when she had spoken-to him last-week.

Peter paused-to think about his response. "I'm okay." He said.

"Lies." Carla said, seeing straight through-him.

"Owh and you're being so open with me about the orange-juice…" Peter replied. "So come-on, who's the lucky fella?!" He laughed-as he made Carla's & Michelle's Drinks.

"Peter…" Carla said, a little-awkwardly.

"How far gone?!" He asked-again, busying himself with pouring Carla's orange juice.

"Peter I'm not pregnant." She told-him seriously. Having once mis-carried his baby, Carla thought that Peter deserved-to know that much of the truth at the very-least.

"Owh…" Peter trailed-off a little awkwardly. "I'm sorry I just…" He said, not finishing his sentence.

"I know…" Carla re-assured-him as he placed the drinks infront-of Carla. "Anyway, thanks for these." She said before heading-back-to Michelle.

Later-on that night, Peter was sat-on the sofa in their living-room thinking about Carla. If she wasn't pregnant then why wasn't she drinking alcohol?! And why was she acting so shifty about-it?! Peter thought-to himself.

Peter nearly jumped-out of his skin when Toyah entered the room, his hand shooting straight-to his chest.

"Are you alright Love?!" Toyah asked with a chuckle.

"Yeah sorry I was just lost in thought that's all…" Peter trailed-off quietly.

"About-me I hope?!" Toyah teased-as she joined-him-on the sofa.

Peter looked-at Toyah, looking totally lost.

"Are you sure you're alright?!" Toyah asked-him once-again as she placed-her hand onto his cheek.

"Yeah sorry Love, I'm just a…Well I've just had a bit of a day-of it that's all and my head hurts…" Peter told Toyah.

"Well have the evening-off then. Me and Sarah can manage out the front." Toyah told-him, wrapping her arms around-him.

"Are you sure?!" Peter asked.

"Yeah of-course, listen are you sure you're okay?! Ya know, what with Carla being back-on the Street and everything?!" Toyah questioned, hoping he didn't take-her concerns in the wrong-way.

Peter slowly ran his hand through Toyah's hair. "Listen love, you've got absolutely nothing to worry about okay?!" Peter re-assured her before embracing-her with a cuddle as he worried about Carla.

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