Later that night:

CARLAS POV:

Wheeling Hayley's pushchair out of the rovers after telling Michelle about having a girl and picking up hales I walk down the path as a taxi parks up next to me.

I ignore it and carry on walking to my flat as Hayley sleeps.

"Carla." I hear a low voice, a mans voice.

I turn around curiously and see him.

Peter Barlow.

"Hey" he smiles jogging over to me.

"Oh congratulations...kept that quiet didn't ya?" He adds looking at my round 5 months bump.

"T-thanks" I mutter.

He bends down looking at Hayley and I say immediately "careful, don't wake her. Chelle said it took forever to get her off"

"Okay. Can I see her tomorrow?" He asks.

"Well yeah. Ken was looking after her anyway becuase I have a spa treatment booked."

"Oh...is she alright?"

"Yeah, you'd know whether she was fine or not if you looked after your daughter" I say, my bluntness making it extremely uncomfortable.

"Carla you know I had to go" he explains.

"Yeah I know, I'm sorry. I'm really tired" I say rubbing my hands over my face.

"I could take her for the night?"

"No peter that's too far. You haven't even back 5 minutes and you're already getting on my nerves"

"I just want to see my little girl" I justifies.

"And you can. Tomorrow ." I sigh.

"Has Simon seen her recently?" He questions.

"Yes quite regualry actually. I'm not being funny peter but are you checking up on me; to see how it getting on with Hayley or something? Because she's my daughter!" I loose my temper and he looks up shocked.

"I know, Carla you're an amazing mother. But you have loads on your hands: the baby, the factory, the split with nick..."

"How do you know about nick?" I inturupt.

"Car you know my family; can't keep their gob shut." He smirks.

"Well...it's none of your business. Night peter." I say walking off.

"Goodnight" He shouts back.

After what feels like hours im in my warm flat, Hayley's in bed and I'm tucked up in my pyjamas.

I sigh thinking back to my conversation with peter earlier.

I'm sure he was trying to riddle his way back in...

Or he was just trying to see his daughter??

I don't know, I'm too tired to be thinking about this right now.

I stroke my bump. My beautiful little girl inside cocooned.

"Hey baby" I whisper to it softly.

"I don't usually do thing kinda thing but...I just want you to know I love you so so much."

"...And your daddy" I add.

My eyes tear up as I think about nick.

Thanks to my silly mistake, I'm alone and pregnant in my flat whilst the man I loves in bed with my enermy and my ex won't leave me alone.

Being alone with my thoughts exhausts me and before I know it, I'm falling into a deep sleep on my sofa.

Saturday:

Knock. Knock. Knock.

I awake abruptedly as I hear harsh knocking on my door.

I groan loudly when I relaise ive been asleep on my sofa all nick. Not a good idea.

My body is stiff and I don't think that it was a good idea for a pregnant women to be their all night.

I open the door looking up tiredly at Michelle.

"What's happened to you?" She asks.

That's when the crying starts from Hayley as she gets cranky being in the cot alone for a while.

"Ugh" I moan.

"You alright?" She says.

"I slept on the sofa" I say and she already knows what I mean as she squirms her face.

"You have a shower and get ready. The knots in your neck will go when we have our massages." She excitedly says.

"Oh shit the massage!" I remember.

"It's fine if you get ready quickly. I'll feed Hayley, get her dressed and take her to Ken's alright?" She offers.

"Yeah cheers Chelle, you're a life saver" I smile.

"Why did you sleep on the sofa?" She asks through the door of the bathroom.

"I was really tired, before I know it you're knocking on my door" I explain.

"Well you shouldn't be sleeping their, not in your condition"

"I didn't mean too did I" I reply.

An hour later, Michelle and I are taking Hayley to Ken's together.

"Oh hiya" peter smiles widely opening the door.

"Alright?" I awkwardly reply.

"Good thanks you?"

"Fine ta...Hayley are you gonna say hi to daddy?" I say kneeling down and unstrapping Hayley from her pushchair.

"Heyyo" she smiles shyly.

"Come on hales, lighten up its daddy. Do you want to go and hug him tightly?" I ask softly.

She walks up to peter timidly wrapping her arms round his leg.

He lifts her up and hugs her tightly sand I notice he's getting teary as am I.

He suddnely starts tickling her and sweet giggles escape her lips.

"I think she's found a best buddy" Michelle points out.

"Mm" I reply.

"Right hales. Me and auntie Michelle have to go now. Are you gonna be a good girl?"

"Mummy no" she moans reaching her arms out for me.

"Oh come on Hayley; don't put on the waterworks" I laugh stroking her chin gently until I realise my head is extremely close to peters.

"Mummy" she complains.

"Ugh come here" I say getting her from peter and kissing her playfully all over her face making her laugh.

"See their we are, you're not really sad. Go and play. I'll come back later I promise baby girl" I add.

"Look what I've got Hayley" peter pipes up after watching us contently.

He walks into his dads house and soon comes back with a pink teddy bear that Hayley looks at instantly.

"For you" he smiles, handing it out to her.

She accepts it cuddling it tightly.

"Their we are, bye baby" I kiss her one last time on the head before she runs inside to play with her latest addition.

"Thanks for getting her that peter" I quietly say smiling weakly.

"Ah it's nothing; you're such an amazing Mum"

Michelle inturpts by coughing as I look round at her.

"Anyway we'd best be off. We're running late anyway thanks to me. I'll be back later bye peter" I say and he says goodbye.

Me and Chelle walk back to my car. I open the car door before looking up and seeing nick stood near.

I smile weakly at him, happy at his presence until I realise he probably saw me and peter talking, smiling etc. I can almost see his jealousy.

But why was he jealous?

He turns round walking back into the bistro and I look ahead confused.

"Come on" Michelle moans, getting impatient very quickly.

"Okay okay. God anyone would think you're the pregnant one: Hormonal and gobby" I say.

"You're taking forever. First flirting around with peter and then it taking you a minute to take a seat in the car" she replies.

"I was not flirting?! Me and peter are over, finished, done. I have more important things to be thinking about. For god sake Chelle, I'm having nicks baby!" I raise my voice slightly.

"Do you still love nick?" She questions.

"...more than anything" I mutter.

"Tell him that then." She simply says.

"What because it's that easy? He's with Leanne?"

"Do you honestly think he loves her Carla? Get real"

"I can't. I can't be dealing with the stress, not with the baby on the way" I say unconfidently and she raises her eyebrows.

I didn't include the spa treatment etc becuase it wasn't necessarily important and needed. I realised too on my last chapter a large gap had randomly disappeared and some smelling mistakes I corrected weren't done. So I do apologise for that; please leave reviews a it motivates me more! Hopefully, I'll be updating this book regualry now I've planned it all out. It's gonna get very messy that's all I'm saying! ;) x