"Pregnant?" Nick repeated but with question in his tone.
"Yeah.. 6 weeks" Carla replied.
"6 weeks? Why didn't you tell me before now?" Nick questioned his wife.
"I only found out last week. I was going to tell you before you surprised me with coming here. I really wanted to tell you." She explained.
"It's okay. I'm just glad you've told me now, so how do you feel about all this?" Nick asked her, concern evident in his tone.
"What do you mean by all this?" Carla said not understanding what he had meant.
"About being pregnant again? Have you thought about what you want to do?" Nick asked cautiously.
"What I want to do? Shouldn't it be what we want to do?" Carla asked confused again.
"It's your body sweetheart. It's your decision." Nick told his wife.
"I'd like you to have a say in it too Nick. I wouldn't be pregnant in the first place if it wasn't for you." She said laughing.
"Well... I want it." Nick admitted to Carla.
"Really! You honesty want it?" Carla asked to make sure he wasn't just saying it.
"Of course I want it. It's our baby. I bet George and Casey would love to have a brother or a sister." Nick said getting excited about the idea of having another son or daughter.
"This has to be the last one though. I think 3 is enough. Carla laughed nudging Nick with her elbow.
"Ok,agreed. Who would have thought, 5 years ago it was just the two of us and now there's going to be 5 of us. It's crazy" Nick told Carla to which she just smiled back and jumped up from where she had been sitting.
"Right you. Let's go back downstairs." Carla said grabbing hold of nicks hand.
"What about my mum? What if she asks what's wrong?" Nick said stopping Carla from opening the door.
"Why don't we just tell her? It might make her feel special if we tell her that she was the first one to know" Carla suggested.
"Yeah. Good idea." Nick replied before kissing his wife softly on the lips and taking her downstairs.
Once they were downstairs Gail was quick to jump in and ask what had taken them so long.
"What took you so long? I was about to send out a search party.
"Sorry Gail that was my fault. You know what I'm like" Carla said smirking.
"So what have you been talking about for the last half hour? Anything I should be worried about?" both Carla and Nick just shook Their heads and smiled. "Go into the kitchen for 5 minutes kids" Carla ordered her children.
"Carla's pregnant mum." Nick said proudly looking down at his wife and placing his hand on her non existent bump.
"Pregnant! Isn't it bad enough having two grandchildren I never get to see never mind 3." Gail said slumping herself down on the sofa.
"Thanks for the support mum." Nick said sarcastically.
"I'm sorry Nicky. I'm chuffed for you both, I really am. It's just I miss you all." Gail admitted.
"We miss you too mum but I promise we will try and come down more often." Nick promised his mother.
"And don't forget you have your own room so you can come and visit for as long as you want." Carla added to reassure her mother-in-law.
"You really mean that? I can come and visit you whenever?" Gail asked, a glint of hope evident in her eyes.
"Of course. Your welcome anytime." Carla said smiling.
About an hour passed and the children had spent the entire time talking to their grandma about the amazing adventures they had, had so far in Devon.
"I'm really sorry but we are going to have to get going now." Carla said standing up.
"Oh that's a shame I was enjoying myself. Where are you staying?" Gail asked gutted they were leaving so soon.
"Just over the road at the rovers. You can see them again before we leave if you like."
Carla offered.
"If your only over the road can they not stay here? I bet they've never had a sleep over." Gail asked hopefully. Carla turned to look at Nick for an answer who just simply nodded his head.
"Yeah,I don't see why not. As long as they both behave." Carla said kneeling down so she was at the children's level. "Are you going to behave for Grandma Gail?" Carla asked in a sweet voice.
"Yes mummy." Both children chorused.
Carla stood up and began to walk towards the door with her husband when she stopped and turned around again.
"Come and give mummy and daddy a cuddle and a kiss goodbye then" she said smiling at her children.
"Bye mummy, bye daddy. I love you lots" both children said as they gave their parents goodnight kisses.
"Bye my angels." Carla said as she walked out of the door hand in hand with her husband.
"They sounded like they were having fun with your mum." Carla said turning towards Nick slightly.
"Hmm.. Maybe we could have some fun of our own, if your up to it." Nick said half seductively and half caring.
"What in Liz's bed?! I don't think so Nicholas." Carla said chuckling.
"See this is why we should have booked a hotel." Nick said disappointed that they were having the night to themselves and weren't doing anything. Spotting the disheartened look on her husbands face she smiled at him and said: "maybe.. If your good and behave yourself I might give in to you later."
"Really!" Nick said getting a little too excited.
"Yes really. If you shut up about it till then" Carla said chuckling, opening the door to the rovers return.
"You two took your time!" Michelle shouted from behind the bar.
"Sorry. Gail didn't want to let us go." Carla joked.
"Where are the kids?" Johnny asked disappointed that they weren't with Carla and Nick.
"They are staying the night at Gail's. I won't be surprised if she doesn't give us them back." Carla said laughing.
"Ah okay. I've booked a table at the bistro for tomorrow at 6. For everyone so when you pick the kids up tomorrow make sure you tell the Platts." Johnny informed his daughter.
"The bistro?" Carla asked checking she had heard the venue correct.
"Yeah I'm sorry love it's all I could get on short notice." Johnny said not having thought about who now owned the bistro.
"You do realise Robert owns the bistro" Carla said getting abit worked up.
"Baby it's fine. I think we've all moved on from that. I can be civil to the guy for a few hours." Nick reassured Carla, it was safe to say they'd both grown up since they became parents.
"I love you." Carla said reaching up a little and giving Nick a kiss in front of the whole pub.
"I love you too beautiful." Nick replied giving her another kiss.
"Aww how cute. Now can you go out the back before you drive away all of my customers with your Pda's" Michelle said laughing whilst giving her bestfriend a wink.
"I think we are going to go to bed now anyways babe." Carla told Michelle.
"Bed!? It's only half ten Carla." Michelle said confused to why she was going to bed.
"Yeah I know but I'm really tired." Carla said winking at Michelle which took her a minute to catch on what she was saying.
"Oh,oh. Okay then night babe." Michelle said.
"Night Chelle. Love you." Carla told her bestfriend.
"Love you too, night Nick." Michelle replied.
"Night Michelle." Nick said before taking Carla's hand and pulling her up the stairs.
Once they were upstairs Carla began kissing Nick and as their kiss got quite heated Nick stopped it.
"You don't have to do this baby." Nick told his wife who was blissfully staring lovingly into his eyes.
"I promised didn't I?" Carla said as she began to kiss her husband again before he stopped her again. "Don't you want to!?" Carla asked a little annoyed that he was rejecting her.
"No no of course I do. Your just look shattered that's all. You've had a really long day sweetheart. You and the baby need your rest." Nick explained pulling Carla in for a hug.
"Yeah I suppose so, your mine tomorrow night though Tilsley." She winked at her husband as she began to get undressed.
Carla was stood in her underwear in the middle of the room and turned to catch Nick staring at her.
"What are you staring at Tilsley?" She said laughing.
"You. Your so beautiful." Nick said cutely.
"Your so cheesy Nicholas." She said as she made her way over to the bed and took a seat next to her husband.
"You love it though. I'm being serious I don't know how I ended up with you. Your perfect, way out of my league." Nick admitted to his wife.
"Don't be stupid Nick. Your gorgeous and your the one who's out of my league. I never thought you'd look twice at me." Carla told her husband.
"Now who's being stupid? I love you Carla." Nick replied.
"I love you too Nicky." Carla said in between kisses, she carefully climbed on top of Nick as their kisses became more and more heated.
"Carla..." Nick said stopping her once again.
"Nick will you just be quiet. I'm not that tired." Carla said kissing him again.
"Are you sure baby?" Nick asked not wanting her to be over tired.
"Yes I'm sure. Now let me get on with it." She said as they both started laughing.
**I'm going to try my best to update the next chapter tomorrow where there will be a surprise revealed. I'd like to thank anyone who's reading this and thankyou for the lovely reviews. ***