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The next-morning, Carla and Peter met-up early, having agreed to meet-each-other in the park. "Morning." Carla said tiredly as she greeted Peter with a kiss on the lips.

"Hey." Peter replied, returning the kiss before Carla then rested her head against Peter's chest as he held her closely.

"Thanks for yesterday." She said, sighing as she remembered their afternoon together.

"Yeah it was great wasn't it?" Peter responded. "Your Mum didn't seem too happy about me being there thought….." Peter trailed-off, truthfully, feeling Carla tense-up against his chest at the mention of her Mother. "Carla what's wrong?" He asked as he pushed-her face-up with his fingers, forcing her to look-him in the eyes. Carla had tears falling-from her eyes.

"My Mum guessed what we were doing upstairs…..She went crazy…..She warned-me that if you ever came-back to mine then their would be trouble…..And she was right…..My Dad would put-you in hospital if he saw-you anywhere near me!" Carla cried as she hugged Peter tightly around the waist, resting her head back against his chest.

Peter sighed, sadly, knowing that this wasn't the end to their problems. "Yeah well I'm sorry to add to the problems, but Paul threatened-me again last-night." He revealed to Carla.

"Oh My Gosh Peter did he hurt you again?" Carla asked as she moved-her fingers-up to the cut on Peter's cheek from where Paul had punched-him the other-day. She was shocked that Paul just wouldn't seem to let this go.

"No, no he didn't hurt-me." Peter trailed-off.

Carla sighed. "It looks like we're gonna have to be a bit more careful then doesn't it?" She told Peter softly.

"Yeah…..But that's fine, my Dad's always out on Saturday's and Deirdre is always at work…..We can go back to mine….." Peter suggested.

"Yeah but one, what about the rest of the days in the week? And more-importantly, two, what about Tracy?" Carla asked-him.

"The rest of the week we're just gonna have to deal with Paul aren't we? But as for Tracy, well, I can get her to go-out with friends or something….." Peter told Carla.

"What every-weekend? Peter she's your little-sister….."

"No, she's my Step-Mum's Daughter. It was my house before it was hers, so she can get-lost on Saturday's. Saturday's are our day." Peter said sweetly to Carla before the couple kissed each-other on the lips once-again as they then headed-into the College together.

As they arrived in the classroom together, hand-in-hand, they were greeted by Paul, Liam, and Michelle.

"Heya Babe!" Michelle said happily, trying to avoid the awkwardness between Paul and Peter, and instead she just decided to concentrate on her and Carla's very-close-friendship.

"Hiya!" Carla replied as the friends hugged.

"Why are you hugging her?" Paul asked, obviously unamused by their friendly-greetings.

"Err. Because she's my friend, Paul?" Michelle replied, her tone-of-voice full of attitude.

"Yeah, but she's with him." Paul said angrily but keeping his voice low and quiet as he referred to Peter as him.

"Well they are going-out mate." Liam replied as he chuckled a little.

"Yeah Liam's right Paul. Me and Peter are going-out now." Carla began as she wrapped her arm around Peter's waist. "And he's told-me all about what you did to him the other-day. How you're the reason for the mark on his face. Oh and the threat you gave-him last-night, I know about that too. You can leave Peter alone in the future. Do you hear me?" Carla said, getting-up in Paul's face as she spat out the words at him.

"Car, leave-it." Peter said, tugging at her-arm to pull-her away from Paul.

Carla then turned-round and wrapped her arms around Peter's neck, kissing him fully on the lips just to rub-it in Paul's face.

As they continued to kiss each-other, Paul sighed in frustration. "'Chelle tell them to stop rubbing-it in my face." Paul ordered Michelle behind gritted teeth, knowing that he couldn't start a fight with Peter in the classroom, he end-up getting himself expelled, although right-now, Paul, didn't see that as such a bad-idea.

"Oh get a room will ya?" Liam teased, before pulling-his-brother away from the pail of them.

Carla giggled as she broke-away from the kiss.

"Listen you….." Carla began as she rested her forehead against Peter's. "I just want a quick word with 'Chelle. Just ignore Paul ey?" She told-Peter sweetly as she playfully pushed-him-away before she then dragged Michelle out of the room to talk to her.

"What's-Up Carla?" Michelle asked, concerned for her friend.

"I don't know what to do….." Carla started.

"Urm, about what darlin'?" Michelle asked, slightly-confused by Carla's sudden out-burst.

"Well, I take-it you know what me and Peter were well…..Doing…..Yesterday afternoon right? Carla questioned.

"You had sex Car; you can say it ya know." Michelle teased as she laughed a little at Carla's shyness over the topic.

"Yeah that well….." Carla trailed-off as she was interrupted by Michelle.

"You're not pregnant are ya?" Michelle asked, shocked that Carla wasn't more careful.

"Ya what? No! Of-Course I'm not!" Carla said, not amused that Michelle though she could be so stupid.

"Oh Good. 'Cause me and Dean had that scare a couple of months back. Oh Babe it is not fun. Luckily it was a false alarm….." Michelle paused as she noticed Carla look-down at her feet sadly as a tear dropped from her face. "Oh Carla. Babe, what's up?" Michelle asked, rubbing up and down Carla's arm soothingly.

"My Mum knew what we were doing…..She said if Dad ever found-out, then he'd kill Peter. And she's right, he would. And I'm just scared that Mum's gonna blurt something out when she's on the drugs or summit….." Carla cried to Michelle. "And I don't want my Dad to hurt Peter…..I love him 'Chelle! He's the first-guy who I've ever loved…..Your Paul was just a minor crush. But forget Paul, I don't want my family to wreck Mine and Peter's relationship!" She said, bursting into floods of tears as Michelle pulled-her-in-closer and hugged-her tightly.

"Carla. Listen to me. No-one is going to hurt Peter okay? No-One." Michelle said, before releasing Carla from their hug together. "Alright so you and him are gonna have to be a bit more careful about how you go about things, but so what? It's not the end of the world. You'll cope." Michelle tried to re-assure Carla as Peter popped-his-head around the door of the classroom and into the corridor.

"Can I steal girlfriend back now please?" Peter joked but was given a 'can't you see she's upset?' look by Michelle. "Carla? What's-up sweetheart?" Peter asked sensitively, causing Carla to cry even-more as she hugged Peter tightly around his waist. "I love you." She whispered as she cried into his chest.

"I love you too." Peter replied instantly before looking-above Carla and to Michelle. "Do you know what's wrong with her?" He whispered to Michelle.

"Talk to her." Michelle mouthed back to Peter before walking into the classroom.

"Car? Come-On tell-me what's up?" Peter asked, really concerned for his girlfriend.

Carla slowly looked-up at Peter. "Ya know what I said earlier about…..My Dad hurting you if he ever found-out?" Carla asked Peter tearfully.

"Yeah, what about that love?" Peter questioned.

"I'm just worried that now my Mum knows, he's gonna find-out…..And I just don't want you to get hurt-again. Paul was bad-enough, but my Dad could do a lot more damage than Paul ever-could." Carla revealed to Peter.

"Oh Sweetheart, no-one is gonna hurt-me okay. I won't let-them. Paul caught-me off-guard. I wasn't up for the fight with Paul, but I'm ready for whatever life throws at me now…..And we'll just have to avoid your house when your parents are in won't we?" Peter told her, trying to re-assure her that he could look after himself.

"I suppose so…..But please don't go bragging to your mates about yesterday…..I can't have anyone apart from the Connors knowing…..Okay?" Carla told Peter.

"Carla, I wouldn't brag to my mates about that kind-of thing anyway…..It's pointless…..Besides…..Most of my mates are lucky they aren't fathers with several different mothers the rate they're going-at. At least I have my one-girl and that's it. I just happened to pick the most beautiful, caring, best-kissing girl on this whole-planet." Peter told Carla sweetly before Carla laughed at him and they kissed briefly.

"Oy You. Stop going all soppy on me." Carla said to Peter as she giggled at him before they then headed-into class together.

"I love you." Peter whispered into Carla's ear as they walked-in.

"Oh Yeah? Well the feeling's mutual." Carla said with a happy-little-giggle as they took their seats next-to one-another at the back of the classroom.

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