So I'm back and I thought that it was time for a happier chapter! Just to remind-you that Mrs Austin is infact Linda Austin. It depends whether she is at school or not to whether I use her actual name or her teachers-name.

A month had passed now and Peter was doing so well, his Parent-to-Son type-of relationship with the Austin's had really blossomed recently, and the counselling seemed to really help Peter to sort his head out and remain calm in those sticky situations that he had to face on what was practically a daily-basis…..Well…..He stayed calmer than he would have done previously anyway…..

It was the weekend and it was Carla's turn to stay at Peter's. They stayed at each-others houses on alternate weekends, it was only fair on the parents to take-it in turns to go-around and stay-over. Peter awoke that Saturday morning, feeling refreshed and happy for the first time in what was a very-long-time for Peter. He came downstairs having just had a shower and greeted Carla with a sweet-kiss on the lips, only wearing a pair of shorts and nothing else.

"Oh good morning!" Carla said, amused by Peter wandering around the house half-naked as he rubbed the towel over his head to dry it slightly, when he had finished doing-so it was all spikey, and Carla found-it quite cute.

"Morning!" He told-her. "Were you waiting for me long?!" He asked-her with a sweet-smile on his face.

"Nah only about half an hour. You were flat-out when I woke-up so I thought I'd let you have a lie-in." She told-him happily as he then sat-down onto the sofa next to Carla, gently kissing her on the lips as Linda & Zach Austin then waltzed into the room, acting as jolly as ever.

"Hiya you two. Listen, Zach & I thought we'd have a picnic in the park if you both wanted to join us?!" Linda kindly asked-them-both, and Carla laughed as Peter mumbled something into her ear, obviously not wanting to go, so Carla decided to be a tease.

"Awww we'd love to go thank-you Mrs Austin!" She told-her happily and Peter just sighed in mock-disapproval as he buried his head into Carla's neck, making her giggle at him some-more.

"You can call-me Linda outside of school Carla, Peter does and you're his girlfriend, so I don't see any reason why you shouldn't either! But it's Mrs Austin when we're in school though!" Linda told Carla happily, and she smiled and then nodded-in agreement with her teacher.

"Okay I will do." Carla replied as Zach smiled at them both and then spoke-up.

"Great. Well we'll leave you to get yourselves up and ready. Especially you Peter." Zach chuckled at the kid before the married-couple then headed-outside together, leaving Carla & Peter to chat in the living-room together...

"Carla! We could have had some time-alone together….. " Peter moaned to Carla.

"And done what exactly Peter?! Laze around on the sofa all day?! Boorrinnggg!" Carla teased.

"Well no I was thinking of something a bit more interesting than that….." He replied as he began to kiss Carla on the neck, and Carla just gasped-in shock at his suggestion.

"But Peter! Neither of us are even 16 yet!" Carla told-him seriously, but she couldn't help but smile at the disappointed look-on his face.

"That didn't stop Kyle! Him and his girlfriend have done-it loads of times! And he won't stop bragging about it either….." Peter told Carla truthfully, annoying himself at just the very mention-of Kyle the bully's name.

"Oh Baby, you don't need to try and keep-up with Kyle! He's an idiot! And besides, the best things come to those who wait….." Carla told Peter teasingly. "Now go and put a t-shirt on will ya?!" She ordered-him and he nodded-disappointingly.

"Okay….." He said as he trotted-off to go and fetch a t-shirt, and Carla just chuckled-at his disappointment.

They had soon reached the park and were sat with Zach and Linda eating their picnic's down on the blankets together…..

"So Peter how's your counselling going then?!" Linda asked, generally interested-in Peter's well-being and mental-state at the moment.

"Yeah it's going great thanks. Barbara is amazing and she totally just gets me ya know?!…..But I couldn't have done-it without you three so thanks…..Really…..All three of you" Peter said, being serious for just a moment…..

"Hey no-need to thank-us mate. It's you putting all the hard-work-in." Zach told-him with a friendly-voice.

"Yeah you've worked-hard. I'm proud-of you Peter." Linda told-him happily.

"Me too!" Carla added-onto the end of Linda's sentence with a cheeky smile on her face as she then kissed Peter on the cheek.

"Hey listen you two. - You guys can go off and have some fun in the sunshine if you want too, we'll meet you back by the car at 5pm okay?! And you can ring-us if you want-to meet-up earlier than that….." Zach kindly suggested to both Peter & Carla, and Peter then just smiled widely at Zach as he then stood-up, dragging Carla along with him, by her hand, as they then headed-off into the woods together...

A few minutes later, and both Peter & Carla were totally emersed into the forest and Carla wondered where on earth Peter had taken her to. "Peter where are we going?!" She asked-him amongst all of the giggling.

"Here." Peter replied as they arrived into a small-circular area that was surrounded-by trees.

"Where even are we?! And don't say in the forest!" Carla questioned Peter as she looked-around the circular little-place that was completely and utterly surrounded by huge and large trees. Peter began to reply to Carla's question, both of them a little-out of breath from all of the running and giggling together at the same-time.

"This is a little-hiding place in the forest that me and my Mum found when I was just little…..We were playing hide & seek…..It took my Dad hours to find-us…..I was only about 5…..It was the best-time-of my life….." Peter sweetly revealed to Carla as she then both gently and slowly forced-him back against a nearby tree.

"That's sweet Baby." Carla said as she softly stroked his cheek several-times with her cold-ish fingers.

"I've never brought-anyone here before…..I didn't want to spoil the happy-memories…..But being here with you is just perfect Carla….." He told-her in a very-cute & adorable-way and she sweetly-smiled-at-him before she then leaned-in to meaningfully kiss him in the lips, closing her eyes as she did-so.

The seriousness lasted-for about 10 Seconds, before Peter then pulled-away from the kiss, chuckling as he then ran-on to the next tree and began to climb-it. "Catch-me if you can!" He called to Carla as he made-his way up to the first big-branch of the tree, reverting to his 5 Year-Old-Self once-again as he chuckled-away.

"Peter there's no way I can get up there! Not in this skirt!" Carla told-him.

"Yes you can! I'll help you!" Peter said as he then leaned-his arm-down to help Carla, but he ended-up falling-out of the tree and landing-onto the ground hard onto his back. "OW!" He called-out as Carla then gasped-in pure-shock as she then quickly ran-over to him.

"Peter are you okay?!" Carla asked-him worriedly as she then crouched-down beside-him worriedly, and she was relieved when she saw Peter smile at her and then let-out a mischievous chuckle.

"Carla I'm absolutely fine!" He giggled as Carla then rested her head against his solid-chest.

"My muscly boyfriend….." She told-him cutely as she then tapped her hands against his rock-solid stomach.

"Too Right….." Peter then chuckled.

Carla then turned-serious for a moment as she brought her head-up and then looked-at Peter's lips, then shifting her vision to his eyes before she then looked-back to his lips. She did this a few-times before the couple then eventually began to kiss each-other passionately, Peter still led-on his back against the hard, rocky and muddy ground of the forest with Carla led on-top of him as the kiss grew more and more heated and intimate by the second...

After a couple of minutes, the kissing and the fumbling came to a natural-end as Carla then just smiled-up at Peter, both of their clothes ruffled-up slightly from all of the fumbling. She just giggled at him before she then rested her head against his chest once-more.

"We should probably get up or we're gonna get all mucky….." Peter told Carla with a cheeky-chuckle.

"Ah well ya know what they say…..Dirty Clothes, Dirty Mind….." Carla teased-him.

"No-One's ever said that!" He replied as they then stood-up together.

"Whatever….." She mocked as she followed Peter's actions with the standing-up.

"Whateverrr!" Peter imitated-her, making Carla laugh as he put on a girly voice. She then walked-over to him and hugged-him as she laughed.

"Oh Baby if the people at school could see this side to you then I'm sure that they would absolutely love you!" Carla told-him truthfully, with a little-smile on her face, but she meant-it seriously all the same and Peter could tell-that.

"Babes, if I acted like that at school then I'd probably get a fat-lip and a black-eye….." He replied to her as they walked-along through the forest together, hand-in-hand.

"No you wouldn't! Peter you don't have to put on that hard-act at school ya know?! You're a lovely, friendly, and pretty darn-fit guy without all of the threats and the bullying. Just be yourself." Carla told-him in a calm and soft-manner and peter just smiled at her weakly before he then looked-down.

"Well I'm glad you think so….." He said with a frown.

"Yes I certainly do think-so. Now cheer-up. We're not at school now remember! It's the weekend!" She told-him positively, walking-behind-him ever-so slightly so that she could wrap her arms around his stomach from behind. "Now come-on you, let's play hide-and-seek. Bagsy not it!" Carla said, before she then ran-off childishly, making Peter laugh hysterically.

"What are you?! Like. 7 Years Old?!" Peter laughed-at her.

"No I'm 15! Now are ya counting?!" She called from a distance, completely out of sight from Peter now. Peter just sighed, realising that he was going-to have to play this game whether he liked-it or not.

"Ready or not here I come!" He shouted sarcastically as he then ran-off to go and find Carla...

Later on that warm-sunny-evening Carla & Peter went to go and meet Linda & Zach Austin again, at 5pm, as they had arrange with them-both. They were both sat on the blankets waiting for the two young teenagers…..Although they had been behaving more like kids this afternoon. The childhood-sweethearts had-had the time of their lives together out-there in the forest, and Linda was just pleased to see the both returning back to herself and Zach both with massively-cheeky-grins on their faces.

"Peter that's the biggest smile I've seen on your face in a long-time!" Linda told-him happily, proud that Peter had come-on so-far since he had been living with her.

"I've never had a good-enough reason to smile before now….." Peter replied-with sweetly as he then lovingly-looked-at Carla with those glistening-eyes of his that everyone-absolutely-adored.

"Hmmm…..Apparently Peter's favourite game is hide & seek!" Carla teased-him.

"Oh is it now?!" Linda asked cheekily as her herself and Zach then just chuckled at both Carla & Peter.

"Blame my parents!" Peter quietly giggled and Linda just smiled-at him.

"Well I'm glad you two have both had a good-time this-afternoon!" Zach told-the both of them as they looked lovingly-into each-others' eyes.

"It's been the best!" Carla replied as Linda and Zach Austin then began to walk-on ahead-of an obviously loved-up Carla & Peter...

"Thank-You." Peter told Carla as they strolled-along quietly together.

"What For?!" Carla asked-him shyly.

"The last-time I was truly happy was when my parents were still-alive when I was just a 9 Year-Old-Kid…..And I never thought I'd be able to truly smile again once they had died…..I mean, I've faked smiles an awful-lot recently…..And I became quite good at faking things and pretending that everything was okay when it really wasn't…..But today, you made me truly smile…..And I've never felt as safe, as loved and as happy as I did when I was with you today. So thank-you Carla." Peter told-her, getting quite emotional as he did-so.

"I'm glad I make you happy…..I love ya Peter….." Carla replied sweetly as she then looked-up into Peter's eyes. Peter was just about to respond, when they heard the voice of Zach, shouting from across the car-park.

"OY! You two love-birds! Come-On! Hurry-Up!" Zach joked with them both and they then chuckled with each-other as they shared a short-kiss on the lips together before heading-back-over to Zach & Linda...

SO! Coming-Up…..

Peter discovers some self-worth through a new-hobby/talent…..

Carla wants to support Peter in his new-found hobby/talent but worries about where the potential paths could lead-to…..

Peter begins to rise-above James, Kyle and the other-bullies, but how will he react when they turn-on Mrs Austin?!

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