A week later...

Peter had decided to treat Leanne to a posh meal, he regretted ever cheating on her, and unknown to Leanne, Peter was trying to make-things up to her. Leanne was still oblivious to the fact that Peter had cheated on her, but as far as Peter concerned, now that it was over, she never needed to know, and he was hoping that Carla would be having the same-thoughts right-now. Simon was at Ken and Deirdre's for the night, so it was just the pair of them.

"Are you nearly ready love?" Peter asked, doing the last button of his suit-jacket up in the living-room as he waited for Leanne to emerge from the bedroom.

"Just coming! I can't do me dress up!" Leanne giggled as she opened the bedroom door and walked-over to Peter. "Do it up for us will ya?" Leanne asked and Peter laughed.

"Come-here you daft thing!" Peter joked as he zipped Leanne's dress-up for her. "There we go. Now let me see ya!" Peter requested and Leanne did a twirl for him.

"You look gorgeous!" Peter stated happily as he placed his hands onto Leanne's waist.

"Ah well I could day the same about you Mr Barlow!" Leanne said flirtatiously as she wrapped her arms around Peter's neck, gently kissing him on the lips, before taking a-hold of his hands and then dragging him down the stairs, out of the front-door and into the car.

Meanwhile, Carla had been texting Peter all-evening, in hope that she might at-least get a reply off of him, even if it just said 'Go Away' at-least it was a reply.

Carla's texts to Peter consisted-of…..

'I miss u!'

'Wanna go 4 a coffee sometime?'

'I still feel the same way about u.'

'I no u still love me…..well I hope u do anyway…..'

'Ignoring me r u? It won't work Peter…..I Luv U!'

Truth was, Peter's phone had simply been switched-off all-evening, he wasn't intentionally ignoring Carla, he just hadn't looked-at his phone yet.

It wasn't long until Peter and Leanne had arrived at the restaurant and were eating their meals together.

"So then love, are you enjoying this?" Peter asked Leanne happily.

"Of-Course I am." Leanne said as she reached for Peter's hand across the table and took-it into her own hand. "And I'm glad we came-out tonight, just the two of us, without our Si, I feel like we haven't been able to be a proper couple since…..Well…..To be honest since way before the tram-crash, and I know that some of that is my own fault for cheating on you with Nick…..But I'm glad that we're back on track now!" Leanne told her husband excitedly before she kissed the back of Peter's hand before continuing to eat her meal.

Whilst the couple waited for their dessert to arrive, Peter checked his phone…..5 Texts from Carla and 3 missed-calls. "Uh, sorry love, I just need to ring someone a sec…..It's urm…..Someone from my support-group, and they've been trying to contact me all evening but I've had my phone-off. Sorry about this I won't be long." Peter told Leanne before he walked-out of the main-doors to the restaurant, and rang Carla.

Phone-Conversation between Peter and Carla.

Carla: Hi Peter…..

Peter: Hiya Carla, listen what do you want?

Carla: I want you Peter. Now. I can't wait in hope that one day things will fizzle out between you and Leanne…..I have to have you with me, Peter, whether it's an affair or the real-thing…..It's you that I love, and I wouldn't have it any-other way!

Peter: Woah. Stop. Carla. We ended-things because I'm in love with Leanne and I want to be with Leanne. And nothing has changed, so please just leave-me alone.

Carla: What if I can't leave you alone Peter? What if I love you to much to leave you alone? And I know that you feel the same-way about me…..

Peter: Carla don't do this to me…..

Carla: Well we all know that you've been married to two women before now…..

Peter: Oh so you want to marry-me now do you? And what do you think your doing bringing my messed-up past into this? I'd rather that history didn't repeat itself if that's quite alright with you Carla!

Carla: Alright I'm sorry that was over the mark…..

Peter: It wasn't just over the mark Carla; it was miles away from it. Now just let-me get back to my wife will you? Look I hoped that we could still be friends…..And I still hope that…..But you're not making-it easy for-me Carla!

Carla: How about I meet-you sometime? We can go for a coffee somewhere and try and re-build this friendship of ours? What dya think ey?

Peter: Yeah that's fine. Listen, just text me or something…..I've gotta go. I'll cya Carla.

Carla: Bye Peter.

Peter returned into the restaurant in a bad-mood as he plonked himself back-down onto his chair.

"Oh what's up with you?" Leanne asked jokingly.

"Nothing….." Peter replied, and the smile on Leanne's face faded as she realised that the man who she loved was obviously upset about something.

"Come-On. We both know that that's not true…..So tell-me…..What's wrong?" Leanne asked.

"I told you Leanne. It's nothing. So let's just leave-it at that alright!" Peter said frustratedly.

"Peter you're beginning to worry me now….." Leanne trailed-off calmly.

"I'm sorry love…..I'll be fine once it's sorted-out…..Look, can we just go-home?…..I'm over-heated and stressed-out….." Peter trailed-off.

"Alright…..Let's go then…..I'm sure I can think of a few-ways to cheer-you-up a little….." Leanne suggested with a cheeky-smile and Peter allowed a small-smile to escape upon his lips in response to what he knew that she was thinking...

Carla watched-on as she spotted Leanne and Peter heading-into their flat together, all-loved-up like they hadn't a care in the world. She wished she took take Leanne's place and that there wouldn't be any problems caused by it…..But she knew that-that sort-of thing only happened-in a dream-world…..Something that Carla could only wish and hope existed, but she knew that really…..That the whole 'happily ever-after ending' was nowhere to be found. Not in this world.

Back in Peter and Leanne's flat, Leanne kissed Peter as she worked his suit-jacket-off, before then throwing-it to the floor and leading Peter into the bedroom...

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