I'm sorry but I thought I'd skip Christmas. We've all just had it ourselves, I'm a little behind so I didn't think we would want to read about it. The little family had a really nice Christmas lots of love and happiness.

Three weeks later and Christmas was over and the schools have gone back. Carla was now nearly 16 weeks pregnant and had a little bump. Peter loved the mornings because Carla would get up and have a shower before work and come into the bedroom to get changed. He liked it because when she would take the towel away he could see his baby. He could see the bump and it made her even more beautiful.

In four week's time she had another scan to tell them what they were having. They could go private and find out in a couple of weeks but they haven't told Simon yet and they would rather wait to find out.

Carla would now wear clothes that didn't cling to her so it wasn't that obvious she was pregnant. She didn't want everyone fussing and while she had control of who knew then she would take that control. 'Right baby I'm off see you later.' Carla said to peter as she kissed him on the head and left the flat in the direction of the factory.

The factory had been going well it constantly had orders on the go and Carla and Michelle were always out on meetings trying to get new contracts. It was going well. Michelle always looked out for Carla and made sure she didn't do too much. Carla didn't like a fuss.

'Do you want a coffee' Michelle asked Carla, who was just staring at the wall. 'Carla… Earth to Carla'

'Huh..what sorry I was in my own world' Carla told her.

'I could see that anything you want to share?' Michelle asked.

'oh its nothing important. I'm just being silly.' Carla said.

'Well let's see shall we come on spill' Michelle smiled.

'Ok but you can't tell Peter' Carla looked up and sighed. 'Promise me you won't tell him'

'Ok you're scaring me now. What's up?'

'Ok I must be silly, but when me and Peter where in town the other day we were shopping for the baby and I swear I saw..' Carla stopped.

'Who… who did you see?' Michelle asked.

Carla took a breath. 'Steve'

'What Finch?'

'Yes Steve Finch.. that exact person!' Carla stated.

'But he's Supposed to be across the world what's he doing back' Michelle wondered.

'Exactly Michelle' Carla worried that he would now come looking for her. She had the baby to think about. Peter will go mad if he knows he's back. Peter would go mad if someone looked at Carla wrong so now she has the baby he will fly off the handle if anyone goes near her.

Later that evening Carla was at home sitting on the sofa flicking through her magazine, one hand on her bump and the other holding her coffee cup, when she heard footsteps coming up the stairs, this put a smile on her face.

'Hiya love' Peter said as he came through the doors and hung his coat up. He walked over to the sofa and sat down kissing Carla. He put his cold hand onto Carla's small bump. Carla smiled and cuddled into Peter. She knew she would have to tell him about Steve but she didn't want to until she was sure.

The next morning and it was decided that Peter was going to pick Simon up from school and tell him their happy news. He thought about telling Leanne first but he didn't want her to get jealous and not let Simon come round at all. He thought it was best to tell Simon first and then tell Leanne.

Carla walked into the factory on time and straight into the office. Michelle was already there and working on whether it was indeed Steve or not. She was phoning round a couple of their business 'friends' to see if he had made contact with any of them. She made up some excuse like he's left his briefcase here or he had to sign some final papers. But no one had heard and that eased Carla's mind.

The factory girls had noticed something different about Carla not in her appearance but in her personality. She seems to be a lot calmer and has a smile on her face more than usual. Peter comes in to visit a lot more then he used to.

'Oh incoming another visit from lover boy' Beth said to the other girls as Peter entered the office.

'Beth they are just in love that's all.' Fiz said.

'No I'm telling you there's something else going on here. I don't know what but I'm sure there is.' Beth told the girls.

'Ok if you say so' Izzy replied.

In the office 'Hey baby I came to check on my favourite person' peter said kissing Carla on the forehead.

'Well I'm fine and so is this one' Carla said rubbing her stomach.

'Michelle can you look after this place this afternoon.' Carla asked.

'Yeah of course I can why do you ask?' Michelle replied.

'Me and Peter are picking up Simon and telling him about the baby tonight, we want it to be as nice and calm for him as possible.' Carla stood up and grabbed her bag and put her coat on.

'Oh good luck, he'll be fine.' Michelle told the couple.

'Yeah we hope so thanks Michelle' Peter said.

The couple then walked out of the office hand in hand and made their way towards the exit.

Beth coughed and nudged the others. 'I'm going to find out you know'

'Ok Beth' the others just shrugged it off.

Half an hour later, Carla and Peter had just collected a tired Simon from school and were walking home slowly. Carla linked arms with peter while Simon walked ahead kicking a ball.

Back at the flat Carla and Peter were sat on the sofa Peter took a breath and called in Simon.

'Simon, can you come in here please' Peter called his son.

Simon entered and sat next to his dad, Carla was on the other side of Peter. She took hold of peters hand and let him start.

'Son, we have something to tell you.' Peter started.

'Oh ok' Simon said.

'Me and Carla' he said looking at Carla and then back at Simon. 'Well were having a baby.' He took out the scan pictures and gave one to Simon.

'WHAT ANOTHER BABY' Simon shouted 'ARE YOU MAD' Simon got up through the scan on the floor and ran off into his bedroom slamming the door.

Peter stood up stiff in anger.

'Give him a minute to think about it' Carla said to peter. He sat back down next to her, putting his arm around her.

'Think about it, he's going to hate me, he doesn't need to think about that.' Peter told Carla.

'No, no he's not, that little boy loves you more than anything.'

'But he hates the idea of another baby'

'He'll come round I'm sure of it.' Carla tried to reassure him but she knew that this will kill Peter if Simon didn't come around to the idea.

'No I'm not having this' Peter got up and walked towards Simon's room.

'Peter don't…'

'Simon, open this door' Peter told him.

He got no answer.

'Come on Simon, were not mad we just want to talk.'

The door opened slowly. 'You can come in dad but not Carla' Simon told him.

Peter didn't want to go in without Carla but knew he would be able to talk to him.

They were in there for the best part of an hour talking about things and that nothing will change and how much peter loved Simon. Simon and Peter then came out of the bedroom and out into the living room and sat down on the sofa with Carla.

'I'm sorry I shouted and ran off.' Simon said to Carla who smiled back at him.

'It's ok Simon it was a bit of a shock wasn't it.' Carla said to him as softly as she could.

'Can I have another look at the picture please?' Simon asked Carla while Peter stood behind him smiling.

'Of course you can Simon, here you go' She handed him the scan picture he had thrown to the floor.

'Aww it's so little.'

'Would you like to keep that one Simon.' Carla asked.

'Yes please' Simon said.

'We will be having another scan soon and it will show us whether you're having a little brother or a little sister.' Carla told Simon.

'Really?' Simon asked.

'Yeah and the baby will be bigger.' Peter said. 'Right you I think we should take you home.'

Peter was walking Simon back to Leanne without Carla. He didn't want Leanne to react with Carla around.

'Hello Simon did you have a nice time at your dads' Leanne asked as Simon walked through the doors.

'Yeah a really good time' Simon then added 'I'm having a brother or sister'

'What!' Leanne said shocked.

'Yeah I wanted to tell you myself le, but me and Carla are having a baby.' Peter told her.

'Oh right, well congratulations' Leanne said.

'Look mum' Simon showed her the scan picture.

'Oh lovely, give it back to your dad then' Leanne told him.

'No its for me to look at' Simon told her.

'Oh is it, Simon can you go upstairs please' Leanne asked. Simon did as he was told. 'Bye dad'

'How dare you! He doesn't need this. He needs all the attention now more than ever.'

'Leanne he seems fine with it. He did have a bit of a cry but he then thought about it and had loads of questions for Carla.'

'Oh so all of a sudden she's an expert on children is she' Leanne said with a smug look on her face. She was trying to hide the jealousy but Peter could see straight through it.

'On our baby yes she is' Peter told her 'Now I'm going, I'll come and get Simon on the weekend.'

Peter then walked back home.

'How did she take it baby?' Carla asked peter as soon as he got through the door. It had obviously been playing on her mind.

'She didn't take it well but better than I thought she would have.' Peter told her. He made his way into the bedroom to get his fags that he'd left in his jeans yesterday.

'PETER, Quick' Carla shouted.

Peter ran out as fast as he could. 'What what is it the baby?'

She grabbed his hand and placed it on her bump. 'Do you feel it?' She asked.

'Wow' Peter stated.

'That's our baby' Carla stated.