So the first-bit of this chapter will mainly focus on the reactions of the Locals to Steven as they hear about what he did to Peter.

A week later and the word on the Street had spread about Steven's attack on Peter. The residents of Coronation Street were furious that Steven was still walking-free. Even the likes of Leanne, Nick and Stella had believed Peter over Steven. One-Afternoon, he walked-into the Rovers Return, where he received a rather frosty reception from the Local-Drinkers there.

"Urm, I don't think you're welcome in here." Tina told-him sternly, but still being professional none the less. "I think that's up to Stella don't you? And besides, the Police will decide my guilt, not the likes of you lot." Steven replied roughly as Stella joined Tina behind the bar. "Well yes it is up to me. Me being the Landlady of this pub and all of that. But I'm afraid that I'm in agreement with Tina on this one. You don't go and randomly attack a resident of this Street and then go walking-into here bold as brass. No it's not right. You just don't do it, do ya?! Peter might deserve a good-slap sometimes, but not even my worst-enemy deserves what you did to Peter!" Stella told Steven firmly, but he reacted badly to the telling-off. He slammed his hands down against the bar. "Get me a drink NOW or there will be SERIOUS consequences!" Steven demanded to both Stella and Tine aggressively. "NO!" Stella shouted at him as Carla and Peter both entered the pub together. "NOW GET OUT OF MY PUB!" She told-him, and Carla held Peter closely to herself as Steven walked-past them both.

"What just happened?!" Peter asked Stella calmly. "He had the nerve to come-into here and ask for a drink. When I refused-him he got angry….." Stella explained and Peter sighed gratefully. "Well thank-you. You didn't have to do that….." He trailed-off with a small-smile on his face which Carla also had on her own face. "Oh yes I did. Listen Peter, I know we haven't always got-along but he shouldn't have done that to ya…..The attack was uncalled-for and you didn't deserve-it." Stella said to Peter. "Anyway, can I get you both a drink?!" She asked both Peter and Carla. "Yeah urm, a red-wine for Carla and an orange juice for me ta." Peter said and Stella then nodded-at him. "Okay. Well you two Go and sit-down. I'll bring them over." She kindly-offered to the both of them and they smiled at Stella before going to sit-down. "She's right ya know baby. You didn't deserve that flamin' attack. And hopefully if the Locals are getting behind-us, then Steven will leave-us alone for good!" Carla told Peter as they sat-themselves-down-together.

Out on the Street, Steven was raging after being barred from the Rovers. He walked-into The Kabin, where he picked-up the Local Newspaper and placed-it down onto the counter. "Uh. No Thank-You." Rita declined Steven harshly. "What the heck do you mean by that?!" Steven asked, already angry from being rejected at the Rovers. "The people in this shop don't condone violence. And Peter & Carla are friends of mine." The Elderly-Lady replied to Steven who sighed in annoyance. "Yeah well whatever happened to the Customer almost being right?! Now serve please?!" Steven requested with gritted-teeth. Norris walked-through from the back of the shop. "Did you not here what Rita just old-you?! We don't condone violence in this shop, or anywhere in the Street for that matter. No Go Away!" Norris told-him in a typical Norris way and Steven just laughed in his face. "Would you just look at yourself? You're a moody and annoying and elderly man, who can't keep his mouth-shut and thinks he stands his chances at being the Local Hero!" Steven told Norris menacingly as Kieron and Michelle walked-into the Shop.

"Come-On Kieron let's go." Michelle told Kieron when she noticed Steven and they both caught eye-contact with him. "No-Way. He doesn't get to talk like Rita and Norris like that. No Way am I going anywhere!" Kieron said angrily as Rita looked-over at the both of them. "Kieron what happened to your face love?!" A concerned Rita asked the man as she spotted the bruises forming from his fight with Steven the other-week. Kieron looked-at Steven before he then looked-back at Rita. "Nothing for you to worry about Rita." He lied to Rita sweetly and Michelle just sighed in a slight-annoyance with Kieron, why wouldn't he just tell Rita that it was Steven that had caused Kieron those injuries.

"So are you gonna serve me then or not?!" Steven asked both Rita and Norris angrily. "No Love." Rita replied to him seriously before she then happily served both Kieron and Michelle. "FOR GOODNESS SAKE!" Steven shouted as he stormed-out of The Kabin and headed-over towards the Rovers, where Carla had just stepped-outside by herself, Peter was still chatting to some of the Locals, so Carla had decided that she would head-home and give Peter some-time to chat to the people who really cared about-him the most. His Family, Friends and Local Neighbours.

Steven smirked, this was his chance. He approached-Carla, and she scowled at him as he spoke. "Alright Carla?!" He asked-her in a scarily flirtatious way. "I was until you got here….." Carla trailed-off, not wanting anything to do with him at the moment. She was beyond being angry at him. Now she was just trying to blank-him out of hers and Peter's life for-good. "So you're out here on your own…..It's almost as though you were waiting for me….." Steven told Carla as he moved-in even-closer to her. "Don't come anywhere near-me!" Carla warned-him, slightly scared of Steven's action now as the rate of her heart started to pick-up the pace slightly. "Why An Earth Not Carla?! I mean, I mate hate your husband, but I certainly don't hate you." Steven said as he placed his hands upon Carla's waist. "Are you really that intent on ruining mine and Peter's lives for good? Because if you are then I think that-that's pretty-darn-sickening don't you?!" Carla asked Steven firmly, she was absolutely terrified now, but that didn't stop her putting that courageous act-on that only the people closest to Carla were able to see-right-through. "Oh Come-On Carla. I know that you love-it and that you even Love ME really." Steven said as he leaned-into to kiss Carla on the lips, but Carla had screamed before Steven had even had the first-chance too. "GET-OFF OF ME!" She screeched at the top of her voice and luckily, Rob, Tracy, and Dev came running to the rescue.

Dev pulled Steven away from Carla and then Rob punched-him in the face as Tracy ran-straight-over to Carla. Carla was on the verge of crying her eyes-out as Rob got to work on beating Steven-up. But Dev pulled-him away. "Rob Rob Rob! He's not worth-it mate! He really isn't!" Dev shouted as Steven stood-up and then legged-it before Rob could do any further-harm. Both Rob and Dev then walked-over to Carla, who was with Tracy, who as stood with her and comforting-her as she cried her eyes-out. "Are you alright Sis?!" Rob asked, although he knew that it was a stupid-question. "Get Peter. I need Peter. He's in the Rovers." Carla cried as she fell-into the arms of her younger-brother, whilst Tracy ran-into the Rovers-Return to fetch-Peter and tell-him the news. "It's okay Sis. He's gone. He can't hurt you now. But this has gone too far Carla. I mean, first Peter, then Kieron, and now You. Surely, the Coppers have got to believe you now." Rob told Carla as they hugged each-other tightly, and Dev left. "Call-Me if you need anything okay?!" Dev told-them both before he then walked-away back to his Corner-Shop.

Peter had soon come dashing-out of the Rovers Return with Tracy and Rob released Carla so that she could go to Peter as he held-her both closely and tightly. "Oh Baby are you okay?!" Peter asked Carla worriedly. "I thought….." Carla began as she cried into Peter's chest. "I thought that it was gonna be Frank all over again." She cried hysterically as Peter refused to let her go and refused to let-her out of his sight ever-again. "Oh Sweetheart. I Love You So Much, you know that don't you?! And I'm sorry for letting-you come-out of the Rovers all by yourself…..I should have come with you….." Peter said, he felt guilty and he couldn't apologise enough. Carla then looked-up at Peter and gently stroked him on the cheek. "Oh Baby you weren't to know. No-One was. This isn't your fault Peter. It's Steven's and no-one else's." Carla told Peter gently and he nodded-in agreement. "Yeah well I've just had enough of all of this now Carla. We've got to go to the Police-Again, we've just got-too! They can't turn-us away now, not after everything that's just happened recently." Peter told Carla, Rob and Tracy, and he too was beginning to get just that little-bit more tearful-now. He just couldn't bear to see Carla like this. "Oh We Will Baby. We Will Soon. But Right-Now…..All that I wanna do is just to go and home and cuddle-up to you on the sofa." Carla told Peter sweetly, and tearfully, but then-again vulnerably at the same-time. "Alright my love. Let's Go Then Ey?!" Peter suggested, and they said their goodbyes to both Rob and Tracy before they then headed-home together.

Later-On that evening, someone rang the buzzer to Peter and Carla's flat, after re-assuring a nervous and fearful Carla that everything would be okay, he went to the buzzer and with persuasion from Kieron, agreed to let the man-himself up to the flat.

"What do YOU want?!" Peter asked Kieron, still angry at him from the vents of their Wedding-Day. "Yeah, Kieron what the heck are you doing here?!" Carla asked from the sofa, she wasn't any more impressed with Kieron's re-appearance than Peter was. "Okay then guys just listen to me will ya. I know I'm probably the last-person that both of you two wanna see right now….."

"Yeah you're darn right there Pal….." Peter trailed-off angrily as he rudely interrupted Kieron.

"But I think that you may want-to hear-this." Kieron explained-nervously.

"Well what is it then Kieron?!" Carla asked Kieron frustratedley.

"It's Steven. He's handed-himself into the Police….."

The Plot Thickens...Please Review!

There is lots more exciting stuff to come. Especially to do with Carla & Peter And Michelle & Kieron. Can Peter & Kieron ever re-kindle their close-friendship that they once-had?!

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