Chapter 22 – Friends With Benefits.

It was now a Monday afternoon of the following week and both Peter and Carla was sat in the waiting area of Weatherfield General waiting to go in for their first scan. They were both sat in silence. Both of them obviously nervous. Carla had a glass of water in her hand and she kept sipping her water every few seconds. She had been advised to drink plenty of water before her scan as having a scan with a full bladder would show a clearer image of the baby in the womb.

"How are you feeling?." Peter asked Carla as he placed his hand on top of hers.

"Fine. A bit nervous.." Carla said looking at Peter, "How about you?."

"Excited more than anything.." Peter said as he squeezed Carla's hand and gave her a reassuring smile.

"Mrs Connor?," a nurse said as she opened the doors of one of the rooms on the ward.

"Yes." Carla said smiling and standing up and Peter grabbed her coat.

The nurse stood by the door smiling at the couple as they walked towards her and entered the room. The nurse closed the door after Peter and said..

"Would you like to lie on the bed for me Mrs Connor?,"

"Please, call me Carla."

The nurse didn't answer. She just smiled. Peter took a seat next to Carla's bed as Carla layed down on the bed.

"Can you just pop your top up a bit for me?." The nurse asked Carla as she switched the ultrasound machine on. Carla did as she was told and rolled her top up so it was rolled up just under her bust.

"Now this is going to be cold.." The nurse said with a giggle as she held the gel that she would be putting on Carla's tummy in a second. Carla just gave her a small smile and by this Peter could see that she was now really nervous, so he held his hand out. She took it and he squeezed her hand reassuringly. The nurse squirted a bit of gel onto Carla's tummy and Carla gave a small gasp.

"Didn't think it would be that cold," Carla said with a small giggle. The nurse gave her a small smile as she moved the hand held transducer around the bottom of Carla's tummy.

"There we are.." The nurse said with a smile. "Can you see the heartbeat there. It nice are regular." and with this Carla turned her head away from Peter to look on the screen. She looked in complete and utter amazement. Peter could feel himself becoming a little emotional and he let a tear slip down his cheek. "Sorry." he said as he began to cry and Carla just looked at him. She then began to cry seeing him cry.

"Don't be. It's natural." the nurse said to Peter. "I've had people bawling their eyes out in here and a lot of the dad's are included. She continued to move the transducer around the bottom of Carla's tummy before saying again, "Can you see the outline of the head there?," she said as she pointed towards the head on the screen. "I'll take a picture," she said as she clicked on something on the transducer so that it would take a picture from the scan. After a couple of seconds of still looking in awe at the monitor, Carla asked "So is everything OK?."

"I just need to take a few measurements and work out how many weeks you are, but so far so good yeah. Congratulations. " The nurse said giving a warm smile to both Carla and Peter. Carla turned her head towards Peter and Peter leaned in and kissed her on the lips, before pulling away and saying "I Love you."

"I Love you to Mr Barlow."

Around 20 minutes later, Peter and Carla were now sat in Peter's car in the car park of Weatherfield General. They were both sat in silence and they both had a copy of the baby scan in their hands. The nurse had given them two copies so they both could have.

"15 weeks.." Carla soon said in utter belief. "15 weeks. That's nearly four months gone."

"And that means that in a months time, we get to find out what were having. Well if you want to that is.." Peter said as he took hold of Carla's hand in his.

"Do you want to know?." Carla asked him.

"I don't know. On one hand I want to keep it as a surprise till it's born, but on the other hand I'm fed up of calling the baby "it". Peter said with a giggle.

"I feel the same." Carla said. "Oh but there is one more thing.."

"What?." Peter asked looking at her.

"Well, if we did find out what were having, then we could start buying.." Carla said starting to laugh as she could see the expression on Peter's face.

"Anything excuse to go shopping for you isn't it Mrs Connor." Peter said starting to laugh himself.

"No but seriously.." Carla said. "I think that we should find out once it's born. It will be a nice surprise for us won't it." Carla said as she let her fingers play with the small hairs on the back of Peter's head.

"I couldn't agree with you more." and with this, Peter leaned in and kissed Carla fully on the lips, before pulling back and starting the car ready for their drive back to Coronation Street.

".. and anyway." Carla said just after Peter started the Car. "Just because were not finding out what were having, doesn't mean that it can stop me from shopping for our baby." she said as she smirked at Peter...

Well guys! That's another chapter done for you.. I hope you are all enjoying reading this fic as I am enjoying writing it! Thanks for all of the reviews that I have received and keep them coming! Thanks for reading xox