Much had happened in the last 15 minutes for everyone. The nurses just about managed to stop the bleeding from Carla which was excessively pumping out everywhere. They were extremely concerned as she lost a lot of blood so they gave her a transfusion. Seeing Carla's current state, they were even more concerned for her health as it seemed she was deteriorating. The Caesarean section had caused a turn for the worst.

However, their little baby had just about managed to survive. At first, they believed it was gone but just as they were about to stop resuscitating, a miracle happened and it started screaming. They were dreading telling the relatives as they had been informed about Peter shouting in the corridors minutes previous and punching walls in frustration due not knowing anything.

"They're dead aren't they?" Peter sobs.

"Peter, don't say that." Michelle snaps, she had so much sympathy for him but sometimes he really wound her up.

"Can one of you tell us what's going on?" Johnny impatiently asks as three of the medical team sprint out of the room.

Unfortunately, they don't acknowledge him in any way before returning a few seconds later.

"Excuse me? What's happening!" Peter screeches.

Back inside the threatre room, the surgeons are just about coming to the end of such a traumatic surgery that very nearly ended differently.

"Right, the blood transfusion in under way. Thank god." They sigh in relief.

"That was a very close one Carla." They add, mumbling whilst sorting out her wires.

The baby had been rushed away as soon as it had started crying.

After a couple of minutes, they went to tell the family. "Se we've just performed the surgery."

"Yes, What the hell happened in there?" Peter snaps.

"Congratulations Mr Barlow, you've got a little girl." She announces, watching Peters face crumble.

"Is...Is she okay?" He stutters.

"She's alive. We took her immediately down to the intensive care unit where she'll be in an incubator and closely watched."

"Her names Lily." Peter smiles softly. "Lily Barlow...we'll come up with a middle name once Carla's awake."

"But hows Carla?" Michelle asks. "We heard the machine going off."

"So...unfortunately as you already know, the caesarean turned into an emergency in order to save the baby. But, Carla lost a rather large amount of blood. We've given her a blood transfusion and we'll have to see how she reacts to that but I'm afraid she's in critical condition." She explains.

"Oh no..." Johnny whispers.

"So you're saying, Carla is worse now? She's more ill?" Peter questions, impatiently.

"...yes. Luckily, we did manage to stop the bleeding but that doesn't prevent the fact that she still lost too much. I'm sorry."

"You're job is to do this right! You should've been doing c-sections for years now, why did you did this?" Peter yells.

"Peter, will you shut up. This isn't her fault." Michelle snaps.

"We had to move very fast in order to save the baby. The baby then had to be resuscitated whilst Carla was bleeding out. You should be very thankful it didn't go the other way because believe me, it was a close call." She responds before making an exit.

"Wait...can I see the baby?" Peter weakens.

"Yes. I'll get someone to take you to her in about half an hour."

"Oh..." Peter gasps upon seeing his child. His and Carla's child. "She's tiny."

"I'll leave you too it. If there's a problem, just press this red button." She says quietly before leaving the room full of premature babies.

"Oh you're mother is gonna love you." He says. "Look at you."

The baby was such a beautiful combination of Peter and Carla. As it was a newborn tiny baby, it wasn't easy to see whose facial features were whose but Lily lips, were undeniably Carla's. A soft pink and plump, into a small pout as the baby slept softly. Tubes were connected to Lily's chest, wires coming out her nose and just a nappy that looked too big for such a small child was worn.

"I can't believe your mothers created such a beautiful girl. You're gorgeous, baby girl." He smiles tearfully. He then puts his hand gently in the hole of the incubator and touches the babies hand. He gasps, her skin was so soft and her whole hand was the size of his finger.

"You don't need to worry, little one. Mummy is going to be okay. In a few weeks time, we can play happy families. Your mummy will be back to normal and you'll be nice and strong. You've got a big brother too, Simon. He'll look after you and will never let anyone hurt you."

"We've waited so long for you. I - well we - didn't know we could love you so much but we do. Counting down the days, little plans for when you're born. Because you see, you're our second chance Lily. Our second chance of happiness because your big sister wasn't strong enough for this world but you are. You are Lily, keep fighting just like your mum."

"Our little miracle baby."

He wipes his eyes before walking out the room to where Johnny and Michelle nervously sat.

"So, how was it?" Michelle asks, tearfully.

"My daughter. My beautiful little girl." Peter starts sobbing, falling to the floor until Michelle grabs him and they cry together. "She looked like carla."

"She must be beautiful then." Michelle replies softly.

"Carla was a gorgeous baby. Everyone said that." Johnny reminisces.

"Heya, can you tell me about my Lily's health please?" Peter asks the doctor who was specially assigned to look after Lily.

"Oh have you not been told?" She frowns.

"So where Lily is premature, her lungs haven't had as much time to grow fully. So they're weakened. Her lungs have trouble expanding as she takes in oxygen so we're going to be keeping an eye on them. In time, they can repair themselves but in some cases babies have life long respiratory problems."

"Why can't things ever be easy?" Peter sighs.

"But Mr Barlow, we're almost very sure Lily's lungs aren't very bad compared to other babies I've seen. She'll probably get out of breath more easily but that's about as far as it goes. Right now, she's getting support breathing but overall, is a very strong baby given the facts."

"Thank you." Michelle nods.

Afterwards, Michelle finally persuaded Peter to go back to the street to change and have a sleep as he hadn't left the hospital once since Carla was taken there.

This is just a filler chapter and an introduction to Lily Barlow! Sorry there isn't any Carla in this chapter, their won't be much next chapter either I'm afraid as I need to get other things included like the injures and backstory. I'm not happy with the outcome of this chapter, I feel like it's really bad and repetitive but the chapters definitely will get more exciting, I promise. I have some very good things planned after the next chapter is out. Leave reviews xx