A couple of days later, the Social Worker brought a little girl to visit Carla & Peter, and Simon was there too so that the Social Worker could see how she got along with him. When they had told Simon about them both adopting a child together, he had been a little apprehensive about meeting her, but in the end he was happy for his Father and Carla. Simon's 10 Year Old Mind was mature-enough to realise that his Father was devastated when he had allowed-him to go and live with Leanne, and he knew that having a child of their own would make-him truly happy, and if the Mother of that Child was going to be Carla then so-be-it…..Simon had always gone-on about having a little-brother-or-sister when he was younger anyway…..So a half-brother or sister seemed like a pretty good-deal to him now.
Carla welcomed the Social Worker and the little-girl into the flat, as both Peter & Simon sat-on the sofa together, smiling as the pair of them entered the living-room. "Good-Morning Everyone." The Social Worker said with a wide-smile plastered-onto her face as she held the little-girl into her arms. "This is Cassia. She's 3 Years Old. She's a lovely little girl but her parents just didn't feel capable of looking-after-her, so they put her up for adoption." The Social Worker explained.
"Oh well she's absolutely gorgeous! Isn't she Peter?!" Carla asked as Peter and Simon approached-them both. "Yeah she is!" Peter cooed, and Carla was pleased to see that Cassia smiled as Peter cooed over her. She had dark brown hair done-up in a little-platt, and her wide-blue-eyes had that little-sparkle in them that made her look like a total-cutey. "What dya think then Si?!" Peter asked his son as Simon put his finger up for Cassia to grab hold-of. "She's cute. Not as cute as me though!" Simon replied to his Father with a cheeky-smile as Peter laughed and then ruffled-his-curly-hair-up. "Why don't you both come-in for a little-while?!" Carla suggested to the Social Worker, who was still stood-in the entrance to the club.
"We'd love to. Would you like to have a cuddle with Cassia?!" She asked them all kindly as they welcomed-her-into the Flat and then suggested that she sat the both of them down onto the sofa. "Ohhh yes please! We'd absolutely love too if that's okay with you?!" Carla replied. "Of-Course that's okay, isn't it Cass?!" The Social Worker asked Cassia sweetly and the little-girl just smiled and then nodded-at her. "Yeah!" She said shortly and quietly. The Social Worker then handed Cassia over to Carla and allowed Peter to join them both on the sofa as she went to go and chat to Simon about he felt about having a new-child in his Father's house, even-though Simon didn't live there anymore, he came-over quite often and so it was important that Simon was as happy with this as Carla & Peter were.
"Hiya Cass!" Peter smiled at the little-girl who was potentially going-to be his daughter in the very-near future. "What's your favourite colour?! Let me guess…..Is it…..Pink?!" He asked-her in a cute-toddler-type of way as Cassia sat quite-contently on Carla's lap. And Cassia just giggled at Peter and she then eventually shyly nodded-at him. "You like pink?! Well that's lucky, because look what we got you!" Peter said as he handed-over to her a pink-fluffy-teddy-bear, which the little-girl instantly cuddled against her chest. "Do ya like it Cassia?!" Carla asked her future-daughter nervously. "Lots And Lots!" Cassia replied sweetly as she then gave the teddy-bear to Carla and then reached her arms out, gesturing that she wanted to go over to Peter.
Peter took the little-girl into his arms and cuddled her closely. "Hey she loves you my darlin'!" Carla told Peter happily. "Well what can I say?! What girl doesn't love a man who buys her pink and fluffy teddy bears ey?! Isn't that right Cass?!" Peter joked with her, and she laughed at him as he then gently tickled-her. The Social Worker then re-appeared with Simon as she witnessed Cassia gently take the pink-fluffy teddy-bear from Carla's hands and then make-it's arm wave at Carla in a really friendly-way.
"Oooh this looks good!" The Social Worker told them happily as Simon then went to give Cassie a cuddle, squeezing himself inbetween Carla and his Father as Peter handed Cassia over to him, which Cassia was happy to do as Simon played with the little-girl who would hopefully soon officially be his half-sister. "Simon seems happy enough about Cassia coming-into this family, so as-long you're happy…..Then I'm happy to start the process of handing her over to you….."
"We'd be more than happy!" Peter told the Social Worker happily with a sweet-smile on his face as Carla then nodded-in agreement. "Okay well, I'll visit with her a few more times, and if those visits all go successfully, then I'll allow her to stay for maybe the night, or a couple of nights depending on how Cassia here feels, and then, all being well, she'll be able to come and live with you, with regular visits from me to start with, and then if things carry-on going-well then we'll officially sign her over to you as her official-parents and then from then on I won't make many visits unless we at Social Services feel that they are necessary. Does that sound okay to the three of you?! And do you all understand?!" The Social Worker asked them all, wanting to fully-include Simon into this process aswell.
"Yes we understand. Thank-You so much!" Peter told the Social-Worker gratefully. "That's quite alright, well, we'll be getting-off now so say goodbye to Cassia. We'll be back for another visit in the next week; I'll ring you to organise-it!" The Social-Worker told them both happily. "We'll be seeing ya next-week then Cass!" Peter told the little three-year-old girl excitably. "Yeah!" She told Peter happily, that seemed to be all she was saying at the moment, but they all understood that this was probably just as nerve-wracking for her as it was for the three of them. "Cya soon gorgeous." Carla told her sweetly as she kissed the little-girl on the cheek. "Bye Bye." Cassia said as she then shyly waved-at both Carla & Simon. "Cya Cass!" Simon said happily as Peter & Carla then both saw them safely out of the flat and into the car that-they had come-in.
When they arrived back-into the flat, Simon had disappeared-off into his bedroom to play on his DS for a while, but Carla had suddenly gone very quiet and Peter was worried about as she then sat herself down onto the sofa. Peter watched-her from the kitchen-side as he stood-behind the counter. "Are you okay love?!" He asked-her, concerned for his beautiful-wife as she had gone from being all-excited to being very down and quiet within a matter-of seconds. "Yeah….." Carla trailed-off in reply. "You're very quiet….." Peter told-her. "Am I?!" Carla replied, shifting her eyes around nervously as she was faced-away from Peter and he couldn't see her sad-facial-expressions that she was pulling. "Yes you are and I'm worried about you." Peter replied as he then approached Carla and then wrapped-his-arms-around-her from behind. "What's Wrong?!" He then asked-her as he softly-kissed-her on the cheek before he then moved-around to then go and sit-next to her on the sofa.
"Well…..I love Cassia…..She's absolutely gorgeous as I told that Social-Worker…..But she just seemed really shy and awkward around-me….." Carla told-her husband sadly. "Oh Love. This was her first time here. She was bound to be a little-bit nervous around the three of us." Peter said as he then put his nearest-arm around Carla. "But she was fine with you…..She was smiling and giggling-away at you the whole-time she was here….." She trailed-off sadly. "Yeah she did, but that's only because I gave her that Pink Fluffy Teddy that may I say that YOU picked-out for her in the shop Carla! Not Me! She absolutely adored that thing!" Peter told her sweetly as Carla rested-her-head against Peter's shoulder. "But what if she doesn't like-me?!" Carla voiced her concerned-to Peter. "What if she can't love-me like Simon loves-you?!" She worried. "Darlin'…..You're the woman on this Street that everyone loves…..Men want to be with you, and Woman want to be you…..That little-girl…..Our Daughter…..Is going to love you more than she could ever-know! Who couldn't love you ey?! She's going to idolise you, and I think you'll find that you're going to end-up having a little-mini-you on your hands….." Peter re-assured Carla, and she quietly chuckled-at what he just=said to her.
"A mini-me ey?! Poor you is all I can say….." Carla lightly-joked with Peter, who was glad to see her perking-up a little-bit more. "Hey I'm not complaining my love…..A beautiful wife, a gorgeous daughter, and a son who gets his good-looks from his Father…..I'll be spoilt!" Peter told-her sweetly as he planted a kiss into Carla's soft-hair. "Hmmm lucky-you ey?! Well how-about you take your beautiful wife back to bed, and we can waste the day away….." Carla seductively suggested to Peter as she then sat-herself-up and planted a flirtatious-kiss onto Peter's lips as she grabbed his hand and then began to lead-him towards their bedroom that they shared-together.
"Well wasting the day away wasn't quite what I had in mind….." Peter trailed-off. "Well neither did I…..But I wanted to keep-ya guessing….." Carla replied, placing another kiss onto Peter's lips as she did-so. "Well you can carry-on with this guessing-game…..I like surprises….." Peter told Carla happily as she caught his lips into yet another-kiss. "Oh Yeah?! Well…..If you're a good-boy, then there might be some-more in store for ya this-morning….." Carla said inbetween the many-kisses. "But what about Si?!" Peter asked. "He's on his DS, he'll be plugged-into his ear-phones, he won't be able to hear a thing, and that thing entertains him for hours anyway….." Carla told Peter truthfully. "Hmmm, much like you entertain-me for hours….." Peter said as they lost-themselves into yet another steamy-kiss before Peter then picked-Carla-up and carried-her into the bedroom…..
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