Thank you so much for the reviews, you're really making my day! I'm really enjoying doing this multiple pregnancy with Carla, and I cant wait to do some more interaction between Carla and the twins as well as Aidan's involvement.
17th February 2023
Michelle was home with Ava and Johnny wanted to do a celebratory meal at the bistro, practically everyone rolled their eyes at the suggestion knowing that Johnny would want to celebrate the new arrival. Aidan's tantrums just seemed to be getting worse, constantly getting into trouble, Carla's energy levels were low due to the twins so she really didn't have the energy to be telling off Aidan every single time he did something wrong, so it was up to Peter to tell him off, he was getting better at it but Carla was definitely the best in this situation, she was just concerned that when the twins arrived that Aidan would become very jealous of them as Carla's attention would be 100% on them.
"What time are we leaving?" Carla yawns stretching her back, appearing from the stairs as Peter walks over to her, sighing
"You look shattered" Peter kisses her forehead as she sighs and yawns again
"I just can't get comfortable, I'm so hot, my back hurts and whenever I am asleep, they start moving around and it just wakes me up" she moans as Peter brings her into a hug placing a hand on her bump as the babies react to it
"Oh darling, maybe you should stay and chill, I can take Aidan to the meal if you want?"
"I don't know, I feel I should and plus I want to see Ava" Carla sighs as Peter nods knowing she was excited about it, the pregnancy making her feel miserable about it when she should be excited
"Why don't we go for an hour? See how you go?"
"Deal, I just feel so…"
"Pregnant?"
"Yeah pretty much, I'll go chuck some clothes on, will you be alright getting Aidan ready?" Carla questions as Peter nods looking around the place to try and find Aidan
"He's upstairs, he started slamming his bedroom door, so I put him in his room to reflect on his behaviour as it was disturbing Si"
"Right, I'll think of a suitable punishment" Peter grins going up the stairs with Carla as she goes into the bedroom to get some clothes receiving a knock on the door
"Come in!" she calls as Simon walks in looking rather sheepish
"What can I do for you?"
"Um…I was wondering if dad was around?" Simon questions biting his lip wanting to speak to his dad
"He's getting Aidan ready…you alright sweetheart?"
"No not really, I just wanted to speak to him about some things… that's all"
"Right, how about I take Aidan to this meal, then you can have a word with him in private, we don't want Aidan interfering?" Carla suggests knowing that it must be hard for Simon when Peter was looking after Aidan all the time
"Thank you Carla"
"No problem" she smiles, confused at why Simon was acting so distant
"What did he want?" Peter questions carrying Aidan on his hip as he waves at Carla
"He wants to speak to you, so I suggested I take Aidan to this meal and you stay behind for a bit to talk to him?" Carla smiles as Peter nods placing Aidan down on the floor
"Right then, shall we head off, let me just grab my bag" Carla smiles as Aidan shuffles down the stairs, Peter going into Simon's room
Carla and Aidan made their way to the bistro where the celebration was being held, Aidan was dragging his heels so Carla knew this meal could go one way or another, she just hoped that Aidan would behave himself and not play up as she was pretty exhausted from everything, she also cursed Simon for his timing as well knowing that it would be so much easier if Peter was here with her but she knew that Simon needed to speak to Peter so she would just have to muster up the energy to deal with Aidan's tantrums, if one did occur.
"Carla!" Johnny greets her with a peck on the cheek as she smiles
"Hi" she grins Aidan say hi"
"Hi" he mumbles moodily
"Terrible twos?" Johnny grins as Carla groans in agreement, taking Aidan over to the buffet to get him a plate of food, grimacing at the garlic bread
"I can take him if you want to sit with 'Chelle and Steve?" Kate offers as Aidan grins up at her waving
"If you want" Carla shrugs "Do you want to go with Aunty Kate?"
"Yes please" Aidan grins taking Kate's hand
"Right have fun, if he plays up bring him over" Carla smiles giving Kate a peck on the cheek as well as Aidan before heading off to Michelle and Steve
"Carla! I didn't see you arrive" Michelle grins patting the seat next to her as Carla sits down next to her, Ava wrapped up in a blanket against Michelle's chest
"She is adorable, she looks less...bloody? from the last time I saw her"
"Well she is nice and clean now. Want a hold, gives me a break from being used as a milk machine" Michelle smirks as Carla laughs taking the baby off Michelle socking her gently
"Hey, little un' you're very cute" Carla smiles as Ava clutches onto one of her fingers sticking her tongue out
"How are you feeling?" Carla turns to face Michelle as she groans
"Good, we're really happy, she's feeding well" Michelle grins stroking Ava's hair as Peter walks through the door
"Take her a minute, I just need to speak to Peter" Carla smiles getting out of her seat
"Oh ok" Michelle frowns in confusion going back to holding Ava against her chest
"Was Si alright?" Carla questions wrapping her arms around his neck, as Peter sighs placing both his hands on her bump
"No not really, poor kid has got himself in a mess this time hasn't he, I'll tell you later now's really not the time" Peter smiles as Carla nods in understanding taking Peter's hand and leading him over to wear Michelle and Steve were
"Let's have a look at this little one then" Peter grins as Steve hands Ava to Peter
"She is pretty cute" Peter grins stoking Ava's cheek as her face changes shape, her face scrunching up before softening
"Yeah well she takes after me" Steve grins and receives a playful slap off Michelle as she rolls her eyes
"Mumma! Dadda!" Aidan grins as Kate is practically dragged over to them all
"Hey Aidy" Carla grins at him as he climbs up onto the seat to give Carla hug
"Kate mean" Aidan retorts as Kate grins, Carla raising an eyebrow
"I was tickling him while he was telling me to stop" Kate laughs as Aidan glares at her folding his arms in a huff
"Oh dear that isn't good is it?"
"No"
"Baby" Aidan points to Ava as Carla nods kissing Aidan on the forehead
"Yeah that's Ava, can you say Ava?" Carla questions as Aidan shakes his head not wanting to recite what his mother was saying
"I'll take that as a no" Carla mutters as Peter kisses the side of her head, as she rubs her bump wincing in pain
"You alright?" Peter questions as Carla sighs
"They're really going for it today" Carla groans as Peter places a hand on her bump, the ripples beneath his skin putting a smile on his face
"Maybe we should get you home eh?" Peter suggests as Carla yawns nodding in agreement knowing that she wanted to be at home in her bed so she could sleep
"You do look shattered Car, go home darlin' they're really taking it out on you, aren't they?" Michelle replies sympathetically reaching her hand across the table to hold Carla's
"You don't mind?"
"No you go, like I said, you look shattered"
"Alright then, come on Aidan" Carla smiles taking Aidan's hand and walking out of the Bistro with Peter, to do the short walk home
"Up to bed for you, and a nap for you Aidy" Peter smiles carrying Aidan up the stairs, his head rested on Peter's shoulder as Carla follows going into the bedroom
"He's out like a light" Peter smiles sliding in beside Carla who had Eloise's memory box out on the bed
"You alright?"
"Yeah, it's just seeing Ava, brought it all back, that new baby smell" she smiles inhaling the scent of Eloise's blanket as Peter strokes her hair
"That's understandable, do you want to talk about it?" Peter offers as she sighs, shaking her head not really wanting to bring up negative moments on what should be a happy time in their lives right now
"I just…I want everything to be perfect but something's just telling me that it won't be" Carla sighs as Peter rubs a hand up and down her back gently knowing that she would have probably end up feeling like this
"I understand why you may feel like that, do you want me to ring Scott?"
"I just want to see how the weekend goes if I still feel like this then we can ring Scott" Carla smiles as Peter nods in agreement knowing it may just be a blip and she might be fine after she got some rest
"What's happening with Si anyway?"
"Girl troubles"
"Ah, I thought it was that as he was acting sheepish" Carla smiles holding Peter's hand, using her other hand to pack away Eloise's memory box away
"Why don't you get some rest darlin' you look tired?" Peter suggests as she yawns rolling her eyes
"I'm fed up with feeling fat, tired and sick"
"Sick?" Peter questions not knowing she was feeling sick, as she nods
"I just feel nauseous, I think it was because Aidan was eating garlic bread at that buffet, made me feel like vomiting" she groans as Peter kisses her forehead, rubbing her stomach
"Why don't I get you a hot water bottle and a bucket just in case you're sick and we can just lay here and chill, how does that sound?" Peter questions as Carla smiles, taking one last smell of Eloise's blanket before placing it back in the box and putting the lid on
"Could you get me some crackers?"
"Yeah, just plain?"
"Please"
"Alright I'll be back in a minute, you get dressed into your pyjamas" Peter smiles leaving the room as Carla changes into her pyjamas
"One hot water bottle, some crackers and the bucket" Peter smiles placing the bucket beside Carla which she smiles grateful for, as she digs into the crackers, placing the hot water bottle on her bump
"Thanks for this"
"Hey, we're in this together remember?"
"I know, it's just things are starting to get on top of me again"
"I can see that, Aidan's been a pain the last few days, why don't you go out with Michelle for a day or so, have a girly day out?"
"I don't know, we need to think about the nursery, buying things, it's just crazy right now, plus she has Ava so she might not want to go out" Carla sighs as Peter slides into bed beside her so she could rest her head on his chest
"I see all the rules about eating in bed have gone out of the window"
"Shut it, I'm pregnant I can do what I want" she mutters as Peter laughs massaging her scalp as she sighs in contentment
"I'm only teasing, why don't I come with you then, shopping for the nursery?" Peter suggests as Carla bites her lip at how he wanted to go shopping, which was unlike him
"I mean, I guess you could, you can help me choose furniture, I want it all to be colour coordinated"
"Typical" Peter mutters under his breath as Carla nudges him in the rib cage
"I want pine cots this time"
"Ok, I'm sure that's perfectly ok?" Peter questions unsure why she was saying specific types of wood
"What?"
"You!" he exclaims "Specific types of wood, very unlike you to go into great detail"
"Well sorry if I want this to be perfect, I just think that I want to mix it up, last time the furniture for Aidan's nursery was all black" she retorts as Peter plays with her hair, stealing one of her crackers to munch on
"Yeah I guess it's good to mix it up, do we have a budget?"
"Nah, I think we can more than afford it, have you seen our account?"
"That's true I guess, so then are you going with a wooden rocking chair this time?" Peter questions as Carla groans at the thought and how much she hated wooden rocking chairs
"I might just move the one from Aidan's room in here, I kind of want them in here for now until they reach the three month mark or when they outgrow the moses baskets" Carla smiles as Peter nods knowing that it would probably be better to have the twins in here with Carla especially if she was to breastfeed which led him to his next question
"Are you breastfeeding?"
"Probably, depends if I can produce enough milk for the both of them, if not I might just use Aidan's old steriliser if it still works, alternate between the two, I'm sure we still have his old bottles"
"Yeah I think we do, they're probably on top of the cabinets in the kitchen"
"Good, that means we don't have to buy another set which will fit with the steriliser" she yawns as Peter sighs wanting her to sleep
"Now, why don't you get some sleep, I'll deal with Aidan if he wakes"
"You don't mind?" she questions innocently
"No, you're carrying two in there, you need as much rest as you can get" Peter smiles kissing her forehead as she settles down into bed, Peter rubbing her back knowing that she had particularly bad back ache, watching her eyes become heavy with sleep as she drifts off, Peter, gently kissing her forehead, leaving the room to allow her to sleep