It was the Friday before the start of the October half term and Peter was flying out to get Simon from England, he packed a rucksack and a gym bag knowing that it would be enough to travel with, his phone, passport and some cash knowing that he needed to catch the 12pm flight from Ibiza Airport. He was reassured by Cath and John that they would look after Carla and get her any medical attention she may need if things were to happen whilst he was away, Carla would miss Peter knowing he would only be gone a matter of a couple of days, it still didn't stop her from waving goodbye at the port as he got on the boat to head off to Ibiza.
"Right Mrs, we're doing something to cheer you up while Peter's gone" Cath grins linking her arm with Carla's as she rolls her eyes, Cath leading her to the beach near the dock
"Really? The beach?" Carla questions smirking, as Cath rolls her eyes
"Yes, we are going to sunbathe and relax we don't want no stress on that baby you have cooking up in there" Cath states as if it was obvious, grabbing the towel which laid across her hand bag and laying it down on the sand, Carla doing the same with hers, taking off the vest top she had on, Cath smirking
"What's so funny?" Carla huffs really not in the mood for jokes, or was it her hormones? no one really knew
"Your bump" Cath laughs hysterically as John pulls up a sun lounger, Carla glancing down to her tummy, lying flat on her towel seeing that it was now obvious to people that she might be pregnant
"Aww look, it's tiny" Cath grins cheekily patting Carla's stomach as Carla groans annoyed at the interference in her pregnancy
"Cath stop winding the poor lass up" John scolds as Cath grins up at him
"Yeah stop winding me up" Carla huffs as Cath pouts her lips chucking the sun cream to Carla as she rubs it into her body ensuring she didn't get burnt
"When's your scan?" Cath questions as Carla sighs fed up with going on about her pregnancy
"Start of next week, Peter should hopefully be back on Sunday" Carla grins as Cath beams excitedly as Carla rubs her stomach
"You alright?" Cath questions noticing Carla was rubbing her stomach quite a lot as Carla closes her eyes
"Just feel sick again, I thought when I was chucking up a few days ago that would've been the end of that" Carla moans as Cath smiles grabbing her water bottle which she put in the freezer in the boat handing it to Carla to ensure she stayed hydrated
"Thanks" Carla smiles drinking the water which was slowly melting off the block of ice as Cath shuffles over to her rubbing her stomach for her, Carla curling up in a little ball
"Maybe we should get her back John, the heat probably isn't helping her" Cath bites her lip knowing that they were meant to be looking after Carla
"I'll carry you" John smiles as Cath helps Carla stand up, John scooping her up, Cath collecting the stuff as they walk back to the boat…
In Weatherfield…
Peter arrived on the street by taxi after the three hour flight from Ibiza to Manchester. He decided he would go into the Rover's and pick up some more stuff for Carla and himself knowing that they had a couple more suitcases somewhere, Peter also taking the opportunity to drop into Underworld and his dad's to say hi and to explain why he left so urgently.
"Peter!" Ken greets his son as he stands with his rucksack, Ken gesturing for him to go into the house
"Hey dad, look I know what you're going to say…" Peter starts as Ken sighs a solemn smile on his face
"You can hardly blame me son, jetting off like that, when Adam told us we were furious, no Carla with you then?" Ken raises an eyebrow at the fact that Carla wasn't with him
"No, I'm taking Simon away for his half term week, I thought it would do him good to go for the week" Peter smiles as Ken nods slowly
"As long as Leanne is happy with it then I guess I can hardly complain" Ken smiles as Peter nods knowing he would most likely take Leanne's side
"It took a lot of persuading but she eventually agreed to it"
"Ah good, I guess you just have to wait until he gets back from school, you're obviously going somewhere hot" Ken smiles as Peter nods, Ken noticing Peter's obvious tan
"We've been in Spain, travelling on a boat with one of my mates and his wife" Peter explains, getting his phone and showing Ken some of the pictures as well as being impressed with Simon's lying capabilities
"It looks very hot out there" Ken grins as Peter nods putting his phone away
"You don't mind me leaving my bag here whilst I go and see Leanne?" Peter questions as Ken shakes his head not minding Peter saying goodbye and leaving the house instantly being greeted by Michelle
"Peter, how lovely for you to return" Michelle retorts sarcastically, Peter groaning at Michelle's sarcasm
"How lovely to see you too Michelle, always a pleasure"
"No Carla with you?"
"No she's with my mates back in Spain" Peter slips up as Michelle laughs rolling her eyes
"Spain eh? Is that why she didn't want to reveal where she was, because I was going out there next week?" Michelle interrogates as Peter sighs knowing Carla would be far from happy when he returned
"It wasn't like that, she just wanted some time for us to reconnect without the stresses of this place" Peter says as Michelle narrows her eyes, why couldn't Carla get stressed? Peter hoping his second slip up wouldn't prompt Michelle to harass Carla as he bites his lip
"Peter?" Kate questions going up to him and slapping him Michelle covering her mouth with her hand
"Ok, I'm guessing that was for Carla" Peter winces touching the side of his face as Kate nods storming off in the other direction, Michelle sighing
"Sorry, she's still-"
"Grieving, I could tell"
"I should…bye Peter send Carla my love" Michelle smiles weakly walking off as Peter sighs exasperatedly knowing that Carla would not want to come back to Weatherfield due to the animosity of her family, Peter heading to the Rover's seeing Steve managing the bar
"Peter, how are you? No Carla?" Steve questions handing a pint to a customer as Peter grins
"No she's stayed behind in Spain, I'm just here to collect some more of her summer stuff for her as it's still quite hot over there as well as taking Simon with me for a little holiday" Peter smiles as Steve nods grinning, Peter heading through to the back and upstairs to load up various suitcases with clothes before there was a knock on the bedroom door, Jenny appearing
"What can I do for you?" Peter questions
"Kate said you were back, no Carla?" Jenny replies as Michelle appears behind her rolling her eyes smiling at Peter
"No, she's not here, look I know you lot blame her for what happened, this isn't going to solve anything, now if you could leave me in peace" Peter states as Michelle leads Jenny away Peter mouthing thank you to her as she smiles back as his phone goes off seeing Cath's number…
Back in Spain…
"Hey it's alright, oh Carla" Cath sighs as Carla continues to be sick in the bucket Cath had, Carla curled up in bed, Cath having the phone pressed to her ear, waiting for Peter to pick up
"John could you get me the thermometer?" Cath calls as John appears with a glass of water and the thermometer, placing the thermometer in Carla's mouth as it beeps
"Her temperatures normal, it must be morning sickness then, I can't think what else" Cath explains to John as he nods handing the glass of water to Cath who holds it to Carla's lips for her as the phone call finally goes through
"Is everything alright Cath?" Peter questions as Cath sighs, Carla throwing up again which was audible to Peter
"Carla's sickness" Cath states as Peter nods sighing knowing he should've been there for her
"Put her on the phone" Peter says as Cath puts it on loudspeaker
"Peter, this is hell"
"I know, I can see if Si and I can leave tonight if you want?"
"Please, I need you" Carla cries as Cath strokes her hair for her as she leans over to be sick in the bucket again, Cath rubbing her back
"Alright, calm down sweetheart, I'll see what I can do ok, get some rest, love you" Peter hangs up as Carla tilts her head back rubbing her stomach
"Does it hurt Carla?" Cath questions as Carla shakes her head
"No I just feel sick" Carla sighs as Cath smiles at her grinning as Carla rolls her eyes knowing Cath was probably finding her discomfort hilarious
"I'm just going to empty this alright, try and rest" Cath smiles leaving the room to empty the bucket, returning with another glass of water ready to watch Carla for the remainder of the evening…
Back in Weatherfield…
"Leanne, it's Peter" Peter enters the flat Simon rushing to him to give him a hug
"Hey mate, look there's been a change of plan, Carla's come down with a nasty bug and I may need to go back tonight as she's really unwell" Peter explains as Leanne narrows her eyes suspiciously knowing Carla was never ill
"So you want to take him tonight?" Leanne questions sighing as Simon interrupts
"Please mum, I'll be good" Simon grins as Peter drapes his arms over Simon's shoulders both of them pouting their lips as Simon runs off to his room getting his suitcase which he packed with his passport and spending money
"Hey, it's nothing serious with Carla though?" Leanne questions as Peter shakes his head
"I just reckon it's because she's in a new country, the change in temperature and air, it's not really helping her feel great" Peter explains as Leanne nods, Simon appearing with his suitcase and rucksack
"How about I give you a lift to the airport that way we can say goodbye to each other properly?" Leanne suggests as Simon nods
"I just need to pick up the cases from the pub so if you want to wait in the car outside the Rover's it won't take long" Peter smiles going to leave grabbing the bag from his dad and getting the cases losing them into Leanne's car ready for them to go to the airport
Back in Spain…
"How are you feeling?" Cath questions bending down beside Carla who had been sleeping peacefully for the majority of the day, Cath watching as her eyes flutter open around 10pm
"I still feel sick, I don't think I'll be sick though" Carla smiles slightly shuffling under the covers as Cath grins at her watching Carla's phone light up
"It's Peter, he's just got on the flight with Simon, John actually suggested travelling to Ibiza to meet him there, there's more to do there than Formentera, so he'll be back in Spain around 1am, it's up to you though, John doesn't want to make you any more sick than you are" Cath smiles as Carla sighs wishing this would just clear up
"It's fine he can move the boat if he wants, I'm just going to get as much sleep as possible I think, you wouldn't mind staying with me?" Carla questions as Cath shakes her head
"Why don't you come out into the living area, that way you can just chill with me up there, we can watch some films?" Cath suggests as Carla nods standing up, Cath grabbing her bucket in case she was sick as they make their way up a level to the living area, Carla lying out on the sofa, Cath chucking a blanket over her
"Do you want any food?" Cath questions as Carla thinks about something light she could have
"Do you have any of that pre-packed salad from yesterday still?" Carla questions cheekily rummaging through the box of DVD's finally picking one which would be a good choice as John appears
"Yeah here, what do you want John?" Cath questions pointing the packet of salad at him as he raises his eyebrows comically making Carla laugh
"Could you help me unmoor the boat?" John questions as Cath puts the salad in a bowl for Carla before going to help him with the boat returning around an hour later to Carla chucking up in the bucket
"Woah…ok here have some water" Cath grabs her a glass handing it to Carla as she groans slightly tilting her head back Cath holding the glass to her lips as she drinks the whole glass
"Ta" Carla smiles snuggling down onto the sofa, Cath sitting next to her stroking her hair as Carla curls up in a ball turning the TV on resuming watching the moving before she was sick, Carla falling asleep shortly after as well as Cath falling asleep for around three hours, John waking them both up after mooring up in a dock on the Ibiza shoreline
"Wakey, wakey" John beams, Carla groaning before running to the bathroom to be sick John laughing at her discomfort, Cath opening her eyes grabbing her phone seeing it was 4am
"Peter's on his way here" John fills her in as she sighs in relief worrying that she missed a call as Carla appears wrapping in a blanket Cath smirking at her as she rolls her eyes clearly unamused
"Maybe it's avocado that keeps setting it off" Carla pulls a face as Cath smirks knowing she had avocado in her salad as John's phone goes off as he answers it going out of earshot Cath getting some crackers for Carla knowing that it might help settle her stomach
"Here" Cath smiles as Carla takes a cracker biting into it grinning as John comes back with a smile on his face
"Peter's here, I'm just going to go and collect him and bring him back here with his lad…he said to get some rest" John scolds Carla as she's groans knowing she couldn't rest any more than she already was as John heads to collect Peter
"What are these crackers?" Carla questions intrigued as Cath shrugs, getting the packet to give to her seeing some sort of Spanish name, Carla scrunching her face up not even going to try and pronounce it
"Yeah I don't know either so don't ask me" Cath grins as Carla places the packet on the coffee table laying flat on her back, Cath handing her a hot water bottle to place on her stomach
"Ta" Carla smiles appreciatively, turning on the TV watching the rest of the box set her and Cath were watching before they fell asleep until John arrived back with Peter and Simon
"Woah" Simon gasps as Peter grins "It's huge"
"Has three floors son" Peter smirks at John who nods
"Shut up!" Cath shouts as John rolls his eyes both Carla and Cath snuggling up together with the blanket trying to watch the box set
"How about I show you to your room, then Peter can spend some time nursing Carla up to full health" John suggests taking the suitcases with Simon
"Hi Si" Carla smiles as Simon waves at her grinning before heading off with John, Peter kneeling down in front of Carla
"How are you feeling?" Peter questions yawning as Cath sighs rolling her eyes
"She's been sick at least ten times" Cath mutters as Carla nudges her in the ribs, Peter going to sit next to her, putting an arm around her as she relaxes under his touch
"Do we need to get you to the doctor?" Peter questions as Carla shakes her head
"No…we have our scan on Monday so there's no point really…it's probably because I ate avocado" she grins as Peter rolls his eyes as Simon appears from downstairs with John having settled in his cabin
"Hi Carla" Simon smiles going to sit next to them all
"Hi Si, how are you?" Carla questions
"Good, you don't look too good though, dad said you were ill" Simon states as Carla smirks up at Peter as he shakes his head
"Yeah probably just the change of temperature, oh yeah Simon, this is Cath, she's really annoying" Carla smiles after being nudged by Cath, as Simon nods slowly obviously not being fooled
"Hi Cath" Simon grins
"Hello, if you guys are going to be this annoying I'll go watch this in the bedroom" Cath mutters trying to focus on the TV
"Am I allowed to sleep now?" Simon groans as Peter nods yawning as well, Simon heading off downstairs
"You should get some sleep to" Carla smiles up at him knowing he had travelled all day
"Yeah, you coming?" Peter questions as Carla nods, taking the bucket with her, Cath tutting in response, Carla glaring at her
"Cath, we will not be having sex" Carla retorts as Cath rolls her eyes grinning tilting her head to one side
"Yeah, yeah"