I've managed to complete this story, I'll upload all of the chapters now then do one big 'thank you for the support' thing at the end. Thank you all for the reviews...
Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico
Carla and Peter had arrived in Mazatlán, it was hot and they were both enjoying it. Carla was just over five months pregnant by this time and was very happy with how life was going. Peter had been in awe of her, carrying his child and taking each day as it came, and every morning they sit and do kick counts with their daughter knowing it was when she was most active, both of them laughing at the movements she was making inside of Carla. Today was extra special as they were picking up the new boat which they decided to buy last minute; it had two bedrooms, a bigger kitchen and dining area; each bedroom had an ensuite and they were very much happy with the choice even though it would be sad to see the other boat go. Carla was sat on the bedroom floor, Indy next to her snoozing peacefully, as she packs the cases ready to transfer them to the new boat.
"Right, do we need to pack anything else?" Carla sighs in response as she looks around the room, Peter leaning against the doorframe watching her rummage around in the drawers and wardrobe before going to wrap his arms around her body, his hands resting on her bump which in all honesty only began to form
"Just relax, baby" Peter smiles as Carla sighs in response turning around in his arms and rolling her top up as she was rather hot
"Hmm, it's hard when you're stressing about moving then she keeps squirming and interrupting your train of thought"
"Oh, baby" Peter sighs "I can do it if you tell me where everything is meant to go?"
"You wouldn't mind…I usually wouldn't ask but I really can't focus" Carla sighs in response as Peter holds her close running a hand through her hair
"Ok, tell me what needs to go in this case then" Peter smiles as Carla climbs into bed thinking about how sweet he was being as she glances around the room
"My clothes are going in that one"
"Am I folding them?" Peter questions as Carla yawns in the process nodding; she picks up a packet of crisps which she left on the side from where she was eating them last night as Peter smirks at her causing her to chuck more crisps into her mouth and narrow her eyes
"What?" she questions as Peter chuckles pointing to her crisps
"You"
"Stop" she whines childishly "She wants them not me"
"If you say so, love" Peter chuckles grabbing all of her clothes and folding them to put them in the suitcase before Carla shrieks in response "What? Are you ok? Is it the baby?"
"No! You don't do it like that" Carla scolds as Peter sighs in relief before frowning in response
"What?"
"You're meant to put the larger things on the bottom, it'll work better trust me," Carla says as Peter raises an eyebrow at her statement
"Carla, it doesn't matter" Peter laughs as Carla raises her eyebrows, glaring at him knowing she was right
"It does" Carla states "But if you want to do it again-"
"Oh…it's the boat people" Peter smiles answering the call causing Carla to groan in response and returning to finish off packing because it was obvious that she would do a better job even if she kept losing focus
"Hey Indy" Carla smiles as Indy sits in front of her licking her face "Ok that's enough of that"
"Right I have some good news for you" Peter smiles as he sits down on the floor with Carla causing her to narrow her eyes in response wondering what it could be; she hoped it was that the boat was ready to go and they could get on the water as soon as possible
"Hmm, what?" Carla smiles biting her lip trying to contain excitement knowing that it was probably what she thought
"The boat will be ready at five this evening" Peter smiles as Carla beams excitedly launching herself at Peter who laughs at her eagerness before she breaks down into tears causing Peter to raise an eyebrow
"Sorry it's just so amazingly sad" Carla nods as Peter wipes her tears away knowing her hormones were probably messing with her emotions a bit as she had gone from seeming very moody the last few days to being happy
"But think about all the new memories we're going to make, we're heading down to Panama then we're going to meet this little one aren't we?" Peter questions rubbing his hand over the swell of her tummy before his face breaks into a smile "Gosh has she been non-stop all day?"
"Pretty much yeah…it's comforting to know she's ok though" Carla smiles as Peter kisses her on the lips gently, his hand in her hair knowing that the next stage of their adventure was going to be a good one…
As it became evening, Peter had loaded all the cases into the rental car he hired out for the day so that they could head to the dock to meet their new boat; Indy settled by Carla's feet in the footwell, her way of keeping her and the baby safe. Peter drove through the local streets and down to the marina where their new boat waited for them. As they boarded the boat Carla was very happy, this was definitely a welcome experience for her, so welcome she forgot about the other boat and was excited to get on with their journey down to Panama.
"Hmm let me unpack" Carla beams excitedly as Peter chuckles watching her drag her case into the bedroom as he follows, Indy as well
"What have I said about lifting heavy things, Carla?" Peter scolds her as she rolls her eyes, she was just too excited that she forgot about the rules Peter set as he watched her lift the suitcase so it was on the bed
"Sorry, I was just excited" she pouts her lips causing Peter to chuckle slightly as he helps her hang up all the clothes in the wardrobe, Carla heading into the ensuite and beaming at it realising how much bigger it was compared to the bathroom on the other boat
"It's so much bigger!" Carla exclaims as Peter chuckles knowing that the point of them getting a bigger boat was so that they would have more space
"Well that is the point, love" Peter smiles as Carla wraps her arms around his neck and kissing him tenderly on the lips "I love you"
"Right back at ya!" Carla beams before running off and grabbing Peter's case, dragging it into the bedroom allowing Peter to lift it up onto the bed so she could fold and hang his stuff up "What's for dinner?"
"You wanted chicken remember?"
"Oh yeah...well she wanted chicken" Carla laughs patting her bump
"Why don't we chill on the deck and cuddle for a bit before we get dinner? We can unpack all of this later"
"Ok" Carla beams excitedly grabbing her bikini and going into the bathroom to chuck it on and reappearing before glancing in the long mirror and smiling, Peter bending down and kissing her bump as she pulls him up to kiss him passionately on the lips
"Come on, you, let's sunbathe" Peter laughs taking her onto the top of a boat with a blanket for them both to lay on allowing Carla to lite down in between his legs "Do you reckon the sun will blind her?"
"What?" Carla scoffs in confusion "As if, she's got like 50 lays of skin fat and other stuff to contend with"
"Ok fair point" Peter chuckles poking her bump to try and get the baby to move which it does causing Carla to laugh at it "I don't know how you put up with it, to be honest"
"Me neither, you get used to it I guess" Carla shrugs in response as Peter laughs "It's really annoying though when you try to sleep"
"I bet it is. Hey if you're ever awake and you can't sleep because of her let me know ok? We can just sit up and cuddle" Peter reassures her as Carla smiles at how sweet and supportive he was being even though she was moody and angry half the time
"Mmm thank you" Carla smiles as Peter kisses her on the head "I was thinking about the birth last night"
"Ok…" Peter trails off unsure of why she was bringing this up "And?"
"I don't know really, I just can't wait to meet her and hold her" Carla smiles as Peter chuckles in response; he felt exactly the same, he wanted to hold his daughter so badly and tell her that everything was going to be ok. He admired all of Carla's strength and can't wait to treat her when this is all over with
"Me too, love…me too" Peter smiles as Carla groans in response rolling onto her side as Peter sighs in response she was obviously starting to get annoyed by something "You ok?"
"Mmm" Carla responds causing Peter to rub her back gently then moving to rub her tummy wondering if she was feeling sick at all "Ta"
"No problem sweetheart, is she squirming?" Peter questions as Carla nods slowly before groaning again wanting to get some sleep in before they ate as she was starting to feel tired
"I was hoping to get a couple of hours before we ate but I don't think that'll happen" Carla sighs sitting up as Peter kisses her on the side of the head as she turns to face him poking her bump repetitively out of annoyance
"Darlin' that's just going to make it worse"
"I don't care" she snaps before getting up and storming into the bedroom leaving Peter to deal with another hormonal temper tantrum, he just hoped that time would travel somewhat quickly…
