Storytime! So...I don't know if you guys know that I use Microsoft One Note to do all my stories this way they sync together across multiple devices easier so I can write on the go. I had a lovely little plan for this story and One Note being the lovely piece of software it is decided to unsync that plan so I didn't have it and that made me quite annoyed...So I have spent all day today trying to come up with a one chapter ending for this story that didn't drag on because I after I lost that plan I fell out of love with the story...I hope this is ok and that you don't slate me for the abruptest ending of all time, I am now planning my stories on paper as a result.
A couple of months had passed and Carla was nearing her due date which heightened everyone's anxiety. Peter was helping out with Evie more and so was Michelle giving Carla time on her own to bond with her baby before it was born. It was late February and things were starting to look like they might happen, Carla was fidgety all night like she had been with Evie before the birth as well as her body constantly aching, Peter decided that he would start moving the furniture around with both Michelle and Kate's help so he could get the pool blown up in case things sped along rather quickly considering this was Carla's second birth. Peter was rubbing her back to soothe her aching muscles as she leans on the wall downstairs watching Kate and Michelle moves the furniture around while Evie places on her playmat on the corner before attempting to stand and stumble over to her.
"Hey baby" Carla sighs as Evie stands up and grips her leg so she didn't fall "You probably don't want to stand there darlin' because knowing my luck my waters will break all over you"
"I'll move her" Peter smiles scooping Evie up as she squeals in response wanting some attention from Carla as she groans in response
"Are you ok sweetheart?" Michelle questions coming over to rub her back gently as Carla grunts in response
"Everything feels so stiff" Carla complains as Michelle chuckles in response watching Carla rub her bump gently as Peter hands Evie to Kate so he could return to Carla's side
"Come here" Peter sighs as Carla sobs into his shoulder, Michelle rubbing her back as she cries "She's just being annoying on purpose"
"It's not that" Carla looks up at him as he smiles at her going to wipe her tears away "What if I don't love her?"
"Oh, love" Peter sighs thinking about how much he wanted to take this situation away from her "I'm sure you will"
"Ow" Carla complains leaning on the wall as Peter rubs her back gently as she groans in response "Ta"
"Do you want anything?" Peter offers as Carla looks up at him hopeful for a cup of coffee
"Ten shots of caffeine" Carla sighs in response before Peter rolls his eyes running a hand through her hair and kissing her on the forehead
"I thank you know the answer to that" Peter grins as Carla groans in response going to sit on her birthing ball as Evie gets off of Kate's lap to see Carla
"Hey princess" Carla smiles kissing her on the head as Evie pats Carla's bump causing Peter to chuckle in response "Yes, that's your sister"
"Ma ma ma!" Evie squeals as Carla nods in response picking her up and sitting her on one of her knees as she groans in response
"Contraction" Carla states as Michelle records it on her phone as Kate takes Evie off her lap allowing Carla to bounce up and down "Gosh, she's a bit of an annoyance"
"Worse than Evie?" Peter questions as Carla groans in response going into the kitchen and picking up a tomato and eating it whole causing Evie to reach her arms out in response to say she wanted some
"Mine" Carla grins at Evie as she starts to cry annoyed that she wasn't getting what she wanted; Carla polishing off her tomato "All gone"
"No!" Evie shouts as Carla raises her eyebrows, Peter, poking his head around the door from the kitchen as well as Michelle and Kate staring at Evie who was revelling in the attention she was receiving
"Did she just say no?" Peter questions incredulously as Carla nods slowly in response and in somewhat shock as Carla laughs in response
"She's going to say no to everything now" Kate mutters picking up a magazine before Carla gets up and sways her hips gently from side to side to relieve her contraction
"Ok, please stop stretching me" Carla begs agitatedly as Peter appears with another tomato for her which she snatches off him and eats "Is there another one?"
"No…you've had them all" Peter laughs as Carla rolls her eyes in response wanting more as she glances to Michelle and Kate fluttering her eyelashes
"Oh, I see how it is…your personal servant?" Michelle rolls her eyes as Carla smirks at her as she grabs her bag and jacket "How many do you want?"
"Four should last me" Carla smiles as Michelle nods slowly leaving the room to buy Carla her tomatoes as Kate huffs in response "What's up with you?"
"This is so boring, I was expecting it to be a bit quicker than this-"
"Oh well sorry to disappoint" Carla scoffs in response before groaning again and bouncing on the birthing ball before shrieking in response causing Kate to jump as well as Peter poking his head around the door; Carla glancing down at the amount of liquid on the floor from where her waters just broke
"Ew pregnancy is gross" Kate states grabbing a towel and mopping up the fluid as Carla sighs in response just wanting to eat her tomatoes when Michelle got back
"Wet!" Evie exclaims as Carla rolls her eyes in response wondering where Evie was learning all these words as Peter helps her up off the ball
"I think we need to get you changed" Peter laughs as Carla nods slowly biting her lip allowing Peter to lead her upstairs quickly before she was unable to move due to contractions
"Here" Peter smiles handing her one of his old t-shirts to put on "You ok?"
"It's happening now and I can't control it" Carla sighs in response as Peter brings her into a hug, Michelle appearing in the doorway having been informed by Kate with what's happening
"Hey…I got your tomatoes" Michelle smiles handing her the bag watching her tear open the packaging and indulge in her craving before hugging Michelle "Hey, you're going to meet your daughter soon"
"Hmm is Kate ringing Alexandra?" Carla questions as Michelle nods in response before Carla groans in response, Peter rubbing her back as she whimpers
"Come on, let's get you downstairs" Michelle smiles walking slowly down the stairs with Carla clinging onto her as well as her bag of tomatoes
"Oh god" Carla groans in response at the heightened pain and frequency of her contractions as Peter holds her close "This is really painful, I feel so much pressure"
"You don't need to push do you?" Peter questions as Carla groans in response as Peter glances to Michelle who decides to grab some towels just in case they ended up delivering this baby
"Ok, I need to sit down," Carla says as Peter grabs a towel and places it on the sofa for Carla to sit on watching her clench her stomach as another contraction takes hold "I need to push"
"Carla, you have to hold on ok?" Peter says as Carla shakes her head in response biting her lip so hard she was sure she'd make it bleed
"I can feel her down there…why the heck is this happening so quick" Carla sighs in response as Peter helps her lie on her back before going to wash his hands quickly "Where's Alexandra?"
"Stuck in traffic," Kate says bouncing Evie up and down on her hip "There's an accident on the ring road"
"There's always an accident on the ring road" Carla grits out before groaning in response as Peter appears sitting on the edge of the sofa
"I see the head!" Peter exclaims as Michelle groans in response handing him the towel "I'll try not to ruin the sofa"
"Hilarious" Carla exclaims before pushing; at this point, she just needed to get this baby out "I knew we should've rung earlier!"
"Carla I said not to push!" Peter exclaims as Carla breaths out in response before she starts to groan again and pushing which births the baby and taking a breath as a cry echoes around the room "Oh, there's the baby" Peter laughs grabbing a towel to clean it up
"Oh Carla" Michelle brings a hand up to her mouth as Peter places the baby on Carla's stomach "Here's a towel"
"Thanks 'Chelle" Peter whispers covering the baby up as it cries soundly, Carla looking down at her daughter and stroking her hair "You did it"
"I did" Carla smiles as Peter grins at her and glancing down to the baby which was looking directly at him as Alexandra enters the room "Sorry…things kind of got out of hand"
"I see" Alexandra chuckles kneeling down in front of Carla and the baby "You did a good job by the looks of things"
"Mmm" Carla mumbles glancing to Peter who was allowing the baby to grip onto one of his fingers "Things kind of happed quicker than we expected"
"Right there we go" Alexandra smiles cutting the umbilical cord allowing Carla to lift her daughter up higher on her chest to look at her features "Can I just check you over quickly?"
"Yeah, do you want to hold her Peter?" Carla offers him the baby as he accepts looking into her eyes as her face changes shape
"Oh wow" Peter smiles placing a kiss on the baby's forehead as she starts to whimper "You look so much like your Mummy"
"Let's have a gander" Michelle grins taking a look at the baby which was wrapped in a towel "She looks just like Carla"
"Yeah…" Peter smiles as Alexandra walks over wanting to weigh the baby "Do you want to weigh her?"
"Yeah if you wouldn't mind?" Alexandra chuckles taking the baby as Peter watches on as Alexandra places her on the scales which made her cry "6lbs exactly"
"Ah smaller than Evie" Carla chuckles as Michelle appears with some nappies and stuff for the baby and handing them to Alexandra who changes the baby for Carla so she didn't have to move before placing the baby back on Carla's chest
"Do you want to try and feed her?" Alexandra questions as Carla nods rolling her top up to let the baby latch onto her breast "Ah I see you've done this before?"
"Yep and I have missed it so much" Carla chuckles as Alexandra smiles collecting all of her things which were scattered around the room
"Right, that's me done then, I'll leave you to it" Alexandra smiles packing her stuff up and leaving, Kate showing her out as Evie's cries ring through the baby monitor
"Bring her down?" Carla questions as Peter nods going to collect Evie for Carla and appearing with her in his arms "Hey baby, meet your sister"
"Who's this then Evie?" Peter questions as Carla grins as Peter lowers Evie to the floor before lifting her up; Evie gingerly patting the baby's head before Carla gasps over dramatically "Let's not beat your sister"
"Hmm, I kind of want to jump into bed" Carla smiles as Peter nods slowly handing Evie to Michelle and helping Carla up off the sofa as she holds the baby which starts to cry "Oh baby, don't cry sweetheart"
"Come on then, let's get you into bed" Peter smiles kissing the back of Carla's hair as they walk slowly up the stairs together, Peter helping to ease Carla into bed gently as she winces slightly "Ok?"
"Yeah, just a bit sore" Carla smiles allowing the baby to rest on her chest as she gazes down at her "Hmm you're very cute"
"She is" Peter chuckles as Carla smiles at him letting him climb into bed beside her as they gaze down at the baby in Carla's arms "We need to give you a name little lady"
"Hmm" Carla smiles glancing to Peter a little grin starting to form "How about something that goes with Evie, I kind of want them to be best friends y'know…look out for each other and I think it would be cute if it kind of went and flowed, both of their names that is?"
"I mean yeah, we need to think of something…maybe Erin, Ellie?"
"Ooo I like Erin" Carla smiles glancing down to the baby who was stretching out on her chest "I really like Erin"
"Erin and Evie" Peter smiles "Our girls"
"Yeah…Our girls"
A few hours later and Michelle offered to take Evie for the night knowing that Peter and Carla probably needed a chance to bond together. They were lounging around in the bedroom, Erin placed on Carla's chest as she sleeps peacefully allowing Peter to hold her hand as she did so which made Carla's heart melt that he was trying to bong with Erin. Peter was trying to prevent himself from falling in love with Carla's rapist's child but it was proving very difficult as Erin was rather cute and his heart was drawn to this baby which he thought would be so hard to bond with but in all honesty, it was an innocent human who had yet to have a chance at living life and in a way Peter wanted to be there guiding her through her life.
"Do you want to put her on your chest?" Carla questions as Peter bites his lip nodding slowly undoing the buttons on his shirt and allowing Carla to place Erin on his chest "Are you ok with this?"
"What?" Peter questions not really listening to her, he was more engrossed with Erin who was settled on his chest
"Are you ok with this?" Carla smirks nudging him in the arm knowing he was absolutely smitten with Erin sleeping on his chest
"I'm fine" Peter smiles as Carla nods in response "It's literally like she's Evie but not…"
"I know…she's lovely though"
"So do you love her?" Peter questions as Carla sighs in response she wasn't sure but she was definitely going to give it a go
"I don't know yet" she admits "I can't wait to get to know her…"
"Hmm, she's beautiful" Peter whispers planting a kiss on Erin's head as Carla smiles at her then back up at Peter who was breathing in Erin's scent "She smells like a new baby"
"Well yes…she is a new baby"
"Can I ask you a question?" Peter questions wanting to take this opportunity to get some things off his chest as Carla raises an eyebrow shuffling over to him so she could have some comfort
"Ok…"
"Do you think about what happened to you when looking at Erin?" Peter questions as Carla frowns in response; she really didn't know how to answer
"No" Carla confirms "What I see is my daughter who needs love and affection and that genes don't matter…what about you?"
"It's weird…I thought I would see the guy who did that to you but now all I see is an innocent human who needs the support of her mother... and father" Peter smiles as Carla brings a hand up to her mouth in shock; this was the first time that she had Peter admit that he wanted to be Erin's father without her prompting him
"Are you saying what I think you're saying?" Carla questions somewhat excitedly biting her lip to contain her happiness
"I am, I want to be Erin's father" Peter smiles as Carla wraps her arms around his neck before bending down to kiss Erin's forehead as she sleeps peacefully
"I love you so much"
"I love you more and Evie and Erin" Peter smiles as Carla nods slowly in response resting her head against Peter's shoulder and letting out a breath
"I can't wait for the future"
"Me neither, love. Me neither"
