She was so happy, happier than she had been since that dreaded meal, she couldn't describe it because she was so excited for the future. He made them breakfast the next morning after they found out they were having a girl, she was happy and he hadn't seen her this happy in ages and he was so pleased that the simple news of them having a daughter was enough for her to be happy again. She was up early for some reason, he told her to come back to bed but she refused because she wasn't tired, instead, they just stayed up and talked to each other in bed and cuddled, she was telling him about her childhood and that was something big for him, and for her, as he realised how much she went through as a child and now he knew her overprotectiveness of this baby was most likely down to that. She was going into work and so was he, she parked up at the factory and walked into the office to Michelle but no Frank.

"Where's Frank then?" Carla frowns, Michelle sighs

"Probably with his new fancy piece" Michelle drones, Carla raises an eyebrow utter confused "You obviously weren't at the pub last night"

"Well no I was sleeping because in case you didn't know I am carrying a baby and it does wipe me out"

"Well he's got a girlfriend"

"I established that-"

"Hello" Frank enters the office side by side with Leanne, they were linking arms, Carla gasps as Michelle nods "Oh Carla I'd like you to meet my girlfriend"

"Leanne" Carla rolls her eyes "Typical and Peter's ok with this?"

"It's not his choice" Leanne snipes kissing Frank on the cheek "Anyway I must get off and break the news to the ex"

"I can come with you in case he gets a bit funny?" Frank offers, Carla scoffs shaking her head

"I dont believe this" Carla chuckles, Leanne shoots her a look before leaving "You really choose em dont you?"

"Excuse me?" Frank chuckles "You slept with Peter behind her back-"

"She was also sleeping with her ex-husband as well so you can't exactly defend her" Carla points, Frank rolls his eyes "Any way you've dug your own grave"

"If you say so, I think we'll be happy together" Frank smirks, Carla glares shaking her head before removing herself from the situation before her anger heightens and she snaps "Did I say something wrong?"

"Just, you know how hard this whole thing has been on her and this being dropped on her now is probably not doing her stress levels any good" Michelle replies honestly "But like Leanne said it's your lives you can do what you want"

"It's so nice to have your support"

"Me?" Michelle chuckles "I'm just the PA I have to spread myself evenly between the two of you otherwise I might get fired"

"I like you Michelle" Frank nods, Michelle just smiles slightly before returning to her work, Carla enters the office and flops down on her chair "Have we calmed down now?"

"Yes" she states "I dont want to talk about it now"

"Fine by me" Frank smiles, Carla shoots him an irritated look until they were interrupted by none other than Peter who barges through the office door

"Is what I'm hearing true?" Peter points at Frank, Carla gets up and places both her hands on each of his shoulders in an attempt to hold him back

"Peter" Carla warns him

"No, Carla" he shakes his head "So you and Leanne? I mean you're welcome to her and all that but there is no way, and I mean no way Simon is being around the likes of you"

"Peter, let's go and talk about this somewhere else" Carla suggests trying not to make too much of a scene

"No, I will not Carla" Peter glares "I am not having Leanne traipse men through my son's life who probably won't be around for the foreseeable"

"Ok, well please can we talk about this later because I dont have to energy to be separating this argument" Carla drones rubbing her eyes tiredly before glancing between the two men "Please?"

"Fine" Peter mutters, she smiles slightly "This is for you because you dont need the stress, but between me and Frank this is not over, not by a mile"

"How about I walk back to the bookies with you?" Carla offers, Peter shakes his head storming out of the factory, she sighs before sitting back down into her chair "Are you happy now? You just sat there smirking through the whole thing which just aggravated him further"

"I'm sorry" Frank laughs slightly "It was kind of funny how he got angry, is Leanne not allowed to move on or something?"

"It's not that" Carla sighs chewing her lip "It's just Peter, he's trying so hard to make a positive influence on Simon's life and not let him down like he has done in the past and you sitting there winding him up isn't helping that as well as going out with his ex-wife"

"So what do you want me to do Carla? Not go out with Leanne because of yours and Peter's say so?"

"I'm not saying that I'm just saying think about how he may feel about the situation, think about Simon as well"

"Fine, whatever" Frank rolls his eyes, Carla bites her lip before continuing with her work "Look for what it's worth I'm sorry"

"It's not me who you should be apologising to" Carla states, Frank nods slowly "Just think about things before you do them, I'm going to speak to Hayley about ordering more fabric"

"Fine, whatever" Frank mutters watching her leave the office, he turns to Michelle

"I'm staying out of it" she raises her hands either side of her head, Frank nods "Maybe just get on with some work otherwise she will be angry"

"Yeah, let's do that" he turns to face the screen, he smirks to himself before continuing with what he was doing prior...

The workday was tedious, there was an awkward atmosphere in the office, Peter wouldn't reply to Carla's texts and she was worried. By the time she went home, Peter was there making dinner for them both, she raised her eyebrows at the bouquet on the kitchen counter which was sitting in a vase of water, he explained that he was sorry for kicking off and Carla reassured him that he didn't need to apologise and that this was Frank and Leanne's doing, he said he wanted to buy her flowers anyway which she smiled at. They had dinner and avoided the elephant in the room and spoke about anything and everything ranging from the baby, wondering when it would start to move and stuff like that. They then curled up in bed together, Carla was nestled in her pregnancy pillow as they watched TV together.

"We should probably talk about Leanne and Frank" she pokes him in the cheek, Peter sighs "Calm, baby, dont get all angry"

"It does make me angry though, why would Frank even go out with her? She's hardly his type and likewise, for her, I know Frank is not her type"

"The money" Carla shrugs, Peter sighs nodding "He's pretty well off"

"Yeah and that worries me"

"How?"

"Well say if she goes for custody of Si? Where does that leave me then? I can't afford a solicitor to the standard of Franks can I?"

"He wouldn't lend her the money"

"But he would, baby, dont you get it? It all makes sense!"

"How?" she sighs exasperatedly wondering if he was just thinking too much into this

"He was unhappy yesterday, wasn't he? When we found out that the baby was a girl? Maybe he wanted to be a boy right so he's gone to Leanne and out of spite for it not being girl, I have a son dont I? So he's going to try and take him!"

"You're thinking too much into it" Carla sighs "But yes I guess it does make sense but we shouldn't think too much into should we because after all they could just be together because they like each other"

"I'd watch him, Carla, there's this vibe I get with him which makes me think he's a nasty piece of work" Peter states, Carla smiles at his concern

"Seriously Peter I know what I'm doing have you forgotten I was married to a psychopath?" she mumbles stretching out on her pillow before gasping

"What?" he asks, she bites her lip wondering if she was feeling things "What? Carla?"

"Hand" she grabs his hand and places on her bump, both of their eyes widen "Oh my god!"

"Woah" he chuckles slightly "Are you sure it's not gas or indigestion?"

"Peter Barlow" she scolds, Peter chuckles "She's moving, she's really moving, I can't believe it!"

"At least you know she's ok" Peter whispers, Carla bites her lip nodding tearfully "Oh love, you dont need to cry" he chuckles, she shuffles over to him and he holds her

"Sorry it's just emotional" she whispers, he nods kissing her on the forehead, they place their hands on her bump again "She's probably sleeping now"

"We're going to have to think of names" he murmurs, she nods "We can do it nearer the time"

"Sounds good to me" she yawns "Try not to worry about Frank, no doubt it will all end in tears for them both"

"If you say so" he smiles running his fingers through her hair "Go to sleep yeah? You look tired"

"Always am nowadays" she mumbles pulling the duvet around her "Night Peter"

"Night sweetheart" he kisses her on the lips gently before shuffling down to her tummy "Night baby girl"

"Hmm we love you so much" Carla smirks, Peter nods "I'll see you in the morning"