Here's the next chapter, kind of on a crazy writing spree right now and taking advantage of it so sorry for the possible spam updates tonight...
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Carla and Peter made their way back to Weatherfield with Hayley as well. Carla was snoozing peacefully on the plane a little snuffle every now and then as she was feeling very congested. Hayley was asleep on Peter's lap and Peter was watching over his girls with pride. They touched down in Manchester and collected their luggage, Carla offered to drive knowing that Peter had a really long week so she drove them all back to the street. Peter had packed all of Carla's stuff up into boxes ready for their move when they decided to do it, he also wanted to show Carla the house first to see what she thought of it in person but first Carla needed to go and see Michelle to surprise her.
"Let's put little miss Hayley in her pram then we can head off" Carla smiles as Hayley reaches her arms out to be held by Peter "Or you could carry her either way…"
"I'll carry you, sweetpea, if you want me to?" Peter questions as Hayley clings onto Peter's shirt "I guess that's a yes then"
"Let's go then" Carla smiles as she pushes the pram over to Michelle's, Peter still holding Hayley as they both enter the Rover's causing various gasps and Michelle to drop her glass.
"Oh my god!" Michelle screams wrapping Carla up in a hug as Carla wraps her up in one as well "I've missed you so much!"
"I know…I'm here now…and I'm going to be here forever"
"You're staying?" Michelle questions eagerly as Carla beams excitedly in response "So you're going to be at the wedding?"
"I'll be there even if it's the death of me"
"Let's get you through to the back, we need to talk" Michelle beams as Carla glances to Peter with a small smile on her face as they all go through to the back "First I need a cuddle with this little lady who's grown so much!" Michelle exclaims as she holds Hayley bouncing her up and down "I've missed you so much, princess"
"She's missed her Aunty 'Chelle as well" Carla smiles pecking a kiss on the back of her head before hugging Peter closely who accepts her hug causing raised eyebrows from Michelle.
"Hang on…" Michelle starts narrowing her eyes "You two…you're not back on are you?"
"We are and it's for keeps this time, no more running off and sleeping with people just me, Peter, Simon and Hayley against the world now" Carla confirms as Michelle chuckles in response as Carla clings onto Peter "It's time we get on with the future"
"Michelle are you free on Christmas day by the way?" Peter questions as Carla rolls her eyes in response patting his chest before returning to cling onto him.
"You're planning very well in advance I don't even know what I'm doing past the wedding yet!" Michelle exclaims as Carla looks up at Peter who plants a kiss on her awaiting lips before they turn it more passionate "Alright! Anyone would think you're the ones getting married"
"We are" Carla smiles as Michelle narrows her eyes watching Carla shove her hand up to have a look at the rings which lay upon her ring finger.
"What the hell is going on…explain please?"
"Well, Peter gave me a box before I left for LA I only opened it yesterday and my rings were in this envelope as well as a wedding invitation to my own wedding"
"Seriously?" Michelle questions glancing to Peter who was holding Carla close to him not wanting to let her go.
"Yes," Peter replies as Carla smirks up at him.
"Yeah it wasn't all plain sailing, and that reminds me I need to go and speak to that person we talked about" Carla smiles kissing Peter on the cheek ready to leave.
"Do it later Car, they're probably working anyway. Tell Michelle the rest" Peter persuades her as Carla sighs in response nodding knowing he was probably right.
"Well, Peter came to LA and we spoke didn't we, he revealed what he meant by the wedding invitation and handed me this folder with our wedding already planned, then he reveals that he bought a house for all of us and I was shocked"
"Wow…you don't do things by halves do you Peter?"
"No but I love her so much and I want to hold her close forever and live with her-"
"I pity you on that one, she's a right one to live with... messy, untidy-"
"Oi!" Carla exclaims nudging Michelle with her foot "I am here y'know"
"I don't care about all of the above, Michelle, to be honest, I just want to love my stunning fiance and love my beautiful daughter and look after them as well as protect them from whatever life throws at us" Peter smiles swaying Carla gently in his arms as she hums contently; she was so in love.
"Hmm, can you take me to see the house?"
"No" Peter whispers as Carla frowns sulkily in response "Go and do what you need to do then once you've done it I'll take you to see the house"
"Ok, fine" Carla whispers kissing him passionately on the lips again as they both moan into their kiss.
"Please just stop" Michelle groans as Carla pulls away biting her lip "Save it for the bedroom before you shove her up against the wall"
"Hilarious" Carla scoffs before turning to Peter "I'll miss you" she pouts her lips giving him another kiss and then another.
"Go, Carla" Peter laughs as she pouts her lips "I'll take Hayley home for a nap"
"Good" Carla smiles blowing him one last kiss "Bye"
Carla headed to the bistro in a bid to speak to Nick, she didn't know what reception she would get and she was inwardly stressing about it but Peter was right, she needed to get this over and done with before they moved on with their lives. Nick was in the office and received a knock on the door from Steph and that's when he saw Carla, she looked beautiful, her skin was sunkissed but then he noticed a flash emit from her hand, she had her rings back on and that was never a good sign.
"Hi" Carla replies awkwardly as Nick smiles gesturing for her to sit "Look I need to tell you some things so I'm just going to come out and say these things then you can ask me questions after…I am back with Peter, we are moving from Victoria Court and we are getting married again. I am so sorry for the way I treated you, Nick you didn't deserve that as you are a decent man, I should have never of treated you like that and I apologise"
"Right" Nick smiles thankful that she was honest "Thank you for being honest"
"I just thought you would prefer to hear it from me instead of other people" Carla smiles slightly as Nick nods in response "Do you need to ask me anything?"
"Umm…" Nick trails off not really knowing "No I don't think I do…"
"You know where I am if you need to ask me anything" Carla smiles getting up as Nick grabs her wrist "Nick…"
"I just wanted to say that it was fun, thank you"
"Ok?" Carla replies confused "Bye Nick" she smiles slightly leaving the room and heading back to the flat excited that Peter can now show her the house "Peter!" Carla calls excitedly as Peter appears with Hayley who's face was all red and sticky from the crying she had been doing "Oh dear, what's happened here then?"
"She's really unhappy for some reason, I think she wants cuddles with her mummy" Peter smiles as Carla takes Hayley off him and holds her close "Is that better Hayles?"
"Hmm you're ok arent you baby girl" Carla whispers kissing her on the forehead as she shoves her hair into hands then into her mouth, slobbering all over it "Ew"
"Here" Peter whispers taking the hairband off Carla's wrist and grabbing all her hair to tie it up for her and planting a soft kiss on her neck "Beautiful"
"If you say so" Carla laughs "Can we see the house now?"
"Gosh you never give up do you" Peter laughs as Carla beams excitedly watching Peter grab a blindfold causing her to raise an eyebrow.
"Uh…that wasn't in the plan!" Carla exclaims pointing to the blindfold.
"It is now" Peter retorts as Carla glares at him "You can't even use the accident as an excuse, come on let's put Hayley in her pram then we can take the walk there, the fresh air will do her good"
"Yeah you're right" Carla smiles "Let me just pop to the loo quick"
"I'll get Hayley settled in her pram" Peter smiles taking her off Carla and placing her in the pram with her blanket and a toy to entertain her as Carla reappears "Ready?"
"More than" Carla grins grabbing her jacket as they begin the walk to their new life…
Peter approached the house in utter excitement, it was a semi-detached house which looked quite small on the outside, it had three levels, the study on the top floor in the attic which could be converted into a bedroom at a later date if needed, the three other bedrooms on the middle floor with the master bedroom looking out over the garden as well as it having an ensuite. Peter hadn't told Carla any of these details as he wanted it to be a surprise for her, he took the keys and took her into the lobby which had plenty of coat pegs and three shoe racks knowing Carla had a copious collection of shoes.
"So this is the lobby" Peter smiles taking Hayley out of the pram as Carla glances around it taking in the sights; the tiled floor easy to clean she thought as well as the frosted windows to stop nosy neighbours "Check the cupboard"
So Carla checked the cupboard, her eyes lighting up almost instantly...
"Shoe racks!" Carla exclaims in excitement as Peter laughs as well as Hayley wanting to join in but not really understanding why Carla was so excited "I can order all my shoes by brand!"
"Oh god…" Peter groans in response "Yeah I mean you can be a perfectionist over it if you want but there's plenty more where that came from…"
"Really? Can we go onwards?" Carla questions biting her lip rather cutely as Peter opens the door into the hallway Carla eyeing up the door on her left "What's in here?"
"Open it and see" Peter prompts her as Carla clicks the door open to reveal a bathroom but it wasn't just a bathroom it was also a cloakroom.
"Oh…I don't get it"
"So, instead of cluttering up the lobby the coats are hung in here then this door is the toilet" Peter smiles clicking the other door open "Useful isn't it?"
"Yes! I love it, we'll need to design it up to our standards though it's a bit basic colour-wise" Carla smiles as Peter chuckles in response knowing she would want to design the place herself as they both come out of the bathroom and Carla clicks the door to reveal the living room "I love this!" Carla exclaims as Peter chuckles knowing she would love this, the living room contained two sofas and a rocking her presumably for Hayley a large bay window providing immense amounts of natural light along with a widescreen TV.
"So you like the living room then?" Peter questions as Carla nods eagerly "Good" Peter smiles pecking her on the forehead "Let's move on" Peter smiles as he leads the way taking Carla into the open planned kitchen/diner "It's rigged with mod-cons, there's even a bread proofer thingy installed so when you do your domesticated wifey duties you have something to proof your bread in"
"Hilarious" Carla scoffs, "I think me and you both know that I will not be making bread"
"I was just teasing" Peter replies as Carla rolls her eyes opening all the cupboards
"There's so much space!" Carla exclaims as Peter nods watching her run the taps and checking out the double oven as well as the rather large stove then heading over to the utility section and checking out the washing machine which contained a tumble dryer setting "Peter I love this so much when can we move?"
"Tomorrow if you want? I have the delivery guys on standby" Peter chuckles watching Carla's eyes light up as she heads the patio doors looking into the garden and seeing something which caught her eye "Now that's your surprise"
"What is it?" Carla questions eagerly trying to open the door wanting to see what it was
"You're only allowed to see it once we've moved in otherwise there will be no getting you away from here" Peter laughs as Carla pouts her lips in response before padding upstairs with Peter following her as she chooses one of the doors and clicking one of them open "This is the upstairs bathroom, there's a whirlpool tub there. I had that installed as it can be good for your legs since the accident"
"It's so spacious" Carla smiles before Hayley reaches her arms out wanting to be held which Carla accepts "What do you think Hayley? Do you like it?" Carla questions as Hayley claps her hands in response "That'll be a yes then"
"Onto the bedrooms now" Peter smiles clicking one of the bedroom doors open "this bedroom and the other one are the same size so there'll be no arguing"
"Ah, good idea" Carla agrees as Peter lets her look out of the windows as well as walk around the space "Hmm where's the master bedroom?"
"Here" Peter grins leading her to the master bedroom which was much bigger than the other two bedrooms, an open planned en-suite attached with a side room which contained a toilet as well as a cloakroom "What do you think?"
"I love this" Carla glints as Peter nods bringing her and Hayley into a hug "You did good, I love you so much"
"I love you too and I can't wait to move in here with you and Simon and our little munchkin"
"Me neither" Carla whispers as she takes a seat on the bed "It's so comfortable"
"Memory foam and super king size it has some sort of cooling technology for summer" Peter informs her as she grins excitedly looking out of the window and seeing the garden "Do you want to see the study?"
"Yes please," Carla responds as Peter leads her up the second flight of the stairs to the study "Oh my god!" Carla exclaims as Peter takes Hayley off her so that she could have a look
"I got you a fancy desk and a fancy chair there's a small bathroom here as well so you don't have to travel downstairs," Peter says clicking a door open to reveal the bathroom "Like it?"
"Like it?" Carla scoffs "I love it!"
"Good, that was the aim" Peter nods as Carla hugs him holding him and Hayley close "So when do you want to move?"
"Soon as possible…is that why you packed all the boxes because you'd know I'd want to move as soon as possible?"
"Yeah pretty much, there's just Hayley's furniture but I've got Jason and hit lot ready to unpack it then build it when we get there," Peter says as Carla's eyes light up
"I can't wait to move!" Carla squeals "Can we do it tomorrow?"
"Carla!" Peter laughs at her eagerness "Yes we can, we'll need to find a baby sitter for Hayley though"
"We'll find someone, I'm sure your dad would love to have her?" Carla questions trying to find Hayley a babysitter so that they could move tomorrow.
"I'll tell you what? Let's head back home then we can talk about it over dinner, we'll order in and then we can spend the evening planning everything, how about that?"
"I would love nothing more" Carla smiles cheekily as him as he puts a gentle kiss on her lips "Has Simon seen his room?"
"Yeah, he has he can't wait" Peter replies as Carla nods "Let's lock up and head home yeah?"
"Yeah, then we can plan our future"