Sitting cross-legged on the armchair in Maria's flat she had a cushion on her lap and she was fiddling with her hands both of them trying to distract each other. She was kind of annoyed and felt rather put out that Peter was so dismissive but it was hardly surprising since she had drawn the line of no more comfort sex and he probably felt rather narked with her especially as they connected in the most intimate way possible and she knew Maria could tell something was up with her but she refused to say anything not wanting to bring up her complicated love for Peter. The buzzer went off causing Carla to sigh and answer, she rolled her eyes and pulled the phone away from her ear and asked Maria if she could invite Peter up she said it was ok then made herself scare into the bedroom.

"Hi" he smiles she bites her lip the door only open a crack, he moves forward and cups her cheeks in his hands and soon enough the force of his lips were on hers as they both moaned into their kiss, he lifted her up and she wrapped her arms around his neck and her legs around his middle

"Stop" she sighs as Peter places her down on the ground "I'm sorry..."

"No I'm sorry" he runs a hand through his hair causing her to shake her head "You wanted to speak to me?"

"Yeah" she bites her lip causing him to take her hand which she squeezes gently "I love you, Peter"

"I love you too," he says tilting his head to the side, she closes her eyes and smiles "And I love Ivy but I'm sensing there's something else?"

"Yeah there is" she whispers glancing down to the floor "We need to have a conversation about the past...before we can move forward"

"Move forward?" he queries, Carla nods slowly smiling slightly "As in both of us looking after Ivy together in a household, in a relationship?"

"If thats what you want, I'm not going to put any pressure on you obviously but I can't get you out of my head" she closes her eyes, he brings her in for a hug and holds her "But we do need to talk about what happened before so we can move forward"

"All I want right now is for both you and Ivy to be happy" he frowns as Carla nods slowly "I want her to have the best life she can possibly have"

"Me too"

"I also want you to be happy because you are a part of her and you deserve happiness as well, and if you're happy then Ivy's happy"

"Ok" she licks her lips "So obviously I want to talk about things calmly and its probably going to get quite deep and I'm sorry about that but I need to get some things off my chest"

"Right" he nods kind of nervous and he knew Carla could sense this so she took his hand and guided him into the bedroom and they both sit on the bed, Carla sitting cross-legged in front of him

"I want to talk about our son...and before when you said all of those things to me"

"Ok" he whispers feeling rather ashamed, she tilts his face up to hers so he was looking at her in the eyes "It's just hard because I was lashing out at you and I didnt meant to stress you out or hurt you but then you ended up being both, therefore..."

"I know and I forgive you. Peter what you have is an illness, addiction is an illness baby and I know why you lashed out so you can fuel that addiction" she murmurs smiling at him as he smiles back "But I can see what I did it led you to that, yeah there was the mugging but I can see what I did with Adam that hurt you more as well and if it wasn't for that then you probably wouldn't have needed your transplant and I am so sorry for that, for you to have had to go through that"

"It's ok Carla it was a long time coming and I know I've made progress I feel like a new person being on death's door really does put your life into perspective, it makes you realise how much life is worth living for and now I have Ivy and I want to do right by her if thats ok with you"

"Thats fine with me, I would never deny you from seeing her and what happened before with the DNA test I was just scared with the prospect of her possibly being Adam's because I really wanted her to be yours I really did" she whispers he brings her in for a hug, she breathes in his familiar scent, the scent which kept her safe "I want to move on Peter but it's hard"

"I know it is, trust me, I know" he murmurs cupping the back of her head as she sighs "Everything will be ok though, Ivy's on the mend and we're being amicable with each other it's only up from here, looking to the future"

"I was wondering if you wanted to go and view a flat with me tomorrow?"

"Of course" he smiles as she nods "I should probably head back Adam's probably scoffed the lot of the Chinese we ordered"

"Oh right..." she trails off biting her lip as Peter cups her cheek and kisses her softly on the lips which makes her smile

"You wanted me to stay didnt you?" he smirks, she bites her lip and nods "How about I go home then deal with Adam then I'll come back later if it's ok with Maria of course"

"Yeah, I'd like that" she nods smiling at him as he kisses her one last time on the lips causing her to smile "I might see you later then?"

"Yeah" he nods with a smirk "See ya later"

She spoke to Maria and they talked a bit about the decision that she and Peter came to over them as well as Ivy and she was happy that Carla was happy. She waited and waited with a daft grin on her face as she sent texts off to Peter, he was replying with rather filthy stuff leaving her to get all flustered and Maria to smirk at her which made Carla glare in return. Carla went into her bedroom and got dressed into a satin nightgown, she then put her dressing gown over it before going to join Maria again. Soon enough Maria went to bed leaving Carla to answer the door to Peter who smirked at her he immediately cupped her cheeks and kissed her fully before shutting the door, they both ran into Carla's bedroom and she immediately straddled him as he untied the knot on her dressing gown before moaning as she rolled her hips against him both of their bodies melting into each others.

"Stop" she whispers as Peter stops running a hand through her hair "Sorry its just Maria's next door and I dont want this to be some quick fumble I want it to be meaningful"

"Ok" he breathes out as she rolls off him to lie beside him

"I know thats kind of hypocritical considering we've been jumping into each others base for endless rounds of comfort sex but I want our next time to be different special almost"

"Ok" he nods holding her close as she smiles slightly resting her head against his chest as they lie on the bed together "What do you want to do then?"

"I just want you to hold me like you used to" she smiles, he kisses her on top of the head as she looks up at him which makes her instinctively kiss him softly on the lips, "I think everythings going to be ok you know"

"Me too, love, me too"

The next morning they both rolled out of bed and smirked at each other as they both dressed, she immediately wrapped her arms around Peter's neck and kissed him on the lips whilst his hands rested on her hips both of them holding a loving gaze until they were brought out of their thoughts by Maria knocking on the door which made Carla smile slightly as she opened it, she smirked to Peter who rolled his eyes playfully at her.

"Its the hospital" Maria informs Carla as she sighs slightly and takes the phone into her hand and presses it to her ear

"Hello?... Really are you sure it's not too soon?... Um ok yeah we're ready for her to come home" she glances to Peter who's eyes widen "Yeah we have everything ready for her...ok yeah thats great thank you...ok we'll see you later"

"She's coming home?!" Peter says as Carla nods eagerly "Seriously?"

"Yeah we need to go and get her then we go to the hospital pharmacy to pick up the stuff for her feeding tube as well as her medication then she can come home" she grins as Peter kisses her on the forehead "Let's hope that this flat we're going to see is ok eh?"

"Yeah" he smiles at her, she smiles back as well as smirks at him, Maria rolls her eyes leaving them to it "We should probably make a move"

They went to the flat and it was good, it had three bedrooms and it was nearby which left Carla to think about whether to go for it, she had Peter's help financially so it just seemed like it was meant to be so she definitely wanted to make an offer. Both of them took the drive to the hospital soon after to see Ivy, they entered the room and saw Ivy being changed by one of the nurses which left Carla to coo over her daughter and immediately scoop her up into her arms whilst Peter held the car seat in his hands as they were going to be taking Ivy home today which they were extremely happy about. So Carla taught Peter how to strap Ivy in the car seat which she cried over for a bit before falling asleep leaving Peter to hold her hand to give her a distraction. It was a long wait to get Ivy's medication but they were ready to go home and Carla couldnt have been happier and Peter was happy that she and Ivy were happy.

"Hey, sweetheart" Carla whispers lifting her out of the car seat and cradling her "There we go, you're all good arent you?"

"She's beautiful just like you" Peter smirks, Carla rolls her eyes "She seems so happy"

"She's sleeping Peter" Carla states as Peter grins "Well I guess that means she is happy if she's asleep"

"Yeah" he laughs slightly glancing down to his daughter, the amount of love he had for her was unimaginable as well as Carla, he was so happy that they could be a family and that their future seemed so exciting "Soon we'll be in our own place with our baby and we can just settle down eh?"

"I can't wait"