Ok, this took ages, it's almost 7k words. I hope you enjoy it and don't get too annoyed at me keeping something in this chapter a secret until the second to last line...
Carla was up all night and it was finally Christmas, she was tired and exhausted but Peter was determined to make it the best he could for her as this would be their last Christmas together before the baby came. Simon was also going to come around for a couple of hours so Peter was happy that his son was coming to visit for a bit. Peter brought Carla in some food but she just wasn't hungry causing him to sigh and eat her breakfast instead to give him some energy. She suggested that they went for a walk in the morning to see if they could get the baby moving a bit more.
"Here" he passes her the coat she wanted to wear "Do you want me to put your shoes on?"
"Yeah if you wouldn't mind" she smiles as Peter puts her shoes on for her as she grins up at him "Thank you baby"
"No problem sweetheart" he smiles holding her hand, she immediately groans in annoyance and leans against the wall so her hands were on it, he rubs her back
"Cheers" she rolls her eyes, Peter continues to rub her back "Hopefully you will start to exit me as I've been doing this for a solid four days"
"Come on," he says holding her hand, they exit the house and begin to walk down the road
"We not bringing Misty?"
"No just in case things happen with you," he says, she nods tiredly as she begins to curb walk as it was a quiet road they lived on
"Could we stop off and get a takeaway on the way back?"
"Sure," he says as Carla hums slightly continuing to curb walk until they reached their local park "How many laps are we doing?"
"Until I get to ten thousand steps," she says, he nods slowly holding her hand as they begin to walk "You know what I don't understand"
"What?"
"How she keeps messing with our heads" she points out, Peter chuckles slightly "Like...just come out if you want to, you're giving me contractions...speaking of contractions"
"Here," he says letting her rest her hands on his shoulder as she leans over and sways her hips gently, she breathes out "All good?"
"Mhm" she nods slowly and they begin to walk again "She must really like it in there, maybe she just wants to cause me pain"
"We can try some of that raspberry leaf tea when we get in if you want"
"I hate that stuff" she grimaces, he laughs slightly "Remember when Sally Metcalfe used to drink that stuff in the factory, it stunk the place out"
"Oh yeah I remember that phase she went through, we used to lock ourselves in the office didnt we baby" he smirks, she laughs slightly "They all used to complain as well didnt they"
"They would complain about anything though wouldn't they"
"Hey remember our first Christmas together?"
"The one where we had sex on the factory floor" she points out, he rolls his eyes
"I bought you that necklace" he reminds her, she giggles and pouts her lips "What?"
"I lost that in the fire" she sighs shaking her head "I did keep it no matter how much you would have liked to think I cut up all your clothes and burned them on a bonfire"
"Oh haha" he laughs, she grins up at him "And then our next Christmas together was so awkward"
"Yeah well what did we expect really?" she says, he nods slowly "Hmm it's crazy how far we've come from acting like randy teenagers with immaturity-"
"Hey!"
"Come on you can hardly deny it" she points out, he laughs and brings her in for a hug "To us being almost OAP's and having our little girl, how times have changed for the better"
"Definitely for the better, more like the best"
"Mhm, oh...ok" she hums gripping onto his shoulders as she deals with a contraction, he holds her upright so she didnt fall "Ok, stop moving little lady otherwise you'll get squished by my uterus"
"All done?" he questions, she nods slowly and takes his hand as they begin to leave the park "We need to get back because Si will probably be home"
"Yeah" she breathes out as she begins to curb walk again on the way home "We'll order in I think"
"Yeah let's get you home as it's freezing out here" he smiles watching her walk slightly ahead of him, he just watches in case she needed him and soon enough she did "I'm here, I'm here"
"Mhm" she hums shaking her head, he nods as she breathes it through again "That one came quick"
"You're doing well," he says quietly as she nods slowly resting her head on his chest "We're almost there"
"Mmm" she hums as she continues to walk with one foot on the road and the other on the pavement until they reached the house, they enter and see Simon sitting on the sofa "Heya Si"
"Hi" he smiles as Carla squats down onto her ball and begins to bounce, Peter grabs her a bottle of water knowing she needed to stay hydrated
"Anyway there's some presents from us both over there" she points, Simon nods and picks them up, she groans in annoyance "How's your mum?"
"Yeah she's good, she's happy that I'm home with her for a bit" he confirms unwrapping the present and seeing a new phone
"I hope you like it Si, your mum told ya dad which one you wanted and I helped him find it because we all know what he's like"
"Thank you" he smiles grabbing the other present which was a pair of shoes, he opens it "Oh it's the ones I wanted!"
"Yep we thought you deserved something special after everything you've been through this year and with the baby about to make an appearance we didnt want you to feel as if all of our attention was on her"
"Peter" Carla hums shaking her head, he stands behind her and applies pressure to her back "This hurts so much now"
"Do you want me to run the shower on your back?" he questions, she shakes her head as she couldnt be bothered to get undressed
"Maybe we could play a game?" she questions "To distract me from the pain"
"Oh please not monopoly" Simon groans, she glares at him "You'll win, we can play cards"
"Ok whatever as long as we do something" she rolls her eyes as Simon grabs the cards from the cupboard he begins to deal them out, Carla takes her deck and Simon lays a card down "There"
"How?" he questions pulling a face, she giggles as Peter lays a card down "Ha!"
"Nope," she says putting another card down, Simon glares at her
"She's cheating" Simon points out, Carla rolls her eyes as Peter puts another card down, Simon then puts his down followed by Carla who was giggling "Dad, she's cheating"
"She's just lucky" he sighs putting a card down on the pile, he collects the cards causing Carla to giggle, Simon lays another card down, Carla picks up a card and so does Peter "There"
"Hm" she lays a card down, Peter lays one and then Simon picks up "Ha!"
"What the hell!" Simon scowls as Carla picks up the wad of cards and adds them to her hand before sighing and closing her eyes, she bounces and dips her head down
"Oh baby," he says, she shakes her head and he runs his hand along her back "Keep breathing it through you're doing so well"
"Here" she breathes out flipping a card over from the pile on the table, Peter hums and places a card down, Simon picks up a card and Carla places a card down
"Ha!" Peter smirks picking up the wad of cards, Simon huffs and places his last card down "Nice loss there Si"
"Oh shut it, Carla's cheating"
"No I'm not!" she defends herself putting a card on the pile, Peter places a card down, Carla picks up one "You're just bad Si"
"Whatever" he mutters looking at his dad's hand, Peter places a card on the pile, then Carla and she giggles before collecting all the cards on the pile "I'm sure of it!"
"We would have seen her" Peter states as Carla giggles watching Peter place a card, she picks up a card and then Peter places one, she places another and grins picking up the pile "Fine, you win"
"Ha!" she giggles watching him place his last card, she hums slightly and rolls her eyes before letting out another breath
"Regular" he smiles, she nods slowly and bounces before wincing at the pressure in her abdomen, she whimpers and bounces whilst Peter rubs her back "Over yet?"
"Yep" she grits out and bites her lip before sighing "Let's see if I get a few more regular ones"
"Alright" he smiles kissing her on the back of the head, she eats some of the sweets that were on the table "So what do you want to do now?"
"Games?" Simon compromises, Peter nods grabbing one of the console controllers leaving Carla to bounce it out on the ball...
After they had played a few games Simon decided to leave Carla and his dad to it as Carla's contractions were becoming much more frequent now so Peter rang maternity and sent Michelle a text to update her on everything and read her excited reply out to Carla who just didnt really care at this point as she was just trying to get through all this pain. She continued to bounce on the ball whilst Peter was on the phone with the midwife, he explained that she had around seven regular contractions about five to six minutes apart and they were becoming more regular so the midwife was on her way to the house leaving Peter to set up the inflatable mattress and dim the lights for Carla who was just bouncing up and down still. He made sure that the pool was blown up as well and the sofa was pushed well back so they had room to move around, he pulled the curtains across and put the fairy lights on to keep her relaxed.
"Ow" she whimpers, he hushes her gently to remind her to breathe through it "We're having a baby aren't we?"
"I'd say so, sweetheart"
"We jinxed it with Christmas didnt we?" she chuckles before breathing out and dealing with her pain, he just laughs as the doorbell goes off, Peter answers and sees Michelle standing there "Oh it's you"
"I just wanted to pop in and wish you good luck ok?" she bends down in front of her, Carla nods wiping her eyes "Just believe in yourself babe and you'll be ok, have your water's gone yet?"
"No" she shakes her head "Regular contractions though so Peter rang the midwife, she's on her way"
"Good, good" Michelle nods kissing her on the forehead "You can do this ok?"
"Yeah" she nods slowly "I don't suppose you could..."
"Breath," Michelle says, Carla nods slowly and hums quietly as Peter begins to fill up the pool with hot water "Done?"
"Yeah I don't suppose you could take Misty out could you?" Carla questions, Michelle nods as Misty appears by her side "Thinking about it now we should have got Simon to do it"
"I can take her to Simon if thats what you want?"
"Uh yeah Peter can ring him," Carla says as Misty nuzzles into her hands "She knows something's going on, she's not quite sure what though"
"Hmm instincts isnt it" Michelle chuckles stroking Misty who was resting her head on Carla's knee, Peter bends down in front of Misty and attaches her collar and gives Michelle her box of food
"Right Si's going to have her for us so we don't' need to worry about her, this will also make it easy for getting her used to the baby as we can pass things with the baby's scent on to him and he can give it to Misty to play with and sleep with"
"Ok good" Carla smiles before groaning again, Peter presses his hands to her back "Thanks baby"
"Keep breathing don't speak," he says, she nods and breathes in and out to try and get through it "Anyway thanks Michelle"
"No problem" Michelle smiles "Good luck, I'll go and take Misty to Simon then"
"Bye babe" Carla smiles as she leaves the house, Carla hums as Peter kisses her on the forehead "You best come out little lady"
"She's definitely on her way now" Peter confirms as the doorbell goes off again, he answers it and greets the midwife who was carrying a bag with her "Hi"
"Hello Carla"
"Hey Joanne" Carla smiles bouncing up and down on the ball "Hopefully she's on her way out"
"How regular have they been?" she asks grabbing her doppler, Carla hums pointing to the phone so Peter could show the midwife
"Yeah they're around five minutes now" she confirms as Peter smiles "You're definitely having a baby Carla I would say"
"Hmm about time" she rolls her eyes "I've been having contractions on and off for four days now I want a break"
"Can I have a listen?"
"Yeah" Carla nods as she stops bouncing "Is she ok?"
"Definitely head down, she's right down there" the midwife confirms as Carla leans back slightly "Regular heartbeat, everything's looking good"
"Thank god," she says as Peter sets up the bed with some pillows and a few blankets so she was comfortable
"Have you decided where you want to have the baby?" Joanne asks, Carla sighs and nods pointing to the pool "Thats fine, I'm completely flexible"
"I want to get up and move if thats ok?"
"I'll follow your lead" Joanne smiles as Peter takes her hands to help her up
"Here" he passes her the bikini top, Carla smiles and heads into the bathroom "It's better to be prepared so we're ready to go"
"Oh god" she moans, Peter enters the room and supports her body as she grips onto the sink "Ow, please..."
"Keep breathing," Peter says "Just like I taught you"
"Mm" she hums before whimpering, she gasps and clutches her bump as a trickle of water spills down her legs
"Her waters broke" Peter informs Joanne who nods slowly
"Do you feel any pressure at all Carla?" Joanne questions, she shakes her head and Peter uses a towel to dry her off "This is a good sign ok? This means that your contractions will most likely speed up and be a lot more painful and powerful"
"Just what I need" she mutters, Peter chuckles and helps her into the living room, she squats onto the ball as Peter turns the water off
"Let me check the temperature" Joanne smiles as Carla grips onto Peter and sways her hips as she couldn't get comfortable on the ball so she stood up
"It hurts so much" she cries, Peter hushes her gently trying to support her "Please"
"I know baby, I know she's coming, she wants to meet you sweetheart hold onto that"
"Ow" she whimpers again, Peter just strokes her hair and massages her scalp
"Ok do you want to get in Carla"
"Yeah" she whimpers getting into the pool, he holds her hand as she finds a comfortable position
"I see you want delayed cord clamping?"
"Yeah she does," Peter says knowing his wife was in no position to answer as she was just dealing with her pain
"Ow, please" she begs gripping onto Peter's hand, he runs his fingers through her hair gently as she moans in annoyance "Back"
"Alright," he says rubbing her back for her as she shakes her head gripping onto him "I know it hurts, you're doing so well, baby"
"Here" Joanne wets a towel and puts it across Carla's back as she whimpers before sighing "Your own personal heat pad"
"Mmm" Carla laughs slightly before breathing out, she points to her lips and Peter kisses her softly as she leans over the side of the pool swaying her hips "Move downwards please, this hurts"
"She's getting there" Joanne smiles as Carla hums "Keep speaking to me and tell me what you feel"
"It hurts" Carla responds bluntly, Peter rolls his eyes and bites his lip as Carla grips onto his hand "Ow please, Peter help me"
"What do you want me to do baby?" he asks gently stroking her hair, she grips onto his hand
"I want more pressure on my back"
"You know I can't do that for you sweetheart when you're in there"
"Then get your flamin' kit off and get in here with me" she snaps, Joanne laughs slightly and looks at Peter to rolls his eyes "Please get out of me!"
"Ok calm down," he says, she just glares at him before swaying her hips again as the tears fall from her face "Oh baby, you're doing so well"
"Pressure, please" she begs looking into Peter's eyes, he sighs and closes his before getting up and returning in a t-shirt and old shorts, he gets in with her and presses his hands to her back "Thank you"
"Is that better?" Joanne questions, Carla nods slowly and hums in content before groaning slightly so Peter applies more pressure "Tell me if you need to push"
"How am I meant to know that?" she snaps back, Peter hushes her as his phone goes off "Ignore it"
"I will don't worry," he says as Carla moves position to link her arms around his neck, he supports her body so she didnt fall "Hopefully if you're upright gravity will pull her out of you"
"Yeah" she hums as Peter holds her hips
"Maybe you could try and open your pelvis up Carla" Joanne suggests, Carla nods squatting down in the water with Peter supporting her
"I'm so tired," she says in exhaustion looking at the time "It's almost eight pm have I seriously been doing this all day"
"Yep" he nods, she groans in annoyance and sways her hips "Keep breathing baby you're doing so well"
"There's so much pressure in my back" she complains, Joanne nods slowly with a small smile before grabbing a mirror and placing it into the water
"When you have a contraction I can see the baby"
"You see" he whispers into Carla's forehead "Almost there baby"
"Can I push her out then?" Carla questions before whimpering and gripping onto Peter, she sighs and just does what her body told her to do
"Good feel your body Carla" Joanne smiles "Just do what it's telling you to do"
"Hmm" she hums as Peter supports her body for her, she pushes again and whimpers before slowing down as she felt the baby crown
"Her heads out now" Joanne's informs her, Carla breathes out and nods slowly gripping onto Peter as she waited for another contraction to kick in, she pushes
"Oh my..." she trails off after pushing feeling that release from her body, she bends down and lifts her baby up into her eyes "Hey sweetheart, hey..."
"Well done" Peter kisses her on the forehead, he holds his daughter's hand as she takes in her surroundings "Is she meant to be crying?"
"She's probably a little shocked," Joanne says cleaning out the baby's airways "She's beautiful congratulations"
"Oh there we go" Carla whispers looking down at her daughter as she begins to cry and perk up a bit more "It's ok, I'm here baby"
"She's definitely a girl right?" Peter questions, Carla chuckles and nods holding her daughter "I'm so proud of you sweetheart"
"Mhm I'm proud of me too" she whispers holding the baby in her arms and rocking her gently "I know poppet, it's scary and cold for you"
"Here," Joanne says passing her a towel to drape over the baby, Peter strokes his daughter's cheek as they wait the recommended time for cord clamping "She's looking around a lot"
"Mhm very inquisitive aren't ya?" Carla chuckles as the baby looks up at her "Welcome to the world little lady and Merry Christmas"
"Typical" Peter chuckles, Carla rolls her eyes as their daughter begins to cry again "It's ok, we're here. We'll get you all nice and warm soon"
"Mhm" Carla mumbles kissing her daughter on the forehead "She's so tiny"
"We'll give her a weigh in a minute," Joanne says watching over Carla and the baby "Do you have any stuff for her down here?"
"Oh yeah there's a case in the lobby that we made just in case we needed to go to the hospital to have her for whatever reason"
"I'll get it for you," Joanne says allowing Carla and Peter to have some time together with their daughter
"She has your eyes" Peter chuckles, Carla smiles and holds her baby who was looking up at her "Yes that's your mummy sweetheart"
"I really didnt think you would come today baby girl" Carla chuckles shaking her head in disbelief "I'll tell you something this is the best Christmas present the world could get eh?"
"Definitely" Peter confirms as Joanne smiles at them both "Shall we get you out then?"
"Yeah luckily we set that bed up" she chuckles slightly as Joanne holds the baby so Peter could help Carla up from the pool, he guides her over to the bed and sits her down on some towels they didnt mind getting ruined
"Come here princess" she takes the baby and holds her to her chest
"Do you want to cut the cord, Peter?" Joanne asks, he nods and Joanne helps him cut it causing the baby to let out a cry, Carla immediately shushes her
"Hey it's ok" she whispers kissing her daughter on the forehead "You're ok"
"Can I check you over Carla because we'll need to deliver that placenta?"
"Yeah sure," she says lying out on the bed, she passes the baby to Peter so he could hold her and comfort her whilst the midwife helped Carla with the last stage of labour
"We should get you changed little one otherwise you will probably mess all over us eh?"
"Hmm" Carla hums gesturing for Peter to pass her the baby whilst Joanne finished off "Is everything ok?"
"Yeah everythings fine" Joanne smiles "You didn't tear at all"
"And thats why water births are superior" she points out stroking her daughters head, she begins to cry "Oh sweetheart, it's ok"
"She's probably hungry, let me weigh her then we can feed her" Joanne smiles taking the baby, Peter goes with her "Oh you're fidgety aren't you?"
"Yeah she was very active inside me" Carla calls, Peter chuckles looking at the scales
"Five pounds eight ounces, she's pretty small" Joanne smiles grabbing a nappy and putting it on her knowing the baby was getting really impatient having not been fed yet "Right do you want to sit upwards"
"Ok," Carla says as Peter helps her sit upright, Joanne places the baby in her arms causing her to calm down "What do I do? I just want to try and feed her"
"It'll take a bit of getting used to" Joanne smiles as Carla nods slowly adjusting her bikini top, she instinctively guides her child towards the source of food and she immediately latches on
"Oh" she frowns, Joanne chuckles "That was easy"
"She seems to like it" Joanne smiles watching the baby feed, Peter presses his thumb into his daughter's foot causing her to kick
"Hmm" Carla hums watching her daughter feed until she pulls away "Oh done? I think you're done, are you done? She looks done..."
"I'm sure she'll let you know if she isnt" Peter chuckles, Carla laughs slightly adjusting her daughter so she could wind her "She'll drop off in that position"
"Mhm," Carla nods with a small smile "All that babysitting with Bertie coming in handy here eh?"
"Yeah I guess so" he chuckles sitting beside her
"I think thats me sorted, I've left a few leaflets on the side so it might be worth just giving them a read through so I'll leave you to it and congratulations"
"Hmm thank you for everything" Carla smiles as Joanne nods and leaves "Here's to the rest of our lives eh?"
Peter worked on sorting out the pool and draining the water whilst Carla enjoyed some skin to skin cuddles with her daughter. After he had finished packing everything away Carla wanted to shower as she felt gross over the whole thing so he let her do that before she returned and snuggled some more on the sofa with the baby and Peter. He was admitting his wife indulging in their daughter and holding her close and protecting her, if he was honest he didnt realised how much he had wanted this until this day. They watched some TV and stayed up with the baby wanting to get to know her a lot more before they went to bed even though they were so tired. Carla fed her a couple more times and soon enough she needed changing so Peter helped Carla upstairs and then she worked on changing her daughter.
"So new nappy," he says passing it to her "This might be big for her actually"
"Hm" she hums holding the nappy up to her daughter's body "We'll just have to try it"
"Go on then," he says as Carla unwraps her from the blankets she was still swaddled in "We can put her in an outfit as well"
"Yeah" she smiles undoing the soiled nappy and putting it in the bin that was in the room, she wipes down the baby and then secures the new nappy on her "Yeah we might have to see if they do a preemie size"
"I'll go out tomorrow and get some, we'll just have to make do" he smiles tickling his daughter's foot, Carla grabs an outfit and attempts to put it on the baby which just makes her cry
"So dramatic" Carla rolls her eyes as Peter laughs slightly watching her dress her child "There we go, all nice and clean"
"And perfect" he reminds her as she scoops the baby up into her arms and cradles her "Now what do you want to do?"
"Sleep" she nods slowly yawning "Is the bassinet all set up for her?"
"Yeah it's all ready to go" he confirms, she nods padding into the bedroom and placing the baby towards the bottom of the bassinet, she gets into bed "Any name ideas?"
"None" she shakes her head "We'll have a think tomorrow as well as do that announcement thing, you should text Si as well"
"I'll do that now" he smiles grabbing his phone and sending a text off to Simon "Do you want me to reply to Michelle?"
"Yeah just say something along the lines of Carla popped her sprog out, talk more tomorrow" she shrugs, Peter raises his eyebrows "Ok maybe not those exact words but you get the idea"
"Done" he smiles as Carla hums watching over her baby "She seems content"
"Yeah she does" Carla observes as her daughter starts to cry "Oh dear"
"She wants cuddles with her mummy" Peter smiles as Carla hums allowing her daughter to rest against her chest "Do you need anything from the case?"
"I'll be alright for now" she smiles trying to settle her baby "I know sweetheart, the world is so scary isnt it? Mummy and daddy will be here to protect you, we will"
"A natural"
"Stop it, I love her so much" she whispers kissing her baby on the top of the head "All we need now is to find a name for you don't we?"
"Can I have a cuddle?"
"Go on then" she rolls her eyes passing him the baby who immediately settles on his chest "She's so precious"
"She is" he kisses her on top of the head as she yawns tiredly "That was a big yawn sweetheart"
"I'm going to get some sleep," Carla says pulling the duvet up, he nods walking around and placing the baby in the bassinet "Let's hope we don't sleep through her cries eh?"
"We won't. She's gone to sleep anyway so let's get some sleep before we get woken up"
"Sounds good to me" she smiles turning to face Peter as he holds her "Night baby"
The baby only woke a couple of times in the night either needing to be fed or changed so Carla was the one dealing with the feeding and Peter was the one dealing with the changing allowing her to get some sort of sleep. When they woke Carla was cuddling her daughter in bed and holding her against her chest, Peter brought some food in for her and some Christmas presents they didnt get around to opening them yesterday. She immediately tore them open and smiled at all the jewellery Peter got her and all of the other pamper items he had including loads of face masks and bath items causing her to smile. Of course, there was a knock on the door and knowing it was probably Michelle Peter let her in and she was so excited to see the baby so Peter led her upstairs into the bedroom.
"Hi!" she beams, Carla rolls her eyes and hushes her daughter who was beginning to cry "Oh Carla..."
"Don't... we weren't expecting it at all" she comments as Michelle sits on the side of the bed as Carla adjusts the baby in her arms "She's so attached as well"
"Well, she will be you are her mama" Michelle points out as Carla grins at her "She is so tiny though, how much did she weigh?"
"Five pounds eight ounces" Carla smirks, Michelle gasps and looks at the baby who had her eyes open "I know she has my eyes"
"She's going to be such a mini you" Michelle gushes as Peter chuckles entering the room with a tray of coffees
"That better be highly-caffeinated"
"Don't worry it is," he says passing it to her, she hums as the baby starts to cry
"What now?" she groans holding her daughter up to look into her eyes as she cries "I've fed you, I've changed you what else do you want apart from being on my chest because that hurts"
"You should pump" Michelle points out, Carla shakes her head offering food to her baby to see if she could relieve her chest
"No we're exclusively breastfeeding" she confirms, Michelle nods slowly watching the baby feed "She's just using me as a dummy now"
"Any name ideas?"
"Still undecided" she sighs picking up her phone and looking at the list and humming "We have a name but we're unsure, if we go for it we'll put it in the announcement"
"I'm sure whatever you decide it will be perfect" she smiles, Carla smiles and looks down at her baby as she pulls away to let out a cry "And she's going to be a drama queen like her mother"
"Don't give her any more ideas" Carla points winding the baby, she kisses her daughter on the head "Oops, sick"
"Here" Peter smiles passing her the wipes so Carla can wipe the baby's face "Trust her to come on Christmas day though"
"Tell me about it" Carla rolls her eyes bouncing her baby in her arms "There we go, do you want a cuddle with your aunty, thats if she wants a cuddle?"
"Go on then" Michelle rolls her eyes and takes the baby into her arms "Oh...oh...the cute little baby noises, my ovaries hurt"
"She's going to be going all-out making everyone broody this one is" she giggles picking up her coffee and looking at all the messages on her phone
"She's so cute" she whispers kissing the baby on her head as her little arms reach up to her face "I know, you're so cute"
"Alright you can pass her back now" Carla rolls her eyes not wanting Michelle to get too attached to her daughter, she takes the baby and immediately rests her on her chest "Hey beautiful girl"
"Right I'll leave you to it and take it easy ok? Get to know her and understand her then everything will fall into place"
"Thanks for popping by 'Chelle" Carla smiles as she leaves the room, Peter smiles down at his daughter as she sleeps against her mother's chest, she looks at her phone and points to a name on it and raises her eyebrows
"Really?" he frowns looking at the baby, Carla takes her phone and types the name out beneath the list of names they had "Wow...thats perfect"
"You think?"
"Definitely" he confirms looking down at the baby, she smiles up at him and he kisses her on the lips softly as they both look down at their daughter "Time to announce?"
"On one condition"
"That being?"
"We barricade all the doors to the outside world" she confirms, he laughs slightly and goes to grab Simon's camera from his room and a white sheet from the cupboard "Here take her a minute"
"Sure," he says as she removes her kimono, she takes the baby and undresses her causing her to cry, she places her on her chest and she immediately settles when Peter drapes the white sheet over her "Put your hair the side the camera isnt on"
"Ok" she smiles as Peter takes a photo, he uses the settings on the camera to brighten the photo, he shows it to her "Perfect, I say we do this one and the one with us cradling my bump"
"Sounds perfect" he smiles grabbing her laptop and starting it up, he downloads the pictures onto it and prepares a post for their social media
"Perfect, maybe at the top put something sarcastic like who needs a secret wedding when they can have a secret baby? Or pin that as a comment or something"
"I'll pin it" he smiles posting it, he breathes out and so does she "And now we wait"
"Ah..." Carla trails off as her phone goes off seeing a facetime call from Johnny, she bites her lip and answers "Hello grandad..."
"You have got to be kidding me!" Johnny exclaims as Jenny comes in view of the camera "How did you even?"
"It doesn't matter how" she smirks looking down at her daughter who was sound asleep "All that matters now is that she's here after months of keeping her a secret"
"How did you do that now? You didnt even look pregnant and your kidney-"
"You really think I had something wrong with my kidney?" she chuckles raising her eyebrows as it clicks with Johnny causing him to groan "Convenient I must admit"
"The names perfect though"
"I know" she smiles looking down at her daughter "She's perfect"
"So when can we meet her?"
"Give us a week, we don't want to be bombarded and Simon needs to meet her first" she compromises seeing sad look on his face "A few days at the least"
"Ok fine but you need to bring her as soon as" Johnny points as Peter checks the laptop seeing a message from Kate
"Aw Kate's just posted a message saying she'll have to come and visit her niece" Carla smiles looking at the laptop "Anyway I must go before the Barlow's start harassing us"
"Alright well take care love" Johnny smiles, Carla nods before ending the call
"One family down" she mutters as Peter's phone goes off "Answer it to get it out of the way, oh lovely it's a joint call so Adam and Daniel can see how big she's made my knockers-"
"Well, they would know-"
"Shut it" she silences him, he laughs and answers the call
"Hi dad" he smiles as Adam, Daniel and Tracy join the call "And before you start-"
"You had a baby in secret I'm bound to have some questions, son" Ken points out, Carla bites her lip trying to suppress her laughter "You lied to me as well"
"For good reasons" he points out "We didnt want anyone to know about her because we wanted it to be different from the last time, private, intimate"
"You know it's tradition-"
"Yes, it is but I broke the tradition because the rest of you are total wusses to even think about breaking it" he starts giving a sideways glance to Carla "Look I don't care if you like it or not, it's happened now do you want to see the baby because we're exhausted"
"Go on then," Ken says as Peter shows the baby to them and Carla who kissed her on the head "She's perfect"
"Isn't she?" Peter chuckles as the baby shifts around slightly "We're so happy aren't we love?"
"Yeah we are and soon you'll be able to meet her in person, just give us a few days to get settled and we'll bring her over" she smiles, Peter nods slowly with a small smile "She's really easy going so far though"
"Well we'll have to wet the baby's head at some point" Ken confirms, Peter nods
"Congratulations," Daniel says as Peter nods
"Yeah congrats" Adam smiles as Peter smiles at Carla who was adjusting the baby
"We'll see you soon" Peter smirks before ending the call "Right thats all done so we can breathe. Is she having a feed?"
"Yeah, she's a bit peckish, sleeping really wears you out did you know?" she chuckles as Peter laughs slightly kissing her on the lips, Simon opens the door "Oh hey Si we didnt hear you come in"
"I saw the post" he smiles, Carla nods adjusting herself as Simon sits on the edge of the bed and looks at his sister "She's tiny, I thought Oliver was small when he was born but this is so small"
"She weighed five pounds eight ounces" Carla smiles looking down at her baby, Simon laughs slightly and places his finger in his sister's hand, her tiny fingers wrapping around his
"I've washed my hands don't worry"
"Hmm" Carla hums as her daughter stops feeding, she adjusts her top and begins to wind her "You might want to move Si she has a tendency to projectile vomit we've found out"
"Lovely" he grimaces as Carla winds her baby until she was sure she wouldn't be sick
"There we go little one" she cradles her daughter in her arms "Do you want to hold her Si?"
"Yeah, please" he nods eagerly as Carla places her in his arms and the baby immediately settles "She's so cute for a kid of yours"
"Oh cheers" Carla nudges him, he laughs slightly and holds his sister close, she grins at the union of brother and sister which made her quite emotional "Sorry hormones"
"It's ok" Peter rubs her back, she laughs slightly "It's making me tear up at the sight of them both, finally feels complete eh?"
"Yeah" she nods slowly with a small smile "Carla, Peter, Simon and Esme-Rose...couldnt get any more perfect than that could you?"
"Definitely not"