Carla has told them she's pregnant but little does she know something will rock this boat...
Steve runs in "Carla!"
Michelle looks at Steve "everything alright?"
"There's been an accident..."
"What kind of accident..." Carla immediately fears the worst
"Peter... he er"
Carla's mind runs through all the memories back to the famous Tram Crash of 2010
"He and Simon were in an accident" Steve looks at Carla, slightly worried
Running out she spots the ambulance where they load a black bag in, widening her eyes she takes shaky, short, breaths, Peter is nowhere to be seen
"Peter!" Carla shouted
Repeatedly shouting his name, a stretcher comes into sight and is loaded into the ambulance, Carla looks over, to her relief it's Peter, his head in a head brace, oxygen mask strapped around his face and topless, she bites her lip at the fact that he's topless but stops due to the situation and realises that the corpse was Simon...
"Omg" she takes a deep breath having no clue what to do now
Walking over to the ambulance
"Please step away Madam'" the police officer stops her from getting any nearer
In her head she giggles at the fact someone had called her madam, she'd never been called madam before
"please, he's my partner" Carla tries to negotiate
After a long and persuasive argument, the police officer let's her attend to Peter
"Thank you" she rolls her eyes as she walks past and goes straight to her partner, gripping onto his hand tightly knowing he's unconscious but wants him to feel she's there
Sitting there she breaks down thinking about Simon and how was she meant to tell Peter his son is dead, she still cared for him in a million and one ways and knew this would break Peter, that's IF he survived too
She didn't even begin to think how it would affect Leanne
The ride to the hospital was a long and slow one, every possible worst event running through Carla's mind, she wanted a large glass of red, although that huge temptation sitting on her mind she knew she couldn't, whatever happens, she was in charge of a beautiful human being growing inside of her. 12 weeks she thinks, the baby would be the size of a plum, if anything happens to it it's because of her
Maria and Michelle are sat back in the Bistro, going through their minds they can't imagine what Carla is going through right now
Once they get to the hospital Peter is rushed in and taken to get tests done, a nurse walks over to Carla
"Hi... Mrs Barlow?" The nurse assumes she's Peter's wife and Simon's mother
"I just need you to fill in some details concerning your son, Simon Barlow" she hands her the paperwork and a pen
Carla looks at the paperwork "er, I'm not his mum..."
"oh right sorry who is?"
"its Mrs Connor by the way and his mum has passed... so technically it's Leanne" she looks around holding back her tears knowing it's a mix between her grief and the hormones
"Leanne..." the Nurse asks
"Battersby, Leanne Battersby" Carla hated saying that name but knew she had to in this moment of time
"okay thank you" rubbing her back, the nurse leaves to gain contact of Leanne
Walking over to the window, crossing her arms Carla watches as an ambulance reverses out of the hospital and another drives in, cars and lorries driving up and down the roads, people walking past, laughing or crying, whatever it is, everyone's life has changed in some way
She knew for sure her's wasn't going to be the same...
Going through her mind was everything she'd ever been through from her abusive childhood to the rape, affair and losing the baby to this, why did it have to happen to her she questions herself, was there something she did to make her deserve all this?
A shadow passes her, she turns around, no-one is there, she claims it was just the light
Turning around to watch the world go by again, a plane flying through the clear blue sky, leaving a vapour trail, a little smile blooming her face as she remembers that honeymoon her and Peter went on, the long plane ride of talking, laughing and Peter banging about how he's bored out of his mind, she let's out a chuckle
"Carla..." a faint voice says from behind her
The smile drops from her face and she turns around but still no-one is there, a woman walks over and sits down and smiles at her before picking up a magazine and opening it
Raising an eyebrow Carla wonders why that voice was there, was it a thought of hers or was someone there?
She sits a seat away from the woman, her arms staying crossed
"it's not her" a faint voice says again
Carla looks at the woman who is quietly reading her magazine, a little spooked she looks behind her
Still, there's no-one there
"everything alright love?" The woman asks her concernigly
Carla jumps and looks at her before replying "yeah, fine..."
She walks outside
"I'm still here" the faint voice says again
Carla shuts her eyes, thinking it's her mind playing tricks on her again
"That won't work" the voice says with a chuckle
"Just leave me alone!" Carla starts to panic, what's going on?
This doesn't make sense, she was getting better, she was taking her meds, wasn't she?
She starts to question herself
Machines start going off
"Can we get some help in here please!?" Carla looks in as a nurse shouts from Peter's room
Is everything okay?