Carla's ever-growing distance towards him was starting to grate on Tony, how he wished his wife had the same spark she once did. Every day was the same, get up, get ready, go to work, come home, then go to bed, nothing else and Tony had enough of it. He had planned something amazing for his wife to see if he could help their relationship and that was a spa weekend away in the countryside. Oddly enough though Carla didn't really jump at the chance, she just said it was nice but in reality, she knew he was trying to prepare her for her twenty-week scan that was on Monday so she kind of got it as to why he would want to spend the weekend with her. Before they headed off they went to the pub to have a drink.
"Orange and lemonade for me please, I'm in need of something fruity" Carla smiles and Michelle nods "He'll just have an orange"
"Of course" Michelle smiles going to get their drinks "Now where are you off to?"
"Some fancy spa hotel, Tony insisted" Carla rolls her eyes and Michelle grins at her "It's just for the weekend really, just needed to get out didn't we?"
"We did" Tony nods and smiles before noticing Liam and Maria enter the pub "Hey Maria, Liam"
"Hi" Maria grins smiling at Carla, she narrows her eyes as Liam orders some drinks for Michelle "How are you?"
"We're good aren't we?" Tony smiles putting his arm protectively around Carla, she nods with a small smile "Actually we're heading off for a weekend away"
"Oh, that's nice, anywhere special?"
"Some fancy spa hotel, he won't tell me the exact location as it meant to be a somewhat surprise before the twenty-week scan on Monday"
"It's nice to take some time out I suppose, lucky for you... Liam doesn't take me anywhere" Maria purposefully nudges him and Carla laughs "With all that money he's earning from both Lad Rags and Underworld you'd think he'd be making more of an effort"
"Yeah Liam treat the mother of your child" Michelle playfully punches him on the arm and he rolls his eyes
"I can't help it if Tony works me to the core" Liam retorts and Tony chuckles slightly before humming thoughtfully "I'm a very busy man thanks to him"
"Come away with us now then, I'll pay? Think of it as compensation for you working all those hours you do" Tony suggests and Carla's eyes widen at her husband's words "I mean, we're not going far and maybe given the circumstances it would be nice if we can all do something?"
"I don't know Tony, it's a bit short notice and what about Ozzy?"
"I can always pop in and let him out, feed him," Michelle says and Carla bites her lip looking at Tony who nods "It's not a problem if you two want to get away"
"What do you say, babe?" Maria asks and Liam looks between Tony and Carla, her eyes meeting Liam's instantly
"Sure" Liam shrugs and Carla internally seethes at the thought of a weekend of fake smiles and happiness "Why not as everything's sorted"
"That's sorted then, I'll call ahead and ask for another room" Tony smiles kissing Carla on the side of the head before heading out the back
"I'll go home and pack then because this one is incapable of doing that" Maria grins and Michelle chuckles along with Carla who forced out a laugh
"Uh what are you-" she starts noticing Liam slide along the bar, he shakes his head warning her to be quiet
"Did you put him up to this to mess with my head-"
"Your head?" she laughs slightly shaking hers "You need to let it go, Liam, stop being so paranoid"
"You don't want me there, face it"
"Not really and I'm pretty sure you don't want to go either, sometimes we have to do things we don't want to do and this is one of them"
"Tell him then!"
"No" she shakes her head "There are more important things than being that petty like my entire marriage-"
"That is based on lies, only if Tony knew-"
"Shut up Liam, you'd never tell him because you'd be too scared of losing Maria and your precious little baby, we've been here before Liam, empty words, as always"
"You're a fraud you know that?"
"I'm fed up with this" she states before huffing and standing up from the bar stall, she presses a hand to her head before the world stopped in front of her eyes, her vision immediately shutting off as she hit the floor
"Carla!" Liam shouts and bends down, Michelle immediately rushes around to the other side of the bar "Get Tony and phone an ambulance, someone!"
Having to watch someone you love in trouble would always be difficult not that you could admit that love outside of the relationship you have with them. Liam broke inside, he was scared and he didn't know why, after all that baby wasn't his, well that was the knowledge he had anyway. Carla was the key to unlocking that not that she would as she knew he would only be hanging around her for the baby, everything was about the baby. By not telling Liam about the baby she felt as if she was saving him, all Liam wanted was the ideal life with the two women he loved and his kids. It was like an irritating dream sequence when she was unconscious but with the cool air hitting her body she was slowly slipping into consciousness.
"Tony?" she whispers and Tony leans over to kiss her on the forehead, her hand gripping onto his "What happened?"
"You passed out down to low blood pressure, they said it was totally normal but because of everything that's going on they want to give you a scan to check, they reckon you also have a bit of concussion-"
"Not another one" she grumbles and Tony laughs slightly at her mood "My head kills"
"The nurse has gone to get you some painkillers," Tony says quietly and Carla hums slightly closing her eyes and frowning
"Hello Carla, is it ok if we do a scan?"
"Yeah" she nods adjusting her jumper, Tony holds onto her hand and smiles slightly as the doctor starts the scan "Do you know about the growth-"
"They know everything Carla," Tony says gently and she nods tiredly closing her eyes before looking at the screen, the doctor smiles
"Baby has a nice regular heartbeat, still small and measuring around four months instead of five" the doctor explains and Carla nods slowly "Would you like to find out the gender?"
"You can tell us? From in there?" Carla says and the doctor nods, she looks at Tony who smiles "Do you want to find out?"
"It's up to you," he says and Carla bites her lip and nods, she looks at Tony and he smiles at her "It's your body, I'm ok with whatever"
"Is it ok if we don't?" Carla says and Tony nods taking her hand, somehow she felt like a fraud if she was to find out the gender of another man's baby without him being here "I just think it would be nice for it to be a surprise"
"Well that's what we'll do" Tony confirms before looking up and out the window "Liam's here"
"W-What?" Carla frowns following his gaze, her heart naturally racing, she gulps slightly and bites her lip "What's he doing here?"
"Let's find out" Tony smirks and Carla smiles slightly as Liam enters the room after Tony gesturing for him to "Why are you here?"
"I was just wondering if you needed anything?"
"No, we're-"
"If you could call the hotel and cancel?" Tony cuts in and Carla closes her eyes trying to hide her annoyance "Unless of course you and Maria want to go-"
"I think its best we stay here in case something happens," Liam says and Tony frowns at his odd behaviour towards his wife "You never know...you might need me to step in and run some business stuff-"
"I suppose he has a point" Carla mumbles wanting this awkward moment to be over "Even if it is just a bit of concussion and low blood pressure"
"Is everything ok?" Liam asks Carla directly, she pulls a face and nods "Well I'll head back then"
"Bye Liam" she rolls her eyes and watches him leave, Tony narrows his eyes and looks between the both of them "When can I get out of this place then?"
"A few more hours just so they can monitor you both and then you will be allowed out" Tony assures her and takes her hand "You need to take better care of yourself"
"I just got up too fast, you cant say I haven't been eating either" she points and Tony nods knowing she was right "I just need to take it that bit more easier"
"You do" Tony smiles and Carla bites her lip before closing her eyes "You get some rest for a few more hours and I'll go and see if there's anything half-decent to eat"
"I'll see you later?"
"You will, just rest Carla"
It got quite late and Carla was eventually allowed home after the nurses made sure that the gash on her forehead was treated with stronger stitches after Tony insisted they weren't, she really did hate when Tony was being fussy. As soon as they got in he guided her over to the sofa and placed the blanket over her legs warranting an eye roll from Carla. She sighed in annoyance as her phone went off and she smiled slightly seeing a text from Leanne wishing her well and then she saw a message from Liam that naturally made her heart warm to the core but she soon got rather annoyed at the extremely forward 'I love you' at the end of it, another confession, one she didn't have the energy to deal with. In a way, she wished Liam Connor would stop messing with her head.
"I mean the audacity of him-"
"What?" Carla mumbles looking at her husband who was obviously annoyed and wound up over something
"Are you listening to me?"
"No, because my heads banging still" she points to the nasty gash on her head that was being held together with a couple of stitches and steri strips
"Liam, he has a nerve, he should stop being so nosey-"
"He was just trying to do something nice and help you out" she tries to defend him for absolutely no reason, at least she thought that
"He could have text but instead he waltzes in on an intimate situation, he could have come in and he could have found out about the baby-"
"I'm sure there was nothing sinister about it" Carla sighs just wanting this conversation over with "I'm going to have a bath"
"Carla?"
"Yes?"
"We are ok arent we?" Tony tries and she nods before dismissing herself into the bedroom leaving Tony to work out how distant she was being...
