They went to the doctors and had everything confirmed, Carla was finally under the care of Weatherfield maternity unit. Peter suggested that they went on holiday, they couldn't go anywhere too far so they decided they would go sailing for a couple of weeks just to spend some time together then visit Michelle in Ireland for a mini-break as well as to share their news. They had enjoyed the last few weeks just absorbing their news, Peter constantly fussing over Carla which was starting to annoy her a lot but right now she didn't care as there were much more important things in the form of her baby growing inside of her. Michelle had yet to clock on at the fact that Carla was pregnant, and Carla herself was worried about telling her considering everything that happened with Ruairi but she knew that doing it face to face would be a good idea.

"Now?" he whispers, Carla gulps and nods glancing into the kitchen and seeing Michelle pottering around making them drinks, Carla nods causing him to kiss her on her forehead

"Um, Michelle can we have a word?" Carla questions, Michelle nods walking through the door and placing the tray of drinks down on the coffee table "It's about us actually-"

"Oh god you're not breaking up are you...no you're getting married?" she squeals, Carla and Peter glance to each other and laugh slightly at her excitement

"No nothing like that" Carla chuckles slightly taking Peter's hand she gives it a squeeze and walks over to her handbag and picks it up, she rummages through her handbag before turning to Michelle "Close your eyes"

"Ugh, just tell me!" Michelle pouts her lips, Carla glares and Michelle eventually does it causing Carla to place her positive pregnancy test in Michelle's hands

"Ok, you can open them" Carla grins at Peter who chuckles slightly, Michelle raises an eyebrow and gasps at the pregnancy test in her hands "Surprise?"

"Oh my!" Michelle wipes her eyes tearfully, Carla gets up and hugs her "For real?"

"Absolutely, we had it confirmed before we went sailing" Carla smiles, Michelle pulls away and frowns softly at Carla's stomach causing her friend to lift her top up allowing her to see her rounded stomach "I have my twelve-week scan in a couple of weeks"

"I can't believe it" Michelle states in disbelief "So I'm going to be an Aunty?"

"Yeah, or you can be just 'Chelle. Look I was worried about telling you because of everything with Ruairi...I just wanted to spend time with you make sure you were ok before I dropped it on you, plus I kind of put it off didn't I baby-"

"Yeah you did, but it's out in the open now, well to you before we make the big announcement in the Rover's" Peter chuckles running his fingers through Carla's hair, he kisses her on the side of the head "We're going to have to think about packing soon"

"Hmm I know, back to the hustle and bustle of Weatherfield, who knew eh?"

The trio spent the evening talking to each other, Michelle was giving Carla the ins and outs of pregnancy which made her feel rather uncomfortable but she soon made that clear causing them all to watch a movie and Carla to fall asleep on Peter. Michelle just chuckled at her because it was obvious the pregnancy was messing with her energy levels quite a bit and in a way she was shocked that she didn't clock on sooner, she just assumed that her and Peter wouldn't go there and to be honest she was still kind of shocked as to why they were but she would keep those thoughts to herself as she didn't want to effect Carla's self-confidence if this was something she really wanted. Soon enough Peter made the decision to carry Carla up to bed which immediately made her stir. Insomnia was such a big symptom of her pregnancy this time and he often found her awake watching TV on her phone in the middle of the night because she couldn't sleep and this was one of those occasions.

"You should try and sleep, do you want me to get you a hot water bottle?"

"No" she shakes her head, he plucks the phone out of her hand and places it on the bedside table, she curls into his body, her back pressed against his chest as he runs his hand over her stomach, she smiles at the contact

"Do you want me to sing to you?" he whispers, she snorts slightly knowing that it helped sometimes, she wasn't feeling sad but it was something which he used to settle her after a difficult day when the medication was too much for her to deal with, she remembered laying in his arms and he would just hum gentle tunes to her trying to settle her nerves and trying to get her relaxed

"Hm" she hums in agreement knowing it was worth a go

"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are grey, you'll never know dear how much I love you-"

"Please don't take my sunshine away" she whispers, he smiles pulling her hair back and kissing her on the neck gently "I'll always love you and make you happy if you will only say the same, but if you leave me, and love another...you'll...regret it...all...someday"

"Oh love" he sighs slightly not meaning to make her upset from the irregular breathing she was doing, he holds her against his body "I'm sorry I forgot about the lyrics"

"You promised me before-"

"I know" he murmurs nudging his nose with hers "This time it's going to be different, I promise"

Spending the next morning finalising their packed bags making sure they had everything, Michelle drove them to the airport and said goodbye to Carla and wished her luck as well as tell her to send a picture of the scan to her which Carla agreed she would do. The plane journey was tedious for Carla even if it was a short journey, Peter could tell she was wiped out from travelling so it's very likely that today would end up being a duvet day where he would just hold her and cuddle with her whilst they chilled in their room in the pub. As soon as they touched down in Manchester, Tim came to pick them up and take them back to the street where they were greeted by a downtrodden Johnny and Jenny, it was clear to them both that they were having marital issues still so Carla and Peter decided to just stay upstairs and not interfere with that as they were technically still on their holidays.

"Can you dump all that in the wash?" Carla groans, Peter just chuckles watching her curl up under the covers, he does what he's told and makes sure that all the clothes were shoved in the wash basket "I'm hungry"

"You always are" he points out, she just glares clearly annoyed at what he was suggesting "What do you want to eat then?"

"I don't even know, I'm hungry but I don't want to eat because I feel sick" she states grabbing a pillow and hugging it "Was nice of Jenny to change the sheets weren't it"

"Yeah saves us from doing it" he smirks, she hums slightly turning onto her back, she rolls her top up causing Peter to chuckle "Look at this little one eh? Growing nice and strong"

"Hm yeah and wiping its Mum out and leaving her with zero energy" she grunts clearly annoyed at the whole thing but she wouldn't change it for the world "And a ravenous appetite but not knowing what she wants, thanks for that"

"If you could have anything in the world what would it be?" he hums allowing her to rest her head on his chest, she sighs closing her eyes

"Umm...ur...oh for gods sakes it would be sushi" she grunts clearly annoyed "And I can't have sushi so...unless you eat the sushi and I watch?"

"Something salty?" he questions, she nods sadly, he kisses her on the forehead leaving her to it, he goes downstairs and picks up a packet of ready salted crisps from the bar before returning to Carla who was on her phone, he chucks the crisps at her playfully "Here"

"Hm" she grunts opening the packet and eating them "Ok this'll do, it's not the best but I'll take it"

"Good we wouldn't want you all grumpy and hormonal" he mutters, she hits him on the arm whilst she shoved crisps into her mouth "Do you want to watch a film?"

"I want to sleep but I can't" she groans, Peter sighs getting up and grabbing the blanket he attaches it to the window to make it darker in the room before pulling the curtains "Hmm thank you"

"No problem" he smiles "Do you want to get changed into something comfier?"

"Hm yeah that's a good idea" she smiles grabbing one of Peter's t-shirts and undressing, she chucks it over her body and climbs back into bed causing him to hold her "Sleep now"

"I'll be here, for you when you wake up"