"Come on 'Chelle" Carla panics pressing the button as Michelle's voice blares through the receiver

Who is it?

Carla

"Ok why are you here at 4am?" Michell groans as Carla burst into tears, Michelle scooping her up into a hug

"I'm so stupid 'Chelle" Carla cries as Michelle raises an eyebrow noticing she was still in last nights outfit

"Oh darlin' where have you been, here sit down and put this around you" Michelle smiles draping a blanket over Carla's shoulders

"Me and Peter we had a row then I went off and blew off steam, then I ended up in bed with this guy and I slept with him" she lies, well she partly told the truth she just left the Liam bit out

"You smell like booze" Michelle sighs as Carla cries knowing what she did

"I know I do I had too much to drink, I'm really tired" Carla says closing her eyes and tilting her head back which felt really fuzzy and heavy

"Car I need you to stay awake its dangerous to sleep with your medicine ok?" Michelle shakes her gently but receiving a grunt in response

"Do you know who it was? Who you…oh god it was Liam, the looks he were giving you in the pub"

"No…" she trails off, her eyes heavy, Michelle shaking her again to keep her awake, before she flops down on the sofa in a deep sleep, Michelle getting her phone out and ringing an ambulance

"Don't ring Pe…"

"Yeah, she's through here, she's on diazepam she had alcohol, she's in a very deep sleep I tried to wake her" Michelle explains as the paramedics nod, Peter rushing into the flat

"What's happened?" Peter panics as Michelle brings him aside

"You need to speak to Carla, she just turned up here drunk" Michelle sighs as Peter goes to kneel down beside Carla who was laying lifeless on the sofa, taking her hand

"Come on sweetheart wake up, I'm sorry for everything I did and said and to think that you and Liam…I'm so sorry" Peter cries as Michelle bites her lip guiltily before going to check to see if Alannah was alright

"We need to put a breathing tube in to assist her with her breathing" The paramedic states, lifting Carla out of the flat on a stretcher, Peter heading in the ambulance with her as they arrive at the hospital…

Two hours prior…

"Liam, why are you ringing me at two in the morning?" Lilah groans down the phone as Liam sighs audibly running a hand through his hair on the other side of the phone, what had he done?

"I've done something stupid Li…so stupid, I've ruined everything"

"Woah slow down, I'm coming over" Lilah rolls her eyes, putting some clothes on to head to Liam's place, knocking on the door

"Ok what's the emergency then?" Lilah rubs her eyes as Liam paces the room with his hands on his hips

"I slept with Carla-"

"You did what?"

"You 'eard me! I'm so stupid!" Liam berates himself as Lilah sighs, knowing that Peter would not take it lightly if Liam bedded Carla, glancing around the room and noticing a wine glass, picking it up and taking a sniff, the stench of alcohol that reeked there, presumably lager

"Did she drink?" Lilah questions, trying to hide the panic in her voice knowing Carla could be anywhere

"Does it matter" he snaps "that's not the issue here"

"Liam, she's on flamin' diazepam do you know how dangerous that is?" Lilah groans getting her phone out to call Carla being stopped by Liam who swipes it away from her ear

"Look, I couldn't stop her, she wanted to drink and please don't call her, she'll know that you know"

"Ok what do you want me to do, pretend that this conversation never happened-"

"That's what exactly what I want you to do" he snaps again as Lilah rolls her eyes, taking the glasses to the sink

"So you want me to lie when your relative is out there possibly in a deep sleep struggling to breath…"

"I do"

"For god's sakes…I'm meant to be meeting my new patient tomorrow as well, then you go off the rails, typical just flamin' typical"

At the hospital…

"How is she?" Peter questions as a nurse approaches, gesturing for him to come with her

"She's awake and she's stable, we managed to remove all the toxins from her body, if you would like to come with me you can see her, she's very disorientated" the nurse smiles, leading him to one of the rooms where Carla had an oxygen mask on

"Oh Car, you gave me such a fright sweetheart" Peter sighs taking her hand as she starts to cry, removing the mask, Peter bringing her into a hug

"I'm sorry" she cries as Peter sighs stroking her hair

"Hey, you have nothing to be sorry for"

"Hey…" Michelle enters biting her lip Carla lifting her head up slightly

"I'm so sorry Peter" Carla whispers as Peter sighs

"It's not your fault sweetheart stop blaming yourself…did you drink because we argued?"

"Not exactly…I did something stupid" Carla cries again, Peter frowns confused, still running a hand through her somewhat matted hair

"Car it doesn't matter about the drink-"

"Peter let her speak" Michelle encourages her as she smiles back at her slightly

"Peter I-I…love you and I'm sorry for what I'm about to say but-"

"No, don't you dare…I love you more than life itself Carla don't push me away"

"I slept with Liam" she whispers as anger flashes over his face, Peter glancing to Michelle who had tears staining her face, Peter storming out of the room knowing that she knew

"What have I done 'Chelle?" Carla cries as Michelle consoles her, holding her close

"Hey, it's alright…don't worry he'll come around…"

"Oh yeah?" she scoffs "You reckon, sleeping with the man he knew as the love of my life, I can't see that 'appening"

Peter was outright furious with Carla's admission and the fact that Michelle seemed to know also cut him pretty deep, he went for a walk to try and clear his head, to try and make sense at what Carla was saying as well as make sense of his feelings. He wanted to deck Liam so hard that he was left dead but he couldn't do that to Carla, nor Simon and risk being banged up. He also didn't know if Carla was taken advantage off but the fact that their argument had caused that, he worried about their future, he worried that he would never be enough for her or if he pushed her to do those actions with his accusations, he knew Carla could blow off steam and go off the rails, so upon returning to the street he entered Underworld seeing no sign of Liam but Lilah was sat at the desk with her laptop open.

"Peter, what can I do for you?" Lilah questions gesturing for him to sit down in the comfortable armchairs which were perched at the side of the room

"Is Liam around?" Peter quizzes as Lilah frowns confused, he must know, she thought but she didn't want to drop either Carla or Peter in it

"No…I can leave a message, look you can tell me to mind my own business but you do look rather angry" Lilah observes smartly as Peter sighs realising how his so called 'cooling down' session had failed

"I am fuming because he slept with Carla-"

"Ah…that" she mutters as Peter rolls his eyes, of course Liam told Lilah, how did he not see it?

"Yes that" Peter groans as Lilah smiles handing him a cup of coffee

"Want to talk about it?" Lilah offers as Peter rolls his eyes, it was like he was being victimised by the love of Liam Connor and Carla Connor

"I understand why she did it-"

"Why did she do it then?" Lilah questions as Peter sighs running a hand through his hair

"We argued then she blew off steam and Liam, he was just there I guess, I was being paranoid about Carla leaving me to be with him and I guess that pushed her to do it in spite"

"Well observed I guess, I'm not going to lie to you Peter, Liam called me as soon as it happened, I went around there and I saw a wine glass and it reeked of alcohol"

"I know, she's in hospital-"

"What? Is she ok?"

"She passed out then Michelle rang an ambulance, the effects of-"

"Diazepam and Alcohol…I know, don't worry I gave Liam a piece of my mind considering how dangerous that could've been"

"Yes well that's not the problem here, I need to know if she was taken advantage off she's very vulnerable-"

"So is Liam, look from what I've heard is that she wanted it Peter, I'm not going to lie I know what her and Liam did was wrong, especially as you're about to get married but I think she was deeply stressed and she didn't show it and the fact that you didn't trust her it just fuelled that, she can be stubborn and breaking down those barriers is something you need to do to get to her true feelings-"

"Are you saying forgive her? We're getting married in a matter of weeks Lilah"

"I know you are, all I'm saying is that don't let one stupid mistake ruin what the future could hold, I know from experience, but the real question is, do you love her?"

"Of course I love her, I love her probably more than my life, but I just felt like second best-"

"I know you did, but I think she's going to need you more than ever right now and the fact that she felt pushed to drink on her meds is a big warning sign"

"I know, I feel bad for pushing her to do that but it doesn't excuse what she did, Lilah"

"I understand, so what do you want to do, because in my eyes you have two options, you can run away and leave her when she's at her most vulnerable or you can fight to save your relationship and prove that you both can change, the choice is yours…"