"Carla" Peter wakes her gently as she stares straight ahead not engaging any eye contact not really wanting to see the expression on his face

"I'm not mad, I just don't understand why…"

"I'm sorry I really am, it just happened, I know it doesn't excuse my reckless behaviour" she replies still not engaging in the eye contact "I just wanted to feel something else I wanted to feel like me again, before all of this and I thought Liam would've done that for me but he didn't…I'm sorry"

"Carla you don't need to explain…I know you did it out of spite for the situation…can I ask you a question?"

"Ok…"

"Was I enough for you? Please be honest" Peter sighs as Carla turns to face him, taking his hand, the first bit of eye contact he received

"I love you, he was just there then…I'm sorry, I was drunk"

"Wait…you were drunk when you were in bed with him…how drunk was drunk Carla?"

"I can remember what happened but I just felt nothing, I felt numb then as soon as it finished then I went I'm so sorry"

"Did he take advantage of you, whilst you were vulnerable…he knew you shouldn't drink and he still slept with you!" Peter exclaims as Carla shakes her head tearfully knowing Peter would jump to conclusions

"Peter, no! He didn't alright! It was all me, I'm sorry ok, I'm sorry" she panics in case of Peter going off the rails and ends up punching Liam as revenge

"What…so you…instigated it?"

"Yes, it was me-"

"If you're protecting him because you feel sorry-"

"I'm not, ok?"

"Ok…I'm sorry for making you-"

"No this is my fault and my fault only, please don't blame yourself Peter…please" Carla begs as Peter sighs shaking his head pinching the bridge of his nose

"I don't know Car…I mean I don't know where to go from here-"

"Sorry to interrupt but we've had your results through and we are pretty certain you're ready to be discharged now" the nurse smiles handing over the discharge papers for Carla to sign, which she does

"You need to take it easy and rest, your body's had a hell of a shock ok? No working for a few days" the nurse smiles leaving the room as Carla sighs slipping out of bed

"Look I can stay with Michelle and Alannah for a bit if you don't want to see me, I understand y'know"

"No you can come home, I want to look after you ok?"

"Peter-"

"No arguments Carla, then we can talk properly about the way you're feeling about us and about Liam" Peter smiles gently as Carla sighs lifting her bag, Peter stepping in to carry it for her

"Thanks" she mutters as they walk to the car

They didn't say anything on the journey home, Carla found it very awkward knowing Peter would probably keep asking her if she was taken advantage of and whether she loved Liam more than him, she definitely knew the answer to all those questions, she guessed it just depended on Peter trusting her answers at the end of the day. She wished she could turn back to clock to the flat the day before and never agreed to go to the Rover's that evening knowing that was when all the problems started, she wished that she never found Liam on the pavement outside the pub and she wished she said no to going back to his.

"Take a seat and I'll grab you a blanket" Peter says as Carla sighs, going to the sofa and lying across it, Peter draping the blanket over her

"Please don't be nice to me Peter, I basically ruined us yesterday with my reckless behaviour"

"Carla-"

"No Peter, I don't want to talk about it" she replies storming off into the bedroom and breaking down in tears on the other side of the door as the buzzer went off, Peter letting whoever it was up

"Hi…" Lilah trails off as Peter smiles at her

"Where's the invalid then?" Lilah grins as Peter rolls his eyes at her comment pointing to the bedroom, Lilah glancing to the door before returning her gaze to Peter

"In the bedroom, she's a bit touchy because I forgive her for the whole Liam thing…" Peter trails off as Lilah sighs smiling slightly going to knock on the bedroom door

"Let me in Carla" Lilah states sternly as Carla unlocks the door allowing Lilah in as Carla rolls her eyes going back to watching TV, Lilah swiping the remote off the bed covers and turning the TV off so she had Carla's attention

"I was watching that" Carla grumbles as Lilah sits up against the headboard with her

"Right, what's going on?"

"You know what's going on, flamin' Liam is what's going on"

"I gathered that…but I meant you and Peter, I'm guessing you told him"

"I did, and he forgave me-"

"But-"

"But I don't deserve to be forgiven, we're meant to be getting married in a matter of weeks then I go ruin it, all for what eh? All for Peter sticking his nose in mine and Liam's friendship, so what do I do? Sleep with him out of spite"

"That's one way of looking at it" Lilah pauses "Or you could look at it as saying that you two need to think about yourselves more as a couple, maybe go away for a bit, reconnect before you make a decision about your relationship and where you want to go with it"

"I guess we could, I just don't want him babying me because of my recovery, I just want to ignore all that and just spend time with him and him only if we do agree to get away"

"Tell him that, I'll stay if you want?"

"No…I need to do this on my own, no one else around ok?"

"It's fine but promise me you will put yourselves first yeah? Don't lie about how you feel and don't brush each other's feelings off, I'll deal with Liam"

"Thank you, I still haven't forgiven you from swiping those shares mind you" Carla says bringing her in for a hug as she sighs pulling away

"I wouldn't expect anything more to be honest with you, shall I send him in then?" Lilah questions as Carla sighs nodding stretching her arms

"How are you feeling after the whole being in hospital, sorry I forgot to ask"

"Yeah just tired, it was a bit of a shock for my body, I guess I'm lucky to be alive in a way, now go, send Peter in for me" Carla smiles gently as Lilah nods leaving the room, Peter appearing shortly after

"You wanted to see me?"

"I'm sorry for storming off earlier"

"It's alright, so why did you want to see me?" Peter questions shuffling up next to her, putting an arm around her shoulders as she sighs

"Look I'm going to apologise again for Liam, I guess I did it because I felt like you were babying me because of my recovery with the whole Underworld thing as I felt that I was capable of making my own decisions at that point in time, then you were suspicious of mine and his relationship which I felt was like the last straw"

"Ok…that's understandable I guess, I just wanted to make sure you didn't relapse sweetheart and that we wouldn't have to return you to hospital to get you better again because I didn't want that for you"

"I wanted a drink to forget everything just to be myself and I felt like Liam could do that for me, I felt like he could revert all the problems in my life so I could go back to who I was pre-psychosis, pre-Frank even, I wanted to feel like I wasn't tainted by all the horrible things that have happened in my life"

"Come here" Peter smiles tearfully allowing Carla to cry into his chest, his shirt damp with all her tears as she looks up at him, Peter pressing a gentle kiss to her lips, a kiss that spoke volumes about themselves as a couple, Carla pressing her tongue against the seam of his lips as he accepts it into his mouth, before the kiss came to a natural end

"That was nice... Lilah said we should try and get away together so we can just have some time out, the both of us"

"Yeah I mean I'm up for it if you are?"

"I think we should, we need a chance to enjoy each other's company and not tear chunks out of each other because of the stupidest things, I just don't know where though?"

"We could see if there's any last minute package deals on discount if you want to go abroad?"

"Yeah I mean, yeah alright, I'll have a look after we continue what we started" she smirks launching herself at Peter again her tongue massaging his preparing for a very long night of making up to do…