"Mornin' love" Peter smiles as she rests her head on his chest gazing into his eyes as he places a hand on her stomach rubbing it gently, Carla smiling at the contact before tilting her head up seeing her wedding dress crumpled on the floor

"That was one of the best nights I have had in ages"

"Were you worried about telling me?" Peter questions as Carla nods slowly as he noticed some changes in her sleeping patterns over the last couple of weeks

"A bit that's why I was unsettled, I really didn't want to have to tell you as I wanted it to be a surprise for the wedding but now it's out in the open you can dote on your wife and unborn child as much as you want"

"So…are you ready to fly out?"

"I am, but we need to do something first that's all" Carla smirks as Peter raises an eyebrow not really knowing what was more important than setting off for their honeymoon

"And what might that be then?" Peter smiles as Carla giggles secretively grabbing her phone from the side as well as grinning checking her messages and seeing one from Lilah

MESSAGES: Lilah

10:30 LILAH: Still on for later? I have your appointment form with me so you don't need to worry x

10:45 CARLA: All set, just need to convince Peter that we'll have enough time between the hospital and catching the

flight

10:50 LILAH: Good luck I guess

"Come on we need to get ready" Carla grins sliding out of bed and heading to her holdall and grabbing some comfortable clothes leaving Peter to admire his wife and the child she was carrying inside of her from afar

Carla and Peter made their way out to meet Lilah in the car park of the hotel, Peter carrying both her holdall and his knowing she shouldn't be carrying anything heavy in her condition, he really didn't want to run any risks especially after last time. Lilah pulled her car up but upon pulling her car up she noticed a black Mercedes following her, she knew exactly who that was but she was determined to make this experience special for both Peter and Carla.

"Come on we need to get going" Lilah says as Carla and Peter hop into the back of her car as she drives off towards the private hospital she paid for Carla to have an appointment

"So where are we going, the airport is the other way?"

"To the hospital"

"What?" Peter questions worried that something was wrong with Carla or the baby for that matter

"Nothing's wrong it's just that I booked a private scan using Lilah's health insurance so we can have a look at the baby before we head out to the Maldives"

"Really?"

"Yes really you muppet, we are going to have a look at our baby, if that's alright with you?"

"Alright? Carla it's more than alright, it's amazing, thank you" Peter smiles leaning over to kiss her gently as she reciprocates his kiss, Carla running her tongue along the seam of his lips as he allows it into her mouth

"Do you mind? You can do that sort of PDA in the Maldives" Lilah groans as Carla rolls her eyes, Lilah parking into a space grabbing the hospital letter out of her bag and handing it to Carla

"Thanks for this Li I owe you one" Carla smiles as Lilah nods giving her a quick peck on the cheek

"Go have a look at your baby"

Carla and Peter walked up to the maternity ward, somewhat excited and somewhat nervous, Peter would be attending his first ever scan with Carla and he was anxious but he wanted to be there to support her and make sure her and the baby were alright, they were called in almost immediately with the hospital being a private one.

"Carla Connor?" a sonographer steps out and gestures them to go through, Carla going to lie on the bed as Peter holds her hand, Carla rolling her top up to her bust as Peter smiles at her knowing what to do

"This will be cold" the sonographer explains placing the gel onto Carla's lower abdomen as her skin flinches in reaction to the cold substance

"Is this your first baby?"

"Well…no but not my first scan, I've had one in the past…before I miscarried our daughter" Carla explains as the sonographer nods writing notes down on the piece of paper

"Well baby is looking really healthy from what I can see, nice regular heartbeat, let's have a listen"

"Thank god" Carla cries as Peter squeezes her hand as the thumps of the baby's heartbeat rings out through the room

"There are the legs, there's the head and there's the arms" the sonographer points out as Carla smiles

"Hi baby" Carla whispers as Peter smiles kissing her hand, he couldn't believe Carla was carrying his child, he wanted to protect her and the baby forever and made sure they didn't get hurt in anyway, he wanted Carla to take it easy and take time to look after herself

"I'll print you off a reel of pictures, if you want to book another appointment for your twenty week scan you can at the front desk" the sonographer smiles leaving the room to get the pictures and handing them to Carla and Peter as they smile glancing down to the series of black and white images before leaving the hospital to join Lilah in her car

"Let's have a look then" Lilah grins as Carla hands her one of the photo's to look at

"It looks like a bunch of black and white blobs, I have no idea how they can comprehend anything from it to be honest with ya, right let's get yous to the airport"

Carla and Peter got on the flight around 6pm as it was delayed by a couple of hours, this gave them some time to have some dinner before getting on the flight as well as giving Carla and Peter time to go through duty free, Carla buying numerous pairs of sunglasses and perfumes to pass the time but Peter didn't mind he wanted to spoil her rotten considering she was carrying his child, they had business class seats, Carla wanted these as she knew the chance of having screaming children on the flight was minimal.

"Finally we can just chill and get some rest" Carla smiles as Peter nods slowly, Carla getting the ultrasound pictures out of her handbag for them to look at

"What do you reckon it is?" Peter questions kissing her on the side of her head as she smiles tracing her finger around the profile of her baby

"I'm going with a boy, what about you?"

"I'm going with a boy as well but whatever it is I will be happy"

"Are we going to find out the gender at the next scan?" Carla questions leaning her head on Peter's shoulder as he smiles

"It's up to you, we can leave it a surprise if you want?"

"But shopping" she whines, pouting her lips as Peter rolls his eyes but still happy to find out what they're having anyway

"Like I said, it's your body your decision, I want to support you whatever way I can" he smiles as Carla looks up at him, leaning in to give him a kiss

"I don't want to steam roll over your opinion though, we don't have to decide just yet so let's just enjoy being expectant parents, if that's what you call them?" she frowns not really sure of what to call herself as Peter chuckles lightly at her confusion

"How do you reckon Michelle will cope with you being pregnant?" Peter grins giving Carla a poke as she rolls her eyes not really knowing how Michelle would cope with Carla being pregnant

"Well we're out in the Maldives for a month so by then I'll be like 15 weeks gone so I'll just wear tight fitting clothes if I'm showing to see if she guesses, it could be fun I guess"

"Hmm that's true, you're not even showing now so we'll see what happens shall we, let's get some rest, we have a long journey ahead"