Chapter 7

Carla awoke the next morning with a banging headache. It was a Friday and she should be in work but she decided to phone Sally and tell her that she wouldn't be in that morning. She went to get herself a glass of water and she then made her way back to bed. She was woken up by the sound of keys being thrown on the kitchen worktop. She opened her eyes and looked at the clock beside her. It read 10:49am. It was Tony. A few seconds later, she heard him turn the shower on and closing the bathroom door behind him. What was she going to do? Was she going to stay in bed and sleep this hangover off? Or was she going to get up and try and patch things up with Tony?


About ten minutes later, Carla decided to get up. She grabbed her silk dressing gown from her dressing table and made her way through from the bedroom. As she came from the bedroom, Tony was leaving the bathroom. He had a towel around his waist and he used another towel to dry himself off and to dry his hair. Carla stood In the doorway of the bedroom they shared and just looked at him as she leaned on the doorframe. By now, Tony had noticed that she was there. He was the first to speak…

"I thought you would have been in work…"

"I could say just the same to you…" Carla said looking at him.

"Yeah well… I needed to freshen up didn't I. What's your excuse?" He asked her as he made his way to the sofas.

"Nursing my hangover…" Carla said not moving from the spot.

"I'm glad I'm not the only one who's feeling a bit rough this morning then…" Tony said taking a seat on the sofa and drying his hair off.

Carla didn't say anything for a few seconds but in the end, she just came out with it.

"Why didn't you come home last night Tony?"

"Because I didn't fancy another argument." He answered her truthfully. "We've had plenty of them over the last few months to last us a life time haven't we."

Carla didn't have an answer for him because she knew he was telling the truth. She then decided instead of beating around the bush, just coming out with it…

"So… Is this it then?"

With this, Tony got up and started walking towards her.

"Well…" he said as he stood right in front of her, getting closer and closer to her so now their bodies were touching. "I don't want this to be it Carla. I love you too much to give you up that easily."

Carla gave him a small smile and she looked down to the floor.

"What about you Car? How do you feel?" Tony questioned her as he moved a strand of hair from her face and tucked it behind her ear.

She looked up towards him and she said, "Tony… I love you so much." She said getting a bit tearful. "But if we're going to make this work, we can't go on like this. Constant arguing."

"I know…" he said. "and I'm sorry. I haven't been the easiest person to live with these past few months."

"Nor have I…" Carla said with a small laugh. "and I'm sorry too." Carla said giving him a small smile.

Tony wondered if it was the right time to tell Carla about Erica. If they were going to patch things up and start with a clean slate he really should tell her, but he couldn't. Carla had thought the same thing after her encounter with Peter last night. Should she tell Tony? She wanted to and to forget about Peter and move on but she couldn't. She knew that if she told Tony about what happened with Peter last night he would be heartbroken and that would be it with their relationship. Carla knew that in Tony had a problem with Peter all because of his past with Carla. Carla telling Tony about Peter and hers' kiss would only lead to Tony most probably trying to kill Peter!

With this, Tony leaned in and kissed Carla on the lips. He then pulled back and looked into her eyes before asking, "So… Are we ok now then?"

She didn't answer him for a few seconds, she just smiled at him and put one hand around his neck before saying, "I guess we are." And she then tilted her head upwards so she could kiss him fully on the mouth. As their kiss got more passionate, Tony's hands moved around her waist and down to her bum. As their kiss came to an end, both of them stood there for a few seconds looking into each others' eyes like a couple of love struck teenagers.

"Take me to bed Tony…" Carla whispered.

"Are you sure…" Tony asked her as he pecked her on the lips, not wanting to push his luck as they hadn't really had sex for a couple of weeks.

"One hundred percent." Carla said as she kissed him again. A part of her did feel guilty about what had happened last night but part of her didn't, even though she knew that it was wrong. She loved Tony though and she wanted to make things right with Tony.


After their passionate encounter, both Carla and Tony had fallen asleep. Tony was the first to wake up though and the clock ready 13:10pm. They hadn't been asleep for long. Tony decided to get up and make his way over to the factory for the afternoon. He didn't want to wake Carla. He got up as quiet as possible and he managed to untangle himself from Carla without waking her. He closed he bedroom door as quiet as possible and make his way towards the bathroom as quiet as possible. He put his boxers, trousers, socks and shoes on and he then made his way back to the living room to get his shirt and his phone. As he looked at his phone, he noticed that he had a new message. He didn't know who is was from at first because the number wasn't saved into his phone. After reading it, it finally clicked who it was from. It was from Erica. The message read, "How are you feeling this morning gorgeous? ;-) Really enjoyed last night :-P Hope we can do it again soon Xxxxxx"

He deleted her text straight away without replying to it. How did she get his number? As he deleted the text message, he hadn't noticed that Carla was standing in the doorway again admiring him.

"You know what," she said making her way towards Tony. "I could look at that body all day." Carla said making a comment about Tony's very nice looking body for a 41 year old man.

"I could say the same thing about you Mrs Connor." He said putting his phone into his pocket, grabbing her by the hips and pulling her so the is now standing in between his legs whilst he's sat on the back of the sofa.

"Erm.. Except for the part that I'm only 34." Carla said with a small laugh.

"You know what I mean babe." Tony said kissing her on the lips. As their kiss came to an end, he said "Look, I'm going to head into the factory this afternoon."

"I'll come with you then…" Carla said.

"You don't have to Car, you could stay here and have a lazy day."

"I've had a lazy day this morning thank you." Carla said laughing "But on a serious note, I think I should come with you. I've got stuff I need to do." Carla said pecking him and making her way to the bedroom to get herself dressed.

"Don't go without me!," Carla shouted as she closed the bedroom door behind her…"


Around 2:00pm, Carla and changed, done her hair and her make up. She was making her way down Coronation Street towards the factory hand in hand with Tony. As they walked down the street, Peter came from the corner shop. Peter really wanted to cross the road without saying anything to Carla and Tony. Mainly because he didn't want to look at Tony. He decided not to though. He was going to be the bigger person in this situation. He passed them and as the was about to pass them, he said "Alright?" With a smile looking at Tony then Carla. "Hi." Carla said back with a small smile.

Tony's reaction was just to say "Peter." And giving him a small nod. This was an indication that they weren't friends, not by a long shot. They were purely just being civil for Carla's sake as Carla didn't want any arguments between them.

As Tony and Carla made their way up the stairs and into the factory, Tony entered first and Carla lingered at the door. As she lingered at the door, she watched Peter made his way towards number one, hoping that he would look at her before he went into number one. Unfortunately for Carla, he didn't look back and she did feel disappointed but she didn't know why. Why did she feel like this?