A week later and things were kind of settling down for Carla and Peter, it had to be said, Peter was refusing to talk to his Dad…..And Carla was trying to encourage him to, but she had to admit that they had both been a lot happier with the whole pregnancy thing without Ken and Deirdre's negative influence on the decision to have a baby together…..

Peter had spent a couple of days off of work, after the initial shock of the pregnancy had faded, but he was back at work now, meaning that Carla was left to have some quality time alone. She wandered over to a picture of Peter's Mother and smiled slightly at it as she picked-up the frame. Peter was certainly his Father's Son, so to speak, but he looked so much like his Mother…..

Just as Carla was about to settle-herself down onto the sofa…..There was a knock at the door…..

At work, Peter was on his break when his Boss, Joseph came and sat with him. Joseph, unlike Peter, had the looks and the build of the stereo-typical-builder. He was big, and he was terrifying to look-at with his long, and dark-brown beard, but he had a heart of gold, and everyone knew-that. It was safe to say that Peter's mind had been elsewhere this morning, he hadn't liked leaving Carla home-alone before the pregnancy, but now she was actually pregnant, his thoughts were in one place, and one place-only.

"Are you alright lad?!" Joseph, the 45 Year-Old Builder, asked in his gruff and Northern sounding Builders accent.

"Yeah I'm fine….." Peter trailed-off quietly.

"Are you sure?! Because this has been an awfully long tea-break…..And have you seen the state of that builder's yard? You can do a better job of your patch and I know ya can….." Joseph told the nervous-looking Peter, and it was at that point that Peter knew that he couldn't hide-it anymore.

"I just wanna know that Carla is okay that's all….." Peter trailed-off truthfully.

"Carla? That's yer bird right?! She's pregnant isn't she?!" Joseph double-checked with Peter.

"She's my girlfriend yeah….." Peter corrected him. "And I'm worried about her….."

"And why are you worried about her then lad?!" Joseph asked.

"Uhhh…..Because she's pregnant….." Peter told-him as if it was obvious.

"Is that all you're worried about?! Oh Peter me son…..She'll be fine…..You've known she's pregnant for how long?! What?! A week?! Now is not the time to be worrying about-her young-lad. The time to be worried is when you're stood holding her hand in the hospital…..That's if she even gets to the hospital….." Joseph trailed-off, and Peter knew that he meant well, but man did he have a habit of digging himself into those really awkward holes…..

"Joseph, listen, thanks mate, but, right-now, all I want to do is to go home and see my pregnant girlfriend…..I don't need to hear all the gory details about child-birth until around 9 Months' time mate….." Peter told his Boos firmly, but in a gentle and slightly more polite-way than he could have done. Peter had enough respect for Joseph to not get frustrated with his constant-hole-digging…..

"Alright me laddy…..If that's what you want, then that's alright with me…..And I'll still give ya full days' worth of pay…..But trust-me Peter son…..Carla, will be just fine…..You'll soon see that….." Joseph tried to re-assure Peter, and Peter nodded at him in response before he then grabbed his bag and the rest of his stuff, before he then set-off back-home.

When Peter eventually arrived back-at-home at around 3pm, there was an unexpected visitor at the house with Carla. "Hiya Love….." Peter called as he walked-through to the living-room. "Oh Hiya Tracy…..What are you doing here?!" Peter asked. "I'll explain in a minute….." Tracy replied as Carla stood-up to greet her boyfriend. "Hello Baby. You're home early aren't you?!" Carla asked Peter softly as she gently moved her hands-up to his head and softly played with the ends of Peter's short-hair. "Yeah…..Well I needed to make sure that you were okay didn't I?! And My Boss, Joseph, let me go home early, so I thought I'd make the most of the opportunity." Peter explained to Carla sweetly. "Oh Baby, ya didn't need to worry about-me, I've been fine, and then Tracy arrived here about an hour ago, so we've just been chatting…..Haven't we Trace?!" Carla said to both Peter and Tracy, but Peter sensed that the pair of them hadn't just been chatting…..

Peter kissed Carla on the lips quickly before he then walked-over to Tracy, sitting closely next to her on the sofa, hugging her, before he then decided to interrogate her reasons for being here. "So then Trace, what are you really doing here then?! Because I somehow doubt that you just came-over to just chat to Carla….." Peter asked his younger-half-sister suspiciously. "I came-over because I'd had enough of Mum and Dad's constant moaning to me about you…..I mean…..I'm happy that you two are deciding to have a Baby together…..You deserve to be happy Peter, and you Carla, especially after everything that you two have been through together….." Tracy revealed to them both truthfully as Carla sat herself-down on the other-side of Peter to Tracy.

Peter sighed. "Well thanks Trace…..But Deirdre and Dad shouldn't be bringing you into this…..If they've got a problem then they can say it my face, not to each-other and you….." He told his Sister, grateful for her support, but angry at his Father and Deirdre all the same. "Do your parents know that you're here Tracy?!" Carla asked Tracy, knowing that Ken and Deirdre would be worried about her if they didn't, despite the constant fall-out between all of them. "Not exactly, I just told them that I was going-out…..And then I ended-up here….." Tracy replied to Carla.

"Right well I'll text Deirdre then….." Carla trailed-off as she pulled-out her phone.

"NO! Carla! Please don't do that?!" Tracy pleaded with Carla desperately, but Carla continued. "Oh Peter just tell-her will you?!….." She continued, but Peter just told Carla to carry-on texting Deirdre.

"Listen Tracy, this doesn't mean that you have to go home…..You can stay here for the night ya know love?!" Carla told Tracy, which earned-her a subtle glare from Peter, which Tracy didn't notice, luckily, but Carla did.

"Oh would that be alright with both of you?! Just for tonight?!" Tracy asked them both. "Yeah that's fine….." Carla replied. "Awww YAY! Thanks Guys! Now where's your spare-room then?!" Tracy said, as she wandered-off to find the spare-room by herself.

"What did you tell-her that for?!" Peter asked and Carla just laughed at her boyfriend.

"Ohhh someone has no heart!" Carla teased-him, but Peter was serious.

"No Seriously Babe, she get son my nerves! And you're pregnant, you don't need the extra hassle!" Peter said in a bit of a fluster-now.

"Oh Peter calm-down will ya?! And what extra-hassle?! She's here for ONE Night?!" Carla continued to joke with Peter, but he was having none of it.

Peter folded-his-arm in a mini-strop and sighed-loudly so that Carla could obviously hear-it.

"Oh Come-On Baby! Cheer-Up!" Carla giggled, pulling Peter-in for a kiss. "You know you love-me really….." Carla trailed-off seductively, moving her lips closer and closer towards Peter's until he leaned-in to meet his lips with hers, but she stopped-him from kissing her again and shook her head. "Nah. Ah. Not until you agree to having Tracy here." She teased-him, and Peter grumbled. "Oh You're Just Mean!" Peter replied stroppily. "Ohhh well someone sounds like a 5 Year-Old This Afternoon?!" Carla continued to tease Peter as he tried to surprise her with an off-guard kiss, but it didn't work, and Carla refused him a kiss once-again. There was an awkward silence between the pair of them whilst Peter thought about his options, and Carla tried to stop herself from giggling at Peter's moody face, before eventually, Peter came-out with….."OH FINE THEN. She can stay here!" And Carla clapped with happiness and then giggled in a jolly-way before grabbing Peter by the shirt and practically yanking him towards her for a passionate-kiss.

This kiss eventually led to the buttons of Peter's shirt being un-done by Carla as he lay back on the sofa with Carla on-top of him, obviously they had to be careful not to go-over the top, what with Carla being pregnant, and with Tracy being-around the place…..But they did enjoy each-others kisses for a decent-amount of time…..

Tracy walked back into the living-room whilst Peter and Carla were mid-kiss. "Ugh!" She said, disgusted by seeing her brother now shirtless. "Look I'm grateful that you are letting-me stay here for the night, I really-am…..But do you have to do...Well…..That…..Whilst I'm here?! And Peter, but your shirt back-on will ya?!" Tracy told-them both, firmly and Peter rolled-off the sofa, leaving Carla there to lie-down by herself as he hurriedly shoved his shirt back-over his shoulders and then quickly did the buttons-up. "Yeah sorry about that Trace….." Peter apologised as Carla laughed into the nearest cushion at Peter's attempt to sound sincerely sorry for being caught having some intimate time with his pregnant girlfriend…..