Thanks for all the reviews so far guys! Sorry if some of what I write in this chapter about pregnancies is not correct, I'm no expert!
Peter and Carla had soon arrived at the hospital in an ambulance and Carla and the baby were just being checked over by the Doctors and Nurses. Peter was stood alongside Carla, who was led on the bed; the pain had gone down a bit now ever since the Paramedics have given her a pain killing injection of some-kind. Carla had-had her wrist bandaged-up from where she had landed-on it harshly after Tracy had pushed her away.
"Is the baby alright?!" Carla asked worriedly, in floods of tears as Peter gripped onto Carla's good hand and gently rubbed her back soothingly with his spare arm as she sat-up and rested her head against Peter's chest.
"We'll soon find that out for you both Carla. You're not to worry okay?!" The Doctor explained to Carla before he walked out of the room.
"I'm not to worry?! What exactly does he think he means by that?! Of-Course I'm flippin' worried, this is our unborn baby we're talking about 'ere!" Carla told Peter frustratedley.
"I know it's horrible Carla, but the Doctor will be back soon and then we'll get to find out some answers okay?!" Peter asked Carla, trying to re-assure her but failing miserably.
"I don't want the answers SOON Peter I want them NOW!" Carla shouted, violently pushing Peter away from her.
"Oh come-on baby, don't be like that! I want the results as much as you do, but there's nothing we can do about it is there?!" Peter told Carla fairly firmly and Carla then began to soften a little.
"I know I'm sorry Baby…..Come-Here….." Carla said, holding her good-hand-out towards Peter so that he could take-it into his own hands once-again. "I love you." She whispered to him as the Doctor re-entered the room, and Peter placed a gentle kiss onto the top of Carla's head.
Carla was kept-in hospital that night and Peter slept in the chair next to her. When she awoke that morning, she leant-over and shook a sleeping Peter to wake him up. "Morning Baby." Carla whispered gently as Peter began to open his eyes and focus on the situation.
"Morning." Peter said croakily. "How are you feeling?" He asked her.
"I'm fine; I'm absolutely fine. I'm just worried about the baby in here that's all….." Carla trailed-off nervously, placing her hands over her stomach.
"Yeah me too Carla…..Me too….." Peter sighed tiredly.
The Doctor came through later that morning to visit Carla, Peter and the unborn Baby. "Good News! The baby was unharmed, any sudden trauma like that will cause you pain whilst you are pregnant, but most of the time it is nothing to worry about. You need to take-it easy with your wrist for a while, but it's just badly bruised, there is nothing broken in there, but as-long as you are okay, then you are free to go!" The Doctor told Carla happily before he then left the room.
"You heard that baby! Our little-one is gonna be just fine!" Peter said happily, gently rubbing his hand over Carla's stomach, which now had a small-bump to it.
"Yes it is! Look I'm sorry for shouting at you just now sweetheart. I was just worried about our baby, that's all….." Carla trailed-off as Peter stopped her in her tracks with a tender and loving-kiss.
"Don't worry about it darlin'…..I Love You. Come-On let's get the both of you home ey?" Peter suggested, referring to Carla and the bump inside of her.
Once they had gotten home together, Peter had insisted upon doing everything for Carla and refused to let her move from the sofa, which Carla hated every-minute-of, but she knew that Peter meant well so she went-along with it for his sake, for-now.
"Is it alright if 'Chelle pops over for a bit my darlin'?" Carla asked Peter sweetly.
"No, Carla you need to rest!" Peter told Carla, worried about her health since their recent hospital visit, it had to be said; it had shaken Peter up a little bit.
"I can rest with Michelle here, and besides, you've been doing everything since we got home, 'Chelle could help you out a bit with everything because you're an absolute babe!" Carla tried to persuade him, and Peter sighed, he had to admit that he fancied taking a break from all of the housework that Carla usually did.
"Oh fine then invite her over then!" Peter said with a sweet-smile and Carla smirked at him. "I Love You Baby!" Carla told Peter sarcastically and Peter rolled his eyes at Carla.
Carla text Michelle, and before both Carla and Peter even knew-it, Michelle was around at their house helping Peter out with making tea. "Peter you go and sit-down with Carla. I'll do this for ya." Michelle told Peter and Peter smiled at her gratefully. "Cheers Michelle, you've been great." Peter happily thanked his and Carla's close-friend. Peter went and sat next to Carla and rested his head against her shoulder, closing his eyes for a brief moment before he then opened them again. "You look shattered baby." Carla told Peter truthfully. "Yeah well hospital chairs aren't the most comfortable place to sleep…..Especially not when you're worried about your girlfriend and your unborn baby." Peter revealed to Carla as he placed his nearest hand onto Carla's small-bump. "Oh sweetheart I'm sorry. Ya should have squeezed into the hospital bed with me, it was well comfy!" Carla joked as there was a knock at the door.
Carla insisted on answering-it, much to Peter's annoyance. "I'm getting this one! I've been sat-down for long enough, and you're knackered! I'll get rid of them for ya. Okay Baby?!" Carla told Peter, and he had no choice but to nod and then just go-along with-it.
It was Ken, Deirdre and Tracy at the door, and Carla felt that she had to invite them-in, but she was worried that Peter was gonna kick-off when he saw Tracy again. He didn't have the best of tempers at the moment, neither of them did.
"What the hell do you want?!" Peter asked as his Father entered the room, who was then soon followed by Deirdre and Tracy. Peter looked at Tracy as he quickly rose to his feet in anger. "And what the heck is she doing here? I thought I told you to get-out?!" Peter said as his anger-levels rose.
"Carla, should I be going now then?!" Michelle asked her best-friend fairly calmly considering.
"No Michelle, please stay!" Carla said as she linked arms with her best-friend ever.
"Tracy told us what happened. We wanted to make-sure that you were both okay, and we brought Tracy here so that she could apologise….." Ken explained.
"Dad what are you on about? You couldn't care less about our baby?!" Peter told his Father frustratedley.
"Peter I'm so sorry!" Tracy cut-in before yet another argument started.
"Yeah well apology NOT accepted!" Peter huffed.
"Oh Peter don't be so immature! The Baby is okay isn't it?!" Deirdre told him firmly.
"Yeah it's fine Deirdre." Carla replied to Deirdre's Question.
"Yeah but that's no thanks to Tracy here!" Peter said, his anger growing more and more with every word that he spoke, and Carla was concerned that he was about to do something that he'd regret for the rest of his life.
"Peter what else can I say?!" Tracy pleaded with him, but it made no-difference whatsoever.
"There's nothing you can say to make-up for what you did Tracy! Infact why don't you just get-out?! You're not welcome here anymore! Go on all of ya! Just go will ya?!" Peter shouted. "And you Michelle. Just GO!" He yelled furiously and they all left in a hurry, leaving Carla to calm Peter down.
"Peter, what THE HECK was all of that about?!" Carla shouted at Peter.
"She could've hurt our unborn baby Carla!" Peter retaliated.
"Yes I know that! But the fact is, she didn't! Did she Peter? Look, I've forgiven and forgotten, now why can't you do the same?!" Carla tried to reason with Peter, fairly firmly because she had to be if she was ever going to make Peter see any sense into this.
Peter sighed as he fell back into the sofa and tilted his head backwards, looking-up towards the ceiling. "You're Right…..I'm Sorry…..She just gets on my nerves that's all…..She didn't mean that apology did she? She was just trying to get back into my Dad and Deirdre's good-books….." Peter trailed-off, as he tried to calm himself down a little-bit-more.
Carla went and sat-down next to Peter, cuddling up to him. "Peter look at me." She requested and he did so. "I love that you are so protective over-me and the Baby, but don't fall-out with ya family over-it. Trust-Me on this one Baby. Your Family may have had a rough-ride in the roller-coaster called your life, but at-least you still have a family supporting you remember?! Your Dad couldn't love you anymore, even if he tried too. Deirdre loves you as if she was your biological Mother. And as for Tracy, well yeah I know that she can be a flippin' pain in the backside sometimes, but she loves her older step-brother. She absolutely adores ya Peter, don't let that go to waste because of one…..Yes big…..But also resolved mistake that Tracy made?!" Carla tried to convince Peter and he sighed.
"What about Michelle?!" Peter asked, leaning forward and rubbing his hands over his face and then through his hair.
"Michelle will understand sweetheart. She doesn't hold grudges." Carla explained to Peter as he let out a big-yawn. Carla rubbed her nearest hand up and down Peter's back a few-times.
"Listen my darlin', you're over-stressed, you're worried about everything that has just happened in the past 24 Hours, and you're absolutely knackered, why don't you skip tea and have an early-night ey?! I'm sure our little-one in here can finish-off your tea for ya?!" Carla suggested to Peter as he looked-at Carla directly into the eyes.
"I'm Sorry!" Peter told her tearfully.
"Oh No come-on don't go apologising. Just go and get a good-night's sleep now. Okay sweetheart?! I'll be through in a minute. Alright baby?!" Carla told Peter, kissing him on the forehead before he then stood-up.
"Okay Then." Peter whispered before he then headed-into their bedroom and tried to get to sleep.
Carla sighed as she ate her tea alone before heading through to the bedroom to find Peter fast-asleep. She looked at him as she sat-down on the bed then leaned-across to gently stroke through Peter's short and spiky hair. "I Love You Baby." Carla whispered into a sleeping Peter's ear before she then got ready to go to sleep herself.