Peter had stayed off of work for a couple of days to make sure that Carla and the bump were both okay but once day three had arrived, Carla insisted that Peter went back to work. He was lucky that Joseph had given him as much time off as he had done already, and Carla was just beginning to get fed-up of Peter's constant caring nature, she knew that he meant well but it was about time that he went back to work now.

Peter arrived back at work, still stressed from everything that had happened with Tracy. "Morning Pete lad!" Joseph called in a jolly old voice. "Alright Joseph?" Peter replied with not so much happiness in his voice as Joseph had done.

"I'm alright pal, but you aren't you?!" Joseph asked as he approached Peter; he was becoming somewhat of a rock for Peter recently. A shoulder to cry on when things got tough.

"It's been a rough few days that's all….." Peter trailed-off, sitting down onto a bench and running his hands over his face in tiredness.

Joseph sighed. "Come-On then lad. Tell me all about it." He said, sitting down next to Peter and resting his out-stretched arm across the back of the bench behind Peter, who had his elbows rested against his knees and was leaned-over with his chin resting in his cupped hands.

"Well to cut a long story short, my Sister Tracy was staying with us, she had an argument with Carla and ended-up pushing Carla over…..And we had to go to AnE because Carla had some stomach pains…..But the baby is okay though….." Peter explained to Joseph.

"Oh Mate, these things happen…..But look the baby is okay…..And I'm guessing Carla is okay…..Is she?" Joseph double-checked with Peter.

"Yeah she's fine…..Just worn-out….." Peter trailed-off tiredly.

"Well there we go! So what are you stressing about then?! Ey?!" Joseph asked Peter, but it was a rhetorical question.

Peter quietly chuckled. "Yeah you're right, listen thanks boss!" Peter said as he stood-up to find Carla leant against the entrance to the builder's yard in a rather seductive pose, but that wasn't the effort that Carla had made, it was just Peter's wild imagination getting the better of him once-again!

"Oy Slacker!" Carla joked as Peter approached Carla.

"What are you doing here? You should be at home resting!" Peter told-Carla worriedly, but he was pleased to see her none-the-less. Peter gave Carla a short kiss on the lips before then cuddling up to her as he placed his hands around either-side of her waist.

"Peter stop panicking will ya? I'm fine; we just had a bit of a scare last-week that's all…..Besides, you forgot ya lunch this-morning didn't ya, you plonker!….." Carla told him sweetly as she placed Peter's lunch, which was in a small-bag, against Peter's chest, and he grabbed-hold of it, knowing that she would have dropped-it to the floor within the next three seconds if he hadn't of done.

"Well thank-you, you didn't have to do that you. Bring it all the way here." Peter told Carla gratefully, kissing her on the lips once-more.

"Hey it were no problem Baby. I love ya!" Carla replied to Peter in a fairly cute way as she rested her hands against Peter's chest and Peter chucked his lunch onto the bench nearby, the bench which he was previously sat-on, before placing his hands against either-side of Carla's waist.

"And I Love You Too, and this little-one down here." Peter gestured to Carla, gently placing one of his hands across her small-bump.

"Mmm that little-one especially darlin'!" Carla replied as she leaned-in towards Peter for a loving-kiss. Carla's hands explored Peter's shoulders as she lightly pushed him back against the fence whilst still continuing to kiss him. Buy just as the kiss was beginning to take a more passionate route, Joseph re-appeared.

"Oy Peter! Say goodbye to ya bird will ya?! We've got a call-out!" He called from a few-metres back.

"Oh Charming!" Carla replied sarcastically and Peter giggled at her.

"I'll see ya later Baby, go careful yeah?!" Peter warned Carla gently.

"I will do. And same to you too! Pop by yer Dad's on the way home ey? Try and sort things out a bit will ya?!" Carla suggested to Peter, knowing that he probably wouldn't do it, but it was worth a shot.

"No Way! I never want to see him again unless he accepts this baby and is happy for us!" Peter said angrily, but just Peter's Luck, his Father appeared.

"Then I should probably keep walking then….." Ken trailed-off, as Peter turned to face his Father.

"Peter Come-On! Hurry-Up Will Ya?!" Joseph called impatiently from the background.

"Dad what are you doing here?!" Peter asked-him frustratedley.

"Taking Eccles for a walk….." Ken stated the obvious, pointing down at the dog on a lead below-him.

"Well keep walking then! You've got no business being here!" Peter told his Father rather rudely.

"Peter stop-it!" Carla told Peter firmly. "It wasn't ya Dad who pushed-me was it?!" She tried to reason with him, but he was having none of it.

"Don't defend the man Carla! He doesn't want us to have this baby anyway!" Peter said angrily as Joseph re-appeared, but this time he actually approached the group of three and stood himself next to Peter.

"Listen to me Peter, it's either come with me NOW, or I'm docking ya a day's wages, you've done naff all today lad!" Joseph told Peter firmly but the builder had a soft-spot for the young-lad deep-down.

"Well right-now Joseph I couldn't care less what ya do!" Peter replied rudely, when Peter was angry there was no-stopping him sometimes.

"Watch-It Lad!" Joseph warned-him.

"Peter just go will ya?!" Carla told-him and the two men both disappeared off into the distance, much to Peter's reluctance, leaving Carla and Ken to chat alone.

"Listen Ken I'm sorry about all of this….." Carla apologised to her boyfriend's Father genuinely.

"Oh it's not your fault Carla, I just wish Peter would see sense…..I admit that maybe I over-reacted about the whole Baby thing…..But that's not because I don't want you to have-it Carla, I was just worried that's all, and so was Deirdre…..You and Peter, you're both still very young…..Are you even ready for having a Baby together?!" Ken questioned Carla seriously.

"To be honest with ya Ken I don't have a clue…..But being ready for a Baby and wanting a Baby are too completely different things, and I can tell-ya now that I know for sure that I want this Baby, and so does Peter…..So we'll be ready…..Even if it nearly kills-us we'll be ready Ken!" Carla told Ken fairly confidently and fairly convincingly.

"Right." Ken began to reply as he smiled warmly at Carla. "Well please try and get Peter to ring-me, or maybe even pop-around at some-point, I'd quite like him to know, that he can ask for my support, is he needs it, with this pregnancy, and the same goes for you Carla…..I messed-up my chance of parenting with Peter & Susan…..But I'd want to think that all is not lost with my Future Grand-Parenting Skills!" Ken told Carla, and she giggled happily before she then shot Ken a sympathetic smile.

"I'll chat to him Ken, and I'll see what I can do, but you know what Peter's like don't ya?! He's stubborn…..Oh so Stubborn! But I'll try my best….." Carla told Ken and he was grateful for her understanding of him. Maybe Carla wasn't as bad for Peter as Ken had first-thought?!

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