Sooo sorry I haven't updated but I'm back now, I hope you enjoy this chapter :) :P

Plan

Michelle walked into Roy's Rolls expecting to just pick up a coffee then leave again. She wasn't expecting Hayley to tell her that Carla was upstairs and had split up with Peter. Michelle didn't need telling why, she knew it was because of Peter and Tina, well, what did Carla expect, she had warned her, it wasn't her fault that Carla had decided to start an argument about it.

But Michelle couldn't deny the fact that she felt incredibly sorry for her best friend, well, ex-best friend, well, she didn't really know what her and Carla's relationship status was now, but it was probably something like 'Friends that aren't talking but will make up anyway because they always do'.

Michelle didn't have to think about Hayley's offer to go up and see Carla much, she had to talk to her, she had to make sure she was all right, well, as all right as she could be considering the circumstances. Carla had loved Peter, Michelle knew that much, Carla had truly believed that he was her soulmate, and they would be together forever, but then he had gone and ruined all that.

Carla was curled up on the sofa, cup of coffee in hand and no make up on, Michelle could tell that she wasn't coping the second she saw her.

"Hi." Michelle was sure her voice betrayed the uncertainty of her thoughts but if Carla had realised, she didn't show it. She didn't even acknowledge Michelle's presence, just sat there, staring at the blank wall.

"Say it then." Carla didn't look at Michelle as she talked, just kept her gaze firmly fixated on the opposite wall.

"Say what?" Michelle questioned softly, still standing at the door looking across at her broken friend.

"I told you so." Carla spoke in monotone, but Michelle could still hear the pain and emotion in her voice, Michelle could see that all Carla wanted to do was cry, or drink so much she couldn't remember her own name. Either way, Carla was hurting, and she had to help.

"I don't blame you, you know," Michelle replied as she walked across the room and sat down next to Carla, "You loved him, you thought I was just trying to split you up."

"But you weren't," Carla sighed, "You were telling the truth and I repaid you by being a total bitch and ruining our friendship."

Michelle wrapped her arms around Carla's shoulders. "You didn't ruin our friendship Carla, we just fell out, god knows we've done it enough times, but our friendship, well, we can tear eachother down and insult eachother as much as we like, but at the end of the day, we'll still be best mates, we always were and always will be."

"Not like my love life then." Carla replied bitterly. She had felt so relieved about what Michelle had just said but she couldn't risk showing any emotion, otherwise everything she had bottled up inside of her would come rushing out, and that would not be a good thing.

"Peter, what's happened, has she left? What-" Peter put the phone down. Tina wouldn't stop calling him but he just couldn't be bothered to talk to her, he couldn't. He knew that Tina had been falling for him, and he had thought he was falling for her, until Carla had found out and he realised exactly what Tina had been to him, nothing, absolutely nothing. But him to her, he wasn't sure how much Tina had fallen for him, and he didn't want to hurt her, she was a nice girl, and it wasn't just her fault.

Peter rushed to the door at the sound of the buzzer "Carla?" He asked through the intercom.

"No, It's Hayley, can I come up?" Peter sighed as he heard the reply, he had been wishing so hard that Carla would come home, but obviously she wasn't.

"Sorry Hayley but Carla isn't in at the moment." Peter apologised.

"I know, it's you I want to talk to." Hayley replied.

"Oh, okay then, come up." Peter spoke, opening the door for her.

Hayley wasn't totally sure why he had come to talk to Peter, she just felt so protective of Carla, if that was the right word. They had been through so much together, and Carla had been a rock to her during her diagnosis, and she felt the need to return the favour. She wasn't sure what speaking to Peter would actually do, but it was sure to do something.

"Hi Hayley, what did you want to talk about?" Peter asked.

"I think you know what I want to talk about." Hayley answered, looking Peter in the eye.

"Sorry. but you've lost me." Peter said, although it was obvious to Hayley that he knew, he just didn't want to admit it.

"Carla's at mine." Hayley revealed.

"Oh." Was all Peter could say as his eyes dropped to the floor.

"Why did you do it?" Hayley asked.

"I don't know," Peter answered truthfully,"I just don't know."

"No, there has to be a reason Peter, you don't decide to cheat for no reason, do you love her?" Hayley continued.

"What? Of course I do, she's my finacee, or was my finacee, or, I don't know, I just want her back here Hayley." Peter was close to tears at the thought of Carla never coming back, she had to come back, didn't she?

"Well, if you want her back, and I'm not saying she will come back to you, but if you really want her back, you've got to prove to her you love her. And that doesn't mean follow her everywhere and annoy her at every opportunity. It means be nice, let her go on other dates, but just be there for her, you've got to be there for her whatever happens." Hayley turned round to walk out the flat.

"Is she all right?" Hayley turned her head as Peter asked the question.

"She's all right, as she can be, but she's confused, she doesn't understand Peter." Hayley left the flat at this point, leaving a heart broken Peter staring at the door considering everything she had just said.

Michelle and Carla had been chatting away for ages, catching up on everything they had missed when they hadn't been talking, but Michelle had to go and do a shift at the pub.

"Michelle," Carla started, "When's Tina's next shift at the pub?" She questioned with a thoughtful expression on her face.

"She wont have one, by the time I've finished with her." Michelle replied with her mouth set in a grim line.

"No, you're not dealing with it yet, when's her next shift?" Carla questioned again.

"Tonight, why?" Michelle answered.

"Because I've got a little plan." Carla answered with a bitchy smile on her face.

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