Right, I have a few thoughts of were this is going to go, but I'd really appreciate it if any of you could share you're ideas, and I'm beginning to lack motivation but I really want to keep this fic going as long as I can! And I feel awful, I haven't thanked you all for your lovely reviews, I'm glad you're still enjoying it
'Peter, I miss you, it's been a week now, you free tonight? x' Carla sent the text, hoping she'd get a reply soon. She couldn't help feel neglected by him, she just wanted to spend some time with him, love him.
She sighed, and stretched out her legs, leaning back into her office chair. Glancing at the clock she decided everyone could go on their break, including herself. Putting her phone in her cardigan pocket, she stood up and went to tell her workforce they could go.
She locked up, and headed over to Dev's. Scanning the shelves, she decided on an expensive bottle of red. Placing it on the counter she was greeted by Sunita.
'Heya love, just this?' Sunita asked.
'Packet of those too ta' Carla said pointing to the cigarettes behind her.
'Didn't know you smoked..?' Sunita questioned grabbing the packet and totalling up the bill.
'I don't, I just feel like some' she said, she'd never been addicted, but whenever she felt down or stressed, she found them some comfort, just like alcohol. God how she missed Liam, with the packet of cigarettes in her hand she remembered the pair of them, crouched down on the steps of some bar, sharing a fag in an intoxicated state.
As she was walking across the road back to the factory, she saw him. He was crossing the road, and she ran up to him as best she could in her heels.
'Peter, wait up' she said as he turned round.
'Hey..' he said as her face looked sombre.
'I've missed you.. I've wanted to see you' she said.
'I've missed you too, just been busy trying to get Si to talk to me..' he said.
Carla looked down. 'Oh, is it bad?' she asked.
Peter shrugged. 'He's beginning to understand I think, just it's hard for him' he said as she put her hand on his shoulder in a comforting manner.
'Are you free tonight?' she asked.
He looked down. 'I had no plans' he said.
'Come round, please Peter? I hate seeing you like this.. and I thought I was the reason you did what you did' she said.
'Yeah.. you're right, I'm sorry, I'll be round at 7ish okay? I want to see Si again, spend a bit of time with him' he said as she nodded.
'We need to talk.. work this out' she said.
'I meant what I said last week, we need to keep this under wraps for now.. until everything's settled down' he said.
'I know, I agree, I spoke to Lea yesterday' she said.
'Oh… how was she, she barely says a word to me' he says.
'She was.. sad' Carla said as his eyes narrowed with sadness.
'I hate what I've done to her, she doesn't deserve it' he said.
'No, no she didn't, it's my fault' Carla said.
Hearing the guilt in her voice he looked up. 'No, it isn't, what's happened has happened, and we can't look back, Carla, I made my choice, if it was anyone's fault it was mine, now you hold your chin up, for me' he said, resisting the urge to kiss her.
She could see the faintest hint of love in his eyes and nodded.
'I love you' she whispered.
'I love you too Car, and we'll get through this, we will' he said with a nod.