Carla woke up with a huge smile on her face on Sunday morning, last night had gone so perfectly and it had put her in an extremely good mood. She couldn't believe that she had been so nervous before hand and she was glad that her and Peter were able to get on so well. She grinned even more when she'd gone into the living room and saw the toy Peter had won for her the night before. She hadn't actually taken it to bed with her in the end because she felt as if it would probably be a little bit weird. Carla had just made her self a cup of black coffee and toast when Michelle rang her buzzer.
"Hi Chelle" Carla answered knowing it was her straight away. She let Michelle into the building and opened the door for her.
"Hiya so how did bowling go last night then?" Michelle asked when she walked into Carla's flat.
"Don't sit down or anything" Carla laughed surprised at her friends eagerness
"I'm just curious to find out how it all went that's all" Michelle said sitting down on Carla's sofa and kicking off her shoes.
"It went great actually, I mean I lost both games but that's hardly surprising is it?" Carla said munching on toast and sitting down on her sofa.
"Did Simon have a good time?" Michelle asked, Carla nodded with her mouth full "I saw Amy earlier and she said Tracy didn't take her in the end"
"No she didn't something about a migraine, It actually ended up being just me, Peter and Simon because Kal ended up taking Leanne home because she was sick" Carla said, Michelle smirked
"Oh that must have been nice for you" she said in a how convenient sort of way
"What are you trying to say eh? That it were all planned or summat?" Carla asked, Michelle laughed and shook her head
"I'm not saying that at all, all I'm saying is that it must have been nice for it to ave been just you three that's all."
"Well it was as a matter of fact, we had a right laugh" Carla smiled contentedly and Michelle watched her for a moment. She could tell her friend was in an extremely good mood and that she had genuinely had had a a good time.
"Look at you, you're grinning like a little teenager who's been on their first date" Michelle said, Carla rolled her eyes at her
"No I'm not" Carla said but she was unable to hide her grin "I just had a great time that's all, it were almost like we were a little family again you know" Michelle was then distracted by the little yellow toy sitting on Carla's coffee table.
"Where did that come from?" she asked pointing at it, Carla reached over for it and held it tight.
"Ahhh this is Peter" She said smiling again "he won it for me in the arcade last night" Michelle scoffed
"He won it for ya? Blimey you two are like a pair teenagers aren't ya" She took the toy off of Carla and laughed at it. Carla picked up her phone and got a picture up on screen.
"Ave a look at this" She showed Michelle the photo she'd taken last night of Peter and the minions in the back seat of her car, Michelle laughed and shook her head at Carla "Honestly Chelle I don't know why I was so nervous, me and Peter are gonna be fine."
"Good" Michelle said to Carla, "and I'm really glad that you lot had such a great time last night, Amy was gutted that she didn't get to go in the end, I think she actually likes Simon a lot more than she lets on."
"Oh I'll tell him that when I see him shall I?" Carla laughed as she glanced over at the present she had wrapped for Simon yesterday "I gotta go over tomorrow and drop his present off as I forgot it last night" She said finishing off her toast
"Oh yeah I bet you did that on purpose just so you could see Peter again" Michelle joked, Carla sighed
"First of all I wouldn't have forgotten it, if you hadn't of got me all riled up and nervous and second of all Peter's not exactly gonna be sat round Leanne's is he?"
"He might be, It's Simon's birthday ya never know" Michelle said smartly Carla thought for a moment
"Well even if he is, I'm only gonna drop of the present and then go, I've got a million things to do this week." she said, she hadn't really thought about when she would see Peter next but it was certainly something she was looking forward to.
"So you all set for L.A next week?" Michelle asked because she knew Carla had a holiday booked in a week's time. Carla nodded at her
"Yep, You sure I can't persuade you to join me?" She asked Michelle shook her head sadly
"No, I couldn't leave Steve for that long" Michelle said in a lovesick sort of way.
"Well you don't have to come for the whole three weeks, you could just come for the first week?" Carla suggested but Michelle shook her head again
"I can't I've got a few parties that still need sorting, maybe next time eh" Michelle said apologetically,
"I dunno, I barley see ya now you've got this fancy new business, It's like you don't ave time for your mates anymore." Carla joked getting up and taking her plate to the kitchen.
"Hey I'm only trying to be as successful as you, Miss business woman of the year" Michelle called after her and she threw the minion toy at her
"Oi" Carla cried picking it up "Don't throw Peter" She said laughing and making her way back to the sofa. "D'ya wanna go out later?" She asked Michelle "You're not working tonight are ya?"
"Nope" Michelle said shaking her head "Where d'ya wanna go?" Carla shrugged and thought for a moment
"Cinema?" Michelle nodded at her enthusiastically and said
"Yeah actually, there's this film I've been dying to see will ya come with me?"
"That depends, what's it about?" Carla asked suspiciously
"Well it's about a serial killer but"
"No" Carla said cutting Michelle off, Carla had detested horror movies since she was a kid, it was one of the few things that she was actually afraid of and She thought Michelle would have remembered that. She'd always put on a brave face whenever she was round the Connors and they would all put on a scary film to watch, She would try pretend that she wasn't petrified but Michelle and her brothers soon caught on. It hadn't got much worse as she got older especially after the horrible things she had been through. The only time she'd ever mildly enjoyed watching a horror film was when Peter had dragged her to see one at the cinema and he'd put a strong arm around her, insisted she was safe and that he would look after her forever.
"Oh come on Carla, I looked it up it's not gory or anything, it's more of a thriller and it's got a really hot guy in it" Michelle said knowing Carla would be more likely to watch it if there at least some eye candy.
"Fine" Carla said giving in because she and Michelle didn't get a lot of time to do stuff together anymore "But you're buying the popcorn and the drinks after"
"Deal… I'll book the tickets now" Michelle said triumphantly and she got her phone out to go onto the cinema's website.
Carla looked down the toy she was still holding and her thoughts were quickly drawn back to Peter. She wondered just how long he would be staying at his Dad's for and suddenly she began to feel anxious that Peter might be going back to Portsmouth whilst she was in Los Angeles. Carla bit her bottom lip, the fact that after only spending one night with Peter and that she was already concerned about missing him, scared her more than anything that she could see in the cinema tonight. Michelle who had booked the tickets had been watching Carla as she was deep in thought asked
"What you thinking about Carla?"
"Nothing" Carla said shaking her head and she got up "Why don't we make a day of it and go shopping first?" She suggested, Michelle nodded at her
"Yeah that sounds good." She said although she wasn't convinced that Carla was thinking about nothing.
After a amusing day and night out with Michelle, Carla was still in a very good mood on Monday morning, it was a reasonably warm day from the very start, so when she had woken up Carla had got dressed in a black t-shirt dress that stopped above her knees. She had two meetings throughout the day that were both rather successful, if she didn't include Sally poking her nose in every so often that is.
As it came to five o clock and the factory workers were getting their stuff together to go home, Carla was also getting ready, to go and see Simon. She picked up his present and card and locked up her office. Carla was sure he would just be at home with Leanne and decided that she could just drop her gift off to Simon and then go home for an early night as she had more business meetings tomorrow.
When she got to Leanne's there was no answer so she turned back on herself and decided to see if they were at Ken's instead. She knocked on the door to Number One Coronation Street with her free hand, holding the present that she had bought Simon in the other.
When the door opened it was Ken he smiled at Carla welcomingly
"Hello Carla"
"Hiya Ken I was just wondering if Simon were here, only I wanted to give him this"
"Yes he is come in Carla" Carla made her way into the back room to see Peter, Simon, Ken and Tracy sat at the table as if they were waiting to eat. Simon's face lit up when he saw Carla
"Happy Birthday Si" She said handing him the square shaped box and card as Ken sat back down. Peter who had been reading the paper, looked up at the sound of Carla's voice and just winked at her. She grinned back at him without saying anything either.
"Thanks Carla" Simon said, There was a spare seat in between Simon and Tracy, Ken got up and pulled it out
"Here sit here Carla" he said, Carla glanced around the room
"I'm not Interrupting something am I?" She asked,
"Oh no we are just about to have dinner that's all, but you should join us" Tracy said grinning, Carla couldn't work out if Tracy was being serious or not and shook her head.
"Well I just wanted to drop this off for Simon" She said pointing at the present, It was Ken who shook his head this time
"Tracy's right, you should join us, we insist don't we Peter" Ken said, Peter shrugged not looking up from the paper
"I suppose so" He joked as if he didn't want Carla there, She knew he was messing around but Tracy didn't.
"Peter" She exclaimed "Carla's been a real friend to Simon, She should be here for his birthday."
"I'm kidding Tracy calm down" Peter said shocked that Tracy would come to Carla's defence so quickly, He closed his paper and looked at Carla who smirked.
"It's okay, She's not an impostor, Since she saved me life in that bus crash we've sort of called a truce" Carla said to him sitting down next to Simon
"Wait, She saved your life?" Peter said "Blimey I ave missed a lot since I've been gone" Ken got up and went into the kitchen as Simon opened the card that Carla had gave him
"Wow thanks Carla" he said stunned, Peter looked at him and he was holding two twenties and one ten pound note
"Carla you really didn't have to" Peter said to her as Simon reached over and hugged her, She hugged him back lovingly and shook her head at Peter
"Awwww of course I did. Now don't spend it all at once will ya" She said pushing the present towards him excitedly "Open this next" she smiled, Simon ripped the wrapping paper off in one swift motion. Peter and Tracy watched to see what Carla had bought Simon, she had bought him an electronic version of Monopoly.
"This is so cool" Simon said he held it up to show everyone in the room.
"What is it exactly?" Tracy asked
"It's the electronic monopoly" Simon said turning the box over and reading the back of it.
"Me and Si have been playing the original monopoly and I saw this one down the shops and I just had to get it. It's got little credit cards so you don't have to faf around with all that money" Carla said, Simon smirked
"I guess that means you can't cheat anymore then Dad" Everyone at the table started laughing expect for Peter who pretended to look shocked
"Me cheat? What you on about?" He said but he now was grinning in a guilty fashion
"Come on Dad, every time you're the banker you always seem to have unlimited amounts of money" Simon said
"I can't help it if I'm just really good at monopoly can I?" Peter said shrugging, Simon laughed again and just shook his head at his Dad.
"Eh we'll see how good he with this electronic one later on Simon" Carla said, as Ken came out the kitchen to see what was going on, Simon showed him the game and the money that Carla gave him
"Wow Simon, You're a lucky boy, I hope you said a big thank you to Carla" Ken said,
"Oh he did" Peter said remembering his son and Carla's embrace.
"So you are staying for dinner then Carla?" Ken asked and before Carla could reply for herself Peter and Simon did it for her
"Yes" they both said in unison
"I guess I am" Carla nodded, She hadn't planned on hanging around the Barlow's, She thought she'd just be in and then out again but she was flattered that they wanted her included in their family meal. Tracy got up and went into the kitchen to help her Dad serve the food.
"So where's your Mum Simon?" Carla asked wondering why Leanne wasn't at home when she had knocked.
"She's working" Simon said "She felt better yesterday morning though so her and Kal took me down to Blackpool, it were well fun" He said,
"What can I get you to drink Carla?" Ken called from the kitchen,
"Erm…" Carla thought about asking him for some water but decided she didn't want Peter to think she was doing it just because that's what he was sat there drinking, Peter read her mind and said
"She'll have a glass of red Dad" Ken nodded and went to pour Carla's drink, She smiled at Peter and then looked at Simon
"So what else did you get for your birthday then Si?" Carla asked, Simon who had opened the Monopoly box and was fiddling around with the card machine stopped and said
"Well me Dad got me a new bike, it's out back, it's dead good cause I can ride it to school and me Mum got me this" and he proudly pulled out an iPhone from his pocket.
"Wow" Carla said admiring it, She knew Simon had been fed up of his old phone and had desperately wanted an iPhone for ages, Simon handed it to her grinning
"Put your number in then" he said Peter narrowed his eyebrows as Tracy started bringing over hot dishes to the table
"Check him out getting Carla's digits." Peter said, Tracy laughed as she placed a dish on the table, Carla looked at it and guessed it was a Shepherd's pie as Ken put a glass of wine down for her.
"Thanks Ken" she said smiling, typing her number into Simon's phone "I'll put me home number and the factory in there too, just in case" She said
"Cool" Simon said
"What do you need Carla's number for anyway?" Peter asked
"Duhhhh so I can text her of course" Simon said as Carla handed his phone back to him
"Don't worry Si your Dad's just upset because your phone is better than his." She said, Simon and Tracy laughed
"Yep you got me" Peter nodded enjoying how much Carla still fitted in with the family "Eh Si, What do ya get if you cross an iPhone with a fridge?" Peter said grinning, Tracy and Carla both rolled their eyes.
"Uh oh he's making jokes now" Tracy said rolling her eyes with second hand embarrassment, Simon shrugged at his Dad
"I don't know. What do you get?"
"Cool music" Peter said chuckling, Simon and Carla both shook their heads although Carla looked a little amused which made Peter smile even more
"That was not funny Dad" Simon said,
"Oh come on it was a bit funny" Peter said he then looked at his phone on the table, "I do need a new phone though maybe I'll get an iPhone." he said, Carla smirked at him
"Yeah like you'd be able to work it" She joked, Simon laughed again, Peter had to laugh as well as he always hated getting new technology and learning how to work it.
"Very funny" he said to Carla as Simon typed away on his phone
"She's right Peter you are rubbish with anything like that" Tracy said grinning as Peter continued to stare fondly at Carla
"I can't wait to get to school tomorrow and show everyone me new phone" Simon said, Peter's who was still looking at Carla smirked and then looked at Simon
"Eh Si, what was that girls name again?" he said
"Ohhh what girl?" Tracy asked intrigued, Ken looked intrigued also
"Yeah which girl?" Simon asked although he knew exactly who his dad was talking about.
"The one we saw on Saturday night" Peter said, Simon rolled his eyes at his Dad's blatant attempt to embarrass him.
"Santana" he said casually not trying to make it too obvious that he liked her.
"So, who is this Santana then?" Tracy asked
"She's just a mate from school that's all" Simon said casually not letting his Dad wind him up.
"We ran into her at the bowling alley and she even gave our Si a birthday hug" Peter said smiling "So are you gonna get her number then?" Simon shrugged at him
"How do you know I don't already have it?" he said smugly, Tracy and Carla both laughed
"I really hope you haven't inherited your Dad's ways with women Simon" Tracy said sipping her glass of wine
"Now come on Tracy, I think Simon is too young to be worrying about girls, isn't he Peter" Ken said and Peter nodded
"Yes I've already told him that Dad and anyways if our Si says she's just a friend we should believe him... Even if he does blush when ever she's mentioned." he teased nudging Simon, who then got up to put the Card and money from Carla away in his bag. Carla who had been watching Peter reached over and poked him
"Stop that"
"What?' He smirked, as she shook her head at him
"You know what" Carla smiled "teasing Simon about Santana" Simon overheard her and came back over to sit down again.
"It's okay, He's just jealous because I could probably get more girls numbers in one day then he has in his phone all together" He said, the room erupted with laughter as Simon poked his tongue out at his Dad
"Eh I'll have you know I've got plenty of girls numbers thank you Simon" Peter boasted, Carla raised en eyebrow at him
"Yeah but Tracy and Leanne don't actually count as girls numbers Peter" she said smirking,
"Well I've got your number haven't I?" Peter said grinning again, Carla silently laughed as Tracy said
"Yeah I'm not sure that counts either Peter" She laughed as Ken set down a bowl of vegetables onto the table.
"Right Dinner is ready." He said smiling proudly. Peter and Tracy shot each other a look that said here goes. Their Dad's cooking could very questionable at times, Carla spotted this exchanged and grinned
"It looks lovely Ken" she said smiling at Ken kindly as she was used to pretending to like what ever she had been cooked at the Barlow's.
Overall dinner had turned out quite well, the potato on the Shepherd's pie had been slightly lumpy but it wasn't too bad and Carla had definitely had worse, so she ate it all politely. The conversation at the table was lively as Simon told everyone about a fight he had witnessed at school and Tracy talked about an argument she's seen at Frescos that afternoon. Every so often Carla and Peter would catch each other's eyes and exchange smiles.
After dinner Peter brought out a chocolate cake with twelve candles on it and they all sang Happy Birthday to Simon. He took one huge breath and before he blew all of the candles. He smirked looking at Peter and then at Carla, he closed his eyes and blew out all his candles in one go. They all cheered and Ken handed out a slice of cake to everyone. When she had eaten the cake which was miles better than the Shepherd's pie, Carla got up from her chair with her plate in hand
"I'll take this into the kitchen" She said but Peter got up instead
"Oh no you won't, you're a guest" he took her plate off of her, She sat back down next to Tracy
"Thanks" She said as Peter took her plate into the kitchen. After a few moments Tracy nudged Carla
"Eh remember the last time you came round for dinner" She said quietly Carla thought for a moment and then realised what Tracy was referring to
"Oh god yeah the trifle" Carla said because the last time she'd been round for dinner Deirdre had got so worked up that she ended up throwing the trifle across the room and at the wall.
"I'm sure there's still Jelly on the wall" Tracy said reminiscing bitter sweetly. "It feels like it were forever ago but it weren't even a year" She said with a tear in her eye. Carla rubbed Tracy's arm sympathetically and gave her a supportive smile. She still couldn't help but feel weird every time her and Tracy had a pleasant exchange. Tracy sniffed tearfully and got up from her chair and said she was going to the toilet but Carla thought she was going to have a little moment to herself. She watched Simon as he was still on his new phone
"So ave you christened your new IPhone then Simon?" Carla asked, Simon looked at her
"What do you mean?"
"Well ave ya taken your first selfie yet?" she asked him, Simon shook his head
"No! Selfies are for girls" he said
"Rubbish" Carla said holding out her hand "give it ere" she said, Simon grinned at her and handed her the phone, She opened the camera app and held it up in front of them
"Come on Dad" Simon said as Peter got back to the table, he leant in for the picture and held two fingers up behind Carla's head. He grinned as She went to press the shutter
"Say Cheese!" she said and then took the photo she handed back the phone to Simon who got the picture up on screen to see it. Carla and Peter both leant in to take a look
"Oh how very mature of you Peter" Carla complained upon seeing the bunny ears he had given her, Simon laughed along with his Dad "That would have been a great photo if you hadn't of done that" Carla said her arm going past Simon, as he opened the camera app and giving Peter a little shove
"Sorry I just couldn't help it" he laughed
"Let's take another one" Simon said holding his phone up this time, Carla leant back in so she was in the frame for the picture, She turned her head and narrowed her eyes at Peter
"Put your hands where I can see em" She joked, Peter put his hands on the table
"Happy now" he said, Carla nodded at him before posing for take two of their photo, As they looked at it they were all silent for a moment. It turned out to be the perfect picture. All three of them were looking directly into the camera and smiling contentedly like they didn't have a care in the world.
"That's a lovely photo, Show it to your Granddad Simon" Peter said, Simon turned his phone around so Ken could see, He smiled at it and then at Peter
"It really is" Ken said,
"Will you send it to us Simon?" Carla asked as Tracy came back to the table her eyes were red but she looked a little happier than she had done when she had left the room.
"Yeah send it to me as well" Peter said watching Simon as he pulled a funny face at the screen as he took another picture and then another.
"And he reckons selfies are for girls" Carla said watching him as as he took continuous pictures of himself, pulling various funny faces.
"You know I really don't get this whole selfie thing" Ken said shaking his head,
"Oh Dad you never get anything about new technology, that's where Peter gets it from" Tracy said, Simon then got up out of his chair
"Can I go for a ride on my bike now?" He asked, Peter nodded and leaned back on his chair.
"Yes but make sure you leave that phone inside" Peter said and Simon frowned at him "Don't pull that face, I've seen how easy those things can smash, what would your Mum say?" Peter said, Simon put his phone on the table reluctantly and went out the back door to where his bike was.
Three quarters of an hour had gone by before Simon had had enough of riding his bike and it was beginning to get dark. He wheeled it back into the back yard and knocked on the door so Tracy and Ken who were in the Kitchen could let him back in. As he went into the back room he saw that his Dad was now sitting next to Carla on the sofa. He grinned, as they looked so cosy sat there chatting away about something. Carla had her legs crossed towards Peter and as she started laughing at something that Peter had said, Simon snuck passed them and picked up his phone.
"That thing's been buzzing over there like mad since you've been outside" Peter said and Carla nodded along with him
"I've missed eleven messages whilst I was out there?" Simon said,
"Eleven messages?" said an astonished Peter "From who?"
"Never you mind" Simon said smirking at the screen, Carla laughed at him whilst Peter shook his head
"I can't believe how cheeky he has become recently" Peter said looking at Carla "It must be all that time he's been spending with you" He said pointing at Carla she grabbed his finger
"What?" She said, He laughed as she kept hold of it "You're joking right? He's always been a cheeky little so and so right from the day I met him, when he were about this high" She let go of him and held her hand about three foot of the ground.
"Yeah He were so cute back then" Peter said as he watched Simon type away on his phone "What happened eh?"
"Awww he's still cute now." Carla said, Peter grinned at her
"He obviously gets it from me" He said, Carla sighed and chuckled to herself.
She was having so much fun that she forgot that she had planned an early night. She had business meetings all week and had to sort out whether she was going to leave Alya or Sally in charge whilst she was in L.A. It was only when she took a glance at the clock on the wall, which read almost nine pm that she realised the time.
"I better get going in a minute, I've got a breakfast meeting tomorrow at Seven thirty god knows why I let Alya book me in at that time." Carla complained, Simon looked at the disappointed look on his Dad's face as Carla got up off of the sofa.
"Thanks for coming Carla" He said going into hug her "and Thanks again for me presents"
"You're more than welcome Si, I'll be over soon to play that Monopoly okay" She said with her arms around him, Peter who was watching, still couldn't get over the sight of the two of them hugging. It always made him feel all warm inside. Carla then went into the kitchen to say goodbye to Ken and Tracy.
"Why don't you walk her home Dad?" Simon casually suggested, he knew that Carla only lived across the road but he also knew that his Dad didn't know that. Peter shook his head at Simon but he was grinning "What? I know you want to" Simon said as Carla came back out of the kitchen.
"Right I'm off then" she said, Simon decided he wasn't going to wait for his Dad to offer
"Me Dad was just saying that he was gonna walk you home" Simon said and with that he ran out the back room and as he got to the bottom of the stairs he called "Bye Carla" and he ran up the stairs quickly to escape the wrath of his Dad.
"Were ya?" Carla asked Peter because he looked rather surprised, He nodded at her and smiled
"Yep" He said getting up off the sofa and walking over to the kitchen "Dad I'm just gonna walk Carla home okay" He said, Ken smiled at him and nodded from the kitchen. "Let's go then"
"You know it's literally across the road, you really don't have to walk me" Carla said as Peter closed his front door.
"Really?" Carla nodded and pointed over at her building.
"Yep" She said as Peter went into his pocket and pulled out a lighter and packet of fags.
"Well I'll walk you across the road then." He said lighting his cigarette Carla frowned at him
"So you're still smoking then?" She said as they crossed the road together, he nodded at her "And how does that fit into this new lifestyle that you've gone and got your self?" She asked
"I can't give up every bad habit I ave can I? I mean what kind of man would I be if I didn't have some sort of flaw?" Peter smirked and then took a deep breath "I know the whole hating smoking thing is an act anyway Carla" Carla looked at him baffled
"That wasn't an act Peter, I do hate you smoking," She said
"What? You don't find it just that little bit sexy?" He asked winking flirtatiously as he took another drag, remembering that Carla had once admitted to him that she found his smoking rather attractive. Carla blushed and pushed him playfully without answering him. "Yeah that's what I thought" He said smugly and then he exhaled letting the smoke exhale from his lips.
"Oh your ego really is on top from tonight isn't it" Carla said as they stopped outside her building. They stood in silence for a few moments whilst Peter smoked. Carla tried not to give Peter too much attention and every time she did glance at him he had this smug smirk on his face. Carla ignored it and eventually she said
"Your Dad seems like he's doing okay" Peter took a drag of his cigarette and shrugged
"Yeah… I don't know to be honest" He said "I mean since I've been back he seems like he's coping really well but Tracy said he's not always like this and that sometimes it's like he completely switches off"
"I have to give Tracy her due she'd really stepped up. It must be hard for her to deal with him all on her own" Carla said, Peter nodded still not used to Carla being so nice about his sister.
"Yeah I think it's all been taking it's toll on her" He said exhaling smoke again "That's why I'm gonna stick around here for a little while, y'know for me Dad." Carla nodded knowing that having Peter around would really lift Ken's spirits.
"Well I'm only over ere If ever you three ever need me" Carla said pointing at her building,
"Thanks" Peter said and he hesitated for a moment "Not just for that… Thanks for everything" He smiled at her appreciatively
"What d'ya mean?" Carla asked
"Well you know for coming to Si's birthday, spending time with him and just generally making him happy" Peter said throwing his cigarette on the floor and stamping on it. Carla just shrugged her shoulders looking at him modestly as he stood in front of her
"Honestly Peter I love spending time with Si." She said "It's a good thing you're here you can keep him busy whilst I'm in L.A"
"You're going to L.A?" He said surprised she hadn't mentioned it
"Yeah next Monday for three weeks. Didn't I say?"
"No" Peter said rather disappointed that Carla wouldn't be around for a while, She put her head on one side coyly
"Awwww are you gonna miss me Peter?" She pouted, He shook his head at her and laughed
"Now who's got the big ego eh?" he joked. Carla stopped laughing at him and then watched him for a moment.
"Seriously though, you make sure you don't leave until I'm back okay." She said
"I won't" He said and they both leant in for a hug at the same time. Carla breathed in deeply and took in Peter's musky scent. It was such a wonderfully familiar smell that she breathed in again. Peter could tell what she was doing but he chose not to mention it, as it would probably embarrass her.
"Right I need to go" Carla said sheepishly and she quickly let go of Peter. He nodded at her and said
"See ya" Carla nodded at him and said
"Not if I see you first"