One of Carla's favourite ways of letting off steam was going to the gym, so after a particularly difficult day at the factory she was definitely in the mood for a workout. It had been four days since she had hurt her head in the pub and Carla was feeling completely better. Word had got round that Peter had took Carla to the hospital and even though she couldn't be sure of it, Carla felt as if everyone was talking about them. She'd left work at five pm and went home to get changed into her gym gear, Michelle had left her a message asking her to pop into the pub later, Carla told Michelle she was going to the gym and that she would come over after that.

Carla then set off for the gym. She walked in to find Peter stood at the desk talking to Kal. He was dressed in a T shirt and black tracksuit bottoms and trainers.

"Wait… are me eyes deceiving me or is that... Peter Barlow… In a gym?" Carla exclaimed loudly as she made her way towards the desk, Peter smiled delightedly when he saw her.

"Since I'm sticking around, I thought I better cancel me other membership down in Portsmouth and now I'm officially a member of this gym." he said looking at Carla, who was wearing a grey vest, grey hoodie and black leggings and trainers. He had actually forgotten that she had joined the gym until that very moment. "So is this a coincidence or did you follow me in ere" Peter joked

"As if" Carla said "I joined last year mate, about June I think it were" she said

"Carla's one of our most dedicated members actually" Kal said handing Peter all the paperwork. "She's taken on my most hard core work out many a time, She's one tough cookie" he added, Carla grinned smugly

"Is that so?" Peter said "Maybe we can workout together then and you can give me some tips." he smirked

"Hmmm… I don't know if you'll be able to hack it to be honest, I mean as Kal said I can be pretty hard core" she said laughing.

"Well so can I" Peter said smirking back at her. Carla wondered if he was just showing off or if he was actually being serious.

"Okay… well if you wait ere, I'll be out in a second." Carla agreed and she went into the changing rooms and put her bag into a locker. She tied her hair up and She came out to find Peter waiting for her.

"You still ere? I thought you might ave done a runner?" Carla said and gave him a playful poke?

"Not a chance" Peter said poking her back childishly "And maybe after this we can hit the showers eh?" He said winking at Carla sexily,

"Well I don't know what kind of gym you were at before this one Barlow but I'm afraid the showers in ere are separated for men and women" She said shaking her head at him but smiling all the same. There was a silence before Carla said "Right well that's enough chit chat, Let's get physical" and it was her who was grinning this time. "I'm not sure if you're ready for this Peter… I mean I don't mess around in ere ya know, So if you want a chat, I suggest you go down the pub" Carla said as they walked over to the treadmills.

"Don't worry about me… I'm more than ready" Peter said as Carla bent over and began stretching. After a few minutes Zeedan appeared next to her.

"Alright Peter." he said not taking his eyes of off Carla, who was still bending down and stretching. Peter raised an eyebrow at him

"Yeah, you?" he said bemused as Zeedan was blatantly checking Carla out, right in front of him, He knew that he wasn't Carla's boyfriend or anything like that but he still thought Zeedan had a cheek.

"Oh I'm excellent" Zeedan said grinning. Carla stood upright upon hearing Zeedan's voice and rolled her eyes at him, She was more than used to this routine in the gym by now.

"Yes Zeedan?" she sighed although she knew what was coming.

"I was just wondering if you wanted some help that's all?" He asked her smirking.

"Well let's see... you ask me that every time you see me in ere n I say no every time… What does that tell ya?" Carla asked bluntly

"I reckon you should take a hint mate" Peter laughed but Zeedan wasn't fazed by any of this, in fact he had gotten used to Carla knocking him back a long time ago and just enjoyed winding her up.

"Ahhh one day she'll say yes" Zeedan grinned and then he left Carla and Peter to it and made his way over to the weights.

"He asks if I need help stretching every time he sees me in ere" Carla said as she got onto a treadmill.

"I think he's got a little crush" Peter said grinning

"That's ridiculous… he's half me age" Carla said and she started pressing the buttons on the treadmill to get ready for her workout. She watched at Peter who was now doing the same "Did you warm up first?" she asked and Peter just shrugged at her "You know you're gonna hurt your self if you don't stretch right?" Carla warned

"I'll be fine" Peter said cockily as they began jogging. They jogged for a little while and then Peter upped the speed on his treadmill first, He grinned as Carla pressed the button and sped her treadmill up as well. After fifteen minutes of fierce competition they both gave in and began to slow down on the treadmill. Peter wiped his forehead with a towel as Carla took a huge gulp of water from her sports bottle. She grinned at Peter smugly when he looked at her realising that he hadn't brought anything of his own to drink

"There's a water fountain over there" Carla said nodding in the direction of a silver fountain that was mounted on the wall. Peter didn't look too thrilled at the idea of standing in line to use it.

"Or you could just share yours... sharing is caring n all that." he said hoping off of the treadmill, Carla rolled her eyes and handed him her water bottle.

"Don't drink it all…" She said watching Peter as he swallowed down half the bottle "Peter!" She cried as he still continued to drink, leaving her with less then a quarter of a bottle left.

"Don't worry, I'll refill it later." he said wiping his forehead again, Carla took the bottle off of him.

"Y'know I'm starting to think working out with you is a bad idea..." She joked "Right Mr motivator what do you do next then?" Carla asked intrigued to find more out about Peter's fitness regime.

"Are you taking the mick?" He asked

"No" Carla smirked, Peter gazed around the gym slowly "Come on Peter hurry up and choose something, we can't let out heart rate go back down to normal." Carla said bending down and tying a lace that had come loose on her trainer.

"You keep bending down like that and my heart rate will stay right up." Peter said with his eyes on her bottom. Carla stood upright and gave him a little shove

"Honestly can't a girl go to the gym without being eyed up?" She exclaimed, trying to act offended but she always enjoyed any attention that Peter gave to her. He was still dithering so she walked over to where the rowing machines were. She hopped on the seat and didn't even wait for Peter to join her before she started rowing.

"Oi" he said jumping onto the one next to her, "You're supposed to wait for me."

"Well it aint my fault that you're already finding it hard to keep up is it?" Carla grinned and then she started rowing even faster than she had done before.

They did another twenty minutes off furious competition on the rowing machine and then they moved on to the strength training machines. They had decided that the competition was over at that point and went about their own business for a while. Carla was sat at the calf press machine, Peter approached her shaking his head slowly, She frowned at him as she comfortably did the exercise

"What?"

"Now I think you can do better than that Carla…" He said looking down at the weight she had chosen,

"Really?" Carla said although she knew Peter was right and she was finding it rather easy. Peter leant forward to change the weight, as he did this his head gotten rather close to Carla's thighs "Watch it you" She said, Peter grinned at her as he adjusted the weight on the equipment.

"Try that" Peter said standing up straight again. Carla straightened her bent legs and nodded because it was a lot more difficult this time.

After a few minutes and when her legs had begun to ache, Carla needed the toilet, she disappeared back into the changing rooms. As Zeedan made his way over to Peter, he had been watching them both for a while.

"You do realise that everyone in this gym hates you right now…" He said to Peter

"What?" said Peter baffled

"Seriously there are guys in ere that have been trying to get next to Carla since they joined this gym and ere you are on ya first day getting up close and personal with her." Zeedan said leaning on some of the gym equipment casually.

"Well what can I say?" Peter said picking up Carla's water bottle that she had left with him and taking a sip.

"So… when are you two gonna get back together then?" Zeedan asked bluntly, Peter almost chocked on the water he had been drinking

"We're not" he said firmly "We're friends and we're gonna stay that way" Zeedan frowned at him unconvinced

"Really? Simon reckons you're gonna get back together any day now"

"Well Simon doesn't know what he's talking about" Peter said as Carla came out of the changing rooms again.

"Yeah yeah, Y'know what they say mate, the couple that works out together... stays together." Zeedan said walking off in another direction, He gave Carla a cheesy grin as he went behind the desk to talk to his Dad.

"What did he want?" Carla asked

"Nothing really, just making conversation" Peter shrugged "So… lets get back to it shall we?"

After almost half an hour of more strength training Peter and Carla were both completely worn out. Peter had finished the water a long time ago so he and Carla lined up behind a few other gym members to quench their thirst.

"Oh I really hope they hurry up, I'm exhausted." Carla said taking a deep breath and stretching her arms out behind her

"You're exhausted? What about me? I hate to admit it but it was really hard to keep up with you. Kal wasn't joking when he said you were hard core" Peter said, Carla grinned at him triumphantly "Seriously there were a moment where I actually thought I was gonna pass out." He said because even with his new and fitter lifestyle, Carla had well and truly beat him in the fitness stakes.

"I ave to be honest… I'm amazed that you lasted that long" Carla smirked, Peter raised an eyebrow at her and she could tell he was thinking something filthy.

"Don't go around saying that out loud will ya, I've got me reputation to think of" Peter joked as they got closer to the water fountain. Carla laughed at him

"Peter, it's your first day ere, you don't have a reputation yet, you plank."

"Yeah well I don't need everyone in ere thinking I've got … lasting problems" Peter said almost laughing at how ridiculous he sounded.

He had got to the front of the queue and leant forward to take a slurp of water from the fountain. After a few moments Carla gave him a little pat on the bottom

"Hurry up Peter" She said because she was desperate for a drink and he really seemed to be taking ages. He stood up right and turned his neck so he could see her

"Now, now don't be so impatient." He smirked and then he went to take another drink

"I'll give you impatient." Carla said giving him a playful shove, it was a little harder than she had intended and Peter flew forward comically, right into the water fountain.

"Ow!" he cried as Carla stood cackling away at him, He turned round not sure whether to laugh or cry because he'd actually managed to really hurt his finger, Carla shook her head at him

"That didn't hurt." She said laughing

"Yes it did."

"Well that's what ya get for drinking all my water and then making me wait ages for some more" She said as Peter looked closely at his index finger.

"I know you think I'm being a baby but that seriously hurt" Peter said looking back at Carla who was still amused

"Only you could come to the gym and hurt ya finger on the water fountain." She giggled

"Erm actually you're the one who hurt me finger." Peter said a little over dramatically

"Awww poor baby" Carla said pouting at him "D'ya want me to kiss it better?" She mocked but she should have known better that because Peter then held his finger up in front of her lips.

"I do actually" he grinned and Carla backed away from him

"Give over" she said laughing but Peter persisted, he took her by the waist making her cry out loud with laughter "Let go of me" She cried

"You offered, so go on kiss it" Peter said pushing his finger against her lips and then all of a sudden all of the lights went out and the gym went dark.

"What the?" Peter said still clinging on to Carla, There were lots of people shouting and wondering what was going on but they soon heard Kal's voice

"It's alright… I think it's just a power cut" he pulled his mobile phone out of his pocket and made some calls to find out just what was going on. There were a few groans from various gym members but luckily no one was midway through an intense workout and had hurt them selves when the power cut right out.

The gym was almost completely dark apart from a few lights coming from some Phones. "Hold on, If the electric is out does that mean we can't get into the changing rooms?" Carla said thinking about all her stuff which was inside. The doors to the changing rooms were electronic and each member could only opened it by using their pin number.

"Great" Peter said because all of his stuff was in there as well.

"Right… It seems the whole street is out of power" Kal said hanging up on his mobile "They're not sure what has caused the power cut or how long it will take to fix it." He said sighing "You can leave through the fire exit or stay here it's up to you."

"Well there not really any point in leaving when I can't get me keys or me phone is there, I mean where am I supposed to go?" Carla said sighing

"Guess we better make our selves comfortable then" Peter said leaning on the wall behind them. Carla went right ahead and say down on the floor next to him. Peter chuckled at her

"You're the one who said make your self comfortable. Remember the last power cut we had around ere it lasted hours." she said reaching out and pulling at Peter's legs so that he would join her on the floor. "At least we were down the pub though"

"Oh yeah...I quite enjoyed me self last time actually." Peter said remembering how he was sat in candle light with his arms wrapped around Carla. "I suppose we could go down the pub and come back for out stuff later?" He suggested but Carla shook her head in the dark.

"Nah you're alright... They'll be nowhere decent to sit at this point anyway." she said "So is this gym better then the one down in Portsmouth then?" Carla asked after a few silent minutes between them. Peter thought about it for a moment and then shrugged

"Well so far so good, me old one did have a swimming pool though"

"Yeah well you can go down to the leisure centre for that." Carla said

"That's true" Peter said "I gotta say though this gym definitely has it's perks, I'm mean it has much more attractive female members for one thing" Peter said hating that he couldn't see Carla properly, she was grinning to herself in the dark.

"Do you miss it down there?"

"Yeah, I made some great friends down there but my family need me, It's not fair on Tracy to have to deal with all this on her own… I know it sounds weird but I'll miss me doctor."

"Well you can get another doctor round ere" Carla said not quite understanding what he meant.

"Yeah I know it's just the one I had down south was a real lifesaver, especially when I first moved out there. I could tell he really believed in me y'know. I'm gonna miss that" Peter said glad it was dark so Carla couldn't see just how sad he had become.

"Well I believe in ya so I guess that's a start eh" Carla said giving his arm a little squeeze but Peter had kept quiet "I can't see you but I can tell you've got a right face on…" She said and then heard him laugh quietly to himself. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing" Peter said "I just hope we get out of ere soon that's all"

"Yeah me too… hey I bet you're dying for a fag?" Carla said knowing that Peter had been in the gym for a few hours and would normally be desperate for a cigarette right about now.

"Actually it may interest you to know that I've decided to quit smoking" Peter said and he was sure that he could actually hear Carla's jaw drop.

"Quit? You? How come?" She asked stunned

"Well I've been meaning to quit for ages and I thought seeing as I'm back ere for a fresh start, it's the perfect time really" He said

"Wow" Carla said because Peter had been a smoker since his teens and she couldn't imagine him with out a fag hanging out of his mouth. "Well good luck with that then"

"Yeah... I'm gonna need it" Peter said He couldn't quite tell if Carla believed he could do it or not just by her voice They sat in silence for a while until Kal came over with his mobile phone.

"Do you want to use this to call someone and let them know you're here just in case it turns into an all night thing?" He offered

"I don't know anyone's numbers… tell you what just let Leanne know I'm here and then she can tell me Dad, if that's okay" Peter said Kal nodded and offered his phone to Carla but she shook her head at him.

"Nah… It's not like anyone's gonna care where I am." she said directly

"Hey don't say that." Peter said softly

"What? I live alone Peter, no one's gonna miss me if I don't come home are they?" Carla said sighing as Kal made his way over to some other gym members that had chosen to stay.

"Carla..." Peter said and she could sense by his tone that he was feeling sorry for her "I really hate that you feel that way you know." Carla turned to him, She still couldn't see him as it was almost pitch black but she could sense he was being totally sincere.

"It's fine Peter I'm used to it" She said quietly.

"Yeah and maybe you've got so used to it that you don't even care anymore." Peter said feeling as if he were partly to blame for Carla feeling this way. She turned to him even though it was dark

"Peter, I'm not feeling sorry for me self, it's just the way it is. I haven't got any family left to worry about me, ave I?"

"That's not true" said Peter moving closer to Carla, She assumed that he was talking about Michelle and said

"I know Michelle's around but she's got Steve and his family to keep her busy now and I get that y'know" Peter shook his head although it was dark and he wasn't sure how much she could see.

"I wasn't talking about Michelle. I was talking about Me... Me Dad, Simon and even Tracy sings you're praises when you're not listening. We all love you and you're a part of our family whether you like it or not" Peter said nudging Carla in the dark, She smiled happily to herself and leant against his shoulder.

"Thanks Peter" she said appreciatively. She was glad it was rather dark so that he couldn't see how much she was blushing. It wasn't the first time she had been called a part of the family recently as Simon had been making sure he told her it whenever he could but hearing it from Peter had made it that extra bit special.

"So you going to this school disco thing Michelle's got planned next week then?" Peter said breaking the silence between them.

"Oh god, don't remind me… I kinda ave to don't I" Carla said rolling her eyes in the dark. Michelle had decided that she wanted to do some more themed pub nights. She chose a school disco theme because she's recently done a School disco party and she had all the resources for it. Carla had hoped Michelle wasn't serious but sure enough she had put up posters for it around Weatherfield and everyone seemed to be talking about it. "Chelle's got this dress code n everything n she's offered a free drink to everyone who turns up in school uniform… It'll probably just be full pervs who get their kicks from grown women being dressed as school girls."

"I suppose its a bit of fun for people really and folk round here need a bit of cheering up sometimes" Peter said trying to look on the bright side of the idea.

"Don't you think we're all far to old to be running around in that kinda get up?" Carla said trying to imagine the likes of Norris and Emily dressed up as a school kid. She almost laughed at the idea and it was as if Peter could tell exactly what she was thinking because he cracked up too.

"So… I take it we won't see you donning a blazer and tie then" Peter said his tone sounded as if he was a little disappointed. Carla grinned into the darkness

"Well I never said that did I? It depends how I feel on the day, I mean I've easily got an outfit I could pull of as school uniform but I barley wore the correct one when I were at school anyway."

"Oh yeah?" Peter asked because he had heard about Carla and her trouble making school days.

"Yeah. I was forever getting sent home for wearing the wrong kinda shoes or having me skirt too short, I don't know what they wanted me to do about it cause it's not like I could ave afforded to get another one" Peter hated hearing how vulnerable Carla's voice became when ever she spoke about her childhood. "I dunno… I don't think me school days are the ones I wanna remember really." She said sighing she was quiet for a moment and then she said "Tell ya what… I'll dress up for it, If you do"

"Yeah... I don't know about that" Peter began

"What happened to it being just a bit of fun eh?" Carla said and she was the one doing the nudging this time and then a familiar voice came from within the darkness.

"Well I'm definitely up for it…" the voice said

"And you left school what two years ago Zeedan?" Carla said knowing that it was him and he had obviously been listening in on their conversation.

"No... It were like three years ago actually" he said feeling a little foolish.

"Stop eavesdropping Zeedan" Carla said although she couldn't be sure where his voice was actually coming from.

"Awwww go easy on him" Peter said quietly into Carla's ear, She shivered as she felt his breath on her skin.

"And why should I do that? D'ya realise how much trouble he causes for his sister down at the factory? He's always hanging around the place"

"Yeah well as I said before I think he's got a bit of a crush on you." Peter said

"Oh as if, I'm old enough to be the boys mother" Carla said "he just enjoys winding me up that's all."

"Why don't you believe he could fancy you?" Peter whispered

"Oh it's not that I don't believe it, I know how gorgeous I am" Carla preened "I just think you read too much into his behaviour that's all."

"Carla the boy has actually called you fit in front of me" Peter whispered because he didn't want Zeedan to hear him.

"Yeah but just because you think someone is fit it doesn't mean you fancy them"

"That's exactly what it means Carla" suddenly the light on Zeedan's phone revealed his location. He wasn't that far away from them as he typed away on his phone. Carla and Peter say in silence unsure if Zeedan had still been listening in or not. After a few moments he smirked, put his IPhone facedown on the floor, leaving the torch shining and then looked up at Peter and Carla

"Eh imagine if we ended up being trapped in here forever" he said amused, Carla frowned at him and shook her head

"But there's a fire escape" She said pointing over at it, Zeedan sighed and rolled his eyes

"Well what if there wasn't?" he asked

"But there is one" Carla said knowing she was winding Zeedan up, he tutted and said

"Just imagine"

"Zeedan, fire escapes are required by law so this conversation is completely irrelevant" She said but she was almost laughing as it was now her turn to annoy him.

"Why are you trying to ruin the game?" Zeedan said exasperated

"Because it's stupid." She laughed.

"Fine" Zeedan said and he looked at Peter "Peter, imagine if we were trapped in here forever, other than the obvious things like your family and your mates what would you miss the most?" he asked, Peter shrugged at him

"Well I'm not exactly a stranger to being locked up am I?" he said, Zeedan just raised an eyebrow at him not fazed by Peter referring to being in prison. "Fresh air" Peter eventually said

"Really?" Said Zeedan "That's kinda boring"

"Trust me, there's nothing like it and you never miss it until it's gone" Peter said.

"I'd miss chips" Zeedan said "and TV" he said typically, he then had a long list of other things that he would miss.

"D'ya know what I'd miss?" Carla interrupted with a grin,

"Oh so now she wants to play" Zeedan said to Peter he then looked at Carla intrigued "Go on then…"

"I'd miss not avin to sit in ere and listen to you rabbit on about things you're going to miss." She said, Peter chuckled at her

"God is she always like this?" Zeedan said looking at him with a pained expression.

"Sarcastic? Pretty much" Peter nodded

"Hmmm I'm starting think it wouldn't work out between us after all." Zeedan said to Carla with a cheeky grin.

"Yeah because me being sarcastic is the only reason it wouldn't work out." Carla scoffed

"Don't worry Zeedan, the sarcasm's just a front, Our Carla's a real softie at heart." Peter said but then Carla nudged him in the side and looked at Zeedan.

"Trust me Zeedan, where you're concerned, I am as hard as a block of ice" She said. Zeedan was then called over by his Dad and picked up his phone off of the floor, leaving them in darkness again.

"What would ya really miss, If you were locked in ere" Peter asked

"Oh not you as well" Carla said rolling her eyes into the dark,

"You'd miss work, you'd go crazy in ere without half a dozen people to lord it over every day." Peter said and Carla couldn't help but agree with him on that one.

"They sure as hell wouldn't miss me, No one would." She said but she wasn't being serious this time, Peter tutted and said

"Eh what ave I told you about that? And anyways I'd miss ya"

"Well if I'm trapped in ere, then so are you, ya doughnut" she said laughing

"Oh yeah" Peter laughed Carla then thought for a moment and said

"I'd miss… me bed, I mean where would we sleep?"

"We eh?" Peter grinned leading Carla to roll her eyes again

"Oh y'know what I mean."

"I'm sure there's some yoga mats around here somewhere we could make a little bed to kip on" Peter said and then Zeedan came back over to them he handed his phone to Carla and said

"Michelle wants to speak to you" Carla took the phone of Zeedan gingerly and said

"Chelle?"

"Hi babe, are you okay?" Michelle said down the phone

"Yeah I'm fine, why?" Carla asked a little confused

"I've been calling your phone for ages and when you didn't answer your house one I got really worried"

"Chelle, I told ya I was going to the gym, me phone's in a locker and I just cant get to it that's all" Carla said reassuringly

"I know that now," Michelle said "When you didn't answer your phone or come into the pub I was about to call a search party for ya, it was only when Leanne said she'd spoke to Kal and a bunch of you were waiting in the gym, that I remembered. I borrowed Zeedan's number off of Alya. How is it? Is it really boring?" Michelle asked

"Nah it's alright, I ran into Peter on me way in so I've got him to keep me company" Carla said she was sure she could hear Michelle laugh down the other end of the phone, then she heard Michelle say

"Oh hang on a minute Carla… Yeah…. Yeah She's fine Marc… I'm speaking to her now."

"Marc?" Carla said "What's he doing there?"

"He came in about five minutes ago, he were rather alarmed to see you weren't in ere and he said he'd been calling you to see if you were okay as well." Michelle said lowering her voice obviously so that Marc couldn't hear her.

Carla found it a little odd that Marc had made such a fuss about her, They had had a drink last week but she hadn't given him another thought since then, obviously he had been thinking about her lots. She then looked at Zeedan who was getting increasingly desperate to get his phone back "Chelle, Zeedan is obviously avin withdrawal symptoms from not being attached to his phone so I'll call ya when we get out." Carla said goodbye and then gave Zeedan back his phone, He walked off and left Carla and Peter alone again.

"And you thought no one would miss you" Peter said smugly nudging Carla, She nudged him back and then said

"Alright Mr know it all, She probably only called coz she needed summat from me." Peter shook his head

"I reckon you should lay off Michelle a little, She's been your best mate for ever n I know she feels dead guilty about not being there for you recently" he said

"I know she does" Carla said sighing "As a matter of fact we're going out on the weekend actually… I'm well looking forward to it." Peter could tell by the excited tone on Carla's voice that she truly was looking forward to it and before he could speak she had already started talking again. "So… ave you looked into getting a new job yet coz me factory still needs a cleaner y'know?"

"Yeah I've been looking around there's a couple of betting shops in town that want people on the tills" Peter said unenthusiastically

"Yeah but you don't want to work at one of them do ya, You're way too experienced for that. With your skills you need a managerial position or something like that."

"Do you really call loosing me own betting shop a skill Carla?" Peter said bitterly because he still couldn't believe he's dealt with the bookies so stupidly, that and many other things in his life.

"Yeah well it was a mistake Peter, It happens and the important thing is that you learn from it" Carla said trying to spur Peter on because she could tell he was only minutes away from feeling sorry for him self. "You know what you should do? you should try looking for a job on the Internet, like for a website or something, that's where all the money is at these days"

"Really? Me working on a website, Carla I can barley use me new phone"

"It's not as hard as it seems Peter and anyways you'd get training and stuff, I'm sure an old git like you would pick it up in no time."

"I don't know…" He mumbled not believing in himself at all.

"Look how far you've come already, I told you earlier, I honestly believe that you can do anything if you put ya mind to it." Carla said rubbing his arm supportively.

"Well I guess there's no harm in trying is there?" Peter said feeling rather pleased that Carla was so encouraging.

"Exactly" She said smiling in his direction even though he couldn't see him properly

"Thanks Carla" he said softly and he reached out and an arm around her. She leant against him, snuggling into his chest and making herself a lot more comfortable. They sat in silence for almost ten minutes before the lights began to flicker, Carla who had actually had her eyes closed, opened them and looked up, it was then when the lights went back on properly. Everyone in the gym squinted at the sudden brightness and rubbed their eyes. Zeedan who was at the desk with his Dad grinned as he saw Peter sat with Carla practically in his arms.

"That's a shame I was beginning to enjoy me self" she said winking at Peter and getting up off of the floor "I'm gonna run and get me stuff in case it goes back off again" She said and she disappeared into the changing rooms. Zeedan was still stood grinning at Peter

"What?" Peter said and Zeedan laughed to himself and shook his head

"Nothing..." he said smirking at Peter, who then went into the male changing rooms to collect his belongings, he was a little disappointed because he was rather enjoying being sat there with Carla in his arms, just like the old days.

Hope you enjoyed that chapter.

As I said in the last update for EHC, I'm off on holiday tomorrow

The next update for this should be Next Sunday when I'm back :)