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Simon was sat at the table of his Granddad's house anxiously, he kept looking up at the clock and sighing, wondering why time was going so slowly. His Dad came into the room where he was sat and stared at him.

"What's up?" he asked as Simon was sat there looking very nervous indeed.

"What time are we going down to watch the fireworks?" Simon asked, Peter shrugged and looked at the clock.

"I dunno they start at seven thirty so... how about we get there at twenty past?" Peter said however this answer was obviously not good enough for Simon.

"Can't we go before that?" He pleaded.

"Okay… what time d'ya wanna go then Si?" Peter asked as Tracy and Amy came into the room.

"Can we get there for about half six?" He asked.

"Why so early?" Peter asked as Simon's phone buzzed on the table, Peter leant in to have a look and just saw the name Santana on the screen "Oh I see..." He said smirking "Don't suppose Santana is going to be at these fireworks, is she?"

"Don't be so nosy." Simon said but he was smiling at the screen on his phone and typing at the same time. "She might be going…" Simon then added because he knew his Dad wouldn't let up otherwise.

"We don't want to get there too early or we'll just be standing around for ages." Tracy said sitting Amy down on a chair at the table.

"There's going to be candy floss and funfair rides at the fireworks you know." Amy said as Tracy began brushing her hair.

"Exactly they'll be loads to do." Simon said still typing away, when he finished he looked up at Peter "So half six yeah?" He said Peter looked at Tracy and asked,

"Is that alright with you two?"

"I suppose it will have to be, I mean if his lordship says so…" Tracy said with her eyebrows raised. Simon smiled triumphantly and got up from his chair.

"Amazing… Dad you better let Carla know." he said as he left the back room, Tracy rolled her eyes

"Carla?" she said, sighing at Peter as she began putting Amy's hair into a French plait.

"Yeah, I invited her last night… I thought you two had called a truce?" Peter said watching Tracy.

"Well we ave... kind of… I just hate the fact that you two are practically back together and I'm stuck ere without Rob... It's so unfair" Tracy wined.

"First of all we are not back together and second of all the man killed someone Tracy I really don't think it's unfair that he does the time for it." Peter said a little peeved, as he texted Carla to tell her to meet them at six.

"It's unfair on me." Tracy muttered as Peter finished his text, he just ignored his sisters selfishness and went upstairs to get changed as he was still in his pyjamas at this point and if Simon's odd behaviour was anything to go by he would be getting a grilling if he wasn't ready on time.

At five to six Simon was sat in the back room again with his Granddad, Simon was all ready to go and he had been that way for almost fifteen minutes now. He was dressed in his navy blue coat, blue jeans and black boots, he had thought about his outfit very carefully as he wanted to look as cool as possible but it had to be without his best trainers because it was bound to be muddy down at the cricket club and he had no intention of ruining them.

Amy eventually came in and sat down next to him, dressed in a red jacket and black leggings. She watched Simon as he was still fixated on his phone, his hand were still texting away and every so often a little smile would appear on his face.

"What you doing?" She asked

"Nothing." Simon said hoping Amy would stop being so nosy, unfortunately for him Amy was, as always, in the mood for causing trouble.

"Are you texting that Santana girl again?" She persisted, trying to read over his shoulder.

"Mind your business." Simon snapped as Tracy came into the room in a matching red jacket to Amy's.

"Oi don't talk to her like that." Tracy said sitting down next to Amy who was pretending to be upset at the way Simon had just spoken to her.

"Like what?" Peter said as he entered the room in a black jacket and blue jeans, He was also clutching his favourite grey flat cap, which Carla used to call his granddad hat. He would never admit it but he had also chosen his outfit specially and as the time for them all to leave got closer, he realised that he and Simon both had feeling nervous in common too.

"He just told Amy to mind her business." Tracy said

"She was reading over my shoulder, it's well rude." Simon said

"You're well rude!" Amy snapped back

"Oh just be quiet Amy!" Simon said getting more and more wound up by the second.

"I don't know why that girl is texting you so much you're well ugly." Amy laughed

"Shut up!" Simon said getting up off of his chair angrily.

"Right I've had enough of this, we are not taking you two anywhere if you're going to continue to argue like this." Tracy said because even she could see that Amy was definitely trying to wind Simon up.

"That's right…" Peter said "and anyway our Simon is not ugly, he looks just like his Dad." Peter grinned.

"What time is Carla getting here?" said Ken as the doorbell rang practically on cue. Simon who was already up out of his chair sighed and went to answer it. He opened the door to find Carla stood in black shiny boots, black jeans and black winter coat with gold buttons. She looked really cosy with her white scarf wrapped around her neck and was smiling at Simon as he welcomed her in.

"Hiya Si, You looking forward to tonight?"

"If we ever get there." He said sighing "I wanted to meet me mates there at half six." he said as they went into the back room.

"Hold on a minute, this is supposed to be a family trip to the fireworks." Peter said as Carla followed Simon in. She went over and gave Ken a quick hug.

"Hi Ken." She said smiling at him warmly, He gave her a nod as Amy looked up at her Mum and said,

"That's not fair, if he gets to hang around with his friends then so do I."

"It is fair because I'm older than you, I'm in year eight and you're only in year seven." Simon said smugly but neither Peter or Tracy were having any of this.

"It doesn't matter what year you are in, you are both staying with us." Peter said

"But Dad..."

"No buts Si, We are going as a family and we are staying as a family." Peter said he smiled at Carla who was now stood awkwardly between him and Simon who was now frowning miserably. "Hi." he said

"Hi." She said also smiling

"As you can see Simon and Amy are in a delightful mood." Peter said rolling his eyes at them,

"Yeah because of you lot." Simon mumbled a little louder than he had planned.

"If I were you Si I'd really change the attitude." Peter said giving Simon a stern look "Otherwise you'll find your self grounded, yet again." Simon knew the smart thing to do would be just to nod at his Dad so he did.

"You not coming Ken?" Carla asked as Ken was sat in his favourite dressing gown and slippers.

"No I rather fancy an early night tonight thank you but I want you all to enjoy your selves and I don't want to hear that you two have been arguing the whole time." Ken said looking at Amy and Simon in a way that only grandparents can look at their grandkids "Behave, both of you."

"Yes Granddad." They both said in unison, making Peter and Carla snigger quietly.

"Right shall we get going then?" Tracy said getting up and sighing. Peter looked at Simon and said

"You ready mate?" Simon nodded and couldn't have got out of the door fast enough. Amy and Tracy followed him leaving Carla and Peter in the living room with Ken.

"What is up with him?" Carla asked referring to Simon

"Oh I reckon he's feeling a bit nervous, it seems as if his little girlfriend will be at the fireworks tonight." Peter said.

"Awww bless him." Carla said as Peter grinned.

"I saw him texting her earlier, I think he's gonna finally make a move n ask her out." He added because he had spoke to Simon earlier on in the day and had been trying to encourage him to be more honest about his feelings, whilst Simon was only twelve Peter could tell that he really cared for Santana and that his feelings were genuine.

"Oh and I'm sure you were your usual comedian self when you found that out weren't ya." Carla said to Peter as he put on his hat.

"Hey if I can't embarrass me own son who can I embarrass?" Peter said and then he and Carla waved goodbye to Ken before leaving the house.

Tracy was the one who drove them all down to the cricket club and she had spent half an hour just trying to park the car, Simon tutted as she drove around in another circle.

"How long is this gonna take?" He asked,

"Well what do you expect? It seems like the whole of Wetherfield has come down ere tonight Simon." Tracy sighed, She had Amy in the front seat next to her and had made Peter, Carla and Simon sit on the back seat. Peter complained but from what it looked like to Tracy they were having a great time all squashed together like that. Peter had obviously sat Carla in the middle of him and Simon and every so often they could be heard giggling about nothing. So much so that Tracy had turned the radio right up just to drown out the sounds of their soppy laughter.

She eventually found somewhere to park and by the time they had queued up to get into the park was almost seven pm. The cricket club had practically been transformed. There were a load of funfair rides, bouncy castle slides and games to play. There were also various stalls, which were selling candy floss, popcorn, toys that light up and proper food too. There was a huge bonfire, which was cornered off for now and the area where the firework display was going to be, was also sectioned off too. There were also two bar tents which were full of adults who were obviously trying to get their drinks in before the big display began.

"Wow." Amy said as they finally got inside, She gazed around at everything her eyes wide, even Simon was impressed, he had been checking his phone every so often because he was waiting for a text message but he eventually put it safely into his pocket and decided that as he was being forced to stay with his family, he may as well try to enjoy it.

"Right what should we do first?" Peter said but he soon noticed that Carla and Simon were transfixed by something in the distance.

"The Waltzer's!" They both cried in unison and they ran off into the direction of the funfair ride that consisted of small round carriages that were fixed onto a rotating platform.

"Errrrrr you are not getting me on that." Tracy said with an eyebrow raised as funfair rides were one hundred per cent, not her thing.

"Awww come on Mum." Amy said, she desperately tried to drag Tracy onto the ride but Tracy was having none of it. Peter gave Tracy his hat to look after, paid for the rest of them to get on the Waltzer's and as he sat down next to Carla in the seat he looked at her a little apprehensively.

"You're not nervous are ya?" she asked as a man came along and lowered the bar so they were all safely locked into the ride.

"No way…" Peter said grinning but Carla wasn't so convinced and she was actually a little nervous about the ride her self, so she quickly took hold of Peter's hand and held it tightly.

Tracy watched as the ride began, It started slowly spinning and then it got faster and faster, One of the guys who was in control of the ride began spinning the carriages sending them all in different directions. Carla screamed as the carriage they were in was spun around so fast everything went blurry, She clung on tightly to Peter who closed his eyes as Simon and Amy cheered. He definitely regretted getting on the Waltzers but if it meant having Carla's hand tightly gripped onto his like the way it was than it made it all worth it.

When the ride was over and the safety bar was released, Amy and Simon jumped off the ride and ran over to Tracy who had been cheekily filming them on her mobile phone. Peter got up out of the chair and turned to look at Carla, She was busy fixing her hair that had become rather windswept from the ride.

"Come on... unless you want another turn." he said holding his hand out to help her get up, She took it and clambered out of the carriage clumsily. "Are you okay?" Peter asked as he and Carla began to walk down the steps that lead off the ride.

"Yeah I just feel a little…" Carla toppled forward slightly "dizzy." she said as Peter grabbed hold of her by the arms and looked at her amused.

"I got you." He chuckled, Carla nodded and took hold of his hand again, She didn't say anything but she kept hold of it as they made their way over to the others, Amy and Simon were both cracking up at the video that Tracy was showing them.

"Look Dad, Aunt Tracy videoed us on the Waltzers." he said and then he looked down at Carla and Peter who were hand in hand and grinned even more.

"The look on you two's faces though…" Tracy cackled, showing Peter and Carla the video she had filmed.

"Yeah thanks for that Trace" Carla said sarcastically, she reached over, took the cap that Tracy had been holding and placed it back onto Peter's head. They didn't say anything but they held an mesmerising gaze with each other for a moment instead. Tracy and Amy both rolled their eyes, whilst Simon looked around the cricket club and already had his eyes set on another ride, Peter eventually looked away from Carla and noticed how Simon was eying up another spinning ride.

"Eh Si, how about we get a good spot for the fireworks and we can go on some more rides later?" He suggested because he wasn't sure he could handle another ride just yet.

"Yeah and Plus look what I've got…." Carla said pulling a packet of sparklers out of her bag that she had bought down the shop earlier.

"Cool!" Amy said excitedly.

"I saw em earlier and I knew we had to ave em…" Carla started but then she frowned a little "Although now I think about it, I didn't bring any matches or out so I'm not sure how we're gonna light em." Peter went into his coat pocket and pulled out his trusty lighter, He handed it to Carla, who raised an eyebrow at him, he could tell what she was thinking.

"I just keep that in me pocket just in case of sparkler related emergencies like this one." He lied, pretending as if there wasn't a sneaky pack of fags in his pocket as well.

"Mmmhmm sure." Carla nodded looking at Peter suspiciously and handing a sparkler to Amy and Simon. They all had an enormous amount of fun with the sparklers and took lots photos of each other waving them around in the air, as if they were magic wands. Amy was busy waving her sparkler around in the shape of a heart and Simon was writing out the letters in his name, whilst Carla and even Tracy both lit their own so that they could join in. Peter didn't want to miss out on the fun and made sure he got a sparkler too.

When the lights had fizzled out on all of their sparklers they all decided it was probably time to go and get a good spot for the fireworks but not before Peter asked a passer by to take a group picture of them all on his phone. He smiled at it admiringly and said thank you to the stranger for taking it. Carla leant over to see the photo and smiled at the sight of it too.

"Awww I love that, you better send it to me later." She said. Amy and Simon began bickering over who was going to choose where to stand as they made their way over to the display area, Tracy rolled her eyes at them, saying that she would still take them both home if they continued to fight.

"Did I tell you I got the job in the end?" Peter said casually, as he walked next to Carla in the dark, She stopped in her tracks and looked at him.

"No you didn't, Peter that's amazing!" She said throwing her arms around him, delighted that he had got the job. "Why didn't ya tell me about this earlier?" She asked.

"I were going to but I got distracted by the kids and their arguing." Peter said as Carla let go off him.

"Aww I'm so proud of ya." Carla said because she had always believed he'd be able get his life back on track.

"Thanks, If it weren't for you I wouldn't have even applied for it." Peter said gratefully, as they got to an enormous section of muddy grass, It was practically inescapable and Carla turned her nose up at it as Simon and Amy trudged through it with Tracy going through it reluctantly, on her tip toes.

"Uh really?" Carla said looking around for some sort of path but there was really no other way around it. Peter had already started to make his way through the mud but he stopped and turned to look at Carla.

"Come on love." he said laughing as she folded her arms and screwed up her face.

"I'm not going through that it's horrible, it'll ruin me best boots."

"Well why did you wear your best boots to a fireworks display anyway Carla?" Peter started "You should ave worn a pair of wellingtons or something." Carla gasped dramatically at him in outrage.

"Oh as if I Own a pair of wellingtons Peter." Carla said to him and he laughed some more "Give us a piggy back." She begged, fluttering her eyelashes and smiling at Peter so enticingly, that he found himself making his way back through the mud. Carla giggled as she hopped onto his back "Thanks Darlin." she said leaning over his shoulder a little so she could reach his cheek, She planted a kiss on his cheek as he walked through the mud. Peter carried Carla over to where Tracy, Amy and Simon had stopped to wait for them.

"What are you doing?" Amy asked with her eyebrows raised at the sight of Carla and Peter.

"I was just assisting Lady Muck over ere." Peter said as Carla got off his back, She grinned at Peter as she went and stood next to Simon.

"This looks like a good spot eh Si?" She said gazing ahead at the crowds of people who were also getting ready for the fireworks. Simon smiled at Carla gladly, he was pleased that he had been made to stay with his family after all because they were actually a lot of fun. Carla soon spotted someone familiar in the distance and nudged Simon gently.

"Si…" She whispered, "Isn't that Santana?" Simon's eyes lit up and he looked in the direction that Carla had been pointing in, It was Santana, she was wearing a black furry coat and had her long dark hair tied up into a neat bun.

"Yeah." Simon said casually, although his little heart was thumping. Santana was stood with a little girl who was the spitting image of her, only younger. She had the same green eyes and dark hair, only hers was shorter and almost hidden under a white woolly hat. The little girl was holding a flashing wand and was waving it around wildly, obviously excited for the fireworks display.

"Why don't you go over and say hi?" Carla suggested but Simon looked over at his Dad.

"Me Dad wants me to stay here though…"

"I'm sure he won't mind if you go and say hi just for a little bit." Carla said Simon nodded and looked at Peter again who was chatting away to Tracy about something.

"Dad I'm just gonna go over there and say hi to my friend, I'll be back okay?" Peter nodded at Simon and then smirked when he saw who Simon was saying Hello to. Soon enough Simon was walking back towards them all, being followed by Santana, the little girl and their mum.

"Everyone…" Simon said a little nervously "This is Santana." He thought it was time he introduced her as she was someone who he had spent a lot of time talking about but his family still hadn't actually met her. "This is me Dad and me Aunt Tracy." Simon said pointing at them as she'd already met Amy at school and Carla in town.

"Hello." Santana said also a little nervous.

"It's nice to finally meet you." Peter said smiling at her, Simon could tell that his Dad was struggling to stay serious and not make some sort of embarrassing joke.

"You too." Santana said, "This is My Mum Juliana and my little sister Carmen." Santana pointed to the little girl stood next to her who was also wearing a fluffy black jacket like her sister's and a pair of bright red shiny Wellington boots, Carla didn't quite know why but she was instantly drawn to this little girl.

"Hi Carmen, I'm Carla." She said smiling and bending down to her level "I love your little wellington boots." She said and Peter grinned because they had literally just had a conversation about boots like that moments ago.

"Thank you... I like your boots too." Carmen said shyly, Carla smiled at her again and asked,

"How old are you Carmen?"

"I'm four." Carmen said still clutching her flashing fairy wand, "Do you like my magic wand?" She asked smiling sweetly.

"I sure do… I'm really jealous of it actually." Carla said as it flashed light blue, pink, purple and then yellow before going blue again. Carmen then waved it in front of Carla's face twice surprising her and saying

"I'm turning you into a princess." Carla gasped, looking down at her coat as if was turning into a princess dress as they spoke.

"Wow!" Carla said, completely taken by this delightful little girl. She looked up at Juliana and said, "She's adorable."

"Yeah well she's not so adorable in the mornings when she needs to get ready for school." Juliana said smiling down at her daughter, Carla looked back at Carmen who was now waving her wand at Amy turning her into a princess.

"You're a princess too now." Carmen said to Amy, she went to turn Tracy into a princess also but it was as if she thought twice about it because she then looked back up Carla anxiously.

"Does she want to be a princess?" Carmen whispered, Carla grinned and bent back down so that she could whisper back to her.

"Nah… She's more of a wicked witch, I'd stay well clear of her to be honest Carmen." Carmen giggled at Carla and waved her magic wand again and again.

Peter was watching them both with a huge smile on his face, when Tracy leant over and whispered into his ear.

"If you're still trying to convince me that you want to be friends with that woman then you're doing a lousy job." She said because the way Peter was watching Carla could only be described as the look of love. Peter just ignored his sister and watched as Carla continued to talk to Carmen.

"So Carmen are you excited for the fireworks?" she asked,

"Yes!" Carmen nodded eagerly and then she looked up at her Mum, "And after the fireworks, I can have some candy floss right Mum?" She said as if they had made some sort of deal earlier. Juliana rolled her eyes and laughed

"Yes Carmen as long as you're a good girl." She said taking her daughters hand, Carla stood upright as her legs were beginning to ache, she caught Peter's gaze and smiled,

"What?" she said, not realising he had been watching her the whole time. He just shook his head sheepishly and then looked at Simon and Santana who were whispering about something.

"We might as well all stay together to watch the fireworks." He said nodding towards the huddled up-close twelve year olds. Juliana nodded and said

"Why not..." she leant into Peter and Carla "Our Santana is forever talking about your Simon, it's so good to finally meet you all." She whispered Tracy who was getting a little bit fed up of this lovely gathering, sighed and said she was going to the bar to get herself a drink and had taken a reluctant Amy with her.

"Don't offer anyone else one will ya Trace?" Peter said irritated by his sisters rudeness "I'll go with her, does anyone else want a drink?"

"Don't go! The fireworks are gonna start in a minute!" Carmen cried, looking rather worried that Peter might miss the fireworks if he went anywhere.

"She's right." said Carla who looked at her watch, "It's gone half seven."

"Alright then drinks after." Peter said standing next to Carla. Santana and Simon were stood a little to the left to them, in an attempt to look like they were two cool kids who were out at the fireworks alone.

Tracy eventually came back empty handed and said that the bar was far too busy and Amy got scared of missing the fireworks. It had got much colder since they had first arrived at cricket club and they were all beginning to feel rather chilly as they stood waiting for the fireworks to start.

"These fireworks better start soon… It's freezing out ere." Carla said and she linked her arm into Peters and leant comfortably on his shoulder.

"How about I warm you up then?" Peter said pulling Carla in for a hug instead. She giggled as he squeezed her and held her close. "How's that?" Peter asked grinning as he rubbed Carla on the back as if he was trying to keep her warm.

"That is...perfect." Carla said with her arms wrapped tightly around Peter. She felt so cosy and relaxed there that she stayed put.

"How's Michelle doing today then?" Peter asked remembering the state he and Carla had taken her home in.

"Let's just say when I saw her earlier she had a bucket for a head." Carla said as when she had been over to see Michelle she was throwing up for most of it. Peter still had his arms around her and squeezed her even closer towards him, Carla found her self leaning against him and closing her eyes. Santana spotted what they were doing and turned back to Simon.

"Look at your Dad and Carla" She said excitedly because she knew all about them thanks to Simon.

"I know… they do this stuff all the time, It's crazy they aren't back together yet." Simon sighed shaking his head.

"I don't know I reckon it will happen pretty soon." Santana said with a knowing smile. There was a sudden bang and the first firework flew into the sky making everyone jump, Santana reached out for Simon's hand and held it as the firework display finally got started.

Carla and Peter did the opposite and let go of each other so that they could stare up into the sky. Various fireworks flew up into the air in all sorts of directions. There were lots of different kinds of fireworks in the display and as each new firework design exploded into the air, it made the crowds cheer and clap in amazement, There was even a few that went up in the air and burst into a pink heart shape.

"Wow! Did you see that heart one?" Carmen shouted excitedly to her Mum who was holding her in her arms, She then turned to Carla "Carla! Did you see that heart one?" she asked, Carla nodded and chuckled at the fact that Carmen had chosen to acknowledge her, as if they had known each other for ages.

The firework display was accompanied by music and it was truly spectacular. As it was beginning to draw to an end, Carla glanced over to Simon to see if he was enjoying it. She gasped slightly and nudged Peter as Simon and Santana were in the middle of what looked like their first kiss. Their lips were just barley touching as Peter's draw actually dropped open a little.

"The little..." He said but he couldn't finish his sentence, he was so stunned.

"Awwww, They are so cute." Carla whispered although she could hardly contain herself. "I think I'm gonna cry." She said almost laughing as Simon and Santana broke away from their kiss. They both looked up so they could continue to watch the fireworks. Peter grinned proudly at his son and whispered to Carla

"And he reckons they are just friends." He said to Carla who was also now looking back up at the night sky again, in awe of the fireworks with a huge grin on her face. She looked totally and completely thrilled as the big finale of the fireworks began bursting in the sky.

It really was incredible and If there ever was a perfect moment for Peter to kiss Carla than this was it...