Carla had been hiding in Peter's bedroom for almost ten minutes now.
She was sat on Peter's bed in her lacy black bra and a pencil skirt, absolutely mortified by what had just happened and the worst part of it all, was that she couldn't go and get her top because it had been whipped off by Peter as soon as she'd walked through his front door.
Carla and Peter had spent their weekend making up for lost time. They had done the obvious things like spend time with Simon and make sure that Ken was okay, but the rest of their time had been spent in the bedroom… and occasionally the other rooms of their flats too. It was now Wednesday and due to the fact that they had both gone back to work on Monday and had not seen each other properly since Sunday, Carla and Peter were almost having withdrawal symptoms from one another.
Carla had decided to go and give Peter a cheeky surprise visit because she knew that he'd had the afternoon off, only she was the one who'd eventually got a surprise in the end.
She sighed and glanced at the clock which said that it was quarter past one, She tutted knowing that she would have to get back to the factory soon, it didn't seem like Peter was in any sort of hurry to help her out of his bedroom either and she was beginning to feel rather cold being sat there in just her bra and skirt.
Carla eventually went into Peter's new wardrobe and pulled on one of his shirts instead, She then went back and sat on the bed. Peter's flat was almost finished by now, he'd moved in almost a week ago and had spent most of the time that he hadn't been working and hadn't been with Carla and Simon of course, making the finishing touches.
Carla was trying her very best to listen closely to what was going on the other side of the door and was waiting for some sort of sign that it was safe to come out. It was another few minutes before she heard the front door close, she sighed a huge sigh of relief and got up off Peter's bed.
"Has he gone?" She asked, only poking her head around the door just in case, Peter who was sat on his sofa in a T-Shirt and boxer shorts, chuckled and nodded at Carla.
"Yes he's gone." He said and Carla finally came out of the bedroom. "You okay?" Peter asked as she came over to his sofa and sat next to him.
"Okay? Peter I'm absolutely mortified." She said shaking her head, still in disbelief at what had just happened.
Simon had let himself into Peter's flat. It had been Peter's idea to give him keys as the new flat was also his home as well. Simon knew that Peter wasn't working this afternoon too and he had assumed that because his Dad was nowhere else in the flat, that he must be in his bedroom. Simon ended up walking in there without thinking or knocking and he caught Carla in a very compromising position.
"How am I gonna look a Si in the face again?" Carla said with her eyes wide, She looked so comical that Peter actually laughed out loud.
"Is that why you stayed in me bedroom until he left?" Peter asked amused and Carla nodded, "Oh come on Car, it ain't that bad."
"Well that's easy for you to say, you weren't the on on ya knees and half naked." She exclaimed, giving Peter a little shove because he had started laughing again. "It's not funny Peter, I really don't think you would be laughing so much if you had of been the one with your head in between my legs." She said getting up. She walked over to her shirt that was on the floor as Peter continued to find this situation funny. She bent down and picked it up so she could put it back on. "Why was he not at school anyway?"
"Oh he came to get his lunch money for the week, I forgot to give it to him earlier." Peter said watching Carla as she unbuttoned his shirt, "You can leave that on if you want… it looks mighty good on you." He said but Carla continued to unbutton it anyway, Peter couldn't help but grin at how embarrassed she still looked about what had just happened.
"Well he obviously got a lot more than he bargained for didn't he? Oh god Peter, what on earth did you say to him?"
"Nothing" Peter shrugged,
"Nothing?" Carla exclaimed taking off his shirt and replacing it with her top, "So what were you two doing all that time?"
"Just chatting?" Peter said casually,
"Chatting?" Carla said with a frown, "So neither of you mentioned what just happened?"
"Nope, Carla it's fine, he was in and out of the room in seconds, he probably didn't even realise what was going on." Peter said, Carla then threw the shirt she had borrowed off him directly at him in disbelief. She couldn't believe that he could be so naïve about this. He laughed and dodged out of the way quickly so that his shirt hit the floor in front of him. "Oi don't throw that, it's one of me favourite shirts." Peter said picking it up off of the floor in front of him.
"I'm curious about something Peter?" Carla said as he began folding the shirt neatly.
"Well ask away my angel." Peter said,
"Ave you and Simon had the chat yet?" Carla asked fixing her outfit so it looked somewhat presentable again.
"What chat?"
"Y'know, the chat..." Carla said using air quotes "The birds n the bees." She said as she came back to the sofa and sat down next to Peter. He put an arm around her lovingly and shook his head.
"Nah, he's way too young for that" He said indifferently, Carla sat up straight and looked at him.
"Peter, you're either being incredibly stupid or incredibly naïve."
"What do you mean?" Peter said still finding the whole situation rather hilarious.
"Peter, He's not a little kid anymore."
"Yeah, I know that but he's not even a teenager yet." Peter said, because he genuinely didn't think there was any need for the dreaded talk with Simon yet.
"He's twelve and a half Peter, The same age Faye Windass was when she went and got up the duff" Carla said, This made Peter finally act as if he was concerned about the situation, he thought about Simon for a moment and then he shook his head.
"Nah, Si's not like that though, I mean he's still really innocent." Carla raised an eyebrow at him and sighed,
"Let me put it to ya this way Peter…" Carla said and she put her arms around his neck fondly. "Try to cast your mind back... to all those light years ago when you were his age."
"Oi" Peter said giving her a little poke.
"Seriously Peter… think about all the things you knew at that age, all of the things that you did at that age and then tell me that you really don't think Si knew what I was doing to you in that bedroom." Carla said. Peter thought about his almost thirteen year old self for a moment and then said,
"Okay... now you're scaring me." Carla nodded in an I told you so type of way and said,
"Sorry baby but that's the reality of this situation, Especially now Simon's got a girlfriend." Peter's eyes went even wider when Carla mentioned Santana.
"You don't think…" He said but Carla shook her head,
"I flamin hope not… I mean they are both still so young but they are growing up, Simon's growing up… he's bound to ave questions."
"Yeah but don't they do Sex education at school anymore?" Peter asked sure he'd heard Simon mention it at one time or another, Carla just shrugged at him.
"I dunno probably, but you're his Dad and it's down to you to talk to him about becoming a man." She said, Peter looked incredibly depressed at the idea of having this chat with Simon but he knew that Carla was right.
"Why couldn't he ave been a girl eh? Then I could ave left it to you or Leanne" He joked. "God where do I even begin?"
"Google it." Carla said and then she kissed Peter roughly on the lips, She hadn't given him a chance to kiss her back properly before getting up off of the sofa. She walked towards his door and picked up her handbag that had been dropped the moment she had got through the door.
"Oi where d'ya think you're going?" Peter frowned, getting up of his sofa as well.
"Unlike you Peter, I can't sit around all day, I gotta get back to the factory before Sally and Alya kill each other." Carla said grinning as she looked at Peter, he was clearly still as turned on as he was before.
"Oh no you don't" He said calmly moving towards her, Carla knew that there would be no escape but she relished playing these types of games with Peter.
"I ave a job to do Peter." She said but she couldn't hide the excitement in her voice as Peter got closer to her.
"You're damn right you ave a job to do." Peter growled and he grabbed Carla and took her back into his bedroom so they could pick up where they had left off.
Carla walked into the pub at around half six that very evening. She had gotten back to work very late at almost three o clock in fact, so she made her self stay behind and get some more work done to make up for the time she had been at Peter's flat.
Carla practically bounced over to the bar where Michelle was stood with Liz and Leanne. She found herself in a good mood all the time and it was clear to everyone who knew about it, that her being back with Peter was definitely a good thing.
"Hiya…" She said to all of them putting her bag on the bar, "The usual please Chelle."
"Coming right up." Michelle said pouring Carla her usual glass of red wine.
It wasn't too long before Peter strolled into the pub with Ken and a very cautious Tracy, who had said she hadn't wanted to go into the pub but was forced into it anyway. Peter grinned at Carla but as she winked back at him, he went over to a table in the corner with his Dad and sister and sat down with them. Carla continued to chat happily with the girls at the bar, knowing full well that Peter would eventually come over and say hi to her.
"Right I'm buying, what's everyone avin?" Peter said to his Dad and Tracy.
"A small brandy please Peter" Ken said, he was just about back to normal after his hospital scare but he still wanted to keep his drinking to a minimum for now just to be on the safe side.
"I guess if you're buying then I'll ave a large glass of Red." Tracy said sitting with her back to the bar, She still wasn't too sure if she was allowed in The Rover's after the whole Tony situation, so she was trying to keep a very low profile. Peter nodded and made his way over to the bar.
"What can I get ya Peter?" Liz asked him but he planted a passionate kiss on Carla's lips before answering her. Carla giggled into the kiss before kissing him back, still with a glass of wine balanced in her hand. Leanne and Michelle both raised an eyebrow at each other whilst Liz just tutted irritatedly "In your own time Peter…" She said as she was far from interested in watching such a public display of affection especially seeing as her own relationship had just recently ended. They eventually stopped kissing and Peter said,
"A small brandy, a large glass of red and a lemonade please Liz…" Liz looked over at Tracy who was obviously trying to keep a low profile. Peter noticed this and said, "Is it okay that Tracy is in here?" He asked.
"As long as she stays far away from me it is." Liz said before walking away and getting Peter's order ready, leaving Michelle stood at the bar.
"What you doing tomorrow after work?" Peter asked Carla quietly. She put her head on one side as if she was trying to think about it.
"Hmmmm… You." Carla replied with a cheeky grin.
"I'm serious." Peter said although he couldn't help but laugh at Carla's filthy facial expression.
"So am I." Carla said nudging him, "Why, what did ya ave planned?"
"I was thinking of having the chat with Simon tomorrow after school."
"And you want me there?" Carla asked,
"I sure do." Peter nodded
"Ohhh why?" Carla complained because she knew the idea of Peter sitting down with Simon to talk about sex would be a highly embarrassing situation for all involved.
"Well it were your idea weren't it? Anyways I'll need you there for moral support more than anything." Peter would be lying if he said he wasn't scared about what questions tomorrow's conversation might bring. "Please…" he begged. Carla still wasn't convinced to say yes yet but Peter knew that he could get round her and continued to beg her anyway. "Please... come on baby…" He said leaning in and kissing her on the neck, he was more than aware that they were in public and that people would probably be disgusted by his behaviour but that this was also how he'd get Carla to say yes.
Michelle was more than used to this kind of behaviour and continued to pour drinks as Leanne just looked the other way and started talking to Eileen who was also stood at the bar.
"Peter…" Carla moaned and tried reluctantly to push him away from her but he continued until she couldn't take no more said a very breathy "Okay, I'll be there."
"Thank you." He said smugly as she stopped kissing her.
"You better let Leanne know though." Carla said nodding towards her,
"Let Leanne know what?" Leanne said intrigued Peter cleared his throat and looked at Carla for help but she just picked up her glass again and began to drink her wine.
"Erm… earlier today there was an… incident." He began as Liz brought over the drinks he had ordered.
"What kind of incident?" Leanne asked, a little baffled by the awkward way Peter was acting.
"Nothing serious it's just something happened with me and Carla and I've decided that it's time that me and Si probably had a man to man talk about …" He looked at Michelle and Liz who couldn't help but listen in "Just growing up n Stuff."
"He means Sex." Carla said bluntly, Leanne looked a little astonished and said,
"Really?"
"Yeah I mean he's gonna be thirteen in the summer and I reckon after today he's probably gonna have a few questions." Peter said paying Liz for the drinks "It's not going to be nothing too serious just a little chat so is it alright if he comes over to mine tomorrow instead of yours?" Leanne nodded slowly she was a little unsure about this idea but Peter was Simon's Dad and she trusted his judgement.
"Yeah okay." said Leanne.
"Unless you wanna be there too of course?" Peter suggested.
"Nah you're alright ta." Leanne said more than a little relieved that Peter was around to do this sort of thing with Simon. She looked at Carla and then back at Peter "So… what happened to make you think that Simon needs the talk then?" She asked even more intrigued now. Peter picked up the three drinks he had ordered and winked at Carla.
"I'll leave that for Carla to tell ya…" He said and he quickly went off in the direction of his Dad's table. Leanne, Liz and Michelle all looked at Carla in unison.
"Gee thanks a lot Peter." She called after him, He turned around and grinned at her smugly as he got to his table.
"Go on then…" Leanne asked, She was grinning because by the appalled look on Carla's face she knew it had to be something good. Carla took a large gulp of wine and sighed, Liz and Michelle were both standing by to listen as well.
"I went round to Peter's on me lunch break and Simon walked in on us…" She began,
"Uh oh…" Michelle said, already feeling some second hand embarrassment for Carla "What exactly were you doing?" Carla bit her lip and said,
"Let's just say that I were...half naked... in front of Peter and on me knees." Liz, Michelle and Leanne started laughing instantly and Peter who was all the way across the pub in the corner laughed to him self as it was obvious Carla had just filled them in with what happened.
"Oh dear." Liz said still laughing.
"Oh dear indeed, I hid in the bedroom until he left, I don know how I'm gonna look him in the face tomorrow."
"Oh it'll be fine." Liz said, "Walking in on your parents is a teenager's birth right, I can tell you how many times Steve has walked in on me in the past."
"The past? Try last month." Michelle laughed with an eyebrow raised. Carla and Leanne both started laughing too but stopped as Liz now looked sad. "Oh… I'm sorry Liz." Michelle said feeling incredibly guilty for mentioning Steve walking in on Liz and Tony.
"It's fine Chelle." Liz said although she didn't look too fine.
"So I take it that you and Peter finally did the deed then." Eileen said, reminiscing about the conversation they'd all had in the pub on Friday night.
"Yes..." Carla said mysteriously but Michelle was more vocal on the subject.
"Yes? You two aint bloody stopped since by the sounds of it." She said with a grin, "It's no wonder Simon walked in on you both…"
"Must you remind me about it Chelle?" Carla cringed.
"It's not that bad, hey it could have been a hell of a lot worse." Leanne said,
"Could it?" Carla asked and Leanne nodded.
"Yeah... at least he didn't see something that would have scarred him for life." She said making Carla laugh again.
"Yeah, I mean lets face it, there are some pretty weird people out there, people that are into some pretty weird stuff." Liz said.
"And what makes you think me and Peter aren't those kind of people eh?" Carla grinned.
"Yeah I mean for all we know Peter could be Carla's very own Mr Grey." Eileen said causing all four of the women to burst into laughter once more.
As the night went on, it wasn't long before Peter had re-joined Carla at the bar, he was still racking his brain to think of ways to talk to Simon about sex tomorrow and he was now so desperate, he was even asking Michelle, Liz and Eileen for help.
"Peter, why don't you just google it?" Michelle said,
"That's what I said." Carla said smugly, linking her arm into Peter's as he leant on the bar next to her.
"Alright little miss know it all, I'll ave you know I've already done that…"
"And?" Leanne asked Peter just shrugged,
"And I'm still clueless." He said.
"You could just tell him to look it up himself." Eileen suggested,
"Oh yeah, is that what you did with your Todd and Jason?" Carla asked with an eyebrow raised.
"Well no, the internet was very different back then though, I mean these days Simon could be clued up with in minutes."
"Yeah that's what I'm worried about." Peter said, "I mean I don't want him knowing everything just… y'know the basic things that all boys need to know."
"And what are those things that all boys need to know Peter?" Leanne asked with a smirk.
"You know you can feel free to offer any suggestions Lea, I mean he is your kid too y'know." Peter said. Carla rolled her eyes and along with Michelle who said,
"Do you really have to talk about it? I mean I never had a sex talk with my Mum and Dad and I turned out fine." Carla burst into laughter at Michelle's comment and said,
"Uh oh... you better ave this talk with Simon quick then."
"Oi…" Michelle said, reaching over and giving Carla a friendly push over the bar, "Carla... remember that ridiculous sex education lesson that we had at school?"
"Oh god yeah…" Carla said cringing again. "They got all the girls in the school together for it and everything."
"How old were you?" Peter asked, he always enjoyed hearing about happy times during Carla's teenage years, especially as she didn't have too many good ones at that.
"I were fourteen and Carla was fifteen." Michelle began "I remember they made us practice putting on contraception with Bananas for god sake."
"Not that you needed any practice eh Michelle?" Carla said with a smirk.
"Oh shut up Carla." Michelle said, hitting her this time.
"See you two were fourteen and fifteen not twelve." Peter said looking at Carla.
"Yeah but times have changed Peter, besides as Chelle said that were just the age the school decided to tell us about it, not her parents."
"Well how old were you when your Mum gave you the talk then?" Peter asked Carla, She raised an eyebrow at him.
"Well she tried to give it me when I first got with Paul, which of course by that point it was already too late and by the time Rob were old enough, me Mum was well and truly off her face so I had to do it."
"Wait… you gave Rob the talk?" Peter said,
"I sure did." Carla nodded but she knew what was coming.
"So why didn't you say something before?" Peter asked a little peeved,
"Well should I ave? I mean it's not as if I knew what I was doing when I did it." Carla said, her tone of voice changing slightly.
"I'm totally dreading this Carla, I mean at least you have experience of it." Peter sighed,
"Yeah it was an experience all right, having to do everything for your little brother because your Mum was too busy doing drugs to even bother." Carla snapped, taking her wine and going to sit at the empty table behind her. Peter looked at Michelle who had watched the whole thing along with Liz and Leanne. He then turned around and went and sat at the table with Carla.
"Carla…" He began, he watched her as she sighed and then took a sip of wine. "So… maybe me questioning you about your Mum and Rob wasn't the best idea... I know you didn't ave it easy."
"Easy… Peter I looked after that kid almost every single day until I left…" Carla said sadly, She looked at Peter who genuinely looked gutted for evening asking her about her Mum, Carla's face softened when she saw his expression. "Oh don't look like that Peter, It's not your fault, I was the one who brought em up in the first place, I just had a little flashback of what it was like having to look after Rob that's all... I just miss the idiot so much." Carla said sorrowfully and wiping a tear away from her cheek.
"I know you do…" Peter said, "You and Tracy have that in common." Carla looked over at Tracy who was sat with her Dad and Audrey and they were both so busy chatting away about something, that they were obviously forgetting to include Tracy in it.
"Really?" Carla asked, "Well if she misses Rob so much, then what was the whole Tony thing about?"
"She said it was just silly games… She said Rob's the one." Peter said also watching his sister in the distance, she had her head in one hand and looked utterly miserable.
"Y'know I never thought I'd say this but… I actually feel sorry for Tracy…" Carla said, almost freaked out by this emotion that she'd never felt for Tracy before.
"That's why I reckon you two should talk… you might find some comfort in each other. I mean other than Beth, Tracy doesn't really seem to have many friends." Peter said.
"You think me and Tracy could be friends?" Carla said with an eyebrow raised, "Really?"
"Not best friends, But yeah I think if you two tried you could probably have a lot of fun together." Peter said, Carla took another sip of wine and thought for a moment.
"Well I spose I should really spend some more time with her, I mean she is me sister in law after all." She said, Peter moved up on the sofa, so that he was right next to Carla, their bodies touching. "I dunno... maybe I'll buy her a drink one night or something…"
"That would be really nice…" Peter said smiling at Carla lovingly and taking her hand. "Listen, I'm sorry about the whole Rob thing… It's just a little relieving to know that you have a little bit of experience of what it's like to raise a teenage boy because I have absolutely none… other than being one me self of course."
"That was a hell of a long time ago, mind you." Carla said with a grin. Peter chuckled at her and shook his head
"You just couldn't help your self could you?" He said as Carla leant in, she shook her head and rubbed her nose against his tenderly.
"You…" Carla said before kissing Peter softly on his nose "Are doing absolutely fine with Simon, he worships the ground that you walk on and I promise you that I'll be there tomorrow to help you through your little chat."
"Thanks Carla… Honestly I'm sorry about earlier, I didn't mean to upset you." Peter said apologetically, Carla grinned at him and shook her head.
"It's fine and if I'm being honest... I only stormed over ere in the hope that you'd follow me and that I'd have you alone for a bit."
"Hmmm good plan…" Peter grinned, leaning in and kissing Carla. Michelle who had been watching the entire thing from the bar leant over it and called out,
"Well that didn't last a long did it?" Carla and Peter both giggled sheepishly and moved apart from each other. Peter looked over at Tracy who was still looking bored out of her brains and decided that he should really go over and rescue her. Carla followed his gaze and nodded at him,
"Go on you, go back to your family." She said, pushing him playfully. Peter smiled at her dotingly and got up off the chair.
"Come over and ave a drink with us soon yeah?" he said, Carla nodded at him and watched him walk away. She finished her wine and got up to re-join her friends at the bar.
The next day Carla arrived at Peter's flat at just gone six pm, she'd come over straight from work and was surprised to see that Simon wasn't there yet.
"Where's Si?" She asked taking off her coat and hanging it up.
"Oh he plays basket ball on a Thursday after school, he should be ere in a bit though." Peter said, he was sat on the sofa in his tie and shirt from work and he was listening to music as he worked on his laptop. Carla made her way over to the sofa and greeted him with a kiss. She then noticed that he'd laid out some food on his coffee table, which consisted of crisps, nachos and dips.
"So… have you decided how you're going to go about this?" Carla asked, leaning forward and helping her self to some crisps as Peter closed his laptop.
"Well I've kind of decided that I'm gonna just ask Simon outright if he has some questions and then take it from there." Peter said, as Carla ate the crisps. She grinned at the table and then said,
"I love that you've actually put out a little spread for this."
"I thought it would be a bit more casual if we had some music on in the background and some nibbles." Peter said, Carla climbed onto his lap and grinned at him.
"Speaking of nibbles." She said leaning forward and biting down on Peter's ear lobe gently.
"Honestly… Carla, sometimes you only ave one thing on your mind." Peter breathed. Carla nodded as she began kissing him on his neck, her hands were wrapped around his tie as she slowly began making her way down to his collarbone.
She was then appalled to hear the door open and to then hear Simon say,
"I bet you're starting to regret giving me keys to this place aren't you?" Peter tried not to laugh as Carla quickly scrambled off his lap.
"Of course not." Peter said, although Carla was definitely thinking the same thing as Simon as he walked into the flat properly and closed the door behind him.
"I'll just go and change out of me basket ball kit." Simon smiled, He walked into his bedroom and closed the door behind him. Peter started laughing as quietly as he could whilst Carla put her hand in her hands.
"For god sake." She said, "The kid probably thinks I'm some sort of nympho or something."
"I'm sincerely hoping that he doesn't even know what a nympho is to be honest Carla." Peter said with half a smile.
"It were so much easy to get away with stuff when he were a little kid…" Carla said, almost reminiscing "Although he did kind of hate me back then, so I guess it's not all bad then."
"Aww he didn't hate you… he just…"
"What?" Carla asked with an eyebrow raised,
"Misjudged you." Peter said,
"Misjudged me? Well that's one way of putting it." Carla said with a smirk, Peter leant in to kiss her again but she dodged it. "Oh no way, I'm not risking that?" she exclaimed.
"Risking what?" Peter laughed trying to pull Carla towards him but she playfully bated him away from her.
"I'm serious Peter, The last two times this kid has seen me I've been doing some rather questionable things to you… I'm not having him come out of ere and seeing me with me tongue down your throat." Carla said, sure enough Simon came back into the living room with a T-Shirt and jeans on. Carla got up and sat as far away from Peter as possible. She was still mortified by the events of last night and as Simon sat on the armchair opposite her she could tell that he was embarrassed too.
"How was basketball then Si?" Carla asked, deciding to make the first move. Simon smiled at her and nodded,
"Yeah it was good, Santana came to watch me actually."
"Aww that sounds nice." Carla said as Peter shuffled awkwardly in his seat. Simon knew that something was up and watched his Dad for a moment.
"So… how come you wanted me to come here instead of me Mum's?" Simon asked, Peter took a deep breath and looked at Carla, who quickly began staring at the wall instead.
"Well… I just wanted to ask you if you had any questions about what happened yesterday…" Peter said, Simon frowned a little and said,
"Questions about what?"
"You know about… what you walked in on." Peter said rigidly,
"Oh…" said Simon, half embarrassed and half amused. Carla couldn't help but grin at Simon's expression and leant forward to take some more crisps. "It's alright… I erm… I'm fine." Simon said awkwardly, he was looking at the food on the table and raised an eyebrow at his Dad. "Dad… is this some kind of… sex talk?"
"No." Peter began, "Well yes… sort of." He said, Carla rolled her eyes at Peter and said,
"Look your Dad just wants you to know that if you have any questions regarding sex or anything else for that matter, you can feel free to ask."
"Okay…" Simon said slowly, "You know we do have this kind of thing at school."
"Yeah I know that Si but I'm sure that it's more on the technical… you know the more scientifical side of things… I'm here if you want to talk about the emotional parts and… stuff." Peter said, "I mean after all you are with Santana now and…"
"Dad! All me and Santana do is kiss." Simon said, mortified and almost red in the face now. Carla wasn't sure if she totally believed this but she nodded at him anyway.
"Of course Si…" Peter began "But as you get older you'll start to have… urges and you might need some… assistance with those urges." Carla put her top lip over her bottom lip and tried to keep her self from laughing right out loud at what Peter just said. He hadn't meant it to sound comical but as Carla stifled her laugh Peter turned to her and said, "What's funny?"
"Nothing… carry on." She said although she was still smirking. Peter swallowed hard, he thought as the conversation went on that it would get better but he was still nervous about the questions that might have been to come.
"So… do you have any questions?" Peter asked stiffly, he was hoping that Simon would say no and that it would all be over in a matter of minutes.
"Erm…" Simon began, he looked at Carla and then bit his lip. "No."
"Really?" Peter asked because he wasn't entirely convinced by Simon's no.
"Yeah…" Simon said.
"You know maybe I should… leave." Carla said, Peter turned to look at her.
"Why?" He asked.
"Because I don't think Simon really wants to ask you any questions… not whilst I'm here anyway." She said almost grinning because she had a way out now, a way to leave this embarrassing situation.
"Is that it Si?" Peter asked and Simon nodded sheepishly.
"See." Carla said smugly. She got up and went to get her coat. "How about you two have this little chat and I'll pop over once you're done." Carla suggested. Simon and Peter both nodded only with two different nods. Simon's was a grateful one and Peter's was a dejected one.
"Can I go toilet first?" Simon asked a little nervously, trying to avoid this conversation for as long as possible. Peter nodded at him and as Simon got up and went towards the bathroom, Peter gave Carla a disappointed look.
"So much for moral support eh?" He said, as Carla put on her coat.
"Well you're clearly not going to get anywhere if I'm in the room are ya?" Carla said quietly, "You will be fine Peter."
"Where you going then?" he asked, Carla thought for a moment and then said,
"I might hit the gym actually, work up a sweat…" She grinned.
"And how am I supposed to sit here n give Simon the talk when you put images like that in me head eh?" Peter said shaking his head at Carla. She shrugged at him with a grin and opened his door.
"Say bye to Simon for me."
An hour and a half later, Carla was just getting off the treadmill in the gym when she spotted Zeedan running next to her. She grinned at him as he stopped running to talk to her.
"Alright Carla…" he said, She nodded at him as she took out her headphones and said,
"How did I not notice that you were next to me?" Zeedan shrugged,
"No idea… I said hello you and everything but it looked as if you were in your own little world."
"Oh I were…" Carla said, taking a drink of water. She been imaging the conversation between Simon and Peter and hoped that it was going well between them.
"I hear Peter is giving Simon the sex talk as we speak." Zeedan said smirking, Carla looked at him,
"Is that so?" She asked, "Who told you that?"
"Simon..." Zeedan said, wiping his forehead "I got a text from him about an hour and half ago, it said save me, me Dad's just got me round his place for the sex talk."
"Ahhhh that was probably when he went into the bathroom…" Carla said with a grin, "Bless him, he looked terrified, then again so did Peter when I left."
"Don't blame him, I mean that's probably got to be the most awkward part about being a parent… Si's a good kid though so it could be worse." Zeedan said,
"He is a good kid." Carla said smiling, "Hey we should have got you to do instead, saved Peter all the stress he's been putting himself through, I mean the man got barley any sleep last night he were thinking about it so much." Zeedan raised an eyebrow at Carla and took a drink of his own water.
"Yeah… I'm sure that's why he didn't get any sleep." He said, giving Carla the eye. She rolled her eyes with a grin as she was more than used to getting that look from Zeedan,
"I wouldn't be giving me that look anymore if I were you, after all, I've got a man now." She said proudly.
"So I heard…" Zeedan said, "Tis a shame really, I really thought me n you could ave been something special." He said with a wink before walking towards the men's changing rooms.
"Yeah yeah, in another life maybe." Carla quipped as he disappeared into the changing rooms. Her phone vibrated in her pocket and when she pulled it out she saw that she had just received a text message from Peter.
"Well that was highly disturbing x"
Carla grinned as she took another drink of water and then replied back to Peter saying,
"Awww I really feel for ya baby, but hey at least you got it over and done with. What you up to now? x"
"Si's just left, he said he wanted to spend some time with Leanne as it was her first night off in ages but I reckon he just wanted to escape from all the embarrassment. You still at the gym? x"
"Just finishing up, gonna hit the showers in a mo…"
"Forget the shower… at least for now, come over to mine and assist me with my urges x"
Carla giggled and shook her head at Peter's last text and texted him back before making her way into the changing rooms.
"And you said I'm the one who only has one thing on me mind… ha ha I'll be over in ten, gorgeous x"
As Carla left the gym and practically bounced around the corner, she saw Simon making his way to his Mum's house. He smiled when he saw her and was carrying a box of chips.
"I hope you didn't think I was being rude earlier…" Simon began, "It's just embarrassing enough talking about that stuff with Dad, let alone a girl." Carla shook her head at him and said,
"Don't even think about it Si, to be honest I were glad to have an excuse to get out of there, So… how'd it go?" She asked snatching up a chip from his box.
"Yeah… it weren't too bad actually, once we got started it got less embarrassing." Simon said,
"Good." Carla said, "Well I'll let you get on to your Mum's and I'll probably see you tomorrow, yeah?" Simon nodded at Carla and as she gave him a quick kiss on the cheek and a hug he said,
"Bye Carla."
"Bye Darlin." Carla said before walking towards Peter's new place, She was almost about to turn the corner when she bumped right into Luke from the garage.
"Woah…" Luke chuckled as Carla sighed,
"Sorry Luke, I really am in me own little world." She said smiling elatedly.
"It's fine… it's good to see you so happy actually… you deserve it." Luke said nodding.
"Aww that's really sweet…" Carla said, continuing to smile at Luke, who since she had met him had always been really lovely to her.
"And listen… if you hear anything that Steph might being saying… just ignore her." Luke then said, his tone changing to a more concerned one.
"Steph?" Carla said, confused at first, "About what?"
"You know what... Never mind." Luke said, wishing he hadn't said anything at all to Carla now.
"No go on Luke, what's she been saying?" Carla asked, stopping Luke from trying to walk past her.
"Carla it's really not important."
"Well it were important enough for you to mention it so go on… what's your sister been saying?" Carla asked, she was beginning to get very irritated now which she felt was unfair on Luke because he was always such a pleasure to talk to.
"Look she's just not over Tina's death that's all…" Luke eventually began and suddenly everything made sense to Carla. "She's just a little upset about you and Peter getting back together which I've told her is ridiculous and that it's your decision… I only mentioned it in case you heard it from someone else that's all, She doesn't know what she is saying." Luke said.
Carla was a little stunned to hear this information from Luke so she kept quiet for a moment, she had been so wrapped up in how happy she and Peter were that she didn't even think about what other people might think about them.
Close family and friends all seemed to be overjoyed about their reconciliation and even The Underworld staff seemed pleased, they had always loved Peter and when ever he stopped by to see Carla, he was always there for that little bit longer, chatting away to everyone and asking them how they've been.
Other than that, Carla didn't know what everyone else thought and as she said goodbye to Luke, she tried to tell herself that she didn't care what anyone else thought, she loved Peter and he loved her and that was all that was important.
That was all that mattered.