"Carla, honey, what happened?" Nick asked, taking her hand.
"Don't Nick. Please. If we're finished please don't comfort me.." Carla said, pulling her hand away.
Nick sighed. "We aren't finished. I know I said I needed time but when I nearly lost you back there, Carla.." He trailed off. "I know you were just being your typical self and pressing self destruct.. We can get past this and move on.. Plus, we have bigger things now to worry about.." Nick said, looking at her stomach.
"The doctors don't have the results back..." Carla said. "Nick, what if?"
Nick shook his head and took Carla's hand again. "Don't."
There was a silence between them both.
"Carla, where's your ring?" Nick asked. Carla looked up at him and burst into tears.
"They took it" she sobbed.
A teary Carla explained everything that happened after he left her flat.
"So, Robert planned it?" Nick said
"I don't know. Bit of a coincidence though" Carla said, quietly.
"Nick... We're ignoring the elephant in the room.. The doctor said I was only a matter of weeks through my pregnancy.. What if.. What if it's Roberts? He already wants half The Bistro" Carla worried.
"Let's just get these tests out of the way first, then we can talk about it" Nick said. "I love you so much." he said, kissing Carla.
"But Nick, he wants The Bistro..." Carla said, worried.
"Babe, don't stress yourself out over it. He's not getting it." Nick tried to reassure her.
"I don't think I can have his baby..." Carla whispered.
"You won't. This baby is mine and yours. Carla, I love this little one no matter what." Nick said.
"Nick, you don't understand.." Carla cried. "It might not be yours because of my stupid mistake."
Nick didn't know what to say. Instead, he just kissed Carla.
"So, we have the tests back and your baby seems to be okay. We can take you for a scan now and find out how far gone you are.." The doctor said.
Carla looked up at Nick. She wasn't ready to find out. What if the dates came back and it meant Robert was the dad?
Nick smiled and squeezed her hand. "It's alright.. It'll work out.." He said.
"Carla, you're 6 weeks pregnant." The midwife confirmed.
"Are you sure? It's definitely 6 weeks?" Carla asked and the midwife nodded.
Nick smiled. New Years Day was only four weeks ago. "I told you" he said, as Carla welled up.
"Is this your first baby?" The midwife asked.
Carla shook her head, sadly. "No. I miscarried a few years ago. She was a little girl.."
"Oh, I'm so sorry."
"Are you sure this baby is ok? After everything?" Carla asked. "Yeah. Baby looks perfectly healthy. All your tests came back clear. We will book you in for your next scan. Congratulations, you two!" The midwife smiled.
Nick was grinning from ear to ear. "Remember after Erica lost our baby and you told me one day I'd have kids?" He asked and Carla nodded, smiling.
"Yeah. I love you Nick, so much."
Nick smiled, taking her hand. "And I love you too. And this little one" he said, putting his other hand on Carla's stomach.
"Close your eyes. I've got a surprise..." Nick reached into his pocket and took out a little box. He took Carla's hand in his own and slid the exact same engagement ring as she had before onto her finger. "Open them.."
Carla looked down at her hand. "Nick.." She welled up. "You didn't have to do that.. That ring must've cost you a fortune the first time round.. Let alone buying it twice.. No. You can't buy it twice" Carla said, tears in her eyes.
"I wanted to get my fiancée her ring back because I love her. And if it makes you feel better, I explained what happened to the jewellers and they gave me another one." Nick smiled, as he kissed Carla's hand.
"Thank you" Carla smiled.
Carla was being kept in overnight. She had persuaded Nick and everyone else to go home for the night. Her and Nick had decided to tell nobody about their baby.
Carla was drifting off to sleep when the door to her room opened.
It was dark and she couldn't make out who it was to start with. She assumed it was a nurse.
"You've had your 24 hours." Roberts voice said.
Carla sat up in fright. "Get out.."
"Not until you agree to my proposition."
Carla shook her head. "And I know it was you who planned to try and have me killed."
"Did nothing of the kind." Robert smirked, stepping closer to Carla.
"I mean it Robert. Go. Please"
"50% of The Bistro and I'll leave you and Nick."
"Except you won't will you? Because you'll still be in the business. Because you'll still be there every single day. You won't stop at 50%." Carla argued. "And I have nothing to do with who gets shares in Nick's business"
Robert picked up the doctors notes on the end of Carla's bed. "Put them down" she ordered but he continued reading. "Hmm, says here you've got a little one on the way." Robert smirked. "Funny that. How you're pregnant and we slept together not long ago."
Carla stared at him. She hated him. "It's not yours." Was all she could say.
"And how are you so sure? Not like you can do a DNA test is it? Oh wait. I think you should get Johnny to do that for you. I've heard he's pretty good at getting them done." Robert laughed. "It's not your baby. I'm 6 weeks gone and new year was 4 weeks ago.." Carla said. "And don't you dare think you can come in here and speak to me like that. Just go Robert. Please" Carla begged. "
"It's getting late.. I'll be back at some point. To speak to the both of you. And I will get what I want. Always do." Robert smirked before leaving, leaving Carla to cry herself to sleep.
This ended up being uploaded earlier than expected so hopefully the next one will be up tomorrow! As always, hope you've enjoyed and any reviews would be very much appreciated! Thanks so much to all of you who already have, reading them makes me so pleased!