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Nick woke up to the sound of his mobile phone ringing. He noticed Carla still fast asleep beside him so he crept out of the bed and accepted the call.
"Steve.. Any news?"
"Yes, she's coming round!"
Nick smiled. "Steve mate, that's great news! Listen we'll be over to the hospital as soon as Carla wakes up"
Nick ended the call and went back through, climbing into the bed and wrapping an arm around Carla and her bump, before smiling to himself.

An hour later, they both began to stir again.
"Morning beautiful." Nick grinned.
"Any news on Chelle?"
"She's awake. We'll go and see her once we're ready" Nick said.
Carla sat up. "What?! She's awake?!" she said, practically jumping out of the bed.

"Urgh Nick, I feel the size of a house today" Carla moaned as they made their way into the hospital.
Nick laughed.
"Oi, it's not funny! You men don't know what it feels like carrying a baby inside you for all these months" Carla playfully slapped his arm.
"But it'll all be worth it" Nick smiled.

Carla was now in seeing Michelle. She practically ran into her room when her and Nick reached it.
"I'm so glad you're awake!" Carla said, hugging Michelle.
Michelle laughed. "I see baby has gotten bigger since I last saw you."
Carla death glared her best friend. "Don't. I already feel huge, now I know I look it too"
Michelle laughed. "You don't have that long to go though"
Carla smiled, placing a hand on her bump. "Just over two months. Which means we need you out of here as soon as possible"
Michelle took her friends hand. "Listen Carla, I don't know if I'll make it to the court. It depends how quickly I get myself on the mend."
Carla looked at the floor. She had avoided speaking about Robert's court case with Nick. She was pushing it to the back of her mind and Michelle knew this.
"Chelle, I can't do it."
Michelle looked confused.
"I can't stand up there again and relive what he tried to do" Carla sighed.
"I know but it'll all be worth it when he gets sent down won't it?"

Three weeks later

Nick woke to the sound of clattering coming from the kitchen. He rolled over and noticed it wasn't even 6am and he also noticed Carla wasn't beside him. Neither of them had got much sleep because today was the day. Court day.

Nick wandered through in his dressing gown to find Carla standing at the toaster, staring into space as the smell of burnt toast started to fill the flat.
"Hey, watch your toast." Nick said, bringing her back to earth. "What are you doing up?.. That was a stupid question, sorry"
Carla turned to look at him. "I'm sorry if I woke you up."
Nick put his hands around her waist. "Don't apologise. I know how hard today is for you. But we'll get him sent down."
Carla sighed as she leant into Nick.
"You go and sit down and I'll make your breakfast."

The drive to the court was silent. Johnny and Aidan were also giving evidence along with Nick and Carla. Kate had come along for support along with Michelle, Gail and some of the Platt's too.
"Hey, you ok?" Johnny asked Carla, once they were all inside.
Carla gave a small nod. "Let's just get him sent down."
"Robert will be hoping like mad Rob doesn't find him when he's inside." Aidan said as Kate threw him a look.
"Aidan, not helping."
Carla looked at them both. "Rob doesn't know. I've not told him yet.." she sighed. "I've only spoken to him on the phone and it's something I've got to tell him face to face."

Nick was the first one to give evidence. His name was called and he stood up, Carla standing up with him, giving him a hug before he went.
"I'll get him sent down" he said into her ear.
"Just stay calm in there please. Don't even look at him." Carla said before Nick went off and she sat back down with Johnny and Aidan.
As Carla sat down, she felt a slight pain in her stomach but chose to ignore it as she presumed it was nothing apart from the baby moving.
"You really should tell Rob." Aidan said as Johnny nodded.
"Yes and I will when I go and see him next week!" Carla said, raising her voice slightly as she was nervous and stressed.
"Listen it's all of us against him. He's going down." Johnny tried to reassure his daughter.

It was now Carla's turn to give evidence. She stood up in the dock and tried to calm her nerves. Nick was watching and could sense how nervous she was as she played with her hands for a moment, before locking them together in front of her.
Carla saw Robert out of the corner of her eye and chose to look at him. He glared back at her with a smug smirk on his face, as he sat there and tried his best to put on his 'innocent' act. Nick also noticed the grin on Robert's face and it took everything in him to not stand up and shout abuse at the man.
The door to the courtroom opened and Tracy walked in as everyone turned to look at her as she sat down.

An emotional Carla eventually finished speaking and went to join Nick and the others. Nick gently kissed her on the cheek as she sat down beside him. "I'm proud of you babe." he whispered to her, as she breathed out while getting another pain in her stomach.
A smug looking Robert now gave his side to the story and twisted absolutely everything to be a lie. He kept himself calm and composed and tried his best to be polite to the judge and the jury. He needed them all to be on his side.
Carla and Nick were sat watching, shaking their heads at every lie Robert said as the anger built up inside them both.
Tracy was sat smiling to herself as Robert looked up at her. She hoped he would win everyone over as in her eyes, he was innocent.

It was now a waiting game to find out Robert's verdict and everyone was stood outside.
Kate approached Carla and gave her a smile. "You were so brave up there.."
Carla smiled back before she winced slightly in pain, resting a hand on top of her bump.
"Carla.. Are you ok?" Kate asked as Carla nodded. "Yeah, it's just baby is kicking and moving around a lot today. Nick reckons we've got a footballer in here" she laughed.
"As long as you're sure it's just that.." Kate said, before they were all called back inside.

"Do you find the defendant guilty or not guilty?"
Nick reached down at the same time as Carla and they both gripped each other's hand tightly, hoping for that one word to echo the court room.

"Not guilty."

Robert grinned like a cat that had just got the cream. Carla looked at Nick in pure shock. This couldn't be happening all over again.
"No, you've got it wrong!" She shouted, standing up quickly.
Carla got another pain shooting through her stomach but this time it was worse than any of the others. She clutched her bump and screamed out in pain, falling down to the floor as Nick knelt down beside her.
"Carla?!"
Carla gripped onto Nick's arm tightly as another pain went through her. Before she knew it, there was a puddle beneath her.
Her waters had broken.
She looked up at Nick with worry as he did the same while Johnny reached for his phone and Robert tried to figure out what was going on.
"No... Nick, it's too early." Carla said between the pains as Nick took her hand, squeezing it as they waited for an ambulance.