All Carla ever wanted in her life was to be stable. Her childhood was anything but. Continually worrying about where her or Rob's next meal would come from. Having to sit by her mum at night because she could be ill after being drinking all day. School was the only escape she had and even then it wasn't great. She was the smelly girl with one pair of shoes, the strange girl that was always with her kid brother. Adulthood wasn't all it was said to be either. She was weak. She was vulnerable. But she was strong, she could overcome anything and everything and she did. She was cheated on, lied to, raped. Yeah she was raped, and at the back of her mind it still haunted her everyday that she still felt dirty, disgusting, but she just had to move on because it was the only thing she could do.
But for the first time in her whole lifetime she had happiness. And not just temporary happiness, it was going to be everlasting. She had a beautiful newborn daughter. She had a successful business. And most important of all she was married to a man that loved her for who she was and treated her like she should of been treated her whole life.
"Baby, you light up my world like nobody else, the way that you flick your hair makes me overwhelmed" Carla sang as she danced around the kitchen in her dressing gown, yelling into a wooden spoon.
"Oh Carla it's you, phew, I thought we had a cat that was giving birth in the flat for a minute there" Joked Nick as he cradled Amelia in his arms and came out of the bedroom.
"I'm not that bad am I?" Carla questioned. Nick said nothing but just narrowed his eyebrows and nodded.
"What you making?" Nick asked.
"Porrid-" Carla started to say but then looked into the pan, to see a thick burnt mess.
"Why don't you pop to Roy's and get us some nice butties?" Carla said gesturing for Nick to go out.
"With Mills?" Questioned Nick.
"Why not, it will be nice for Roy to see her" replied Carla.
"Good morning Nick" Roy said as Nick entered the café.
"Alright Roy" Nick beamed nodding his head slightly, and pushed the pram towards the counter.
"Is she asleep?" Asked Roy, pointing to the pram.
"Yeah, spark out" Nick laughed. "Anyways can I have 2 sausage and bacon butties please?" He added, taking his wallet out of his back pocket.
"On the house" Roy stated as he refused to take the £5 note from Nick.
"Cheers Roy" Nick said as he took the butties and shoved them in this pocket.
"I was wondering Nick" Roy began. "I was simply wondering if I could spend some time with Amelia"
"Of course Roy, I just need to double check with Carla and then you can let us know when you would like to"
"Thank you Nick, you are very kind"
"Anyways I better get back Carla will be wondering where we are"
As Nick left the café he took a deep breath of the crisp fresh spring air. Amelia was fast asleep, she definitely took after Carla in that department. As the bright sun shone in Amelia's face, Nick began to see more and more of Carla in her. She had an amazingly symmetric face and a head full of beautiful brown hair, but she didn't have Carla's emerald green eyes, she had Nick's crystal blue ones and people had told him that from the day she first opened her eyes.
"Hello Uncle Nicky" Bethany shouted. Nicks head perked up and looked around to find Bethany just about to go into the Kabin.
"Alright Bethany" he replied as he started to walk towards her.
"She is just the cutest thing ever" Bethany beamed as she leaned over and started to tickle Amelia's chin, as she slowly awoke.
"Anyways I better be off, my butties are getting cold"
"Uncle Nick, don't suppose I could borrow a couple of quid so I could get myself a buttie and an iced bun, I'm starving" she moaned.
"You need to get yourself a weekend job" He said as he dug into his pockets and pulled out a five pound note.
"Err if you think I'm working in crumby old shop serving people you are very wrong Uncle Nick, very wrong" Bethany said as she took the fiver from his hand and walked off into Roy's.
Loud cries filled the flat.
"I'll go" Nick sighed as he got up off the sofa.
"No I will, you went the last time" Carla interrupted as she got up off the sofa and went into the bedroom, picked up Amelia and brought her back to the sofa.
"Shhh shh shh" Carla whispered as she rocked her in her arms.
"You're great with her you know" Nick said as he put his arm around Carla.
"So are you" She replied as she smiled at him and placed a soft kiss on his lips.
"We are getting her christened aren't we?" Nick asked as Carla gave Amelia her bottle.
"I guess so, well I mean with my gene pool she needs all the prayers she can get" Carla joked.
"What about God parents?" Nick asked.
"Mmm well I would quite like for Roy to be the Godfather, and Michelle to be the Godmother but then there's Aidan and Kate and then there's your lot aswell"
"Well David i mean he is my brother but he's not exactly Godfather material, he's a good dad to Max and Lily but for Mills' Godfather, I don't think so" He laughed.
"What about Sarah?"
"Carla, you can choose, I really don't mind" Nick said smiling.
"Do you think I should go for Roy and Michelle or Aidan and Kate" She asked as she gave Amelia her bottle.
"Mm I'm not sure, Roy's been good to you, but then so has Aidan and he is your brother and Kate's your sister" he replied.
"And Michelle's me best mate" Carla whined.
"Then I'm sure Kate will understand, she's a good kid"
"I think im going to sleep on it"
"Good idea"
A/N This is a kind of filler chapter so sorry if that its not very eventful, but hope you still liked it and please vote and comment for more Xx
