Back In Weatherfield

Chapter 15

22nd November 2019

Peter, Michelle and Carla were heading out shopping for the day hoping to buy some maternity clothes for Carla, she wanted Michelle along because she would know what to buy so Carla didn't have to deal with the awkward questions from the sales assistants and make small talk which really annoyed her at the best of times. Peter was there in case she wanted to go home, they talked about trivial things for most of the day making general conversation which Carla didn't mind too much, especially if it was with Peter and Michelle, she felt safe talking to them about things which may concern her as well as being able to make jokes with them and have a genuinely good time.

"Right first stop, Mothercare, trust me this shop is a life saver" Michelle grins pulling the car into a parking space

"Do I have to promote you to project manager of 'Carla's maternity shopping trip 2019' because that's the vibe I'm getting here" she grins sarcastically raising her eyebrows

"Oh very funny, if you don't want my input then I can leave you to it..."

"Nope you're coming to share the burden with me" Peter retorts

"So your unborn child is a burden now, wow" Carla gasps sarcastically trying to wind him up and tease him all in one which Michelle found really amusing

"Oh shut it you and get out of the car" Peter says nudging her towards the door

"Let me get a ticket and then we'll head in, Peter can be promoted to bag carrier" Michelle grins as Peter rolls his eyes knowing that if Michelle and Carla were on form with their humour he would be smothered in it

"Hey, this was your idea, not mine" Carla says holding her hands up in defence

"At least I got a promotion, I guess that's got to count for something? Right?"

"Oh baby, I'm so proud of you!" she exclaims sarcastically trying to annoy him with her sarcasm

"Right come on loves young dream"

"What are you looking for then?" Peter asks as both Carla and Michelle look through racks of clothes finding some which are suitable enough for Carla's standards which was hard on a daily basis

"Clothes which fit Peter" Carla frowns as if it was obvious, she wasn't even being humorous this time

"Right you're getting 5 pairs of these so you don't steal mine" Michelle says loading maternity leggings into the basket Peter was carrying

"I might need a dress for Christmas, depending on what we're doing" she suggests knowing that she would be roped into going to Ken's or Johnny's especially if Kate was coming back

"Hmm this ones nice" Michelle says holding up a simple black dress which was stretchy but also stylish

"Yeah I like that one, and the colour is perfect" Carla says feeling the material in her hand "And stretchy so I could get some wear out of it"

"Carla it's black, how can black be perfect" Peter laughs confused at how a shade which isn't a colour can be perfect but received a glare off Carla

"Black is such a good colour, you can wear it with anything" she grins placing it in the basket excitedly

"Are you going to breast feed?" Michelle asks looking through some of the racks of clothes

"I don't know just taking things as they come really, trying not to get too stressed out"

"You can put these in here as well" Michelle says placing some jeans in the basket changing the subject in case it was a sensitive one

"It's mainly trousers I need now, I can come back another time to get some tops if I need them" Carla smiles looking through the racks at the tops but none of them take her fancy