Connie's face lit up, she hugged grace for 10 minutes not wanting to let her go, when she finally let her go she said

"I've missed you so much sweetheart, thank you so much Rita I don't know how I could ever thank you enough, but I have some idea" she had a smirk on her face and just from her facial expression Rita knew what she meant

"not in front of the child now dear, maybe you should tell her what's going on first? Before making any more comments like that?"

"oh so you hadn't told her I thought you had, okay…"

Before Connie could finish her sentence Grace butted in "tell me what I'm not a child anymore I don't need protecting"

"erm ok well darling, at your age I think your old enough to understand and process the information I'm about to tell you but if you don't like it tell me yeah?"

"yeah ok spit it out don't sugar coat it"

"I'm a lesbian and me and Rita have been seeing each other for 6 months" Grace's face just dropped

When grace managed to pick her mouth up off the floor she pulled Rita next to the Connie's bed were she was sitting, she pulled them both in and hugged them both when she released them she gave a little speech

"mum I know we haven't always got on and that sometimes we don't speak for days but that doesn't mean I don't like to know what's going on and although you made that very sensitive speech I already knew, grandma rang me and told me she was being really bitchy about it but I couldn't stop smiling I was just so happy for you too, I really like you Rita your lovely and I can see you make my mum happy so welcome to the family, you're going to hate it at times but you'll love it mostly and mum I am happy for you, I really am, our cute little family"

"I'm going to kill my bloody mother, she had no right to do that! That's really pissed me off where is my fucking phone"

"mum calm down its fine"

"it's not grace she had no right to do that it's not her story to tell, Rita pass me my phone please"

"no because you'll say something you'll regret, I'm saving you, just calm down, think of happy things, think of it this way, if your mum hadn't of told grace and she came over here and you told her and she hated it and wanted to go home, you'd be heartbroken, at least grace had time to think about it when she was with her dad"

"true, I'm sorry for swearing baby, your grandma just winds me up sometimes"

"it's cool mum I know the feeling, she's been on at me to tell dad that I hate his girlfriend, and I don't but she does"

"see what I mean Rita it's not person she doesn't like any one" Connie chuckled