30 minutes later Leela and Cameron descended the stairs looking very much dishevelled as they chatted quietly to each other, Peri and Tegan watched them from the kitchen as Leela tried to smooth her hair down.

"Hey you two" Tegan called causing them to snap their heads towards her.

Leela tried to hide her smirk as she walked into the kitchen "Hey Teegs" she smiled before turning to her daughter "So I rang work and they said I can take the afternoon off but I have to go in this morning for a bit, why don't you go and see one of your mates, I'm sure Nico is free"

"No, I'll just stay here" Peri said as she was reluctant to see her friends because she didn't want to tell them her tumour was back; they would just give her pity and feel sorry for her.

"Okay" Leela looked at Cameron who stood at the foot of the stairs then back to Peri "So we'll watch a movie when I get back?"

"Yep" Peri smiled.

"How about you go to the shop and get some snacks and stuff?" Leela asked as she held out a ten pound note for her daughter to take.

"No" she declined.

"Come on, you can buy whatever you want" Leela offered with a small smile.

"What if I bump into Tom or one of my friends?" Peri asked worriedly.

"Peri, there're your friends..." Leela started but Peri cut her off "I don't want to tell them, they will just feel sorry for me, I just wish this stupid tumour never came back, why me, what did I do for this to happen to me, I just want my Mum and Dad" Peri said as she ran upstairs leaving Tegan, Leela and Cameron shocked.

"I've tried so hard to be enough" Leela muttered as Tegan placed a hand on her shoulder.

"She's just upset, she knows your her Mum Leela, she just misses them" Tegan offered.

"Tegan's right, look you go to work and I'll speak to her, try to persuade her to come to the shop with me" Cameron offered causing Leela to look at him and smile

"You're right, it must be so hard for her, I just wish I could make it all go away" Leela said before hunting for her car keys "Right, I best be off" she said once she found her keys, she walked over to Cameron and gave him a quick kiss before shouting up to Peri and telling her she was going, although she got no reply.

"See you later" Cameron said, he quickly stole another kiss before letting her escape to the door.

"Later Teegs" she said before walking out the door and heading off to work.

"Right, I'm going for a quick shower, can you listen out for Rose please?" Tegan asked Cameron who looked shocked "You're great with Peri, I trust you" she told him before heading upstairs.

Cameron made himself a coffee before sitting down and flicking the television on; he watched some news before deciding to go and check on Peri.

Heading upstairs he made his way to Peri's room.

"Can I come in?" he called as he knocked on the closed-door.

"Yeah" came Peri's shaky voice which sounded like she had been crying.

Opening the door Cameron walked in to see his daughter sitting in the middle of the bed with her knees pulled up to her chest as she hugged herself.

"Hey" he whispered as he sat on the bed "Come here" Peri slowly moved over to her Dad and let him embrace her in his arms as she started crying "It's going to be okay" Cameron promised as he rubbed soothing circles into her back "It's okay to be scared" he told her gently.

"I'm sorry about what said" she said as she pulled away from the hug and wiped her own tears away "I need you and Leela, you're my parents" she smiled wearily "But I wish they were still here, they were my parents too, just because they weren't my real parents doesn't mean I don't miss them, I loved them"

"I know you did, it's okay to miss them, to want them too, they where your parents for fourteen years, you're allowed to miss them" Cameron reassured her.

"I've never seen her this happy" Peri suddenly said.

"Who?" Cameron asked in confusion.

"Mum" Peri said "Leela, she really loves you, you know"

"Well that's good because I really love her, you and her mean everything to me" Cameron told her honestly "Come on, how about me and you go to the shop, get some treats for later?"

"Okay, I'll be down in a minute" Peri said so Cameron took that as his queue to leave.

Cameron made his way downstairs and noticed Tegan on the settee "I'm taking Rose into town, she needs new... well everything, she's growing so fast"

"Ready" Peri said as she slowly walked down the stairs.

"She seems happier" Tegan said to Cameron who just smiled at his daughter.

"Right, I'm going, see you Pez" Tegan said as she put Rose in her new buggy that she had just brought her and left the house.

...

Arriving home from the shops with bags full of sweets and fizzy pop they walked into the kitchen and put the bags down.

"When's Mum supposed to be back?" Peri asked.

"About an hour" Cameron told her.

They watched a bit of television and had some lunch as they waited for Leela to get home.

"She should be home by now?" Peri said "I'm going to ring her" she told Cameron as she took her phone out of her pocket.

After the third ring it went to voicemail so Peri sighed and hung up; she'll be home soon she thought to herself as she put her phone on the arm of the couch where she sat "No answer, she's probably running late or something"

"Yeah, how about we watch a film then when she comes in we can put another one in?" Cameron suggested.

"Okay" Peri said as she got up from the couch "I'm going to get a drink, what one?" she asked.

"No thanks" Cameron said as he began to wonder where Leela was; she normally rang if she was going to be late.

Just then the door opened.