A/N: Thank you for the reviews x

Sorry this chapter's so short – will be longer in future x

And I apologise for the lack of conversation – this is an insight on Lyra's thoughts of her 'second mum.'

As I slept that night I dreamt of Toni. Weird dreams. She was filling my head, she really was. After our little heart-to-heart, she'd phoned Mum and Dad, asking them if she could stay in our spare room to keep an eye on me as they'd had to extend their business trip in Blackpool until the end of next week. They'd agreed and I'd ended up having a heart-to-heart with Mum down the phone, reassuring her I missed her, but it was still hard to sleep with the needle in my hand, making sure I was receiving medication into my bloodstream.

As soon as I'd screamed out in the night I'd regretted waking Toni up.

What was she going to think of me?

I woke up to a soft knock on my bedroom door. It was only 1:00am. What was Toni doing up this late? I must've woken her up. Oh, God. The door swiftly opened, revealing Toni, dressed in jeans and a black t-shirt. I shut my eyes, sensing her movement as she shut the door and made her way over to my bed, tucking me under the covers as she sat down next to my feet. Sleepily, I opened one eye as her hand tenderly caressed my face and after she chucked me under the chin with her thumb, I opened my eyes, blinked and stared at her.

She stroked my hair as she came into focus, gently pulling me into a sitting up position, and keeping me still with one arm, and holding my hand where she'd put the needle in, she rearranged my pillows and eased me back onto them, holding me still as she planted a warm soft kiss on my cheek and then my forehead, and then pulled me into her arms, holding me tight as she kissed my hair and lying me down in bed, again securely tying the drip, pumping more fluid into my blood in the process, and she tucked me into bed, gently parting my fringe to kiss me goodnight.

She gently chucked me under my chin with her thumb and then crossed the room, gently shutting the door behind her.

I closed my eyes as I lay there, half awake, wanting to be held and wanting to be loved but more importantly, wanting Toni to say she loved me more than anything.

It was all I kept dreaming of – I wanted nothing more.

I didn't even want my mum – I just wanted Toni.

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