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Leilani opened her eyes, wincing slightly as the harsh sunlight burned her corneas. She blinked, allowing her gaze to rest on two sleeping figures at her bedside.
"Morning" She said, smiling as both Kris and Jill raised their heads to smile at her, before allowing them to drop back onto the bed "And here i was thinking you'd be happy to see me awake" Leilani said, chuckling to herself.
"You do realise that you've been 'awake' for like a week don't you?" Jill asked, her voice muffled slightly as her head lay on the bed.
"Well, in my book that means I should be able to go home today then" Leilani smiled to herself, before pulling her blanket back. She couldn't sit up properly yet, the pain was still pretty bad, but she could move her legs enough to disturb both her mom and aunt.
"Don't even joke about that" Kris chastised her "Do you realise how close we came to losing you... again?" Kris asked, pain evident in her words.
"I'm well aware that if I hadn't pushed you out of the way, both you and my brother or sister would most probably be dead mom. I'm really sorry that in that split second I valued your lives more than I valued my own. I'll be sure to leave you next time" She said, clearly angry at her mom for even thinking that she wouldn't have been injured if she hadn't tried to save her.
"Honey... that's not what I meant" Kris said, frustrated at herself for making Leilani angry.
"No mom, it is. You blame yourself for me taking the initiative to save your life. This whole time, you've been thinking that it should be you here instead of me, that I don't deserve to be here, that I've already been through too much already. How am I doing so far?" She asked earning her a shrug from Jill, and a shocked expression from Kris.
"Mom... I'm telling you, if it ever came down to me, or you and my brother or sister, I'd chose to save you every time. There's no way I'd be able to live with myself if anything happened to you and I didn't do absolutely everything in my power to save you"
"I know that honey, I'm just upset that it had to end with you getting injured again" Kris told her, taking hold of one of her hands.
"Who says it's over... Pierre can't have been stupid enough to stay in the theatre while it was being destroyed. You both know as well as I do that it's not over until Pierre has been caught or killed, I'm personally not bothered which one it is" Jill said, holding Leilani's other hand.
Kris wasn't too happy with what Jill had said, but was perfectly willing to let it slide for the moment.
"Leilani... me and Peter have been talking, and, we thought that because you saved our lives... we'd like you to name our child"
"Mom... while I'm absolutely flattered, I really think that that's something both you and dad should do together"
"Leilani, we've talked about this, and it's something we both really want" She told her daughter, smiling at her. It was something both Peter and Kris felt would act as a token of appreciation for saving their lives. It would be a constant reminder that Leilani was willing to give her life for theirs.
"In that case... I'd be honoured" Leilani told her, squeezing her hand tight.
"Leilani, the doctors said that you're allowed to get out of here soon, but you'll have to have months of physical therapy before you're allowed to come back to work" Jill told her. She nodded in response. She didn't expect her recovery to be a walk in the park, in fact, she expected it to be slow and painful, nevertheless, she was happy to be allowed to go home. Her babies were waiting at home for her, along with her fiancé. She was excited about seeing them, but somewhere, in the back of her mind, she knew that this ordeal was far from over.
Pierre was still out there, probably somewhere close where he could keep an eye on them. This was all a game to him, a show, one in which he was completely in control. He loved watching them try to escape, got off on watching their slow painful recovery, all the while planning on ways to knock them back down. This was something he excelled in, something he took pride in, a masterpiece if you will, and this particular masterpiece was far from over.
Sadly this fic has come to an end. Don't know when a sequel will be up, to be honest, i don't actually have an idea in mind, but i have a different fic that i'm working on, so i hope some of you will take interest. If not, Thanks for all of your support, and good luck in whatever you do. Love you guys Carla-Leigh xxx :)