A few days had passed and Leela had explained to Cameron about Peri and what had happened.
Right now Peri was laid on the settee with her head resting on her Mum's lap as she had a bit of a headache.
"Mum, is it okay if Tom comes over after school?" she asked as she looked at her phone, seeing it was already half two; Tom would be finished school soon and she would be able to see him.
"Sure, he can stop for tea if he likes" Leela told her as she stroked her hair.
Peri sat up and grinned at her Mum "Really, that's great, I'll text him now" she said as she got off of the couch and ran upstairs.
Leela watched Peri go with thought before looking down at her watch and sighing; Cameron was at work and she was so bored, she wanted to go back to work but she was still suspended.
Reaching for the television remote she leant back on the couch as she flicked the television on, going through the channels until final settling on something half decent to watch.
...
"Where are you going?" Leela asked her daughter as she came down the stairs all dressed up wearing one of her dresses with her dark pink jacket.
"I'm going to meet Tom from school" Peri said as she continued to the door.
"Okay, but your coming straight back right?" Leela questioned.
"We were going to go to the folly for a bit, just hang out" Peri told her Mum.
"Okay, but don't be too long please" Leela told her "Is Tom stopping for his tea then?"
"Yeah" Peri said before walking out of the door, shouting a quick bye as she left the house.
...
Peri sat on a wall waiting for Tom to come out of school.
Looking up she saw Nico coming out of the gates "Hey" Peri said as she jumped of the wall "I'm so sorry" she said as she walked over to her "Are you okay?" she questioned her friend as she looked at the small scratch on her cheek.
"I'm fine" Nico said with a smile "I know you have been though a lot and I get it"
"But I still shouldn't have hit you" Peri protested causing Nico to shrug.
"I'm over it, anyway what are you doing here?" Nico asked.
"I'm waiting for Tom" Peri told her friend.
"I saw him in the corridor, he should be out in a minute" Nico said "Anyway I best be off, Mum said she has a surprise for me" Nico smiled "See ya"
"Bye" Peri replied as she hugged Nico quickly as she saw Tom coming out of the school doors.
"Hey" Tom said as he approached her, kissing her on the cheek before pulling back.
"Hey, missed you" Peri said.
Tom and Peri hadn't seen each other since the incident with her at school on Monday; it was now Friday, Mr Blake had given him four after school detentions for running off, which was a bit harsh, but it was Mr Blake so that was to be expected. Patrick often picked and choosed what he took seriously and what he didn't, but most people know that Patrick was a strange man.
"Missed you too, so we going back to yours?"
"No, let's go to the folly for a bit, just hang out" Peri said.
"Okay" Tom agreed and they headed off to the folly together.
"You look really nice by the way" Tom said after a while of walking.
"Thanks" Peri smiled as she stopped walked and leant forward, pecking him on the lips.
Tom smiled at Peri as he thought how beautiful he looked and he never thought he would feel like this about someone at this age, but when Peri came into his life she just took him by surprise and he fell for her hard and fast.
"I love you so much Peri" he said.
"I love you too" she smiled as they got to the folly and sat down on the bench just talking and being together.
Tom stared at his girlfriend as she spoke before catching her eyes "What?" she asked as she saw him staring at her.
"Did you mean what you said the other day?" he asked nervously.
"Of course" she smiled at him "Why, don't you want to?"
"Babe, are you sure you're ready?" he asked with a shaky voice as he knew what Peri was like and he didn't want her to think he was rejecting her, but he needed to be sure about this; maybe they should wait?
"I'm sure Tom" she said with a soft smile.
"Maybe we should wait" he told her.
"What? You want to?" she asked, she sounded hurt "I mean if you want to" she replied in a whisper.
"I just think you've been though a lot, I just want to make sure you're ready" he told her.
"I am ready" she said firmly "Tom, I want this, don't you?"
Tom nodded "Yeah, but don't you think we're too young, shouldn't we wait?"
"No TOM" she raised her voice slightly "I don't want to wait, we love each other, so why shouldn't we do this"
Tom didn't speak so Peri continued "If you don't want to then fine, we can wait but I am ready, I love you Tom and I want to do this with you"
Tom listened to his girlfriend as he thought about what she was saying.
"Okay" he said.
Peri beamed at him "You mean it?" she asked.
"Yeah, if you're sure, I want to" he said.
Peri leaned in and kissed him before looking at her phone "We best get back, Mum told us not to be too long"
Tom stood up and held his hand out for Peri to take; helping her up, he stole one last kiss before they began to head back to her house.
...
"We're back" Peri shouted as she let her and Tom into the house.
"Oh" Leela appeared from the top of the stairs "Hey" she said as she came down, smoothing her hair down with her fingers.
"Are you okay?" Peri asked as she noticed her Mum looked flushed "Yeah, I'm fine" she replied quickly as she made her way into the kitchen.
"Is Dad home yet?" Peri asked as she followed her into the kitchen.
"Yeah, he finished early" Leela told her.
"Where is he?" Peri asked.
"Um, er... I think he was going to take a shower" Leela said as she stumbled over her words a bit.
"Okay, when's tea going to be ready?"
"Your Dad's going to go and get pizza later" Leela told her.
"Cool, well me and Tom are going to go to my room" Peri said, grabbing Tom and heading upstairs.