PIPER'S POV:

I woke up before Tyler the next morning and turned in his embrace, watching as he slept peacefully, one arm thrown above his head and the other wrapped around my waist securely. Smiling to myself, I eased myself up carefully and pressed my lips to his, continuing kisses down his jaw to his neck, smiling against his skin as I heard him moan lowly in the back of his throat…

"Morning." I breathed against his lips as I kissed him once again

"Morning." he mirrored "And here was me thinking last night was a dream…"

"Nope." I replied, allowing my fingers to trail down the material of his t-shirt and stroke along the skin of his stomach

"Piper, are you doing what I think you're doing?" he asked

"And what would it be that you think I'm doing?" I questioned

"Are you trying to seduce me?" he inquired

"That depends," I informed him "is it working?"

"Yep!" he replied

Laughing as he flipped us over suddenly, he brushed my hair from my face and pressed his lips to mine, his hands trailing down my arms and to my sides, bringing up the t-shirt I was wearing, my back arching as he pulled it over my head and laid me back down…

"I love you." he informed me

"I love you too." I mirrored, my head tipping as his lips travelled to the skin of my neck

TYLER'S POV:

"Just where have you been?" Terese asked as Piper and I made our way into her house

"I left a note saying I was with Tyler." she informed her as she set her bag down

"You've forgiven him?" she questioned

Piper nodded her head… "He made it up to me."

"You're forgetting what he did, Piper…" she sighed

"No, I'm not, Mum." she replied "I don't want to argue with you because I'm happy, so I'm gonna go and we'll talk when you've calmed down."

PIPER'S POV:

"I'm sorry," I sighed as Tyler and I arrived back at his "Mum will come round soon enough and allow herself to see again that you're a good guy."

"I don't blame her if she doesn't." he informed me "I really hurt you, Piper."

"Yeah, you did," I replied "and my Mum needs to let me live my life and allow me to make my own decisions, which includes forgiving or not forgiving you."

"She's only got your best interests at heart, and after everything the two of you have been through, do you really want to leave things on a sour note when you'd just got things back on track?" he asked

"I should go and speak to her, shouldn't I?" I inquired

He nodded his head and pressed his lips to my forehead…

"Mum!" I called into the house as I shut the front door behind me

"I didn't expect you back so soon." she admitted "I swear to God, if he's done something to hurt you…"

"He hasn't." I assured her "He actually convinced me to come and talk to you."

"He did?" she inquired

I nodded my head… "Tyler's a good guy, Mum. You thought that before he did what he did and regardless of what you think now, I'm going to keep dating him because I love him. I need you to accept that."

"Okay." she replied

"What?" I questioned "Just okay?"

She nodded her head… "You're my baby, but I need to start remembering you're old enough to make your decisions and choices, and that includes whether you date Tyler or not."

I smiled at her warmly… "Thank you."

TYLER'S POV:

"So you two are back on, I take it?" Zoe asked as she made her way into the living room where Piper and I were snuggled up on the sofa

"Yep." I informed her as I glanced down at Piper, her arm draped across my waist, her head resting against my chest

"Good," she replied "maybe now you'll stop moping!"

"You were moping over me?" Piper questioned, easing herself up into a sitting position

"I didn't mope exactly." I informed her

"So what did you do then?" she inquired

"He drowned his sorrows in beer." Zoe interjected before I had the chance to reply

"Thanks, sis," I replied "why don't you go and order us all some food?"

She smiled at me warmly and rose to her feet, making her way into the kitchen…

"You moped over me?" Piper questioned

I nodded my head… "I was angry at myself for hurting you and not handing Mum into the police when I should have so I drowned my sorrows in beer, and then Zoe basically told me to get a grip and if I wanted you back, to make a plan, so I did and it worked."

She smiled at me warmly… "Can we make a pact?"

"Sure." I replied

"I don't want to think about your Mum anymore." she informed me "I want to focus on you and me and us and being happy, can we do that?"

I shook my head… "What if Mum's case goes to trial?"

"Okay, after that," she replied "can we do it then?"

I nodded my head… "Whatever you want."

She smiled at me warmly and pressed her lips to mine, moving back to her original position… "I love you."

"I love you too." I mirrored

Terese has accepted that Tyler and Piper are back together and they've made a pact, to be put into place if Mama Brennan's case does go to trial – do you think it will?