Leela's POV
I was walking the short distance to my house, the cold air hitting my face.
I took a deep breath and pushed the door open, seeing Ste in the kitchen.
He looked up from what he was doing and looking at me.
"Hi" I offered weakly.
He just grunted and went back to what he was doing.
"Ain't you going to speak to me?" I said and he looked up, putting what he was doing down with a loud sigh.
"I just hope you know what you're doing" he said, walking up to me.
"I do"
"I hope so..." he warned.
"I love him..." I whispered and he looked at me, giving me a strange look, he let out another loud sigh.
"I know..." offering me a small smile "I know what it's like to love someone entirely, someone who isn't exactly perfect, it's not rational and it doesn't make sense, but no matter how hard you try you just can't fight it" he said, with a distant look in his eye.
"You ain't told Mum have ya?" I asked after a moment.
"No, but I think you should tell her"
"Why? She doesn't need to know" I told him.
"You know she's after him right? She will stop at nothing to bring him down"
"She won't do that, she can't..." I trailed off, felling the urge to cry.
"She's a cop, she's only doing her job" he told me.
"No, I won't let her..." I said, heading for stairs.
"Mum..." I said, seeing her appear from the stairs.
"Where were you last night?" she asked.
"Out... is that allowed?" I snapped.
"How's your head?" she questioned with concern.
"Fine" I said, feeling irritated.
She looked at me for a while.
"It's fine Mum" I sighed and she was still looking "It's okay, I'm over it, you should be too" I said, trying not to snap.
"So, you gonna tell me where you were last night?"
"I told you... I was out" I told with a frustrated groan.
"Where?"
"Just around" I lied.
She raised her eyebrow at me "So you weren't with Trevor?"
"What?" I said, looking over to Ste "You said you didn't tell her"
"I didn't" he said with a shrug.
"Tell me what?" Mum asked.
I looked at her trying to think whether it was a good idea to tell her or not.
"Urm..."
"You were with him again, weren't you?" she shouted, making me lose my temper.
"YES" I screamed at her "You really gotta get over this pathetic obsession with him"
"What? Like you have" my Mum said, shocking me into silence.
If she wanted the truth she was going to get it.
"Well, he is my boyfriend" I said with a smirk.
"What did you just say?"
"You heard, me and him, we're together" I told her, unable to stop myself from smiling.
"I won't allow that"
"And how exactly are you going to stop me?" I'm 24 Mum, not 4"
"He's bad news" she said.
"NO" I yelled, my voice breaking slightly "I love him..."
Her eyes soften and she walked over to me.
"Oh, Leela" she said in a caring voice and hugged me.
"I'm sorry Mum, but I really love him, I can't stop it" I said, barely more than a whisper.
"It's okay..."
"So you aren't angry?" I asked her, pulling away from the hug.
"Well I'm not exactly ecstatic about it but if he makes you happy..."
"He does..." I said with a smile on my face.
"I can see that" she said, smiling warmly at me.
"I love you Mum"
"I love you too, you'll always be my little girl"
I leant in to hug her quickly before running upstairs.