Chapter Thirteen

Laying on her bed and staring at the ceiling Lucy tried to make sense of all the information that she had absorbed from Hayley's mind. The woman she thought was her old sister was actually her mother and for the past seven years her father had been attempting to take down the people who had experimented on them, a feat he had completed last night. On top of that she was also coming to grips with her feelings for the silver haired kleptomaniac, a person she was falling head over heels for.

"How'd it go?" Peter asked as he appeared in her room after forty five minutes of staring at the ceiling had occurred

"Hayley isn't my sister" Lucy blankly said

"Sorry Lucy" Peter apologised as he laid down next to her and the blonde rolled onto her side so she could rest her head on his chest.

"She's my mother"

"What?"

"You know the man with her?"

"I saw him"

"That's my father, he's the one who blew up Trask Industries"

"How you holding up?"

"I've felt better" Lucy whispered "But being with you like this makes me feel better. I want everything to go back to normal"

"But we aren't normal are we?"

"Don't think we have ever been normal"

"You get to have your family for the rest of your life" Peter whispered in her ear "that's something you can take away from this. No matter what happened she never stopped looking out for you or loving you"

"Stay with me for a while Peter?"

"I promise you babe"

"I feel like I depend on you way to much"

"Depend on me all you want, I'm not going anywhere"

"Thank you Peter" Lucy responded as she curled tighter into his side and Peter tightened his hold on her as she fell asleep.

"I love you" Peter whispered, finally admitting his feelings out loud to the sleeping brunette

…..

"She didn't take that to well" Remy said as he sat next to her Hayley after Lucy disappeared upstairs

"How did you expect her to take it?" Hayley asked as she held his hand

"No idea"

"Give her some time, she's gone from being an orphan who was raised by her older sister to being an only child with two parents. It's a lot to take in"

"At least you were there for her when she was growing up"

"You got her out of those labs and brought her home" Hayley told him "You gave her a future"

"I'm going to make it up to you two. I promise"

"You already did Remy" Hayley whispered as she rested her head on his shoulder "You got rid of the people who were trying blackmail us and those from Trask Industries"

"It was the least that I could do"

…

The following morning Hayley went up to her daughter's room in order to wake her up only to be met with the sight of Lucy sat on her bed talking to a silver haired teenager.

"I take it your friend got here this morning" Hayley interrupted

"Peter stayed with me last night" Lucy responded as Hayley noted how the brunette was holding onto the teenager the same way that she had held onto Remy's arm when she needed comfort.

"Would you like some breakfast Peter?"

"Sure?" Peter responded not entirely sure what was happening, but the hold Lucinda had on his hand gave him the answer he needed

"Great, be down soon"

"Thank you Peter" Lucy whispered before she realised something "Do you need to call Magda?"

"Nah, gave her the heads up I went out to make sure you didn't kill anyone" Peter smirked only for the brunette to playfully punch his arm, only for him to run them down to the kitchen where Hayley and Remy were already sat.

"Good morning" Remy said as he stared at the two teenagers, Peter gave a noncommittal wave as Lucy began to play with her sleeves at the sight of her father

"Morning" was all she mumbled as she stared at the floor.

"Here you go" Hayley said breaking up the tense atmosphere by placing a stack of pancakes in front of everyone here

"Glad to see your cooking got better" Remy teased the ebony haired woman who flicked a piece of strawberry at the thief which led to a mini food fight between the two adults.

"That's a weird sight" Lucy mumbled as Peter jabbed her in the side

"Be nice"

"Thanks for being there for me, Peter"

"No problem" Peter responded after quickly eating the pancakes and Lucy took him to the front door

"It may be a while before I see you again" Lucy told him, causing him to face her "I want to give this family thing a shot"

"Good luck with that" Peter said as Lucy kissed his cheek and he ran off. Heading back inside Lucy watched from the doorway as her parents were acting like love sick teenagers.