Last chapter, sorry if it's not all that good guys, but this was only ever meant to be a shot or two, but i hope it's decent and not too disappointing.

It was a few days after Peri's operation and she was getting ready to go home; she had just finished getting changed when she felt her phone buzz, going over to it she read the reply she was so eagerly waiting for.

'I'm outside' said the message and she smiled to herself, pushing the little bit of doubt she had aside.

Typing a quick reply back she send it then stuffed everything in her bag and made her way out of the hospital, making sure she wasn't seen by Leela who was coming to pick her up; since the operation her and Leela had become closer, but she still found it hard; she saw Leela as her sister so it was hard for her to get her head around the fact that she was actually her Mother.

Peri loved Leela, of course she did, she always loved Leela, but that was as a sister; loving a sister was different to loving a mother and Peri still saw Leela as her sister, despite how much closer they had become over the past days it still felt weird for her.

Making her way to the entrance of the hospital she saw who she was looking for; the person had their back to her, so she walked up to them and put her hands over their eyes.

"Guess who?" she said grinning from ear to ear.

"Erm..." he teased.

"It's me" she said as she bounced in front of him in excitement; she was so glad she had someone like him to look out for her "Thanks for coming"

"You're my best friend of course I was going to come" Tom said sincerely "But I'm not letting you runaway Peri"

"Then why are you here?" Peri snapped, feeling frustrated.

"So I can make sure you don't do anything stupid"

"It's all a lie... they all lied to me..."

"About what?" Tom asked.

"Not here, let's go to the folly" Peri said before tugging Tom with her.

"Alright fine, but you're going to tell me when we're there"

"Fine" Peri agreed before they both ran off to the folly.

Xxxxxx

"Beat you" Peri said sticking her tongue out at Tom before going over to the bench and sitting down, trying to catch her breath.

"So you gonna tell me now?" Tom asked as he walked over to sit beside her.

Peri looked at Tom and smiled; she always thought Tom was cute and she loved that he was so kind and caring.

"My Mum and Dad" she simply said.

"What about them?" Tom asked.

"They aren't my Mum and Dad, they lied, they all lied..."

"What?" Tom screeched "What do you mean they aren't your Mum and Dad?"

"I mean they aren't my parents Tom, they lied to me"

Tom didn't know what to say "W...well who are your real parents then?"

"I don't know my Dad, but his name is Cameron and he's in prison for something and..." she stopped, trying to find the words; they still felt pretty unnatural to her, she wasn't used to saying her Mum was Leela, it was always Sam.

"And what?" Tom asked willing her to carry on.

"My Mum... My Mum is... it's" she stuttered, getting tongue-tied.

"You're Mum..."

"My Sister..."

"What?" Tom asked not understanding what she was trying to say.

"It's Leela, she's my Mum"

"What? You're Sister?" he asked, getting a small nod in reply.

"I don't know how to feel, I mean she just gave me up, I'm so angry..."

Tom placed a hand on her shoulder trying to comfort her as much as possible "She must have been young when she had you..."

"Well yeah I guess, but it still hurts..." Peri said as her eyes began to water "They lied and if I never got ill they wouldn't have ever told me"

"You don't know that..." Tom said honestly causing Peri to shrug in response "Look, you have your family, you're Mum, they all love you and care about you, I don't have much family left, most of them are dead and the ones I do have don't even care enough to bother with me, when my brother died I lived with his wife and her family but then she died so now I live with The Osborne's who I love, but they aren't my family... what I'm trying to say is, don't take what you have for granted, your family may have lied to you but they are still your family, they still looked after you and cared for you, they could have given you up completely but they didn't and I tell you why they didn't, it's because they love you Peri, your Mum may have been too young to look after you or whatever reason but she still loved you and I bet you anything that she would do anything and everything to make you happy.

Peri listened to ever word Tom was saying and she realised how selfless she was being; sure they lied to her but they were HER family and they cared; they loved her no matter the circumstances.

Peri hadn't noticed that she was crying but she was; Tom's little speech made her realise how lucky compared to some she was, wiping her tears away she quickly got up, pressing and kiss to Tom's cheek she mumbled and quick Thanks before running off.

Xxxxxx

Peri had ran all the way back to the hospital hoping Leela was still there and she was; she was waiting out the front with her phone in her hands and worry written all over her face.

Looking at her phone Peri noticed five missed calls all from Leela, her Sister slash Mum; she walked over to where Leela stood causing her to look up and the minute Leela saw her daughter was safe she smiled in relief.

"Oh thank god" she said "I was so worried, you weren't at home and you weren't answering your phone, I thought... I thought..." she couldn't finish that sentence the thought was too painful to even think about "I'm just so glad you're okay"

"I'm okay" Peri agreed, before hugging a surprised Leela who quickly hugged her back.

"It's going to take time..." Peri trailed off "But I think I can get used to it" she grinned at her Mum who happily returned it as they started to walk home.

"That's good to know" Leela smirked, feeling happy that she hadn't lost her daughter forever.

"Should I start calling you Mum?" Peri asked.

"That's entirely up to you, you don't have to if you don't want to..."

Looking at her Mum Peri answered honestly; she knew how much it would mean to her if she called her Mum but she wasn't sure, not just yet anyway.

"It's okay..." Leela reassured her seeing the conflict on her face.

Giving her a soft smile she said "Maybe soon, but I need to get used to it, I mean you've been my Sister my whole life"

"You were never just my Sister" Leela whispered back, before they continued their walk home in a peaceful silence.

It was going to be hard no doubt about that, it was going to take time to get there, to the place that they wanted to be; that place where Peri called her Mum; that place where Peri went to Leela for comfort; that place where Peri saw Leela as her Mum and only her Mum. They could get to that place where Peri forgave the family for lying to her about her parentage it would just take time; time for the family to heal; time for the family to forgive, but in the end they would make it as Mother and Daughter; as a family.