So I know last chapter was meant to be the end but as you see it wasn't, I had another idea, so this story is completed but as and when I get ideas I might add more so keep an eye out for an update :)
Anyways I have a feeling people are going to like this chapter ;p
So Enjoy X
The days passed and the remaining Lomax family where finally getting ton their feet again; Tegan had finally come out of hiding, but she wasn't coping well so she had taken Rose and gone to their Auntie Sue's for a bit; she promised to be back for the funeral but right now she just needed to get away, so that's what she did.
With Tegan and Rose away that left just Peri, Leela and Ste at home, they were all very much grieving still, but they remembered together now; sharing stories and memories with the other which brought a lot of happy times but also a lot of sad times with it.
A knock at the door sounded which got Leela's attention as her and Peri watched a DVD together.
Peri looked towards her Mum and gave her a questioning look, leaning forward she pressed pause on the remote before waiting for Leela to move.
"I'll be right back" Leela sighed as she climbed off of the couch and made her way to the door.
Opening the door she saw what it was and she sucked in a deep breath as she felt the pain in her chest, her stomach dropped as she looked at what the man on the outside was holding.
"Deliver for Lomax" the man said as her held a giant portrait of the family; her Dad had ordered it months ago, but it had been delayed.
The picture was of all of them looking happy, they were all together; Sam, Danny, Ste, Tegan, Peri, Rose and her.
Leela stared at the picture in front of her eyes and remembered back to that time; she remembered the day that picture was took, remembering it as a happy day she smiled softly to herself as a tear slide down her cheek.
"Thanks" Leela said before taking it off of him.
She stood at the open door unmoved, watching as the delivery man walked away.
"Leela..." Peri called.
"Mum" Peri tried again but still got no reply so she walked up to the open door "What is it?"
Silent tears now ran down Leela's face as she thought back to how happy they were, how happy they could have still been if it weren't for her, they could have moved to New Zealand and had a fresh start but she ruined it, she killed her parents.
Touching Leela's arm softly Peri got her attention and noticed her Mum was crying, she looked at what Leela was holding before suddenly realisation shot across her face and she froze.
"I ruined this" Leela mumbled and then she sank to her knees, leaning against the door frame, she looked towards her daughter and saw the tears in her eyes which were threatening the spill.
Leela reached up and held her hand out towards her daughter which she accepted, offering her Mum a slight smile.
The tears in Peri's eyes slowly fell down her cheeks and she started crying too.
Leela held her arms out "Come here" Peri sat beside her Mum and hugged her as she let the tears fall.
"We were so happy" Peri said shakily through her tears.
"I know baby" Leela sighed "I know" she cried, she cried for herself and for her daughter; she would do anything to bring them back.
"I just want them back" Peri sobbed into Leela's side.
"I know" Leela whispered before kissing the top of her daughter's head "So do I"
"Mum..." Peri said shakily.
Leela looked at her daughter and wiped her tears away as more tears fell down her own cheeks.
"I'm sorry" Peri said as she stared at the picture of them all.
"What for?"
"I'm sorry I was going to leave with them..." she said causing Leela to gently cut her off.
"No, it's okay, they were your parents, they brought you up and they were all you knew, of course you wanted to be with them" Leela told her kindly.
"But it must have hurt" Peri said as she looked up at her Mum.
"Of course it did, I love you more than anything in the world, but I don't blame you" Leela told her as she wiped her eyes and smiled at her daughter.
Leela watched her daughter careful as all different emotions flicked across her face; Fear, hurt, anger and sorrow, but also joy.
Peri burst into tears as she thought about losing her 'parents', she had her real Mum now but she still considered them her parents too, maybe if they were still alive she would have switched to calling them Grandma and Granddad eventually but not now, she couldn't do it, not now they were gone.
"Shhh" Leela whispered as she pulled her daughter closer to her and she cried into her lap "I'm here baby girl, I will always be here for you" she whispered, she hated hearing her daughter's distraught cries.
Leela listened to the pain of her daughter crying as she looked at the image in front of her; her happy family, destroyed.
Suddenly someone came up the steps and stopped in front of her, looking up she met his eyes and gave him a heartbreaking smile.
Cameron stood there watching his girls; he looked towards his little girl and his heart broke for her.
Leela signaled for him to come and sit with them, so he did, slowly approaching them he sat down, Leela carefully shuffled their daughter over to him before getting up and walking into the house, she placed the picture against the wall so it was visible for the family to see and remember their parents and grandparents; Rose and Peri had lost grandparents whereas Leela, Tegan and Ste had lost parents.
Leela looked longingly at the picture of their family before walking back to her own little family who where now sat on the couch.
Peri was still crying against Cameron as Leela joined them again, she put her hand on Peri's back and began rubbing soothing circles into it which seemed to work in easing her cries a bit, eventually they subsided all together as she looked up at Cameron and gave him a watery smile.
Cameron smiled back at his daughter as he brushed a piece of hair back from her face causing Leela to smile to herself.
"Let's watch the film" Peri said after a while as she sat up with tear stained eyes causing Leela to smile at her, she reached for the remote and pressed play.
Cameron sat watching the two most important people in the world to him and smiled proudly to himself; he was never going to let them go again.
