I don't know how I feel about this, I wanted to show that all the family were upset and I don't know how well I managed that. Let me know what you think :)
Leela woke up on the couch with a familiar feeling of being in someone's arms so she turned her head, as she looked beside her feelings of joy and dread overcame her; she felt safe in his arms, but the one thought she couldn't ignore was that it should be Ziggy's arms, but instead it was Cameron.
Letting out a small sigh she thought about how this happened; she never meant for him to stay the night, it just happened.
Looking towards the coffee table she saw an empty bottle of wine and two empty wine glasses so she careful extracted herself from Cameron's arms and went to tidy them away.
"Hey" Cameron's voice startled her.
"Um, hey" Leela replied as she glanced at him before taking the empty bottle and glasses into the kitchen.
Cameron walked up behind her and put his arms around her, just then Leela seemed to remember his state of undress, she turned towards a topless Cameron without saying a word, staring at his bare chest before looking up to meet his eyes.
They stayed in the moment for a few minutes before Leela's mind caught up to her and she moved away from him.
"Um, I, I need to get ready" she said as she stumbled over her words, she got his top and chucked it to him, silently telling him to put it on.
"Lee..." Cameron started once he put his top on but the sound of footsteps coming down the stairs stopped him.
Peri stood looking at her parents with sleepy eyes "What's he doing here?"
"Oh, he just came to see if we needed anything..." Leela trailed off.
"This early?" she questioned.
"Yeah" Leela lied.
Peri just shrugged her shoulders before continuing to the kitchen, going around the kitchen she noticed the two wine glasses in the sink and the empty bottle, she frowned to herself before turning to look at both Cameron and Leela who were in a heated discussion which she couldn't quite hear.
"Look I gotta get ready, just go..." Leela said but Cameron made no move to leave "Please, Cam" she sighed heavily "I'll see you at the church"
Walking into the kitchen as the front door shut she smiled uneasily at Peri.
"What was that about?" Peri asked but Leela didn't reply, she was too focused on the day ahead.
"Mum..." Peri shouted getting her attention.
"Oh, nothing, we need to get ready, Tee should be here soon" Leela said as she dismissed the question.
Just then Tegan walked through the door with Rose in her pram.
"You're back" Peri said as she ran over and hugged her recently discovered Aunt.
"Hey kiddo" Tegan said as she ruffled Peri's hair making her scoff.
Peri went upstairs to get ready even though the funeral wasn't until 1.
"So, Cameron?" Tegan asked with a raised eyebrow as she lifted a grizzly Rose from her pram.
Leela just walked off with a huff; she didn't want people asking her about Cameron, she just wanted to focus on saying goodbye to her Mum and Dad, and to be honest she didn't know what her and Cameron were; they were somewhere between friends and a little bit more, but she had Ziggy; she loved Ziggy but that didn't stop her from feeling the way she did every time Cameron touched her or smiled at her.
Tegan just watched her sister as she walked upstairs, she shook her head at her sister's obvious feelings for her ex, then she carried on seeing to Rose.
Peri was in her room going through her closet trying to pick the best black outfit to wear to the funeral, as she rifled though her clothes there was a knock at the door.
"Come in" she called.
Leela walked into her daughter's room and sat down on the edge of the bed as she watched Peri going through her clothes.
"Do you want a hand?" Leela asked.
"I don't know which one" Peri turned to her Mum and said as she held two black dresses up.
"That's pretty" Leela pointed at one of them "But you will look great in either" Leela offered her a smile and Peri put the dress Leela pointed to on her bed and the other one back in her wardrobe.
"Thanks" Peri smiled as she sat beside her Mum.
"I can't believe they're gone, they're not coming back" Peri said as she leaned into her Mum's side.
"I know" Leela whispered as she held her daughter close; she often thought about how Peri could have been in the car too.
Peri looked up at her Mum with sad eyes.
"Do you think they would hate me?" Peri suddenly asked, but seeing Leela's frown she went to continue only for Leela to cut her off.
"Don't you ever ask that again" Leela said as she took her daughter's hand in her own "They will just be happy you're happy"
"Promise?" Peri asked as she looked up at her Mum.
"Promise" Leela smiled before getting up to leave.
"Leela..."
"Yeah" she said as she turned back to face her daughter.
"Thank you" Peri said as she still sat on the bed.
Leela frowned as she didn't really know why she was saying thank you but she just smiled sympathetically and walked away, closing the door behind her.
As it slowly approached time to go Tegan, Peri and baby Rose waited in the lounge for Leela and Ste who were both upstairs getting ready.
Ste came out of his room once he was ready and noticed Leela in the bathroom sat on the side of the bath.
Pushing the door open he slowly walked up to her noticing her holding a picture of her Mum and Dad.
Ste looked at her and gently took the picture from her hands before sitting down beside her and pulling her into his side.
"I can't believe they're really gone" she said, repeating her daughter's words from earlier.
"Me neither" Ste whispered back.
They stayed like that for a moment before Leela suddenly got up and wiped her eyes, putting on a brave face she smiled at her brother.
"Come on, let's go" she said as she tried to pull herself together.
Reaching for Ste's hand she pulled him up and they headed downstairs.
Peri and Tegan turned to look at Ste and Leela as they both appeared and they both noticed Leela's appearance.
"Leela, are you okay?" Tegan asked.
"Yep" she said as she forced a smile "Come on let's go and get this over with"
Walking out of the house Peri, Tegan and Ste looked on; Ste and Tegan exchanged looks as they both thought the same thing; their sister was not alright, Leela was putting up walls, she was pushing them away, shutting her emotions off.
They walked down the village steps seeing the coffins coming; Ste looked on sadly as silent tears ran down Peri's face, Tegan watched her sister in concern as she just watched on emotionlessly.
Rose started screaming suddenly breaking Leela out of her daze.
They all got into the car and followed the Hurst to the church, the car ride was silent as everyone was stuck in their own thoughts, and the only sounds that could be heard were Rose's grizzlies.
The service started as everyone walked into the church, the coffins laying there with a picture of them on top of them and flowers resting on each.
As the service continued Ste got up to read out his epilogue, he stood at the front of the church speaking about his Dad with much difficulty as he felt the pain in his chest, he struggle, but he knew he had to do this; he had to do it for his Dad and for his sisters.
As Ste finished his reading he walked back to his seat next to Leela and gently squeezed her hand, Leela just looked at him and smiled, without showing any emotion she got up and started speaking about both her Mum and Dad; she spoke about her Mum first, then her Dad, as she spoke about her Dad a tear escaped her eyes as she remembered him, quickly wiping it away she walked back to her seat and sat down as the rest of the service passed her by in a haze.
After the service Peri looked at her uncle who just shrugged before they made their way out of the church.
"Mum, are you okay?" Peri asked as she took her Mum's hand.
Leela hadn't said a word since the service ended which they knew wasn't a good sign; sooner or later all her feelings would come out and it wouldn't be pretty.
Leela gave her daughter a watery smile before pulling her into her side as they walked out of the church together.
