The different kinds of love

Chapter 3

Leela lay in her bed on her side as a few silent tears fell down her cheek; she knew what she was doing and she felt this gut-wrenching guilt but clearly it wasn't enough to stop her, it was never enough to make her stop; her words from early came to mind one more time, she let out a strangled sob as she thought about the humorous side of her words; it was never just one more time, Cameron was right.

She rolled over to face the empty space next to her where Cameron had been laying not long ago and the tears came even faster; she hated herself.

Cameron had slipped out of Leela's bed about an hour ago to go to work; he worked at 'The Hutch' where he was a chef alongside her brother Ste.

"I've got to go to work" she remembered him saying as his weight moved from the bed and he got dressed, after he was fully dressed he leaned down to kiss her but she moved away as she felt too guilty; this was what always happened after they had slept together, Leela always felt this overwhelming guilt, she always refused Cameron's touch after, but that never lasted long!

Leela lay staring at the empty space beside her before pushing herself up, wrapping herself in her thin robe she made her way to the bathroom, passing Peri's door on the way seeing her bedroom was empty.

"Pez" she called to see if her daughter had returned but luckily she hadn't.

She made her way into the bathroom and firmly shut the door before promptly jumping in the shower; washing her guilty away you might say.

Twenty minutes later Leela was downstairs sitting on the sofa watching Jeremy Kyle where a Mother was being accused by the Father of neglecting their children, she was getting into it before new people came on; a husband and wife, the wife was saying the husband was having an affair which of course he was denying.

Quickly shutting the television off with a sigh she chucked the remote on the table before suddenly the door came open and Peri came rushing in, she ran straight upstairs without a word.

Leela looked concerned before getting up "Are you okay Pez?" she called from the bottom of the stairs.

"I'm fine" came her forceful responce.

Leela made her way upstairs as she saw her daughter's bedroom door firmly shut so she knocked gently "Are you sure you're okay?" she called threw the closed door, she could hear the slight sniffles coming from her daughter "Peri, talk to me, I know something's wrong"

"I'm fine, just leave me alone" Peri said loudly as she sat on her bed frantically wiping at her eyes, willing the tears to stop.

"Okay, but I'm here you know, you can tell me anything, just when you're right I'm here oaky?" Leela said.

Peri didn't answer so Leela decided to go back downstairs, as she went she suddenly heard her daughter's soft voice "Okay"

...

Cameron was on his lunch break at work as he sat in the corner of the restaurant staring at his phone before hearing her, looking up he saw her smiling down at him before sitting down in the seat next to him "I was hoping to see you here" she smiled warmly at him before leaning in and gently peaking him on the lips.

"So what did your Dad want earlier?" he asked his wife.

"Oh, just Nico, she's not coping but Dad's looking after her" Sienna said with slight worry for her daughter.

There was a silence before Sienna spoke "So what did you and Leela do without me?" she smiled.

"Oh, you know, the usual... watched a movie, chatted, nothing special" Cameron said calmly.