After Sienna is released, Tom and Peri Lomax (Ruby O'Donnell) start a bullying campaign against her and Peri helps Tom to set Sienna up by kidnapping her niece Rose and planting her in Sienna's flat. However, this ends, when they discover Sienna's past and realized it was her father Patrick's fault. After Peri discovers that she has a brain tumour, Tom helps her escape from the hospital. They kiss and she faints from the tumour and they go back to the hospital, where she undergoes a successful operation. In August, when Peri is due to leave for New Zealand, Tom references her as his girlfriend in a conversation. Later, Peri asks if he meant it and then states that she always wanted to be his girlfriend.