Spanner In The Works.
This was an idea I had & it wouldn't leave me alone. I will be updating my other stories soon but this wasn't leaving me alone!
Chapter 1- The New Girl.
16 year old Emily stepped out of Walford station, a rucksack hitched on her shoulder. She repositioned it, sighed loudly and looked around. She was here to find her father. She had heard from her grandmother that he had settled here with a new girlfriend.
As she walked the street of Walford, she wondered why her father would settled for place like this. It was nothing special, nothing that reminded her of home back up north. This girlfriend must be pretty special. She stopped outside a pub named 'The Queen Victoria' and though it was a good place to start looking for her father. She walked in and looked around, seeing middle aged people drinking their life away. She sighed and turned to the bar.
"I'll have a beer please" She sighed, putting her bag down and sat on a bar stool.
"I'm gonna have see some ID darling please" The barman replied. She narrowed her and tutted.
"Fine. I'll just have a lemonade please" Emily replied, pushing her long blonde hair over her shoulder.
"You're new around here. Looking for someone?" The barman asked, making small talk as he poured her a drink.
"My father. I heard he lives around here now" She told him, taking out her purse.
"Oh, really? What's his name?" The barman asked, putting her drink down next to her.
"Jake Stone. You know him?" She questioned, raising an eyebrow.
"Yes I know him. I didn't know he had a daughter. That's £2.10 please" He replied, as she handed him the right amount of money.
"Yep. I doubt he has mentioned me. Emily Stone" She said, holding out her hand.
"Alfie Moon. This a flying visit, Emily?" He asked, shaking her hand.
"Depends" She replied, her attention averted as a young attractive male walked into the bar
"On what Walford has to offered" She added, smirking a little.
"Oh no, girl, you might wanna stay away from that one. He's trouble and way too old for you" Alfie replied, laughing a little.
"Does Trouble-and-way-too-old-for-me have a name?" Emily asked, turning to him, raising an eyebrow.
"Joey Branning but seriously you don't want to go there. There's a bit of bad blood between him and your father" He told her, starting to wipe the bar down.
"Things just got interesting" She said after a moment, jumping off the bar stool, her boots making a clicking sound on the floor and walked over.
"Can I help you?" The guy named Joey asked, turning to her.
"The barman reckons you're trouble and too old for me. I thought I'd prove him wrong" Emily replied, shrugging.
"I'll let you into a secret, I probably am" He said, laughing a little.
"Lucky for you, I like a challenge" She told him, crossing her arms.
"As do I" He replied, the corners of his mouth forming a smirk "I didn't catch your name?"
"Emily. And you're Joey Branning. The barman filled me" She said, smiling.
"Yeah, cheers, Alfie. That's good of you" Joey called down the bar, sighing as they heard the door open behind them.
"So this is how you spend your afternoon is it? Hooking up with a random blonde?" A voice questioned from behind them. Emily turned and saw a brunette, a couple of inches shorter then her. She also noted how pretty the brunette was and concluded she was either a ex or a stalker, either way trouble for Emily.
"Lauren, what I do is nothing to do with you. You made that perfectly clear when you said you didn't need me so don't interfere with my life and I won't with yours" Joey replied. Emily smirked to herself, walking over to get her drink. She did love a bit of drama.
"I'm here to tell you that Alice is looking for you" The girl named Lauren said, a little flustered.
"What's the deal with the girl?" Emily asked Alfie, leaning on the bar.
"That's Lauren Branning. Like I said he's trouble" Alfie replied, raising an eyebrow.
"Branning? But I thought he was Branning too? They are clearly exes or something" She said quietly, narrowing her eyes.
"Yes he is. That's his cousin" He replied, leaning across, so no one could hear them.
"But I'm clearly seeing some form of tension here that doesn't usually come from cousins" She whispered, raising an eyebrow.
"That's because she had a relationship with him but you can't tell your father, he doesn't know. He just thinks they are cousins" He said, sighing. She narrowed her eyes, turning to him, confused.
"What does my father have to do with this?" She asked, her eyes slightly cold.
"Lauren is Jake's girlfriend" Alfie told her. Emily's mouth fell open, turning back to the brunette, in shock before picked her bag up and put it on her shoulder.
"I heard you're Jake Stone's girlfriend. You're gonna take me to him" Emily told her, crossing her arms.
"Excuse me but who are you?" Lauren questioned, turning to her.
"I'm your worst nightmare. I'm Emily Stone. His daughter. So yeah, take me to him?" Emily asked, sighing.
"Jake doesn't have a daughter. Nice try. You're what 15,16? He isn't old enough to have one that age" Lauren replied, angry at her. Emily could see she was gonna be a problem.
"Yeah, a drunken one night stand with your best friends little sister aged 15 can do that to you" She said, a odd smile on her face.
"Fine, I'll take you to him but if he kicks you out, I won't stop him" Lauren said, sighing.
"Whatever. See you around, yeah, Joey?" Emily replied, turning to him.
"Oh yeah, I'll be around" He told her, smiling widely at her. Lauren scoffed and narrowed her eyes before walking out. Emily quickly followed her.
"I just want you to know. I know how brats like you work. So any funny business, I'll end you" Lauren warned her, grabbing Emily's arm, stopping her.
"And I want you to you know. I know this story works. Cinderella, yeah? I'm Cinderella and you're the evil step mother. I'll let you into a spoiler. I win!" Emily proclaimed, laughing.
"Emily?" A voice said behind her. The young girl turned and saw her father.
"See told you" She said, turning briefly to Lauren.
"Jake, why didn't you tell me you had a daughter?" Lauren asked, sighing, squeezing her temples.
"Why didn't you tell Grandma that your girlfriend is old enough to be my sister?" Emily questioned, crossing her arms.
"Lauren, babe, I'm sorry about this" Emily made a sick sound at his term of endearment.
"It's fine. Just sort her out, please. She is gonna be handful. I just know it" Lauren replied, before walking off.
"Emily, what are you doing here? Term has only just started and you know how much me and your grandmother pay for that boarding school" Jake asked, sighing.
"I got bored. Wanted to see my old man. It's been what? 3, 4 years? Surprised you recognised me to be honest" Emily replied. He took her rucksack off her.
"This all you brought?" He asked, holding it up. She shrugged, looking away.
"I'll always know it's you, kiddo. It's that blonde hair and blue eyes. You're looking more like your mother each day" Jake told her, patting her shoulder, smiling.
"Don't say that. I'm nothing like my mother" She said, quietly, looking down.
"Come on, back to mine. I'll put the kettle on. You can tell me all about why you wanted to leave boarding school" He replied, putting his arm around her and walked her to his flat.