Hi guys. This is a fan fic, entitled Danielle's Xmas return. Please read it and tell me what you think!

"Dad, please don't take my baby away from me!" Ronnie begged, tears flowing freely down her cheeks. Archie looked at her solemnly as he cradled his grand daughter. " Your 14, Veronica" he said gently. " You're a child, you wouldn't be able to bring up this baby, the father turned his back on you two, you'd be a single mother, you wouldn't be able to bring her up, she'd only end up resenting you" " Please, don't take my Amy away!" Ronnie sobbed. Archie took one last glance at Ronnie then at Amy.

" Say goodbye to your little girl Veronica" No!" Ronnie screamed, jumping out of her bed and rushing over to her father, clinging to her baby, desperate not to have her taken away. Archie shook Ronnie off so , that she landed in a heap on the floor.

" She'll go to a good home, V" Archie smiled gently at his daughter, then walked out of the room, just as Amy started to wail for her mother. The door shut.

" No, baby!" Ronnie sobbed hysterically. Her little girl was gone,strongly she could have stopped her father, she should have, then her Amy would be here now. Ronnie collapsed on her bed, sobbing hysterically. "Amy!".

Ronnie sat up in bed with a start, sweat pouring down her forehead. She looked across at

Jack, who was snoring loudly. Ronnie lay back down on bed, breathing heavily. She looked across at Jack and snuggled into him, not taking note of the tiny tears that were spilling onto her pillow.

The next morning Ronnie went into the kitchen to hear Jack humming along to "Fairy tale of New York" Ronnie stared at him and smiled. She could smell bacon cooking. She snuck up on Jack and snaked her arms around his waist. " what's cooking?" she grinned. Jack turned around and kissed her. " Just a fry up, thought I'd treat you my fiancee to be" he smiled. (Ronnie and Jack were getting married on Valentine's day 2010). Ronnie smiled sly and put her arms around Jack's neck and kissed him. " I have a way of making it up to you" she said suggestively, tugging suggestively on the collar of Jack's shirt. Jack's body tensed and he hesitated. " What's wrong?" Ronnie asked, massaging his shoulders. Jack sighed. " Ron, look, your not, we're not ready to have a baby. I know that with everything that's happened lately, I understand, why you won't a baby, but it's too soon. " Jack" Ronnie's face grew serious and she stroked his cheek. " If you want for us to have a baby, until after we get married, that's fine" she smiled. Jack breathed a sigh of relief. " I was thinking" Ronnie began playfully". " That we could get away for the 2 weeks of Christmas. You know, just you and me, nobody else. Jack hesitated. " Ron, it's not that simple, there's booking involved, where we're going to go and there's Amy." "Amy's got Roxy" Ronnie said firmly. " I'm sure she'll cope without you for 2 weeks. " Ron" Jack said softly. " She's my daughter, I'm her dad, I want to be with her on Christmas day." Ronnie pulled away from Jack. She tried to hide her annoyance and disappointment. Lately, all that seemed to matter to Jack was Amy. It broke Ronnie's heart to know that Jack had a baby with her sister, but not with her. Jack looked at Ronnie and ran his hand through her hair. " I promise, we'll go away for a whole 2 weeks after Christmas" he promised. Ronnie beamed. "ok" she said gently, as Jack hugged her in a warm embrace.

Roxy grinned as she handed a customer a pint. Just then, Ronnie and Jack walked in laughing and smiling. Roxy felt a twinge of jealously in the pit of her stomach. She really wanted to be happy for Ronnie, after all the heartbreak her sister had been through, but she was starting to wish that Jack was laughing and joking with her instead of her sister

She plastered a smile on her face as Ronnie and Jack made their way over to her. " What can I get you two love birds?" she asked in a bubbly tone. " Just a lemonade" Ronnie grinned. Jack looked at her. " What?" Ronnie said in a defensive tone. " Have some champagne" Jack coaxed. Roxy drummed her nails on the counter. " Take all day, Ron" she rolled her eyes and grinned. " Ok, Rox, just get me a champagne" Ronnie beamed. "Same" Jack said. Roxy heard Amy wailing. She looked over at Aunty Peggy. " Aunty Peg, can you get Ron and Jack some bubbly? I've got to check on Amy" " Of course, darling" Peggy beamed. Roxy headed upstairs and into Amy's room. She lifted her daughter out of her cot.

" Hello darling" she cooed as she cradled her Amy wouldn't stop crying. " Princess what's wrong?" Roxy asked gently as she rocked her daughter back and forth. Amy was still crying. " Will I get Daddy?" Roxy smiled. She went downstairs with Amy. " Jack" she said. " Ames won't stop crying, think she wants her Dada" Jack left Ronnie and lifted Amy up and tickled her gently. " No wonder, you want your Dad, Amy, I bet Roxy's a right nuisance" " Oi!" Roxy laughed and hit him playfully on the arm. Ronnie's face darkened.

The 3 of them looked just like a proper little family unit. She downed her champagne. " I've got to go" she said to Peggy. She quickly slipped out the door, so Ronnie and Jack wouldn't see her leaving. Jack turned around. " Where's Ron" he asked Peggy. " She said she had to leave" Peggy explained. " Now, if you'll excuse me, I have customers to serve" Jack handed Amy back to Roxy. " Have to go. Bye Ames" He planted a kiss on his daughter's cheek and raced out the door. He caught up with Ronnie just outside the Vic. " Ron!" he shouted. Ronnie walked briskly on. Jack ran up to her and tugged on her arm. Ronnie, turned to face him, her face angry. " What's wrong?" Jack asked. " What's wrong!" Ronnie cried. " Don't play games Jack, don't pretend you don't know what I'm talking about. " I don't!" Jack said dumbfounded. " Ron," he grabbed her arm, but Ronnie yanked it away. " Let go of me!" she cried.

"What have I done, Ronnie?!" Jack was starting to get annoyed now. " Amy!" Ronnie exclaimed. " What about Amy?" Jack asked. " It's all Amy this, Amy that!" Ronnie said in annoyance. When Roxy tells you something about Amy, you rush to her straight away! We were supposed to be going away at Christmas but you cancelled. And why was that? Because of Amy! Sometimes I feel, I don't even exist, Amy is taking up your life Jack!" " You know that' not true Ron" Jack tried to kiss Ronnie, but she flinched and turned away. Jack was getting angry now. " She's my daughter, Ronnie, I have to be there for her, if you had a child you'd understand that….." He trailed away. Ronnie looked at him, an expression of anger and hurt on her face. " Ron, I'm sorry" Jack ran his hands through his hair. " Ron, I forget I didn't mean to.." He grabbed Ronnie's arm again. " Stay away from me!" Ronnie snapped, her eyes blazing with anger. "Ron" Jack began. " Just stay away from me and go back to your precious daughter!" Ronnie's voice wavered as she ran away from Jack as fast as she could. When he was out of sight, Ronnie put her head in her hands and wept bitterly.

CHAPTER 2

Jack opened the door of the Vic. Roxy saw his glum face and went over to him. " What happened, is Ron okay?" Jack sighed and explained what happened, leaving out the bit about him. " I never meant to hurt her Rox" he sighed. " Don't worry" Roxy patted his arm sympathetically. " Ron's a good person, you'll have made up by tonight and be acting like 2 teenagers in love" Jack grinned at her wryly/. " I don't think Ron's really into that soppy stuff and neither am I" " That's why your so suited", Roxy said quietly. Jack grinned. " Yeah, all the same I think I'll stay here for a while" Jack said. "Roxy went behind the bar. "What can I get you?" " A glass of wine, a strong glass of wine" Jack sighed. Roxy took out the bottle of champagne from the press and poured out a generous amount and handed it to Jack. Jack took it gratefully. Roxy grabbed another glass and poured herself a glass. Jack downed his in 2 gulps. " A refill, taa. Roxy looked around. " Look Jack, why don't we go into the living room, we're getting strange looks". "Fine by me" Jack grinned and grabbed the bottle of wine and headed upstairs followed by Roxy.

Roxy rubbed her eyes and sat up in bed. She didn't remember going to bed… She looked across at the person snuggled under the covers. " Jack!" Roxy cried frantically. How could I have done this! How could we have done this to Ronnie! Jack woke up. He looked across at Roxy's pale and frightened face and at the empty bottle of wine lying on the floor. His face grew as white as a sheet. " Oh my God!" he groaned, sitting up straight. All colour had gone from his face and it was a white as snow. How could he have done this to Ronnie, the love of his life, the one girl that meant everything to him, he had betrayed in the worst possible way. He moaned and put his face in his hands.

He looked across at Roxy, who had tears streaming down her cheeks. " How could we have been so stupid!" she screamed frantically. What is Ronnie going to do Jack? I've already lost her once. I can't go through losing her again! Jack sighed and put his arm around Roxy. " It'll be ok" he reassured her softly, though he was feeling desperate and guilty inside. " No, it won't!" Roxy sobbed. " Ron will find out, Jack. She always does. I never meant for this to happen. I don't deserve her. She's always been so good to me and this is how I repay her!" " You think, I don't care about Ron, too!" Jack exclaimed desperately. " I love her, Rox, I don't what I'd do if I'd lost her all over again.

"Look, we keep this between ourselves, ok? Ron need never know, there's too much at risk, she'll never know what happened" " And what about your wedding, eh?" Roxy's voice was broken with tears. " How can you say them vows to Ron, after what we've done, Jack" " Rox, I love Ronnie, she's the love of my life, this was a stupid mistake, alright. What do you think will happen if you tell Ronnie eh? She'll hate both our guts, she's been through enough and I can't put Ron through any more heartache. Roxy looked at Jack, her eyes swimming with tears.

" Jack" she whispered fearfully. " What if you've got me pregnant?" Roxy watched in fear as for the second time, Jack's face turned to chalk. " We didn't use any protection" Roxy said, her voice wavering. Jack sat up in bed, grabbed his clothes and got dressed quickly. " Rox, you have go and get the morning after pill now!" he hissed. Roxy was feeling in no fit state to go to a chemist. She was an emotional wreck and it took all of her energy not to break down crying. "Ok" she croaked. Jack went downstairs. Roxy sighed and got dressed and went downstairs.

When she got down she realized Jack had gone. She tried to remain composed. " Aunty Peg" she said to Peggy. " I'm just going to pop to the grocery, yeah? I won't be long" " Of course darling, take as long as you need" Peggy beamed. Roxy managed a smile and went out the door. She was just about to go into Patrick's shop when she heard Jack's voice. " Ta Patrick" Jack almost straight into Roxy as he came out. " I said I was getting it"Roxy hissed. " Look, Rox, just take this, alright?" Jack said, handing a plastic bag to Roxy." It's in there" he said. " Take it tomorrow morning. I'm going back to Ron and see if we can sort things out. " Have you no conscience Jack!" Roxy snapped. " I can' face Ron, knowing that I've betrayed her!" " We can't tell her, Rox, then I'd lose her forever" Jack said softly. " Look, this was the biggest mistake of my life, and of your life too, Ron need never know, it would destroy her" " Ok" Roxy said quietly. " I won't tell Ron, but I'm not doing this for you Jack.

"I'm doing it for her. If Ron found out about this it'd break her and I can't lose her again" Then, turning away from Jack, Roxy strode down the square, with as much poise as she could muster, clutching the bag that contained the pill protectively. Ronnie wasn't going to find out, not now, not ever. Roxy loved Ronnie too much to tell her sister. Ronnie would never know anything about what happened between her and Jack.

Stacey Slater flung her blonde hair out of her eyes, as she arranged the clothes on the stall. It used to blonde, anyway. It was now, a dirty brown blonde colour but Stacey wasn't bothered about how dirty her hair looked. As she handed a customer a top, Stacey's thoughts kept drifting to Danielle. Stacey still missed her best mate terribly and often cried herself to sleep at night. Recently, Stacey had been dreaming about Danielle a lot, but she didn't know why. " Oi, Stacey!" Stacey stopped thinking and looked at Mo, who was grinning from ear to ear. " What is it, nan?" Stacey asked impatiently. " I've found a good way for us to earn some quick cash" Mo said excitedly holding up a plastic bag. "Yeah, and what's in that?" Stacey asked. Mo smirked and put her hand in the bag, pulling out huge, heavy gold hoop earrings. " They're worth a fortune!" Mo looked like the cat that got the cream. " Real gold, they are. Think of the cash we'd be rolling in Stace" " Where did you find em?" Stacey asked suspiciously. Mo lowered her voice. " Brenda left em here the last time she visited Charlie" " Well won't she know they're missing?" Stacey frowned. " No, I'll get her another pair" Mo shrugged. " Listen girl, how about we charge fifty quid for em. " I don't know, nan, do what you want" Stacey said. Mo reached into the bag again and produced a pear necklace. " Look what else I found. Took it to the jewellers's. Worth a fortune. Think of the cash we'd earn, Stace" Stacey wasn't listening to Mo. She was looking across at the deprivation poster. Something about those eyes, reminded her so much of Danielle…

CHAPTER 3.

Jack gently opened the door to the sitting room and saw Ronnie sitting on the sofa, staring at him grimly. " How's Amy?" she asked curtly. " She's fine" Jack said. " Look Ron, I'm so sorry for saying that earlier, I forget…" " Forget what?" Ronnie snapped. " Forget that I had a daughter, forgot that I had a beautiful, baby girl who would still be here if I wasn't so cruel and pushed her away!" Ronnie's eyes misted over as she thought about Danielle. She had been trying to bottle up her emotions for so long, pretend that all this heartbreak hadn't happened but she couldn't. Her baby was gone. " I lost my baby Jack, I lost my little girl" Ronnie said tearfully, then without warning, she started to cry. She put her head in her hands as her body shook with sobs. " Hey" Jack said softly and sat down beside his girlfriend. He put his arms around Ronnie, as she clung to him and grieved for the baby she had been torn apart from.

That night another dream haunted Ronnie.

Ronnie could see Danielle up ahead. Her baby. Ronnie ran as fast as she could to catch up with her daughter. " Danielle!" she cried. Danielle kept walking, ignoring her mother's cries. " Danielle!" Ronnie cried frantically. Finally, Danielle turned around and Ronnie could see all the hurt in her little girl's eyes. "Baby!" she whispered tearfully. She could see Danielle's bright blue eyes gaze at her for several seconds, as if she could not believe her dream of Ronnie saying those words were finally coming true. Ronnie looked at her tearfully and smiled, willing for the little girl, she had longed for, for so long to rush towards her, so Ronnie could take in her arms and stroke her hair and never let go of her. She saw her daughter's face light up with delight and happiness and Ronnie was smiling more as Danielle came towards her smiling. Ronnie had never felt so happy as her dream of being reunited with her little girl was coming true. Ronnie's heart started to beat fast as she saw Janine Butcher's car zooming straight towards Danielle. She wanted to scream, wanted to run as fast as she could towards her little girl, wrap her arms around and pull her to safety. But she couldn't move. She was frozen in shock. She saw Danielle looking at her worried. She swivelled around, but it was too late as Janine zoomed straight into sending her roughly up onto's the car bonnet. It was only as Danielle was on the car that Ronnie finally managed to find her voice and scream hysterically as she watched her little girl's body landing on the cold concrete. Sobbing, she rushed towards Danielle, sobbing as she held onto her and stroked her cheeks, wanting to protect her and willing her baby to pull through. Even though, she talked to Danielle, Ronnie couldn't keep the fright out of her voice. But as she turned to scream at Janine and looked down at her daughter, her heart skipped a beat as she frantically and desperately tried to wake up her daughter. " Danielle!" she cried teatfully. There was no response. " Danielle!" Ronnie sobbed. She looked towards Roxy, Stacey and Janine, her eyes swimming with tears. " She's dead!" she sobbed hysterically, as she clutched Danielle" " She's dead!" She could see Roxy look at her in shock, Janine start to cry and Stacey's eyes brimming with tears. Ronnie turned back to her daughter, blocking out everyone else. " I'm sorry!" she sobbed heartbreakingly, as she clutched Danielle's hand and knelt her head on her daughter's chest. Suddenly, all the emotions came rushing out of Ronnie, as it sank in that she had lost her little girl. She became overcome with grief and sobbed hysterically as she felt all the warmath slipping out of her daughter. She clutched her daughter's body and sobbed. When Roxy walked towards her and tried to comfort, Ronnie just sobbed harder. This was and her and her little girl, nobody else mattered. Then, as she clutched her little's girl body and held her hand, Ronnie began sobbing hysterically as it sank in her little girl had been taken from her, but this time she wasn't coming back. " Why didn't you save me mum. You saw the car. You could have saved me. I'm your little girl. Why didn't you save me?"

Ronnie awoke to find tears were streaming down her cheeks. She looked over at Jack. He had Amy, but what did she have? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. She had Jack, sure but he could never fill the massive gap in her life that was left when her little girl died in her arms. She grabbed and pillow and sobbed into it quietly, not wanting to wake Jack. It was finally getting too much for her. These last 8 months, she had been trying to push Danielle out of her mind but she couldn't. Some little thing always reminded her of her little girl, whether it was the Deprivation poster, the locket. Even dark chocolate reminded her of her daughter. Ronnie looked over at Jack. She couldn't be caught up in her grief forever. She needed to move on with her life. She knew that eventually her and Jack would get married and have children of their own and Ronnie would finally have the one thing she wanted more than anything else - a baby. The thought of her and Jack having a proper little family unit filled Ronnie with a delicious feeling of anticipation, but as she snuggled into Jack Ronnie was adamant about one thing. She would never ever forget her little girl. She would never forget about Danielle.

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