Hello :D I have been nagged to upload and write a fic here on fanfiction :D I am well aware that my punctuation and grammar is rubbish but hey! I hope you enjoy the storyline and come and be adventurous with me!
Basically this fic starts when Danielle goes home to Telford after being let down by Ronnie at the abortion appointment.
A week since Danielle had escaped Walford to go home to Telford was coming to an end, but Ronnie just couldn't forgive herself. As she sat in one of the chairs around the dark and empty living room in the Queen Vic all she could think about was Danielle. "How could I have been so selfish and leave Danielle to finish the abortion on her own?" was one of many questions which was rotting away her brain. Slamming down the now empty glass of vodka onto the living room table she looked up to find that she was no longer alone in the living room. The tips of her fingers scratched across her forehead as she focused on the image at the front of the room. If the pain of seeing Archie was bad enough for Ronnie she could only flinch more as Archie flicked on the living room light giving a burst of brightness.
The
automatic look of disgust which Archie gave his daughter was now
almost a predictable and unusual thing for Ronnie. She could only
give back what she got.
"Look
at you Veronica. Your a mess. Why Peggy allows you up here I'll never
know." He ranted as Ronnie held a marathon of silence. "Come
on then what's troubled you now? Another argument with Jack? Is
Roxy not speaking to you? It's probably both of them." Ronnie
bit her tongue. "You know what Veronica. If you keep drinking
every night. If you keep shutting people out, not trusting them then
your gonna end up living alone forever. And who will care - "
Ronnie bolted out of her chair she had been dwelling in. "Touched
a nerve have we?" Archie took a step closer to Ronnie. He was
now showing that he was physically more powerful. But Ronnie would
never back down against her father as she knew far too well what kind
of consequences occur if you obey the man. "Just get lost dad."
Ronnie scowled as she turned her back on him. Archie shook his head
from side to side with his bottom lip curling. He took several steps
closer to Ronnie who was failing to shut him off until he was right
behind her back. He leaned over her shoulder and began to whisper
through Ronnie's ear. "You carry on like this, shutting people
out, then you may never get your dream of having a family." He
let out a breath of triumph which was only blown away by a firm slap
to the side of his cheek. "SHUT UP SHUT UP!" Although the
pain was throbbing across his face Archie didn't care. He was
victorious in winding up his daughter.
Ronnie took a step back from Archie. Just being close to the man gave her discomfort. Archie took his tone down just to confuse Ronnie's mind even more. "I'm just telling the truth V. No trust. No family." Ronnie laughed at the stupidity of her fathers words. How hypercritical they were. She moved closer to Archie having found a new confidence. "Oh yeah, like I trusted you? Like I trusted you 19 years ago? I had no one else to trust of course, but trusting you actually lost MY family!" Ronnie tugged the necklace around her neck until it revealed a delicate, silver locket which flung into the palm of her hand. As she unpicked the locket Archie was finally feeling outside of his comfort zone. "Look here. This is my- this was my family and you took her! I TRUSTED YOU AND YOU TOOK HER! YOU TOOK MY FAMILY AWAY." Archie took in a deep breath as he gazed over an hysterical Ronnie Mitchell. "Listen Ronnie I have said this time and TIME again. You couldn't look after yourself never mind a child!" He started to scowl as Ronnie's body language showed opposition. "WELL MAYBE SHE WOULDN'T BE DEAD NOW IF YOU DIDN'T TAKE HER OFF ME." Ronnie pulled her arm forward to point the blame at an unimpressed Archie Mitchell. Archie's violent side had been brewing up nicely throughout the whole argument it was now that it began to seep out. Taking a firm grasp of Ronnie's wrist he pulled her closer to come face to face with her eyes to gain full attention. His words came out like vomit. "DO YOU KNOW WHAT ITS LIKE TO HAVE SOMEONES TRUST IN SOMETHING BUT YOU WANT THEM TO DO SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT?!" From that moment onwards Ronnie stopped listening to Archie's rant on how he wanted her to give up the child where as she wanted to keep it, but she began to think about Danielle. Danielle had placed all her trust in Ronnie to help her through with the abortion but Ronnie pulled away from Danielle's trust because she didn't want what Danielle wanted. She like Archie, wanted something different. The room fell to an awkward silence as Ronnie pulled her numb wrist in which Archie had cut her circulation off away. "Veronica. Just forget her, She's gone. Move on." Archie wasn't sure himself if he was just annoyed that Ronnie still carried this grudge against him which is to why he was saying this or the fear of an Amy Mitchell just turning up from out of nowhere was getting the better of him. Ronnie was still looking him in his eyes but it was if she was looking straight through him. "DID YOU HEAR ME?" He spoke the way a teacher would speak to a child. "I should have gone with her." Ronnie mumbled. Archie's eyebrows dipped in confusion. " What?" "I should have gone with her!" With Ronnie's realisation she burst out of the living room and down the stairs, out of the Vic into Albert Square as the guilt leaked through the veins of her body. For once Ronnie was finally going to take on her fathers advice. "If you don't let anyone in you will end up alone."
