I'm going to update the second chapter now as well because I wrote the first one on Friday but I've had no wifi all weekend so I couldn't upload it.

The next day Ronnie woke up dreading yet another day of arguing with Ellie.

Once she'd showered and got dressed she went down the stairs.

Jess was sat down there eating a bowl of cereal.

"Morning Jess"

"Morning Mum"

"Did you sleep OK?"

"Not too bad. Mum what are we doing today?"

"The weather's absolutely miserable so how does a trip to the cinema sound?"

"With Ellie too?"

"Yes if she wants to come"

"Where will Matthew go?"

"I'll see if Roxy can look after him, she's not working today"

Jess finished her breakfast before going upstairs to the bedroom that she shared with her sister.

"Ellie do you want to come to the cinema with me and Mum today?"

"No thanks"

"Why not?"

"I'm busy"

"Oh"

Ellie could see she'd upset her little sister which she really didn't like doing.

"Sorry Jess it's just I've already made plans with Adam"

"Is he your boyfriend?"

"Yeah I guess he asked me out a couple of weeks ago"

"Have you told Mum?"

"No, its not like she would be interested anyway would she?"

"Yes she would, why do you say that?"

"She's got loads of stuff on at the moment with Matthew Charlie and recovering from the accident and everything, I'm sure I'm at the bottom of her list"

"That's not true" Jess said with tears brimming in her eyes

"Yes it is"

Ellie could feel tears forming in her own eyes too but she forced them back.

Little did the girls know that Ronnie had been stood outside the door listening to their whole conversation.

Ronnie knew Ellie would only get angry again if she came in again, so she left the two girls to carry on talking.

She couldn't believe that Ellie felt like this, it made her feel really upset. But she was glad that she knew why Ellie was behaving the way she was.

Ronnie decided to talk to Ellie about it when they got back from the cinema.

Ronnie went in to do her hair and makeup before knocking on the door to the bedroom that her daughters shared and then she walked in.

"Are you coming with us Ellie?"

"No I've already got plans"

"OK, let's get going Jess. Roxy's already gone out with Matthew and Amy"

"Are you not even going to ask what I'm doing?" Ellie snapped

"You don't like me asking what you're doing, you don't like me not asking what you're doing. I don't know what I'm supposed to do Ellie" Ronnie said before walking downstairs not wanting another argument with her daughter

Once Ellie heard the front door slam shut she immediately burst into tears.

As much as she hated to admit it she actually was really upset about how things were with her Mum at the minute.

Ellie didn't cry for long, she just wanted to forget all about her Mum and have a good day with Adam. She was really looking forward to the party tonight as well.

Ronnie had a lovely day out with Jess. They went shopping after they went to the cinema.

When they got back Ellie had just got out of the shower.

Jess came into the room just as Ellie had dropped her towel and was about to put her underwear on.

"Get out I'm getting changed" Ellie shouted, she hadn't even heard them come home so wasn't expecting anyone to walk in

"Sorry I didn't know" Jess said before going downstairs

Ronnie could see Jess was upset so went over to her daughter.

"What's wrong?"

"Ellie shouted at me"

"Why?"

"I walked in when she had no clothes on, but I didn't know she was getting changed"

"Don't worry about it sweetheart, she was probably just shocked to see you there"

Ronnie decided to go up and have a word with Ellie about it because shouting at Ronnie was one thing, but shouting at Jess was another.

Ronnie knocked on the door.

"Come in" Ellie said thinking it was going to be Jess again

Her smile soon faded though when she was it was Ronnie

"Ellie I don't want you speaking to Jess like that, you really upset her"

"I know I was going to apologise to her, I just wasn't expecting anyone to come in" Ellie said quite coldly

"Ellie can we have a talk?"

"About what?"

"Just about… well you know… us not getting on at the moment"

"There's nothing to talk about, besides I need to get ready"

"That's fine if you don't want to talk tonight but I think we need to tomorrow. Do you want a lift to the party?"

"No its not far, and I'm walking over with Adam"

"Who's Adam then?" Ronnie asked wanting to see if her daughter would tell her she had a boyfriend

"My friend"

"Is that it?"

"Yes not that it's any of your business anyway"

"Ellie please don't be like this"

"Just piss off Mum, I want to get ready"

"Don't talk to me like that"

Ronnie sighed before leaving her daughter to it

She went downstairs where Roxy was cooking tea for Amy.

Ronnie heated up some of Matthew's baby food and then put him in his high chair to feed him.

She was just doing this as Charlie walked in.

Ronnie was really pleased to see him and gave him a long kiss, causing Amy to giggle. Jess just sat there feeling quite uncomfortable.

About an hour later Ronnie was sat in the lounge with Roxy having a glass of wine whilst Charlie put Matthew to bed.

Suddenly there was a knock at the door so Ronnie got up to answer it.

She opened the door and saw Adam stood there. She'd met the boy a couple of times and she never had been very fond of him, so she wasn't exactly happy about the fact he was now going out with her daughter.

"Ellie, Adam's here" Ronnie called up the stairs to her daughter

Ellie came rushing down the stairs wearing a very short skirt and a crop top.

Ronnie wasn't happy about her going out looking like that, but she knew there was no point in trying to stop her.

"Have a good time Ellie. I'm not stupid I know there's going to be alcohol but please drink sensibly…" Ronnie said however she was soon cut off by Ellie

"Mum I know exactly what you're going to say you say exactly the same every time I go out" Ellie said whilst walking out the door.

"I want you home by 12" Ronnie called as her daughter walked down the path

Adam took hold of Ellie's hand and the two of them walked to the party.

Loads of people were already there when they arrived so Ellie went off and found Cindy and the two of them got a drink.

Ellie drank quite a lot very quickly so it wasn't long before she was quite drunk.

She was having a great time dancing with her friends. Soon Adam joined her and it wasn't long before they started kissing.

They started getting quite passionate so Adam took his girlfriend's hand and lead her upstairs into one of the bedrooms.

Adam and Ellie carried on making out on the bed and Adam put his hand up Ellie's top and rested it on her bra.

Ellie was really enjoying it, it was making her feel really good however after a while Adam moved his hand down and started feeling around her knickers.

Despite how drunk Ellie was it was starting to make her feel a bit uncomfortable so when Adam tried to move his fingers inside of her she pushed him off and ran to the bathroom.

She tried the door but it was locked.

Luckily it was Cindy who was inside and she opened the door straight away.

When she saw her best friend stood outside in tears she pulled Ellie inside and shut the door behind them.

Ellie told Cindy all about Adam and Cindy hugged her while she cried.

Most people in Ellie's year presumed that she'd slept with loads of guys because she'd got with so many at parties.

But really the most she'd ever done was snog. She'd never felt close enough with anyone to go any further.

"I think I'm going to go home" Ellie said wiping away her tears

"I'll walk you back"

Ellie walked out with Cindy. When they were walking down the stairs Adam was there making out with another girl.

When Adam saw Ellie he tried to stop her but Ellie just stormed out.

When Ellie got home she found her key in her bag and opened the door. She'd sobered up loads after everything that had happened.

Ronnie and Charlie were just on their way up to bed when she came in. Ronnie was shocked when she saw her daughter stood there in tears so rushed over to the girl.

Much to her surprise Ellie actually fell into Ronnie's open arms and cried.

"I'm going to go now" Cindy said

"Charlie can you make sure you gets home OK?"

"Sure"

Ronnie lead her daughter into the lounge and sat her down on the sofa where Ellie told her about Adam and about everything that had happened.

She didn't know what had changed, but it felt so nice for Ellie to actually be letting Ronnie in again rather than pushing her away all the time.

"I'm so proud of you baby"

"Why?"

"For being such a strong girl and not doing anything you don't feel comfortable doing"

"But now he's got with some other girl"

"Which shows what a waste of space he was. You can do so much better Ellie, honestly you can"

Ellie leant against her Mum's chest while Ronnie stroked her hair.

"Mum" Ellie said pulling away to look at her Mum

"Yeah"

"I'm really sorry for how I've been acting recently"

"I'm sorry too, I know I haven't handled the situation as well as I could have"

"But I've been so horrible to you, it wasn't fair on you. It's just after the accident and everything things got really tough and I really needed you, but I couldn't have you and it just made me really angry"

"Baby I'm so sorry"

"It's not your fault, I think it was just a way of coping. So then when you came home I was finding it really hard to let you in again even though I really wanted to"

Ronnie and Ellie had a really long chat about everything that had been going on.

Ellie didn't know why but all of a sudden she'd realised that she needed her Mum and she needed to stop treating her the way she had been before.

The two of them both went to sleep feeling the happiest they'd felt in a very long time.

Please R&R

Also let me know if there's any storylines you want me to include and I'd be happy to do them.