Hour's passed. Stacey and Roxy had been sat in the vic, their thoughts to themselves for too long, too long for Roxy. "Right, that's it. I've had enough of waiting, im going over there.." Roxy stood up immediately. She headed for the door before Stacey could get a word in. But Stacey didn't really mind, she almost hoped Roxy would want to go and see them. She was worried, she was worried for her best friend.
She'd had plenty of time to think now. She had thought about the events of the day, she knew what Danielle must of been feeling. She'd almost put herself in Danielle's position. How did she cope? How could she have kept it all bottled up for so long? These thoughts confused Stacey. There's no way she could of kept such a big secret from anyone for the amount of time Danielle had. Danielle must of felt lost, a lost soul. Confusion and frustration, these feelings must of been killing her on the inside, and Stacey was too blind to see it.
Stacey softened as Roxy reached the doors. "Roxy?" Roxy heard the subtleness of Stacey's call and turned back to face her. "I'm coming with you." Roxy attempted a smile to Stacey and held the door, as she let Stacey pass through. The two women made their way over the square.
Ronnie and Danielle had been up for hours, just talking. Talking through everything thats happened through the 7 months danielle had been on the square. When and how they'd first met, the arguments they'd got into, the abortion. Everything had came flooding back to Ronnie as she realised the extent of pain she'd caused Danielle, it was heartbreaking.
"Im so sorry Danielle.. I had no idea.." Ronnie shook her head in utter disgust at herself. She didn't deserve Danielle. Danielle didn't want this, she didn't want Ronnie to feel this way. She had decided to not bring it up, she didn't want to talk about the painful months she'd spent longing for her mother. Now looking at her mother, she could see she was overcome with the guilt.
Danielle didn't like seeing Ronnie upset, she'd seen it before. She'd seen Ronnie for who she was, she'd seen every side to her mother. Ronnie had comforted her through one of the single most toughest decision of her life, aborting her baby. Ronnie didn't even know Danielle, but still cared. She'd also seen the worst side of Ronnie, the way one everyone else on the square saw her. Ronnie Mitchell, heart of glass.
Danielle was watching her mother crumble, she watched as Ronnie looked at her with such desperation and guilt. The thing was, a small part of Danielle was pleased. Part of her was pleased Ronnie was kicking herself. It hardly came close to the torment Danielle endured in Walford. The rejection, the resentment and the utter ignorance.
Ronnie had treated Danielle like dirt most of her time here, and Ronnie knew this. She looked at her little girl, and felt her heart melt. Danielle had watched Ronnie day in day out, and Ronnie remembered. She remembered how Danielle would give her gentle smiles as she watched her pass the stall on the way to the club. She'd looked to the young girl as if she meant nothing, nothing to her.
Ronnie and Danielle had sat in a comfortable silence for the last couple of minutes, just looking at each other, taking in every little detail. Danielle felt her body ache, she was so tired. But she didn't want go to sleep, she wanted to stay up with her mum, she wanted to let Ronnie hold her, let her be the mother she promised to be.
But Danielle let herself drift, she let darkness consume her. Her eyes slowly closed, the last sight being her mothers face, staring lovingly down at her. Ronnie watched as Danielle's eyelids drooped slowly. She could see Danielle was trying desperately to stay awake. But thinking through the events of the day she knew she needed to rest.
Ronnie watched for a couple of seconds as Danielle fell to sleep. She admired her beautiful little girl, this was her. This was her daughter, the most important person in her life.
Seconds later, " Bzzzzzz..." the doorbell was pressed over and over. "Ronnie, its Roxy and Stacey. Let us in.." Ronnie jumped at the buzzer, she looked to Danielle, who stirred slightly. She got up quickly and rushed to the door as silently as possible. She opened it fast, and jumped outside, closing it behind her. She looked to her sister and Stacey, who stood silently.
"Shh.. be quiet would you! She's asleep for gods sake!" Ronnie screamed through her whisper. Roxy was taken aback slightly. "Alright Ron, bite my head off.. we only came to see how you both were." Ronnie looked between the two women. She quietly opened the door, hoping her daughter hadn't woke to the commotion. "Alright, just.. be quiet okay? I don't want you waking her up.." Roxy shot a slightly annoyed expression at her sister, but relented and followed her inside.
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