Ronnie & Danielle

Chapter 10

Roxy Mitchell,always a happy go lucky girl. Always in trouble,flirt,drunk,party girl,slapper,she too had heard it all before. Daddies little girl,somehow always seemed to wrap him round her little finger,the favorite sister by far. Roxy had her fair share of men in Ibiza and Walford,none of them working out and lasting,Roxy got bored easily. Always after excitement and a little danger,never thinking of the consequences. Ronnie had always been there for Roxy,picking her up when she was down,mending her broken heart,Ronnie was her rock. The one person she could truly rely on,all the silly arguments and squabbles,none of it matters in the end. Roxy was forever grateful to Ronnie.

The alarm clock had gotten louder as Roxy decided to ignore the beeping,she hadn't slept much due to the worry and stress she had caused herself. Amy was wriggling in her cot,hungry and waiting for some attention,Roxy leaned over switching the alarm clock off. What will Ronnie say when she finds out they are coming home today? Will this be another fall out? What will Peggy say when she finds out her new husband is a complete liar! Roxy pulled Amy from the coat,cradling her in her arms. Amy let out a yawn,banging her tiny fist's against Roxy's chest. "Your gonna go see your daddy today" Roxy spoke softly bobbing up and down to calm Amy,she walked through to the kitchen.

"You told Ronnie yet?" Phil asked looking up from his newspaper.

Roxy pulled a seat out from the table,her eyes red and puffy due to lack of sleep. "No I haven't,anyway she will be fine I don't see the problem" Roxy lied, cooing softly at Amy.

Ben poured some cereal into a bowl,"Is Gran coming home today then?" he asked rustling the nearly empty cereal box.

Roxy squinted,"Yes now would you please stop with the cereal,i got a splitting headache" Roxy snapped getting up from the chair. She walked to the fridge pulling out a ready made bottle she made for Amy last night.

"Can I stay at home today?" Ben sweetly asked grabbing the milk from the table.

Phil laughed,folding the newspaper."No your going to school,then we can go bowling or something" Phil suggested,avoiding Peggy at all costs.

"Who's gonna run the pub?" Roxy asked shutting the microwave door,she turned to look at her cousin.

Phil shrugged his shoulders,"Mum can,Tracey will be here soon".

Roxy took the warm bottle from the microwave and sat down to feed her daughter,"Oh yeah that's nice,hey Aunty Peg hope you had a really good short honeymoon,by the way run the pub today!" Roxy sarcastically said rolling her eyes.

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Danielle and Stacey were already on the stall,putting out new stock that had arrived. Danielle felt better,although everything didn't seem real to her,like everything was a dream. She had sat up half the night wondering what today held for her and Ronnie. Danielle didn't feel that comfortable in her mother's presence,always a little intimated and scared of speaking her mind. It was almost as if Ronnie had a spell on Danielle whenever she was around,Danielle could never get the right words out or she would say something ridiculous.

"Put them on hanger's I want them to sell today" Stacey ordered,her eyebrows furrowed with concentration looking at the stock list.

Danielle nodded,it was better to do what Stacey said than to argue with her. "What happens now?" Danielle asked.

"Well I dunno,we got another order coming later.." Stacey babbled,folding the stock list up.

"No,with me and Ronnie" Danielle smiled,wrapping her money belt around her waist.

Stacey frowned shoving the clothes on the rail,"I don't know,play happy families" Stacey sighed.

Stacey knew that there was no such thing as happy families. Every family had issues and problems they had to deal with. Things were never easy in the Slater household,Sean here there and everywhere,Jean constantly moaning and groaning,Charlie and Mo. But they muddled through,Stacey often wondered what things would have been like if her mum would have been different. Jean took up a lot of Stacey's time,the roles had reversed a long time ago,Stacey was forever fussing and worrying over her mum.

"OI" screamed a voice from the pub window. Roxy lent out,looking straight at Danielle. "Are you busy?" Roxy shouted making sure Danielle could clearly hear her.

Danielle looked up at her Aunt then back to Stacey,"Well yeah I'm working" Danielle looked back up squinting at the sunlight,her voice merely loud enough for Roxy to hear.

"Well when you got a minute come up yeah?" Roxy smiled shutting the window.

Stacey busied herself with a customer,annoyed that Danielle no longer had time for her . Everything was going to change,eventually Danielle would probably move in with Ronnie and she would hardly ever see her. Everyone Stacey ever loved left her,or moved away from her,she wasn't about to let Danielle go in a hurry.

"Do you mind,it's not that busy at the moment anyways" Danielle said already untieing her money belt.

Stacey said nothing carrying on serving a customer,Danielle sighed and walked off towards the Vic. No-one had cleaned up,the empty glasses and bottles lay on the bar waiting to be collected. Danielle walked to the side door,wondering why Roxy had called her in. Maybe she needed a babysitter,or maybe she just wanted the gossip with her and Ronnie.

"I'm in here" Roxy called from the front room,changing Amy.

Danielle smiled walking through,Amy giggling happily over Roxy's funny faces. She stood near the door way watching the happy mother and daughter bonding session. Roxy looked up finishing Amy's nappy. "I swear I have never known a baby to poo so much!" Roxy smiled pulling Amy from the changing matt to her shoulder.

Danielle stepped closer feeling relaxed in her Aunt's company,but feeling sad that she didn't feel the same about Ronnie yet. "What did you wanna talk to me about" Danielle asked nervously not knowing what to expect.

Roxy stood up,kicking the matt to the side,"Right,Aunty Peg is coming home today" Roxy replied placing Amy in her cot. Amy smiled grabbing hold of her pink bunny,her little fingers tightly gripping hold of the soft toy.

Danielle frowned,"I thought they were on their honeymoon?" Danielle questioned wondering where the conversation was leading to.

"Yeah I know,i phoned Aunty Peg and told her there was some news to be told,you know you and Ronnie" Roxy explained, motioning Danielle to sit down.

"And you haven't told Ronnie?" Danielle guessed,the expression on Roxy's face gave it away. Danielle sat down on the couch,perching on the end she felt nervous,almost like she was betraying Ronnie by not seeing her first today. Instead she was upstairs with Roxy.

"No,so I thought its best if you came to the Vic later with Ronnie" Roxy smiled in hope that Danielle would agree,after all Danielle was the only person that could make Ronnie see sense especially when Archie was involved.

Danielle tucked a strand of hair behind her ear,not sure what to say. "Err I dunno,i don't wanna go behind Ronnie's back" Danielle stated trying her best not to be talked round.

"Please Danielle,you'll be doing me a massive favor!" Roxy pleaded biting her lip.

Danielle smiled standing up,she walked over to Amy rubbing her tummy gently. "Yeah alright,i will text Ronnie and tell her to meet me here" Danielle said softly watching Amy suck on the bunny.

"Thank you! I owe you one!" Roxy ran over wrapping her arms around Danielle. Roxy extended her arms into the cot once again pulling Amy out,"Right,I'm gonna take her to Jack's,he's been hassling me" Roxy explained grabbing Amy's coat before walking back to the couch.

Danielle pulled her phone from her pocket,as much as she wanted to help Roxy,she felt Ronnie had the right to know what was going on. Ronnie wasn't the type of person that liked surprises,she liked to know exactly what was happening there and then. "Come by the Vic later. Danielle x " Danielle read the short message through over 10 times,debating whether to send it.

Roxy dressed Amy and wrapped her in a blanket,"You can walk me to Jack's" Roxy grinned walking past Danielle to go down the stairs.

Danielle nodded,quickly pressing send. Following Roxy down the stairs,hoping that everything was going to turn out ok,after all Danielle was Ronnie's daughter,she knew she couldnt stay mad at her for long.

Filler chapter really,im building up to big things! Sorry for the lack of Ronnie in this,but there's plenty of her to come in the next chapter!

Please review,they make me smile :)

Ronnie & Archie coming up,plus Ronnie & Danielle.