A/N: Yes this is open again. I missed it too much (and I want to beat Helen on reviews *sly smiles*) Looked through the titles of this, thankfully I had sent Helen the list so I still had it in my sent emails, and this seemed simplest. I have no idea if I'll get round to doing all 24 this time around but I'll attempt it!

Disclaimer: Nope don't own anything apart from fluff.

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Gets Her Mad, Then Kisses Her

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"Robbie you had better have tidied up round here by the time I get back from work!" Jackie and Robbie had been dating for a year and living together for two months, and up until now Jackie had silently been doing all the cleaning but on this particular morning had gave Robbie a list of jobs he could do in their small apartment.

"I'll do it later."

"Yeah, you will or I won't be coming back," he raised his eyebrows, "I'm serious Robbie, I can't carry on with your laziness any longer." She left the house to go to work, knowing that she couldn't take any more of Robbie only treating her good when he wanted sex or a favour and the rest of the time not caring what she did.

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Later that evening, Jackie walked in through the front door and instantly noticed that none of the pairs of trainer had been moved to the bedroom wardrobe and that the glass on the photo frames and the carpet hadn't been cleaned. She heard Robbie coming out of the kitchen and he could see how upset and angry she was. He went closer to her,

"Jackie darling-"

She started to shout, interrupting his apology, "Don't. Just don't! I ask you to do one little task while I'm out and you couldn't even do that! It really shows how much you care about what I want Robbie! At least I know you still care about your appearance though." She could see that he had had a shower, a shave and put on clothes that she had washed for him the night before.

"Jackie-"

"Don't try and make up some pathetic excuse because it won't work! I've had enough, we're over!" Tears were threatening to spill from her eyes as Robbie approached her. She tried to move away but he put the palms of his hands on either side of her face and crashed his lips down onto hers. Jackie pushed against his chest and their lips separated, she shook her head, "That isn't going to make me stay Robbie."

"I know but let me show you something." She bit her lips to stop herself from saying something she might regret and allowed him to entwine his fingers with her own and be led into the living-slash-dining room. When they stepped into it Jackie had to spend a few seconds getting her eyes to adjust to the little amount of light that the candles in the centre of the room were giving out.

She couldn't help gasping out loud when she saw that the small table that they hardly ever used had been transformed using candles, a tablecloth and bowls of perfectly ripe strawberries and others full of melted chocolate. Small love heart shaped chocolates wrapped in red foil were also covering every available surface that Jackie could see.

"Robbie-"

He wrapped his arms around her waist from behind and she was still in too much shock to protest, "No it's my turn to speak now baby. I knew you would be a little angry at me so I thought I could sweeten it with strawberries which we could dip in chocolate. I never thought you would call a day on us so I don't know if my plan will still work but I'll try. I know it's not what you had asked from me Jackie but I just wanted to show you that I love you and I do care about what you think."

She couldn't resist smiling. She was supposed to be walking out the door with tears running down her face not staring around a room filled with romantic items with his arms around her body.

He kissed the side of her neck while saying sorry over and over again. She twisted round in his embrace and looked into his eyes,

"Robbie I'll stay but you have to do more, not just gestures like this; small things like putting your dirty and clean clothes in different piles for example. I love you but I can make it so my heart is broken but I'm still surviving."

"I promise." She believed what he said so gently kissed him before going over and taking a piece of fruit and enjoyed the taste of it.

By the end of the evening Jackie had jokingly thrown a strawberry at his head so he had thrown one back and it got to the point where Jackie poured some of the chocolate over him, which caused Robbie to chase her around the room and finally pushed her down on to the couch, kissing her lips and dripping the chocolate on to her face too.

"You can clean all this up Robbie."

"Okay, fine. Can we clean ourselves up first in the shower though?" Jackie rolled her eyes but nodded anyway.

"Come on then, my love." He stood up and extended his hand out for her.

"I am, I'm just slower because my back's sore after being forced down on to that chair!" Robbie laughed and kissed her again.

"Sorry. I'll kiss it better if you want." They both grinned and Jackie followed him into their bathroom.

Thirteenth Short Complete.