Chapter Twenty one
Later that day Ronnie is upstairs getting ready to go and meet Penny with Rosie
Rosie: Do I have to come?
Ronnie: If I have to you have to
Rosie: Why?
Ronnie: Cause
Rosie: I don't do meeting people im too shy
Ronnie laughs
Ronnie: Yeah all right
Rosie sighs
Rosie: I tried
Ronnie laughs again and makes her way downstairs behind Rosie
Over at Jacks there is a knock on the door. Jack walks up to the door and opens it to Ronnie standing alone
Jack: No Rosie?
Ronnie: Not today
Jack: Never mind come in
Ronnie follows Jack into the front room
Jack: Penny you remember Ronnie?
Penny: Yeah
Selina walks into the front room from the kitchen Ronnie stares at her
Jack: Shouldn't you be going?
Selina looks at Jack
Selina: Look after her Jack I mean it
Jack smiles and shakes his head and leads Ronnie and Penny into the kitchen
Penny: Why can't mum stay here with us
Jack: Cause this place aint big enough
Penny: But I bet she could though
Ronnie looks at Jack
Ronnie: She's not staying here?
Penny looks at Ronnie
Jack: Penny
Penny looks at Jack
Penny: Sorry
Ronnie: It's ok
The front door bangs and Jack walks back into the front room. Ronnie's phone rings she takes it out of her pocket and answers it
Ronnie: Hello- right im coming now
Ronnie puts her phone back into her pocket and walks into the front room
Ronnie: Jack im so sorry but I've got to go Roxy needs me at the Vic
Jack: Is everything all right?
Ronnie: She's on her own and its busy Sean and his temper are in there
Jack: Will you be all right?
Ronnie smiles
Ronnie: Yeah course he can't take the Mitchell's on
Jack smiles
Penny: Leaving so soon?
Ronnie: Yeah my sister needs me
Penny: Didn't know you had a sister
Ronnie: Yeah Roxy anyway I'll see you later
Ronnie smiles at Jack and Penny before walking out of the door
Ronnie walks through the Vic doors and pushes her way through the crowd and sees Roxy tearing her hair out from the amount of customers waiting to be served. Rosie walks out from the crowd her arms full of glasses
Rosie: Glad you could make it
Ronnie: It wasn't this busy when I left come on
Ronnie walks behind the bar Rosie puts the glasses down and waits at the end of the bar
Ronnie: What you doing there come on
Rosie: What?
Ronnie: Get behind here and help
Roxy: Well if I knew you were going to say that you could have stayed at Jack's
Ronnie: No im needed here
Roxy looks at Ronnie
Roxy: It didn't go well then?
Ronnie: It went fine
Ronnie stands watching Rosie serve customers and keeping them happy while they are waiting
Roxy: Natural aint she?
Ronnie: She sure is
At closing time Ronnie and Roxy sat down while Rosie locked the doors
Ronnie: We should leave the cleaning till tomorrow
Roxy: Yeah and get a drink for ourselves
Ronnie: Yeah upstairs though if I pour another drink down here tonight I might pass out
They walk upstairs into the front room Ronnie and Rosie sit down while Roxy pours the drinks she passes them to Ronnie and Rosie and sits down with hers
Roxy: Don't whinge you did worse at 17
Ronnie laughs
Ronnie: Well you have to be able to drink a few to be able to handle rowdy customers like you did tonight Rosie
Rosie: Yeah drinking is my hidden talent
Ronnie: Its Roxy's too
Roxy laughs. Ronnie stands up to close the curtains a car door bangs; Ronnie looks down onto the square
Ronnie: Rox
Roxy: Ron
Ronnie: Auntie Peg's back
Roxy: She said tomorrow
Ronnie: She's here now
Rosie: We aint cleaned up downstairs
Ronnie: Never mind about that
Roxy: Is Phil with her?
Roxy stands and walks over to the window
Ronnie: Yeah and so is he