Natasha looked up at her father feeling hurt by his statment "Were's William, don't tell me Shelly is actually looking after him"
"No... she didn't want me to bring him, scared some crazy women might snatch him, how is your crazy sister Tash" Mike said with a smarmy smile.
Natasha started to walk away knowing any conversation with her Dad was bound to end badly. Phil watched on as Mike walked to his front door and knocked.
...Wild One...
...Chapter Fiftytwo...
"Its your turn to do the washing, You need to take these clothes to the laundrette" Roxy said has Natasha returned back to the flat. Natasha pulled a face at Roxy before shaking her head and sitting down on the sofa, wondering why her father was on the square and not wanting to go back out until he had gone.
"Natasha, I am not asking you, I am telling you," Roxy said.
"You can't tell me to do anything" Natasha said "Besides I am not feeling well"
"It won't hurt you, will it, its not strenuous" Roxy said looking down at the teenager spworld across the sofa.
"It wouldn't hurt you either" Natasha said "We have been looking after Amy all day"
"Yes because I have been to see Ronnie" Roxy argued "In case you had forgotton"
Natasha bit her botton lip "How is she?"
"How do you think" Roxy said "Bloody impossible"
Glenda walked into the room with Amy in on her hip "What is impossible"
"Never mind" Roxy said walking over and taking Amy off Glenda "Come on baby"
"Right whose turn is it to do the laundry" Glenda asked looking down at the two large bags of unwashed clothes.
"Its Natasha's turn" Roxy said looking back towards Natasha "But the little skank is refusing."
"I am not well" Natasha said lying "Roxanne will have to do it"
"Whats wrong with you" Glenda said feeling Natasha's forehead with the back of her hand "You haven't got a temperature."
Roxy smiled "your don't have a temperature with idleitus" Roxy sniggered.
"You should know all about that" Natasha said arrogantly smiling back towards her elder sister "Anyway, your always telling me that I am just a kid, so its not in my job description"
"Natasha" Glenda said raising her eye brows over at her daughter "Your more then old enough to pull your wieght"
"But Muuummm" Natasha moaned.
The intercom suddenly sounding meant the conversation was over and Natasha had lost the argument "Natasha their is some change on the shelf" Glenda said as she picked up the phone, "Oh hello... yes of cause" Glenda said looking slightly confused while pressing the buzzer to open the flat doors.
"Gor God sake" Natasha shouted not taking defeat quietly, Glenda who was still looking slightly confused put her hand up to her lip to tell Natasha to shush, as she walked out onto the landing to greet her guests..
"No I want be quiet" Natasha shouted as she heard footsteps coming up the stairs "Why can't we have a washing machine, like everyone else, this is stupid"
As Natasha reluctantly lifted the laundry bags and walked to the livingroom door, to her suprise and embarrassment Mrs Wallace was stood looking at her with Mr Alcock stood behind her. "Now now Natasha" Mrs Wallace said in her strong scottish voice "What are you having a hissy fit over now"
Billy and Julie stood feeling out of place slightly in their own livingroom, Mike was oddly looking around the livingroom as if he was inspecting it, Judging his biological parents worth on what he thought they owned, he and then turned and smiled back towards Julie and Billy almost as if he was giving them his approval, Julie was filling up with emotion and Billy was stood smiling trying to look masculin and intelligent.
"I feel like I have seen you before" Billy said watching the younger man looking around the livingroom.
"So" Mike said sitting down" What were you hoping to get out of this?"
"Well...well we ur wanted to meet you" Billy said suprised by the mans question "Find out about your life".
"Well don't you think your about 35 years to late" Mike said changing his sickly sweet smile into a hard spiteful expression.
"Well it wasn't our choice" Julie said "They took you away from me"
"Poor you" Mike said "My heart goes out to you, do you really want to know how I spent my childhood"
"Yes" Billy said "I want to know everything about you, we assumed you had been adopted"
"Well I was adopted" Mike said "And the first seven years were great, until she...my adopted mother became pregnant with my Brother."
Billy and Julie looked on silently wanting to know their baby sons fate.
"Then that was it... didn't I know I was the odd one out" Mike said "He was the son and air, and I was nothing, do you know how that feels"
"Well" Julie said moving over next to Mike and reaching out to her long lost son "I am really sorry about that, but I am here now, we would like a chance"
"A chance" Mike interupted jumping up off of the sofa moving away from Julie not wanting her to touch him. "you didn't give me a chance all those years ago"
"We are here now" Julie said turning towatds Billy looking for support.
"Your here now, am I supposed to be grateful" Mike said.
At that moment Phil walked in "Alright" he said looking over at Billy, Billy nervously nodded.
"I am stood here in this jungle themed home" Mike said "And you expect me to be grateful, what for the only thing you two have ever done, is give me life"
"I am sorry" Julie said starting to cry Billy put his hand on Julie's shoulder to comfort her.
"I think you had better choose your words more carefully" Phil growled.
"Calm down Phil...please" Billy said worried for his new sons saftey.
"And who is this ponce" Mike said "Your bouncer"
"This is my house you've got your fat arse stood in about actually" Phil said looking angry "And the last person who clled me a ponce didn't live to tell the tale. And this man who gave you life happens to be my cousin, who has been looking forward to meeting you".
"Oh Priceless, you don't even own the house, I have a good job, a nice home a flash car and I have a beautiful girlfriend and beautiful baby Why would want to know you two losers" Mike said laughing.
"Look mate" Billy said "We only wanted to make sure your ok"
"Like I said its a bit late now" Mike said heading for the door.
"Missed someone out have'nt you" Phil said.
"What are you on about" Mike said looking confused across at Phil.
"You spouted off about your girlfriend and your baby what about your daughter."
"You have a daughter" Julie asked drying her eyes trying to make conversation with the despicable man wanting to keep him their for just a little while longer"
"Well I have fathered a girl yes... She lives around here, with her waist of a space of a mother" Mike said looking towards Billy "Maybe you already know her"
"Oh yeah we know her" Phil said "And word has it, that you knock her around"
Billy face changed as if a light switched on in his brain "I know where I have seen you from, your Natasha's father"
"Well... I just consider myself as the sparm doner, much like consider you" Mike Said walking out of the door "Don't contact me again"
"So are you enjoying your easter break" Mrs Wallace asked looking at Natasha who was wondering what her head master and form teacher were doing in her home, sat on her sofa, drinking her coffee fro her mugs, Natasha looked across at Glenda before turning back towards Mrs Wallace and nodding while managing a small smile.
"I hope you have completed all of your home work, for starting back to school on Tuesday" Mrs Wallace said seeing the girls awkwardness.
"Ummmm, of cause" Natasha said nodding, knowing she hadn't even made a start homework had been the last thing on her mind.
"Perhaps I had better do the laundry after all" Roxy said taking the bags out of Natasha's hands "With your teachers coming to see you"
"Ur no... no..." Mrs Wallace said "We don't want to get in the way of Natasha's responsibilities"
"And its not Natasha, we have come to see" Mr Alcock said.
"Its ok" Natasha said not liking the thought of being discussed why she wasn't their "I want to stay"
"Its nothig for you to worry about Natasha, off you pop!" Mrs Wallace said firmly, while giving the teenager the look she always gave pupils to let them know who was boss.
Natasha recognizing the teachers expression immediately grabbed the bags back from Roxy and made her way out of the flat, getting outside in the fresh air, Natasha felt shocked to be sent out of her own home by her teacher.
"I'll take a wild guess that this is about, whats happened with my eldest daughter" Glenda said sitting down in the arm chair.
Roxy looked at the teachers who both looked down out of awkwardness for a split second "We are very concerned" Mr Alcock said "About the affect this must all be having on Natasha."
"what" Roxy said "You think Natasha is going to go around stealing Babie's or that She isn't being cared for, or what?"
"We decided to make this visit before we start back to school, to see how all this as affected Natasha" Mrs Wallace said "She is a very vulnerable young lady"
Glenda sniggered "My Natasha, she is as hard as nails"
"Natasha has some very deep rooted problems Mrs Mitchell" Mr Alcock said "We only want to support her through this difficult time"
"I will be perfectly honeat with you, It concerns us that Natasha was in Mrs Brannings care for a long period of time" Mrs Wallace said "We want make sure we are ready for any issues Natasha will be bringing back to school with her"
"I... I am being stricter with her now" Glenda said thinking the teachers were just worried about Natasha behavior. "She was handful at first but she has been no trouble at all over the last cuple of days."
"Well thats good to here" Mrs Wallace said "Natasha does respond well in a disciplined environment, But its more Natasha's understanding and coping mechanism we are concerned about, we want to make sure she as a strong support network in place, just incase their is any backlash."
Roxy put her head down and smiled sarcastically to her self thinking the teacher's were talking out of her backside's."Look I am sorry, I know you probably mean well" Roxy said "but we have enough on out plates to cope with at the moment, Natasha is coping just fine, she has just had to get on with it"
The two teachers stood up realising they had outstayed their welcome "If you have any concerns with Natasha" Mrs Wallace said looking across at Glenda "you know where we are"
"She a tough girl, she really is" Glenda said as she walked out on the landing with the pair of teachers "Tell me, are you going over to see how Abi Branning is coping next, surely she is affected as well"
Mrs Wallace gave Glenda a expression that let Glenda know that they were not concerned with Abi. "I didn't think so" Glenda said showing the teachers out.
Has Natasha slowly walked around to the laundrette, Mike was pulling away from the Mitchells house he immediately jumped out of his car and walked quickly over to his Daughter "Oi, get here you little shit" Mike yelled.
Natasha stopped still looking at the vengful man pacing towards her "You think it alright to tell lies about me, do you" Mike screamed as he reached the girl.
"Pardon" Natasha said politly "Whats lies"
"Telling people I go around belting you" Mike shouted grabbing hold of Natasha arm.
"I haven't said anything" Natasha said.
"Mrs Wallace said goodbye to Mr Alcock and walked over to her own car as she looked up she noticed Natasha being man handled by the man.
"You think its ok to wash your dirty laundry in public do you Tash!" Mike said reaching into one of the laundry bags and grabbibg some clothes and throwing then across the pavement. Natasha just stood still and silent.
"How do you like it" Mike said grabbing hold of more clothes and slinging them across the road.
"Is their a problem" Mrs Wallace said looking at Mike as she reached the pair.
"Who the hell are you" Mike said stepping back from his daughter.
"I am Natasha's teacher" Mrs Wallace said putting her arm around Natasha.
"Yeah" Mike said walking away "Well your welcome to her"
"Who was that" Mrs Wallace said helping Natasha pick up the washing up.
"He..." Natasha said taking a deep breath "Thats my Dad".
