Just Like Her Father
Rated: R, just in case for some bad language and some sexual references
Disclaimer: I do not own Brian or Mandy Slade. But I do own Scarlet Amore Slade.
Summary: An AU story. Brian and Mandy have a daughter in 1970. How does her father's fake death affect her and how does she cope with Arthur hanging around her mother constantly?
Just Like Her Father
"I'm fucking pregnant!" Mandy screamed at Brian.
"Are you really?" Brian asked.
"Yes, you bloody bastard. I'm going to get fatter than a fucking cow!" she screamed.
On February 14, 1970 Scarlet Amore Slade was born. Her mother instantly fell in love her, even though months before she wanted to drown the little bugger. Mandy loved having a little girl around, a little doll that she could dress up and play with. Brian loved her too, but neither one of them were going to change their lifestyle.
Scarlet watched Uncle Curt and her daddy putting on makeup. Mummy was so sad when daddy would spend time with Uncle Curt. She didn't understand why mummy complained about being lonely; she always had people surrounding her.
She watched Uncle Curt and daddy kiss. She never understood why they did that. Daddy very rarely kissed mummy.
"Daddy, are you performing tonight?" she asked, running into his arms.
"Yes, but you'll be fast asleep," he said, twirling her around.
"Can't I stay up just this once?" she pouted.
"No, sweetheart, your mother won't be very happy if you did."
She snuggled her little head closer to his chest. She loved her daddy so much. Mummy came in so she could put her to bed. She kissed daddy and wished Uncle Curt and him good luck.
Mummy checked to make sure she was asleep before she left the room. Scarlet crept out of bed and down to the stage to watch daddy. She was very quiet and knew a secret way to the stage. Daddy and Uncle Curt were singing and Uncle Curt was playing the guitar. Daddy got down on his knees and played Uncle Curt's guitar with his teeth. Mummy was standing off the stage and she looked like she was crying.
Scarlet crawled back to bed because daddy would be mad if he knew she had seen the show. She awoke later that night cause mummy and daddy were screaming at each other. She grabbed her stuffed bear and shut her eyes tight. She didn't like it when they yelled.
Mummy was going daddy's makeup; he looked like a big blue fairy. He kissed her before he went on the stage. Mummy held her in her arms and they watched daddy perform together. Mummy was smiling for a change. All of sudden daddy collapsed onto the floor. Blood was pouring from him and mummy was screaming. Her daddy was dead.
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Scarlet lined her lips with pink and silver. Madonna was blaring from her record player. Her blue eyes were painted in black, her brown hair in sloppy curls. She wore black kitten heels; they were her mother's. Her dress was cheetah print and she had a black belt looped around her waist.
Arthur was still here, still talking to her mother. She hated him.
"Mum, I'm leaving," she said.
"Okay, just promise you'll come back," Mandy said.
"I always come back."
The cold air nipped at her cheeks. She made her way to an old flat and knocked on the door. Brian answered.
"That Arthur guy is still hanging around the house," she said, walking inside.
"Why don't you just ask him to leave?" Brain asked.
"Mummy really enjoys talking to him."
Scarlet noticed the coke and the scantly clad Asian woman on the sofa.
"Whose she then?" she asked.
"Forgot," Brian answered.
"I'm Tina," the Asian women said.
"Scarlet."
She just looked at her father. He hadn't changed at all.