Chapter 4
Ronnie made her way across the busy square to the club fiddling with her fringe as she walked and brung the small wisps of hair that framed her face down from the pony tail. This wasn't anything to do with seeing Jack at the club, she tried to persuade herself. Sometimes she really hated him just because she couldn't seem to get him out of her head. Her thoughts were filled with im and it was driving her crazy, but the weird thing was she wouldn't get rid of them for the world. But she couldn't tell him that. No. Never.
Suddenly a petite figure covered in a dark hoodie and cap ran past her knocking her out of her daydream. Barley being able to keep on her feet she spun round trying to see where she had gone but they had disappeared. Straightening her jacket she noticed she had somehow arrived at the club.
Her internal debate had lasted her the entire walk from the Queen Vic and before she knew what she was doing her pointy heels were clicking down the stairs and taking her into the club office. Taking a deep breath outside the door she went and smiled in Jack's direction yet he didn't even raise his head as he carried on flicking through the file frowning at it. "God he looks cute when he's confused." she thought before she could stop herself quickly trying to shake the though out of her head. Yet Jack still didn't look up.
Slightly disappointed to say the least Ronnie made her way over to her desk and sat down sighing as she saw the workload that had built up for her, sifting her way thorough the first pile of papers she didn't notice Jack get up out of his seat. He made his way over to her and lent right into her neck.
"Hello stranger." Jack whispered in her ear with a cocky smirk on his face knowing that this would undoubtedly do to her. Oh this was going to be fun.
As Jack predicted the close contact sent shivers down Ronnie's spin, resisting had never felt so hard she thought as she felt his breathe tickling her neck. But Veronica Mitchell was strong. She spun round to face him in her chair trying to hid the red blush that threatened to take over her face.
"Finished being too busy to say Hi now then I see." she answered teasing him with a small smile. Two could play at this game.
Jack sat perched on the edge of her desk unable to believe his luck, not only was she talking to him but he could swear she was flirting wasn't she? Ronnie put her pen down and looked up at him expectantly. Jack realised that instead of replying he had just been staring at her smiling for the past minute, pulling himself together he spoke, "Well you know me, work must come first" he teased back, "The books all up to your high standards then?".
"Well I've got to admit you have improved, but I think I'm still better, I'm a woman you see we always will be better." she smiled flicking through the closest folder which to be honest she wasn't reading at all, be he didn't have to know that.
"Better at what exactly, paperwork or something else?" Jack grinned, no way was he letting her win this, gloating was her speciality.
Ronnie blushed at this but hid it well, "Isn't that for you to find out. Mr ex-detective"
"Hello stranger." Jack whispered in her ear with a cocky smirk on his face knowing that this would undoubtedly do to her. Oh this was going to be fun.
As Jack predicted the close contact sent shivers down Ronnie's spin, resisting had never felt so hard she thought as she felt his breathe tickling her neck. But Veronica Mitchell was strong. She spun round to face him in her chair trying to hid the red blush that threatened to take over her face.
"Finished being too busy to say Hi now then I see." she answered teasing him with a small smile. Two could play at this game.
Jack sat perched on the edge of her desk unable to believe his luck, not only was she talking to him but he could swear she was flirting wasn't she? Ronnie put her pen down and looked up at him expectantly. Jack realised that instead of replying he had just been staring at her smiling for the past minute, pulling himself together he spoke, "Well you know me, work must come first" he teased back, "The books all up to your high standards then?".
"Well I've got to admit you have improved, but I think I'm still better, I'm a woman you see we always will be better." she smiled flicking through the closest folder which to be honest she wasn't reading at all, be he didn't have to know that.
"Better at what exactly, paperwork or something else?" Jack grinned, no way was he letting her win this, gloating was her speciality.
Ronnie blushed at this but hid it well, "Isn't that for you to find out. Mr ex-detective"
"Hmm might take you up on that offer" Jack said as he lent slowly in towards Ronnie loosing himself in the moment, yet he braced himself for another knock-back. Yet the moments passed and Ronnie found herself not being able to resist and her eyes closing. It just felt right. Their lips brushed for a slight second sending chills down Ronnie's spine, he still drove her crazy. When suddenly the sound of the Nokia ring tone echoed throughout the office, it was Ronnie's mobile on the desk, which was vibrating to the tune. Jack groaned as Ronnie reluctantly pulled away resting her face just inches from his. She stayed there for what seemed an eternity yet the phone kept ringing. 'I knew it' she thought sadly, 'It's a sign, what am I doing?'.
Ronnie leant back slightly more to let and grabbed her phone off the desk leaving Jack looking rather disappointed. "Just leave it he groaned" reaching out to try and grab her hands and pull her back towards him.
"I can't its Peggy, I said I'd be back by now" she answered looking up at the clock. She pressed the answer button as Jack walked back over to his desk.
"Hey Auntie Peg…. Yeah I'm sorry just got a bit caught up and…" Jack smirked with Ronnie at this as she made a face at him to shut up yet smirking back unable to stop herself. As Peggy interrupted her on the phone she stopped talking abruptly, her face suddenly turned to worry as she ran to grab her jacket form her chair as she gathered all her stuff together.
"Alright I'll be there in a minute I'm leaving like now." she said panicking and hung up throwing her phone in her pocket. By this time Jack was seriously worried about the reason behind Peggy's call. Ronnie wasn't on to panic, she kept her cool always. Well okay the Sea punch wasn't exactly keeping her cool, but even Jack had to agree he was asking for it.
"Ron?" He asked her trying to grab her arm to slow her down rushing about the office making more mess than there was to begin with.
"Its Roxy, ….she's fainted again and…. and…. she's in the hospital, they think is something wrong with the baby." Ronnie said trying to breathe through her sentence and not cry in front of Jack. "I knew something would go wrong again, I just knew it" she said more quietly to herself this time, the words hidden were by the cracking in her voice caused by the nearby tears.
"You want me to take you to the hospital now?, Dawn can look after the club and open up its not as important as this", Jack said holding her hands still wanting to support her, he looked down at them and then back up to he and smiled. Secretly he wished she refuse, he wanted to be there for Ronnie but this baby might be his, he'd have to lie to Ronnie and stand there while his baby clung on to life. He wished it had never happened but a baby was a baby and he wasn't going to punish him or her for his mistakes.
She returned the smile touched at his offer, maybe he did care after all?, "No its OK Peggy's going down now, Christian went in the ambulance with her, I'd better go she'll be waiting." Ronnie made her way out of the office and got halfway up the stairs when Jack called her and ran to the office door.
"Oh before I forget some girl was looking for you and Roxy, sounded pretty important, she didn't leave a name though." Jack told her.
"Thanks I gotta go, talk later yeah?" Ronnie asked hopefully, pushing the recent new out of her head she was just too busy to think about anything else but her sister, what could ever be more important? Jack sensed her inner worry and squeezed her hand softly, glad she didn't pull away.
"It'll be OK Ron." Jack assured her. Ronnie smiled and head back up the stairs leaving Jack to return to his office and sit unable not to smile as he spun around like a little boy in his swivel chair, maybe things were finally working out. She did the weirdest things to him. The question remained though would Ronnie let him in to her heart again?