Ok, so in this chapter i wanted to begin to explore the possibility that although mother and daughter are reunited they both may not know how they feel about one another, that in fact this kind of bringing together may even lead to more complications then before.
"Honestly mu- Ronnie, I'm fine if I can get up and walk by myself, I can pack my own belongings ok?" Danielle loved how much her newly found mother cared for her but she would need time to get used it she supposed. After all she had just nearly died, and at the back of her mind were the words Ronnie had cruelly spat at her the night of her accident "Who would want a freak like you as a daughter". Danielle didn't even know herself how her relationship with her "mother" would turn out, and this whole scenario was nothing like how she'd imagined things to go, she truly was in two minds whether to stay and get to know Ronnie or go back to Telford, her dad did offer after all. As the clock in her hospital room turned its hands to 3 o clock and the last t shirt was packed away, Danielle's time in hospital after her accident was soon going to be over.
Danielle looked up from her neatly piled clothes, closed the case and awaited some kind of response to what she had just said to Ronnie, yet none did come, in fact the silence between them grew even greater. Both could not bring themselves to face each other directly and neither seemingly could produce any speech to address the situation, Ronnie who was facing towards the large double window, just merely gazed out at the miles of traffic staring at her, she too must of felt the intense pressure to talk burning on her back and suffocating her lungs as she slowly reluctantly began to hum a song she had just now remembered she had only once sung out loud. Only now when she produced it out loud it was different, roles and love had shifted between the two it involved and only now Ronnie was beginning to slowly realise the trust between mother and daughter had ceased for so long it was going to take more then just a dramatic "reveal" to change things now. And even after a hell of a lot catching up it may not be fully repaired.
Danielle had decided she would win the silence war and prove herself worthy of something at least, so she piped up confidently " I've decided to stay in the square, you know just for a while, after all cant leave Stacy a woman down on the stall". She had said it in her head before actually saying it just to make sure it sounded polite and jokey at the same time, and yet even then when it was said out loud it immediately felt cruel to Danielle not mention she didn't want to stay even a little bit for Ronnie. Which she did. Ronnie reacted identically and slowly shrugged and stated " Yea, but you'll have to find a better income then just a stall you know" even after smiling in the most loving way she could summon she still felt her response did not represent how she was really feeling. The feeling of which all she wanted to do was scoop Danielle up and repair the now tattered relationship between them .And no matter what either of them said or did it seemed apparent the awkwardness that had developed wasn't going to shrugged off easily. "Danielle would you like to go shopping" this quick immediate comment shocked even Ronnie who had said it, she had not intended to be so forward so soon and was far to aware of what her dominating controlling attitude could do, so quickly hoping to undo what she had said she calmly added "I know I do and you know it'll save you having to spend your wages on clothes for a while- my treat ok?" Danielle instantly nodded in agreement, she was still wary of how to handle anything that cropped up between them but it seemed both of them couldn't actually help but to respond to their immediate impulses " That'd be great Ronnie, thanks, er - but can I ring my dad quickly, yea?". She glanced up pleadingly as if she did indeed need permission to contact her father which she knew she didn't but Danielle just needed to know where she stood on the matter " Er of course you can silly, its not my telephone is it? laughed a light hearted Ronnie. Danielle seemingly pleased with the response of her mother skipped happily out of the room leaving her case lying on the bed and the sweaty palm prints remaining on the lid. Ronnie walked over to the suitcase, opened it and inspected the condition the items had been packed in - all of her daughters belongings had been placed within it so immaculately tidy and extremely organised Ronnie smiled with delight, she at least shared this with her daughter she thought hopefully and maybe, just possibly they would have lots more qualities to be shared and discovered together.
No sooner had the proud smile creased across her face Ronnie's little moment was rudely interrupted by an overly loud and upbeat voice coming from her sister who was now standing just in front of the rooms door beaming herself too " Ron the taxi's here c'mon slow coach, I can get Charlie to pick up the case if you'd two would like - hey where is she?". "Oh she went to call her Andy I think his name is you know her da-, but anyway I think she'll only be a minute, annnd fancy a quick shop Rox, having you there might just ease the tension" replied a surprisingly new, chirpier Veronica Mitchell.
R+R and also although i am planning to continue a few more chapters i have already devised an ending and its pretty dramatic =p