The night of the party.

danielle-"oh i dunno what to wear?" she raced through the house in her dressing gown "i meen do i wear a dress, or just casual?"

ronnie-"wear whatever you feel comftable in" ronnie enterd danielles bedroom looking stunning, not over dressed but ronnie pulled anything off.

danielle-"easy for you too say, look at you" ronnie looked down at herself "you could put a bin bag on and still look stunning" ronnie laughed

ronnie-"what about this?" she pulled a grey dress from her wardobe "i have a belt that will fit perfectly round it, make it less formal too, a nice necklace and some bracelts, perfect" she walked over and kissed her head "he's gonna like you whatever so stop worrying" danielle smiled nervously knowing that ronnie new she wasnt worried about the party but seeing ben, there realtionship had been purley cyber only meeting that one time, chatting all night on staceys sofa, both in a drunken state, ronnie returned to the room with some accessorys "well try them on, im gonna open a bottle, people will be hear soon" ronnie left the room whilst danielle styled herself to perfection

danielle-"well?" she walked in the living room

ronnie-"beautifull, ben's a lucky guy" she passed a drink over to danielle

danielle-"maybe i shouldnt" she shook her head to the alcohol "want to have a clear head, maybe later"

hour and half later and the party was in full swing had the jacksons, slaters, mitchells, brannings including jack everyone was mingerling.

pat-"lovely place you have hear, been dying to take a nose in one look very flash from the front" pat cheerd a drink with ronnie

ronnie- "well thought it be nice to get the neighbours together, its been a tough year so its not just a housewarming party, lets just hope people behave a?" she said looking at jack and max staring daggers

pat-"i'll keep an eye on them" ronnie smiled as she went to greet danielle

ronnie-"not hear yet? dont worry he will be"

danielle-"mm what if he has had a change of mind? what if he remember what i looked like somthing?"

ronnie-"stop talking nonsence, he will be hear"

roxy-"and if he doesnt turn up he will have me and ron to answer too" danielle smiled nervously "im not joking, noone messes with us mitchell girls" she downed her drink and walked off

ronnie-"she's right" ronnie touched her daughters chin as she walked off.

jack-"you look nice tonight" he pulled up his drink for ronnie to fill it

ronnie-"dont seem to recall inviting you" she poured his drink

jack-"you didnt, you beautiful daughter did" ronnie snapped her head around to danielle.

ronnie-"danielle did?"

jack-"i'll go if its a problem"

ronnie-"no, stay" she smiled as she walked off

danielle-"he's outside, he's outside" she excitedly whispererd to ronnie

ronnie-"well dont just leave him outside, go bring him in" she laughed at danielle - she watched as she ran outside to greet him

danielle-"hey"

ben-"hey yourself, well we finally meet, not that we havent met, you i, we, i was so hammerd the last time bit blury you know, sorry im ramberling i do this..."

danielle-"you want to come inside?" ben nodded his head "im warning you now my aunt...well shes abit how to put it nutty" they laughed as they enterd the house.

ben-"you invited the whole neighbour hood?"

danielle-"yup, it is a house warming afterall" she laughed as her and ben enterd the main party "thats my mum"

ben-"your mum? i would of pulled you off for sisters"

danielle-"she was young when she had me" danielle laughed "we get it all the time, do you want a drink?" she tried to change the subject

ben-"go on then, i'll have the same as you" danielle took ben over to the kitchen and poured him a drink

ronnie-"hello, im ronnie, you must ben" she shook his hand "im danielles mum" she felt wierd introducing herself as "her mum"

ben-"nice to meet you, danni pointed me out to you a second ago"

danielle-"hear we go" she passed ben his drink "see you met my, ronnie then"

ben-"my ronnie?" ben laughed

ronnie-"have you met my sister, danielle's aunty rox yet?" she said trying to change the subject

roxy-"hello" roxy jumped in "ben right?" she shook his hand "you treat her right or you have me to deal with alright" she touched his chin, winked and walked off.

ronnie-"sorry about her, she doesnt get out much, well have a good night see in a bit, better go and talk to the jacksons before hell breaks loose" she walked off

ben-"your house is lovely" he took a sip of his drink

danielle-"thanks, took us ages to decide the right one"

ben-"have you always lift round hear?"

danielle-"erm" he noticed danielle feeling uncomftable "no, i was brought up in telford, i was adopted" she bravely stated "me and ronnie were only reunited a few months ago"

ben-"oh, wow, that must of been hard, sorry dont really know what to say, you look very natural together"

danielle-"thats becuase it is natural, i love ronnie and she loves me, its been natural from the start" she lied as she thought back to the seven months of darkness "its the future that counts now"

ben-"to the future" he clinked her drink with his "so am i gonna get a tour?"

danielle-"its only tiny" danielle laughed "maybe later" she didnt know if she was flirting with him.

it was past 11 and most of the square had departed apart from most of the younger residents chelsea, roxy, dawn, gary, the brannings, bianca and a few more others

bianca-"tell you what right, lets makes this into a realllll party" she stumbled drunkenly over to the drinks and picked up a bottle of sambuka "anyone for some shots"

dawn-"come on then"

gary-"steady down will you"

dawn-"oh garry dont be a bore, what about you danielle want some shots?"

danielle-"oh..no thanks" she finished her wine and topped up her glass "not saying im drunk but shots no chance, i'll be sick"

ben-"i'll have one" ben pipped up

bianca-"ohhhhh and who are you she drunkenly put her arms around him and sqeezed his arms"

roxy-"ergh ginge, you dont have a chance"

bianca-"oh you dont think i could grab a guy like this"

roxy-"not when he's going out with my neice your not" danielle cringed at her auntys word, they wernt going out

ben-"its all innocent, i was just doing a shot" he stood up pulling himself from biancas grip and walking over to danielle "sorry"

danielle-"its fine, sorry about roxy"

roxy-"err, if ronnie was hear she wouldnt of got of as lightly, protective your mum aint she"

danielle-"come on lets go to my room" ben followed her "sorry about all this, i didnt think us meeting would be like this" she sat on her bed

ben-"well then let me take you out properly?" he walked over to her bed "go anywhere, meal, cinema, both?" he laughed as he sat on her bed next to her

danielle-"you serious?" she gushed "i would love too"

ben-"great, i know we only met properly first time tonight but i feel like i know you, you know"

danielle-"yeah" there was an awkward silence when she felt his hand touching her back and leaning in to kiss her, she leaned in and let her lips touch his they embraced the moment when she they heard the door fly open, the sprung apart.

ronnie-"danielle!!" she said shocked danielle stood up "get out" she stared at ben

ben-"im sorry, look it was just a harmless kiss"

ronnie-"i said get out" ben left the room

danielle-"ben, wait"

ben-"i'll call you tommorrow" danielle nooded

danielle-"what the hell was that about" she snapped throwing her arms in the air

ronnie-"its the first date"

danielle-"we wernt doing anything"

ronnie-"yeah and if i walked in 20 minutes later ptthh make that 5"

danielle-"what do you take me for seriously, i really like ben"

ronnie-"look im sorry, just shocked thats all"

roxy-"whats going on?" roxy stumbled drunkenly into the room

ronnie-"nothing rox" she glared at danielle

danielle-"ronnie kicked ben out becuase apprently he was trying to seduce me" she looked to the floor "it was an innocent kiss"

roxy-"ohhh bad move ron"

ronnie-"butt out roxy"

danielle-"we kissed thats it and i will be seeing him again, well thats if he ever wants to see me" she sat on the bed

ronnie-"look im sorry i will apoligize to him ok, i over reacted"

danielle-"just close the door on the way out, we will talk tommorrow" with that ronnie left the room.

roxy-"dont be to hard on her, shes just worried about her little girl" roxy smiled as she closed the door behind her.