At lunch Ronnie walked into the office of the club where Jack was sitting behind his desk doing a little administration from last weekend income.
- 'Hey gorgeous' Ronnie said as she walked in, 'i brought you some sandwiches over'.
- 'Lovely sweetheart' Jack said smiling at his future wife 'I thought you and Roxy were going to pack some stuff for the move already?'
- 'Yeah, we did and brought some stuff over, Rox and mum are signing for the apartment at the moment, so if that's done we can start moving some stuff overthere' Ronnie said 'oh and guess what?'
- 'What?' Jack asked taking a bite of his sandwich.
- 'Robbie just called on the way over here, she said Ben told her that Phil and Shirley are gonna be there Thursday when we get married, i don't want the whole square there Jack, i said i wanted a small wedding, i mean we're already throwing a party for practically the whole square right?' Ronnie said.
- 'Well we could tell them that we only want to have the best man and stuff there, i mean if you don't want them there we will tell them ' Jack said.
- 'I know, but he is family Jack, Phil is my cousin, i mean if they really wanna be there, it's just that i don't expect them to be there, on the other hand Bianca and Ricky and all are gonna be there too' Ronnie said.
- 'Well then just let them, i mean Phil and i are not the best of friends but you're right he's your cousin just don't worry about it babe' Jack said.
- 'Yeah i don't want anything to worry about anyway, ehm, i gotta go to the launderette to have the sheets washed, i have Robbie clean her room this afternoon and get her dirty laundry together and then i will bring that laundry over tomorrow so if you got any clothes that need a wash, put them in the laundry-basket yeah cause it's probably gonna be the last one i will do before we leave for Paris' Ronnie said smiling sitting down on Jack's lap.
- 'Yes 'mum' 'Jack said' you've been pretty busy then Miss Mitchell'.
- 'Yeah well it's just less to worry about when we're gone also' Ronnie said' I mean Roxy, mum and Robbie together, maybe Robbie will do some washing cause she sees me do it all the time, but with mum and Rox we're gonna be having clothes hanging around the house everywhere probably'.
- 'That'll be over then when they move to the upstairs-apartment and our teenage Cinderella will be living with us' Jack said grinning.
- 'Teenage Cinderella?' Ronnie said acting shocked and getting of Jack's lap 'don't let her hear you say that sweetie'.
' I'm only kidding, our princess i meant' Jack said standing up and putting his arms around Ronnie's waist 'I love you Ronnie, excuse me, Veronica Elisabeth Mitchell soon to be Mrs Branning'.
- 'I love you too mr Jack Branning'Ronnie said 'you know what's funny, how my daughter is already a Branning and yours ofcourse, and I'll have to wait until Thursday' Ronnie said smiling.
- 'Just a little more patience darling, and you know your daughter was already very sure of having me as her dad way before you wanted to be my wife remember' Jack said grinning.
- 'Yeah i should listen to her more often maybe' Ronnie said giving Jack a kiss on his lips.
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In the evening Robbie was laying on the armchair watching telly but her mind was thinking about Jay. At school she hadn't seen much of Jay since they didn't had any classes together on Monday's. Which was a relief.
Maybe if she would sit Jay down and talked with him. Let him explain to her what was going on with him, why he was behaving like this, just to see what his problem was.
- 'You want something to drink munchkin?' Jack asked touching Robbie's cheek with his hand which made Robbie jump a little from the armchair 'hey are you alright?'
- 'Yeah why?' Robbie looked up at Jack standing next to the armchair.
- 'Cause i asked you already 2 times, you seem to be far away from here' Jack said grinning a little 'or you just tired?'.
- 'Yeah, yeah I am, can i have another coke then please?' Robbie asked 'oh and dad can i also have some chocolate please'.
- 'Yeah alright' Jack said as he ruffled his hand through Robbie's blond hair.
- 'Finish your homework then sweetie?' Ronnie asked.
- 'Yeah well i have stuff that's meant for Friday but since i'm gonna be home on Friday i will make it this weekend maybe' Robbie said.
- 'I don't think that's a good idea baby since you're getting your stuff together then, so i doubt you'll make time for homework then, so when Jack comes back with your drink and chocolate i want you to get it done, so you'll have it finished and don't have to worry about it this week anymore alright' Ronnie said.
- 'Mum' Robbie said' i already did homework, it'll be fine, god why do we always have to talk about my homework, i will do it Friday, end off!'.
- 'Oi oi don't you tell me "end off" i'm warning you baby, you're gonna go upstairs now and do your homework, end of discussion!' Ronnie said as Jack came back into the living room.
- 'I leave the room for one minute, what's going on with my girls?' Jack asked putting the glasses down and the chocolate bar for Robbie.
- 'She has homework for Friday but she wants to make it on the weekend, now i already know that's not gonna happen so i want her to go upstairs and do it tonight, get it all finished so she doesn't have to worry about it anymore' Ronnie said raising her voice a little.
- 'Do i look like i'm worried about it mum, i said i will do it Friday when i don't have to go to school, stop nagging me about it and just think of your wedding day will you, tell her dad!' Robbie said hoping Jack would take her side.
- 'Robbie you heard your mum, just go and have it done tonight, then you're done with it, with all these crazy days you might not have any time for it anymore' Jack said trying to make sense.
- 'Dad don't encourage her, she's just doing that controlfreakstuff again, she loves that?' Robbie sulked taking a sip of her drink.
- 'Robin that's enough coming out of your mouth, upstairs now, you're not gonna be sulking downstairs cause you still have about an hour before i want you to get ready for bed, now listen to me!' Ronnie said sharp and standing up.
- 'You're no fun anymore now you're gonna get married' Robbie said' all I hear is you nagging at me all day long, oh my god you know what i'm gonna be calling you, i'm gonna call you "Nagging Branning"!'.
- 'Oi, enough Robbie, now go upstairs and listen to your mum alright or you gonna have me to answer too' Jack said.
- 'Oh yeah like really impressive Jack' Robbie said thinking Jack was joking.
- 'I'm serious Robbie, come on, homework and then to bed alright!' Jack said still standing waiting until Robbie got out of the armchair.
Robbie sighed but got up and walked out of the room with her glass and chocolate.
- 'Arghh that big mouth of hers, she better be getting that homework done tonight' Ronnie said as she grabbed her glass of wine.
- 'Stop whining "nagging Branning" ' Jack said with a cheeky smile.
- 'Shuss you, not funny Jack, she better not use that with me anymore or she's got another thing coming' Ronnie said giving Jack a little playfull slap on his arm.
- 'I'm sure she got the message when i said "enough or she'll has me to answer to", i meant that, if so i will have a little chat with her if she does!' Jack said.
- 'Go dad, i'm sure that won't take long!' Ronnie said snuggling up to Jack as he sat down.
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Tuesday afternoon and Robbie was on her way to the salon, she had said goodbye to Lauren and Peter who both finished school with her, some of the others were still in school or already at home. As she passed the playground she saw Jay sitting on the swings.
She looked at her watch and starred at him for a minute.
Then Jay saw her looking at him.
- 'You like what you see then?' Jay said with a cheeky grin on his face.
- 'I see someone i've never seen before' Robbie said as she walked over.
- 'A real man you mean' Jay said still with the grin from ear to ear on his face.
- 'Just stop yeah, what is your problem Jay, if you fancy me you gotta come with a whole lot more, like character, respect and i'm not looking for a man, i'm nearly 16, i want a boy not a man you perv, besides you're not a man Jay, you're just a little prick' Robbie said thinking she had a little more weight over Jay.
Jay stood up and walked up to Robbie who walked backwards until the wall of the community center stopped her.
Jay leaned over Robbie and with one hand he stroked across one of her cheeks.
- 'What did you call me? 'Jay asked.
Robbie pushed Jay's hand away.
- 'Do not touch me, you…little…prick!' Robbie said in Jay's face. As she said it in his face, Jay immediately put his mouth on Robbie's but Robbie pushed him away.
Jay started to laugh and came close again.
- 'Oehh you getting all bossy with me now, say please Jay' Jay said.
- 'Are you mad, you get off me Jay, before you'll be sorry ' Robbie said serious, she said it angry but inside she started to get a little nervous now.
Jay had been growing into a little young man this past year and he had been helping Phil out at the Arches and then the boxing of course had made him a little stronger then that skinny boy she once knew.
Jay started to laugh again.
- 'Sorry, what am i gonna be sorry for, for doing this?' Jay said as he kissed Robbie again and pushed her with his body on to the wall having her trapped. With her hands she tried to push Jay's face away but he was just stronger than her.
- 'Oi!' Someone suddenly yelled really loud.
Jay turned his head a little shocked and saw Whitney walking up to them followed by Tiffany and Morgan.
- 'Whit!' Robbie said feeling relieved to see her friend walking up to them.
- 'Whatcha think you're doing Jay Mitchell?' Whitney walked up to Jay.
- 'Look it was just a joke, right Robbie, we were just playing…it was a joke' Jay said as he stepped away from Robbie.
- 'No we were not Jay' Robbie said looking at Jay and then at Whitney.
- 'Is this still going on since Ben's homecoming party, where you were drunk and wanted to kiss her' Whitney asked Jay.
- 'Oh just leave us alone Whitney, you interrupted us, isn't that right Robbie, we know Pete is at home making his homework like a good little lad and well, we're more into ehm…close your ears kids…well we're more into the grown up thing right gorge' Jay said grinning again at Robbie.
Then Robbie came to a boiling point, walked up to Jay curled her hand into a fist, and hit Jay full on the left side of his face making him wiggle a bit and almost fall down.
Morgan and Tiffany both started to laugh and Whitney grabbed Robbie's hand 'come on we gotta tell someone'.
- 'No' Robbie said 'I think he will leave me alone now'.
- 'Yeah for how long, don't be stupid Robbie come on you gotta tell Jack or Ronnie' Whitney said.
- 'I have to go to the salon, i'm getting a haircut' Robbie said 'I'll see you tomorrow in school yeah'.
Robbie wanted to walk away.
- 'Robbie aargh don't be so stubborn alright, you think i let you walk to the salon alone, we'll walk with you and then you're gonna tell at least Roxy then, is she at the salon?' Whitney was not gonna stay quiet for her friend who was also family now that she was Jack's daughter.
- 'Whit' Robbie said.
- 'Just shut up you stupid cow, we're gonna get this sorted' Whitney said as she put her arm around Robbie and they walked up to the salon.
When they arrived at the salon, Kim was reading some magazine while Roxy and Ronnie were sitting at one of the manicure-tables, obviously tired from waiting on Robbie.
- 'Well it's about time you got here finally, found time to come over then Robbie?' Roxy said looking up as she saw her sister walk in followed by Whitney, Tiffany and little Morgan.
- 'You brought a whole party of friends here then" Kim said looking at the younger kids.
- 'Ehm it wasn't Robbie's fault that she's late, right Robs' Whitney said giving Robbie a nudge making clear that she should come out with it now.
- 'What was it then?' Ronnie asked curious' did something happen,…please don't tell me you got yourself into trouble at school again Robbie' Ronnie immediately looked at her phone to see if she had any missed calls from miss Bell who would call her if Robbie got into any trouble at school.
- 'No she didn't ' Whitney said still looking at Robbie hoping she would speak up.
- 'Well what was it then, did something happen to that tongue of yours Robbie, i mean i'm not complaining, you don't know when to shut up otherwise' Roxy joked, receiving a slap from Ronnie at the same time.
- 'She got into a fight with Jay' Tiffany then said 'he was pushing her and…'
- 'Shut up Tiff' Whitney said 'Robbie if you don't say it i will!'.
Robbie sighed and looked irritated at Whitney who was trying her best to get the words out of her.
- 'Well what happened..i'm getting a little impatient here Robbie? ' Ronnie asked foulding her arms across her chest.
- 'It's Jay, he ehm…'Robbie started.
Ronnie walked over to Robbie and made Robbie look up to her by putting her hand under her chin.
- 'Look at me sweetie, what did he do?' Ronnie asked.
Suddenly the night of Ben's homecoming came to her mind, she knew something had happened since Jay grassed Robbie and Peter up, only thing was that she didn't knew whát had actually happened.
- 'He was coming on to me, he tried it at Ben's party but then he was drunk, that's why he grassed us up cause i told him off, think he's jealous of Peter or something, he has been sending me text messages and looking funny at me, we already had a run in before but then Carol saw it and made him leave 'Robbie then blurted everything out.
- 'What?' Ronnie said out loud 'and where's he now then?'
- 'Mum, i'm alright i just want it to be over yeah, i said he's just jealous of me and Peter but i think he will leave me alone now' Robbie said.
- 'I'm going over there and sort that little shit out' Roxy said grabbing her jacket.
- 'No you're not Roxy' Robbie said' I just wanna forget about it alright'.
- 'Forget about it?' Ronnie said 'you wanna make him get away with it, i don't think so Robbie'.
- 'She already hit him hard' Morgan said pretending with Tiffany to let them show how Robbie hit Jay on his face.
- 'Now i came here for a haircut alright, can we please stop talking about Jay' Robbie said walking over to one of the chairs.
- 'You're right now let auntie Kim make sure you're gonna be looking so fine for that wedding, it's gonna blow Peter of both his Beale feet' Kim said.
- 'Where's Jodie?' Robbie asked' I thought she was gonna do my hair mum?'
- 'Jodie called in sick this morning, Kim will do it' Roxy said.
- 'Mum!' Robbie hissed at Ronnie, making sure she didn't liked to be cut by Kim.
- 'Sit down sweetie' Ronnie winked' I'm gonna be here with you alright'.
Robbie sighed and sat down in the chair and waved at Whitney who was let out by Roxy.
- 'This is not the end of it right?' Whitney said.
- 'You're kidding me, he's gonna be sorry he laid his hands on my babysister, he apparently doesn't know who he's dealing with here' Roxy said 'thanks Whit, glad that you were around'.
- 'Yeah me too' Whitney said 'come on kids, we were about to go and pick up Liam at the park'.
- 'Alright go on then, he must be wondering where you are, don't worry, we'll sort Jay out' Roxy said as she walked back into the salon.