Sunday early afternoon Robbie was packing some of the clothes she hardly wore, out of her closet. She had done a lot of packing already and was almost done with it. As soon as Ronnie and Jack would get home on Wednesday, Roxy, Amy and Glenda would probably move in to the apartment and get settled. Then a little later Robbie would move in with her mum and dad into Jack´s apartement. This way Tanya and Gregg could move some stuff over the weekend into nr 27.
Robbie´s music was playing and while she was packing she was singing.
The door opened and Glenda walked in, putting some earrings in.
- 'Darling i got to go somewhere, i left you some money on the table downstairs so you can buy some chips for yourself alright' Glenda said all dressed up looking very pretty.
- 'You look nice, so where are you going?' Robbie asked turning the music a little down.
- 'I just got an appointment, that's all you need to know' Glenda said 'I won't be home until late'.
- 'Excuse me but ehm an appointment with who, and what about Roxy?' Robbie said' have you told her you're out till late mum?'
- 'Oh thought you could pass her the message, she should be home round teatime' Glenda said wanting to walk out of Robbie's room again.
- 'Why are you acting so mysterious all the time, I mean if you 're meeting someone, you could tell me, I mean I think it´s great if you met someone mum, you could at least tell me where you're of too, is that too much to ask, to ask your mum where she's off to?' Robbie said.
- 'You don't have to know everything little one, just finish your packing or do some homework alright, let mummy do her thing' Glenda said 'stop being so nosy alright!'
Glenda walked out of Robbie's room.
- 'My mummy is on honeymoon weirdo' Robbie said turning the music back on.
- 'Excuse me what was that?' Glenda, obviously heard Robbie answering something back to her, walked back into Robbie's bedroom.
- 'Nothing' Robbie said a little shocked to see Glenda back in her room.
- 'Right i thought so! ' Glenda said, for a minute she starred at Robbie.
- 'What?' Robbie asked.
- 'You better tone it down missy, i don't like my 15 year old talking back to me or talking without any respect' Glenda said serious.
- 'You know what `mum`, you want to act like my mother but you're far to busy with other stuff, yourself to be exact' Robbie said 'you could make a little more effort'.
- 'Remember that i ám your mother Robin, do not forget about that' Glenda said looking sharp at Robbie. Robbie's words towards Glenda hit home again, making Glenda feel the guilt of leaving her girls.
- 'I don't want to have to explain it all over again "mother" Robbie said daring to Glenda 'I know you gave birth to me which makes you part of my life automatically, and i'm glad you're here with us now, but Ronnie's my mother, "remember".
- 'Well Ronnie's not here now is she, so you have to deal with me, which means i want you to tone it down and start respecting me!' Glenda said warning with her finger.
- 'I respect people who deserve it, not simply tell me to give it cause they think they can get it, or think they have the right just cause they gave birth to me, it takes a little more than that "mother" Robbie said getting a pile of clothes out of her closet, getting frustrated from her mum's strange behavior the whole time, like there were two Glenda's.
- 'I'm not warning you again to tone down that big mouth of yours, or else!' Glenda said walking up to Robbie, grabbing her by her arm making clear she wasn't accepting any of this behavior from her teenage daughter.
- 'Or else what?' Robbie said trying to provoke Glenda again but also feeling an anger coming up 'what are you gonna do ey, stay out a little longer "mother"'.
- 'Stop it!' Glenda said sharp looking at Robbie.
- '… or maybe stay a way all night, yeah that would be real torture for us, one whole night leaving your girls on their own, you can do better than that "mother" you did manage to stay away a little longer than that...ehm let's see ehm say round 170 months maybe a bit more or less, forgot how long you were here the last time, but ehm round 170 months out of my life you weren't there at least, but we managed cause I got a mum, I got the best mum in the world, a mum who never left me or Roxy alone, and now 5 nights, these 5 nights are the longest, you know why, cause she knows what it means to be a mum' Robbie said with a smirk on her face.
Robbie knew it was a harsh thing to say, last night was one of the times she had felt close to Glenda, that Glenda acted like a mum soothing her a little on the sofa and talking about Robbie as a baby from her point of view, from the little time she was around in Robbie's early life, and how she sang to her. It felt as if they had come a little closer, but now she was getting a little fed up with Glenda's inconsequential behavior, who, at the same time, also got fed up with her gobby daugther's behavior.
Before Robbie knew it Glenda's hand was lashing out, smacking Robbie's backside.
- 'I'm sorry darling, I'm sorry!' Glenda said immediately knowing what she did, wanting to put her arms around Robbie, who was walking backwards to her closet, trying to avoid anymore that might be coming from Glenda.
- 'You better leave my room now' Robbie said in a calm tone.
- 'I'm sorry, I didn't mean to.. I just…you got me…I'm sorry'' Glenda said not knowing what to do to say how sorry she really was for losing her patience and lashing out at her youngest daughter.
- 'You better leave me alone now for a while mum' Robbie said still in the same calm voice.
Glenda wanted to say something but kept it in and did what Robbie asked her and left the bedroom.
Robbie starred for a moment at a picture of her and her mum together, Ronnie with her arms around Robbie. Robbie's eyes started welling up, she took a deep breath and managed to keep her tears in, she missed Ronnie, and now even more. She missed having her mum around. She felt sad, not about Glenda lashing out, she knew she was way out of line, she would've never got away with talking like that to Ronnie either.
And although Glenda had been in an affair all those years before, it was Archie who pushed her to it, and in the end send her away from her kids, talking bad about her to the girls to make him get a little more sympathy, saying he would never walk out on girls. She knew Glenda had been afraid to come back for them. She was out of line to say those harsh words. But she didn't feel sorry for the fact she felt that she couldn't really trust her yet, that was all Glenda.
Robbie walked over to the window and just as she did she saw a glimpse of Phil's car, and Glenda getting in?
For a minute she sat back on her bed. What was going on. Did Glenda get into the car with Phil, why? Was Glenda's appointment with her cousin Phil? Why did she keep seeing her mum with Phil. Robbie looked outside again. Then Robbie started to get a little nervous from her next thought. Would her mum be in on nicking Roxy's money, it would make sense since her mum lived here in the house, her behavior, but would she really steal money from her daughter…and with Phil?
Robbie got up and grabbed her mobile of her desk and got out of her room. She ran down the stairs and grabbed the money of the table and her house-keys from the hallway.
She crossed the street and ran over to the Vic. She opened the door and looked around. The Vic was pretty filled for a regular Sunday, not to crowded but it kept Kat and Alfie busy obviously, not noticing someone coming in. Robbie walked over to the bar where Kat was tending.
- 'Kat?' Robbie said trying to get Kat's attention.
- 'Oh hiya darling, i'm a little bit busy here, is there something you need?' Kat asked.
- 'Have you seen Roxy maybe?' Robbie asked.
- 'Ehm, she was here like an hour ago, think she went for a walk with Amy darling' Kat said putting 2 pints down for some punters.
- 'You sure?' Robbie asked.
- 'As far as i know yes darling, look why…' Kat said but Robbie already walked over to the entrance of the Vic and walked out.
Robbie looked around, it wasn't that busy outside so if Roxy was just walking around, she should see Roxy in a minute. She ran across the street again to check out the playground. There was no one there. Robbie grabbed her mobile and dialed Roxy's number.
- 'Robbie?' Roxy answered.
- 'Where are you?' Robbie asked in a demanding tone.
- 'Excuse me, mum is that you?' Roxy said obviously annoyed by her babysisters demanding tone of voice.
- 'Rox where are you answer me please?' Robbie said.
- 'Robbie what's going on, tell me now please, i don't have time for this, why you acting like mum, did you pack everything yet?' Roxy asked.
- 'I need you to come home, i need to talk to you' Robbie said 'where are you?'
- 'I'm at Christians alright, go do your homework or something, i'll see you in a bit yeah' Roxy said and just hung up.
- 'Arghh Roxy!' Robbie said looking around.
A sudden feeling of loneliness overwhelmed Robbie. She looked at her phone again and then dialed Peters number.
- 'Peter Beale, you know what to do after the beep…BEEP!' Peter's voicemail was on.
Robbie was ready to throw her phone against the wall.
She walked back home again, got in and leaned against the door and slowly let herself get down to the floor. She started biting her nails. Then she stopped as she saw one of Roxy's purses standing in the hallway.
She got up again.
- 'Rox?'she shouted but there was no reply, she was definitely alone at home. She walked over to the stairs, picked up Roxy's purse and sat on one of the stairs and looked inside. She grabbed a bundle of keys that were in there. She looked at them for a while, then looked at the time on her mobile.
[ 13:41] it said.
Robbie got a strange look in her eyes, got up and walked out of the door again.
5 minutes later she had let herself into the R&R with the keys she had found in Roxy's purse.
She looked around, she knew she couldn't stay there to long cause she knew that on Sunday in the late afternoon mostly Billy and Julie would come to clean the club for a new week, they had cleaners everyday, but the job her relative did on a Sunday was to earn some extra cash, so on Sunday it was more of a big cleaning job.
She walked over to were the lights were and turned some on, then walked over to the DJ-booth.
She smiled, she loved this place and couldn't wait until she was old enough to come here every week.
And then to play the music for the partypeople that came to the club ofcourse.
Just as she had found where to put the power on to play some music, she jumped up when a man and a woman in a police-outfit were standing in front of her.
- 'I didn't order strippers 'Robbie said forcing a smile, trying to act tough and normal, but she knew she was already in so much trouble.
Hope you like this chapter so far and wanna know what happens next. I had to split this chapter in two cause it was becoming really long, so i'll promise to not wait that long to put the "part 2"of this chapter up! Probably tomorrow cause i'm still adding and changing it ;) have patience please! xx Brooklynn70 =8)