Sorry for not updating this week that's why i put up an extra long chapter for you!Oh and i said couple chaps back that i would write up to Robbie's birthday and then skip couple of months to put some of the new faces of Walford in but then i was thinking that i do not really stick to all storylines of Eastenders and since its my fic i can do what i want right so thats what i'm gonna do. I might skip some months buit thats only cause i want some nice weather around the square ;) we'll see how it goes. Hope you keep reading!
In the afternoon Robbie walked with Peter through Bridgestreet, they've just finished a day of school and were both on their way, Robbie to the club and Peter to help out Jane at the chip shop. On the corner of Bridgestreet and Turpin they stood still.
- 'So you think Ronnie and Roxy talked to Phil yet?' Peter asked as he held Robbie's hand.
- 'I hope they did, cause I'm so done with the whole thing, I mean they can't keep putting the blame on mum until they go see Phil, I mean it's not fair to her now is it, sometimes I think théy might be afraid to face "King Wazzock of Walford" I mean why would they wait so long, I can't imagine mum being afraid of him, maybe Rox" Robbie said putting her arms around Peters waist 'come here you'.
Robbie pulled Peter close and they started kissing. Robbie pulled the back of Peter's shirt up and put her cold hands on his warm back.
- 'Ohh that's cold babe' Peter jumped up a bit.
- 'Yeah that's why I put them in a warm place' Robbie said putting her head against Peter's chest. He always smelled so good Robbie was thinking. For a minute they were holding eachother close and enjoyed their moment.
- 'Oi Robbie!' a familiar voice shook them both up, making them snap out of their daydreaming together. They both turned around to see Jack standing at the entrance of the club watching them.
- 'Jack we're ehm…' Peter said immediately letting go of Robbie, still remembering the day Jack caught them both in his apartment and pushing him up to the wall.
- 'Dad, we were just hold…' Robbie said.
- 'Yeah I can see what you were doing, just say goodbye to Peter come on smartmouth!' Jack said being protective of Robbie.
Robbie gave Peter a quick kiss 'I'll see you on the chat tonight yeah mister'.
- 'Yeah alright, later babe' Peter smiled, gave her a little kiss back and quickly walked over to the chip shop.
- 'Don't have to worry dad, we were doing nothing wrong' Robbie said as she walked into the R&R followed by Jack.
- 'Yeah you think I'm stupid Robbie, get into the office and start your homework ok think you got a lot to catch up on right, I'll be in the V.I.P. room if you need anything ok' Jack said giving Robbie a kiss on the head as she sat down at the desk, then grinned as he walked out of the office.
- 'Where's mum?' Robbie called at Jack making him walk back.
- 'She's getting some stuff for Saturday-night, we're having an 80ties night here so she needed to get some more supplies, she won't be long!' Jack said.
- 'Can I put some music on and do a spin?' Robbie asked 'please daddy, pretty please?' Robbie put on her sweetest most innocent face to convince Jack.
- 'Yeah alright, bút homework first yeah, or I'll get into trouble with your mum' Jack said smiling.
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In the meantime Ronnie and Roxy were walking over to the Arches. Jack had just made up a little lie about Ronnie getting supplies, he knew she and Roxy needed a word with Phil.
There was music coming from the garage where Phil was working on a car.
Roxy looked around and there seemed to be no one else but Phil, no Ricky, and no Jay who also sometimes helped out after school.
- 'Phil?' Ronnie said as the sisters both walked in.
Phil looked up from the hood of the car he was working on. He looked a bit surprised seeing both his cousins were there to visit him. But Phil was not stupid and was suspecting where they were coming for…probably.
- 'Hey, what can I do for you, what do you want?' Phil asked wiping his forehead.
- 'Ehm, well, there is no easier way saying this but ehm, …we know Phil' Ronnie said straight out, not wanting to make up a whole story around it.
- 'Know what?' Phil asked acting as if he didn't know what they were on about.
- 'We know you let Masood plant that money, my money to be exact, you let him plant it in mum's closet' Roxy said a bit hesitating 'ehm, Robbie knows you and Shirley got my money, and yóu know she knows, then used Masood to make it look like as if mum stole it from me, calling me telling about me about it and then making me check her stuff ofcourse'. Roxy said a bit tough but all because she knew Ronnie could really handle Phil.
- 'Are you on something, are you mucking me, what is this about' Phil said putting the mechanic gear down and putting his hands on his hips.
- 'Oh come on Phil, Robbie overheard you talking to Shirley about it when she came round for Jay and then at my hen-party she also overheard you' Ronnie said 'coincidence…I think not, don't take us for a fool yeah'.
- 'And she saw Masood coming out of the flat also, with you keeping an eye out' Roxy said moving a bit around Ronnie who pulled her arm to make her stand still, it was getting on Ronnie's nerves.
- 'Proof it' Phil said 'you got no proof'.
- 'Phil, you got the housekeys out of my purse the day Ronnie and Jack announced they were going to get married, and then by "coincidence" you found the keys later in the week under one of the chairs in the Vic' Roxy said.
- 'So what does that proof, that I found your keys, go away, I'm too busy for this nonsense' Phil said getting back to work on the car again.
- 'Phil we also know you and mum had an affair, and that you just dumped her when it was getting too hot under your feet' Ronnie said in her calm but threatening voice.
- 'An affair, yeah right, are you serious, with Glenda?' Phil said laughing but knowing he had no way out.
- 'Why don't you just admit it Phil, you were jealous or something and took some of my money, you had an affair with my mum, and now you don't want Shirley to find out, am I right, what if she did ey, find out, Shirley is gonna screw you over more then you have done my mother alright, she's gonna go for your balls, now if you still have them you admit what you did or Shirley finds out?' Roxy said hitting a nerve with Phil mentioning telling Shirley.
- 'What you gonna do ey, you silly mare, you got no prove just that little loudmouth that told you a story, she's 15 a teenager, she makes up stuff, she likes to wind up everyone right, you better keep her in line Ronnie?' Phil said walking up to Roxy who walked up to Ronnie.
- 'Phil , just keep your calm, and she doesn't make up stuff, I mean only to protect herself whenever she's in trouble alright, now listen, we can deal with this the mature way, you admit nicking Roxy's money, and we won't mention anything to Shirley, the police, or get Masood involved' Ronnie said, Phil was not one to get intimidated by anyone but he always had a soft spot for Ronnie who was just like Phil and not seem to be getting impressed by anyone either.
- 'Well, some of it went into the house' Phil then finally admitted.
- 'Well, I tell you what, you let Roxy get half of the Vic back' Ronnie said 'I mean no one has to know ofcourse, yet'.
- 'Are you out of your mind?' Phil reacted 'you think I'm gonna give her half of the Vic'.
- 'Well it's either that or the money back, letting Shirley know, one phonecall to the old bill, and you know Jack has his contacts' Ronnie said like she was doing business.
- 'Just let me think about that, now go I'm really busy' Phil said pinching his eyes at the girls.
- 'You know where we are' Ronnie said as the girls both walked away.
- 'You think he takes us serious Ron?' Roxy whispered.
- 'Well I was Rox,if he doesn't come up with anything we'll go to the police and turn them in, him Shirley and Masood'.
Roxy looked back at Phil still standing there watching his cousins walking away.
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Back at the club Alfie walked into the office. He found Robbie sitting behind the desk working on her homework.
- 'Hiya darling is Jack around?' he asked making Robbie look up.
- 'Hi, he's in the V.I.P. room' Robbie said.
- 'You alright?' Alfie asked walking around the office.
- 'Yeah, I guess' Robbie said 'so ehm how's Kat doing?'
- 'Starting to moan a lot more these days, little mr Moon is in the way' Alfie said with a big smile.
- 'Well not long now then, hopefully then she'll be alright' Robbie said.
- 'Alfie hey, can I help you?' Jack asked as he walked into the office, also keeping his eye on Robbie to see if she was seriously doing her homework.
- 'Ah Jack , well we have a karaoke-night planned Saturday, so all family 's invited ofcourse, fun for everyone, but ehm I wanted to know if I can leave some flyers here maybe' Alfie asked.
- 'Sure, we'll put some on the bar' Jack said.
- 'Ah thanks mate' Alfie said and handed Jack the flyers 'now you finish that and I see you Saturday maybe?'
- 'Yeah' Robbie said spontaneous looking at Jack at the same time for approval 'can we go dad, should be a laugh'.
- 'Yeah we might, but I'm not promising anything yet alright' Jack said winking to Alfie as he left the office.
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Ronnie came walking out of the kitchen into the livingroom. It was late, Robbie was already sleeping and Jack was sitting on the sofa watching telly. Ronnie snuggled up to him as he put his arm around his wife.
- 'I was thinking about Robbie's birthday-party Jack, we really need to get that sorted, I mean it's next Friday, you have the club free that night right?' Ronnie asked.
- 'Yeah, that I already got taken care off, so we decided on a laptop then right?' Jack asked softly soothing his hand through Ronnie's hair.
- 'Yeah, then Rox can keep the other one upstairs, we have the one from the club we can take home and use right, I want her to have her own' Ronnie said laying her head on Jack shoulder.
- 'What about invitations, I mean who, I mean family, but what about Phil and all, I mean Jay, I'm not really keen on having him here, I don't want a tension all night, it's her party right?' Jack asked.
- 'Jay, no way, I don't want him at my baby's party, I mean they're still avoiding eachother, I don't want him there, and Phil, well no, at this point no I don't want him there, neither him or Shirley, we'll invite Ben, he is not to blame for his fathers actions' Ronnie said 'and we're still waiting on what Phil's gonna do about the money'.
- 'Yeah alright, that's understandable right, so classmates maybe, I mean most of the kids here are in a way related already, Kat and Alfie, she likes them, ehm, she wouldn't want to have a party at the club where there's just 3 people there' Jack said.
- 'What are you suggesting then daddy?' Ronnie sat up and looked smiling at her husband.
- 'We'll invite all her classmates, I mean it is her 16th you know' Jack said smiling a little cheeky.
- 'Are you sure?' Ronnie asked 'I mean we would have to ask Whitney and Lauren first, maybe if there's people she doesn't like'.
- 'I guess yeah, well if you could ask the girls and get invitations ready maybe we can give them to the girls to spread them this week, let's ask first maybe she doesn't want them at her party' Jack said 'I want it to be perfect for her'.
'I'll have Roxy look for a DJ, I mean she might wanna spin herself , Rox I mean, but I also want one before she gets bored' Ronnie said.
- 'So how do you want to get her over to the club then?' Jack asked laying down holding on to Ronnie making her lay down too.
- 'Well we could say we're going to have dinner at Fargo's or the Arghee Barghee, I mean whatever she wants to eat, and then have mum, Roxy and Amy there, or maybe we could ask Dot to babysit Amy for the night, I would ask Christian and Sy but Robbie would probably have them over also, Roxy will, so then after we could walk home and then we walk by the club and ask if she wants to get in for just one drink maybe, you know "for her 16th" something like that, or yóu could get a phonecall and we have to get to the club, I have to admit, she's not 5 anymore Jack, I can't fool her like I used to, she's gonna sense something's going on, we don't call her smartass for nothing, I mean we could still plan a surprise-party for Roxy easily' Ronnie said then looking up when she heard a quick screech coming from Robbie's bedroom.
Ronnie and Jack both sat up and Ronnie immediately walked over to the bedroom and slowly opened the door. She saw Robbie tossing and turning in her bed. She walked over and sat on the bed and gently stroked the top of Robbie's head.
- 'Shhhs, it's alright baby' Ronnie softly whispered. When Robbie still kept babbling a bit Ronnie lay beside her and softly stroked Robbie's back and arms and then put her arms around her and pulled her close.
- 'Mum…' Robbie mumbled 'it's this… where's mum, tell him.. it's Philly mums '.
Ronnie grinned a bit for Robbie's talking about "Philly", obviously her head was still busy with her money scheming cousin and maybe even the affair of him with Glenda.
- 'Shhss it's alright just go to sleep baby, mummy's here, shhhss go to sleep angel' Ronnie said cradling Robbie a little in her arms.
- 'Is she alright then?' Jack whispered as he softly walked into Robbie's room and sat next to Ronnie on the bed.
- 'Nightmare I guess, she's really far to busy in her head with everything, that's what's wrong' Ronnie said 'been here so many times with her, she'll be fine, probably won't remember anything in the morning'.
- 'You want to sleep here tonight then maybe?' Jack asked.
- 'I'll try to get her settled and if that doesn't work I can always sleep here, right?' Ronnie said with one hand soothing Robbie and with the other hand stroking Jack's face for being so caring and concerned with them, always.
- 'Yeah ofcourse, it's all new here, I just want her to have happy dreams here' Jack said smiling' you want me to make you a cup of tea maybe?'
- 'Thanks Jack that would be lovely' Ronnie said as she gave Jack a kiss on the lips.
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The next morning Robbie woke up when she wanted to turn around in her bed and bumped into someone lying next to her. She opened her eyes and carefully looked who it was. She looked surpised seeing her mum sleeping in her bed next to her.
- 'Mum?' Robbie said leaning over her mum obviously trying to get Ronnie awake.
- 'Morning babygirl' Ronnie said stretching herself and yawning, then opening her eyes giving a loving smile to Robbie.
- 'Why are you in my bed mama' Robbie asked snuggling up to her mum 'oh my days, you did not have a fight already now did ya, you and dad?'
- 'Nooo you doughnut, course not, you were pretty restless last night, you were tossing and turning in your bed and talking, I could see you were dreaming, at some point you sounded a little upset, so I decided to stay with you for a while until you were settled, but ehm…I guess I fell asleep here and your dad tucked us both in I think' Ronnie said.
- 'Well then go and be with him mum, I'm alright' Robbie said pushing Ronnie out a little.
- 'Oi stop it, you need to get ready for last day of school this week smartass, you wanted to close those babyblues again right, have a little ly in, hmm am I right?' Ronnie said smiling.
- 'So ehm, you talked to Phil then mum, I mean, why is it all taking so long?' Robbie then asked suddenly.
- 'It's not that simple Robbie, you know Phil's not the easiest person to talk to, to get through you know what I mean' Ronnie said not wanting Robbie to find out yet that she and Roxy already talked to their cousin but after last night thought she could not use something else to worry about.
- 'But when, I mean, everyday you wait longer is another day that you both still think mum is guilty also' Robbie said putting on a sweater that was laying on her bed.
- 'I know sweetie, but remember what mum told you, it's not for you to worry about anymore yeah, and we'll handle Phil ok, you got to school and just be a kid alright, not worry about all this grown up stuff' Ronnie said trying to get Robbie to stop talking about it.
- 'Yeah but…' Robbie said but then the door opened and Jack peeked around the door.
- 'Morning girls' he said 'tea, coffee?'
- 'Morning dad, can I have some tea please' Robbie asked looking at her mum feeling like she wasn't finished talking yet.
- 'Yeah come on peanut, Glenda's here too…already' Jack said giving Ronnie some looks.
- 'Is she going to do that every morning?' Ronnie asked giving the same looks back at Jack.
- 'Oooi shuss mummy' Robbie said covering Ronnie's mouth with her hand, then hopped out of bed and walked out of her room 'morning mum' she said as she saw Glenda pouring herself some coffee in the kitchen.
- 'Well goodmorning my little one, how did you sleep last night? 'Glenda asked giving Robbie a smile.
- 'Well, apparently I had some nightmare, mum stayed with me last night, kinda ruined mum and dad's loveydovey time, if you know what I mean?' Robbie said winking a little cheeky at Glenda.
- 'No, not really, what's that then?' Glenda tried to say serious, taking the mick.
- 'Yeah right,I could give some examples like when you and Ph…' Robbie said.
- 'Shuss you' Glenda said raising her eyebrows 'tell you what, go take a quick shower, get dressed for school and I'll take you to the café for breakfast yeah, so Jack and Ronnie can have some alone time, what do you say kiddo?' Glenda put her arm around Robbie and gave her a cuddle and a kiss on the head.
- 'Alright, I'll be ready as fast as I can yeah, can you make me some tea then maybe mum?' Robbie asked.
- 'Sure' Glenda said as Ronnie and Jack walked into the kitchen 'I'm taking her for breakfast, so you can enjoy a little breakfast together at home'.
- 'You don't have to do that mum' Ronnie said 'we'll have time after she gets to school'.
- 'Thank you Glenda, she likes that yeah' Jack said looking at Ronnie smiling 'she loves to eat out'.
- 'Alright then, let me make her some lunch for school then yeah' Ronnie said 'was Rox up yet?'
- 'Yeah she was feeding Amy and getting her ready for nursery today' Glenda said taking a sip from her coffee.