After Roxy had left the flat to go and pick up Amy from nursery, Ronnie walked over to Robbie's bedroom. It had been quiet in there eversince Robbie had slammed the door shut earlier. Ronnie gave a little knock on the door, then opened it. Robbie lay on the bed with her headphones on. She looked at her mum as she walked into the room. Ronnie gave Robbie a look and started moving her arms trying to make clear she wanted her to take the headphones off.
- 'Dinner is ready in 5 minutes ok' Ronnie said looking round in the bedroom.
- 'I'm not really hungry, I just want to be alone' Robbie said a little moody.
- 'Alone…for what, to think of how you're gonna get even with Phil ?' Ronnie said in a serious tone, a little done with Robbie's stubborn behaviour 'or how you gonna get Shirley off mum when she finds out about the affair, or how you're gonna help mum up the stairs and help feeding her eating through a straw after good old Shirl is done with her'.
- 'Alright mum I get it, but I know if Shirley would do something like that, you wouldn't just let It be right, you would help mum out' Robbie said looking angry at Ronnie '…right, you would not let Shirley get away with it right? '
Ronnie sighed deeply 'no ofcourse not, but I can't watch mum 24/7 now can I Robbie, of course I will have Shirley if she's going after mum, but what if she gets there before me and the damage is already done bigmouth, just think of that, better be safe then sorry right' .
- 'Why does everyone always tip toe around Phil mum, I mean he's our cousin and aunty Peg is always on about being a family and all, but look what he did, he stole Roxy's money, along with Shirley and then he tried to blame mum for it cause he has been having an affair behind Shirley's back, I mean I'm not saying mum is a saint, she shouldn't have been messing with him, especially cause of Shirley' Robbie said sitting up.
- 'You're right, and if aunty Peg would still be here, she would bite his head off ánd mums probably, but she's not' Ronnie said 'I'll promise you we'll get him back with owning half of the Vic ok'.
- 'You think he's gonna come through with that, you think he's gonna keep his word?' Robbie asked.
- 'Hmm, I always will doubt him a little ofcourse but when we get to sign those papers I will have it read by some other lawyer just to be sure ' Ronnie said 'now come on, you're dad made us dinner and we don't want to let it get cold yeah'.
- 'I just want to stay here…I'm not hungry mum' Robbie started pouting.
- 'Well you're gonna eat something, Jack did his best to cook something nice for us, now come on!' Ronnie said strict, grabbing hold of Robbie's arm 'now you can come with me out of free will or I will have to swing you over my shoulder and drag you in'.
Robbie's face turned into a little smile but kept sitting on the bed 'I dare you….Veronica ' she said being cheeky.
Ronnie stood up and In a split second she picked up Robbie and swung her over her shoulder giving little playful slaps on Robbie's bottom walking with her to the kitchen, then put her down.
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Peter opened the front door as Robbie had gone round to see him after dinner.
- 'Hey what a surprise' Peter said giving Robbie a peck on the cheek 'you alright babe?'
- 'They know it was all Phil, they talked to him, they made a deal with him, but ehm…' Robbie said.
- 'But what, I mean that's good news right that Glenda is not on their "most wanted"-list anymore' Peter asked 'What kind of deal did they make with him?'
- 'Oh mum will get half of the Vic and from that income he's gonna pay Roxy's money back, but ehm… that's not what I wanted to talk about to you' Robbie said 'it's the affair'.
- 'What about it?' Peter asked 'it's over right?'
- 'Oh yeah, but ehm, we shouldn't be talking about it anymore, I mean that's what mum and Roxy keep saying, it's what they promised Phil, that Shirley can never find out or ehm… well they're afraid Shirley will get back at Glenda for it, I mean she would probably dump Phil for it and yell at him maybe, never trust him anymore but she would skin mum for it, rip her head off' Robbie said putting her head on Peter chest wanting his comfort. Peter put his arms around Robbie tightly.
- 'I won't say a word..to anyone' Peter said' if..' They both looked up as they heard something, something that sounded like the floor screeching a little.
- 'Dad?' Peter called to see if he got any response 'Luce?'
There was nothing, Peter walked into the house, just to be sure, and looked around the door to see if he saw someone, but no one was there. He walked back to Robbie at the door.
- 'I ehm…I got to get back home, so do you know if you're going to be at the Vic tomorrow night then?' Robbie asked 'Roxy has me working all day tomorrow so I have no time to see you before the Vic, I mean if you're coming ofcourse'.
- 'Yeah I'll be there, you know Jane and all, so ehm what did you do now, did they find out you bunked?' Peter asked smiling at his cheeky girlfriend.
- 'Not yet anyway, no I ehm kinda badmouthed her this morning, so…, and well I really like it there anyway, it's not really a punishment for me as she probably thinks it is, but I keep moaning to her about it to make her believe I hate it' Robbie said smiling. They both laughed.
- 'Alright I'll see you at the Vic then, we'll text yeah' Peter said as they gave eachother a loving kiss, then said goodbye to eachother and Robbie walked home quickly.
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The next morning Ronnie woke Robbie up.
- 'Mum, it's freaking Saturday and I don't have to be at the Salon for another couple of hours ok!' Robbie said crawling under her duvet.
- 'Mum wants you to come upstairs, she's making you breakfast, together with Roxy and Amy, your dad and I have to go out and run some errands, so come on chop chop!' Ronnie said with her arms folded.
- 'Do I have too mummy, I'll grab me some toast yeah' Robbie said thinking this was over and done with.
- 'Eh no you won't, you will go upstairs, and a proper breakfast is gonna go into that tiny body of yours baby, especially if you're gonna be at the Salon all day' Ronnie said strict.
- 'Rox is not gonna let me starve but you can just give me some dosh maybe yeah, mum please stop your moaning alright and go, I will be up in a minute!' Robbie said putting her head under her pillow as if she wouldn't hear Ronnie talking to her anymore.
Ronnie walked up to the bed and pulled the duvet off 'Out now Robbie!'
Robbie moved a little and then sat up 'you're no fun anymore since you got married, you're taking it way too serious, breath a little yeah' Robbie said and got up off the bed.
Ronnie grinned as Robbie grabbed her hoodie and put it on.
- 'That's a pretty big mouth for such a little girl' Ronnie teased pinching Robbie a little while leading her out of the bedroom.
- 'Funny haha you're a comedian now ey mum, so seriously where are you two off too anyway?' Robbie asked 'can I come?'
- 'Just some errands for the club peanut alright, now you run upstairs yeah Glenda's waiting for you 'Jack said still sitting on the sofa.
- 'I'll see you later yeah babygirl ' Ronnie said giving Robbie a kiss and not letting her go before receiving a big hug at the least.
- 'Are we going to the Vic tonight mum, for the karaoke night, it's gonna be a right laugh right dad?' Robbie said looking at Jack.
- 'Yeah we'll go overthere, Rox and mum will be there too' Ronnie said 'we have to go to the club after but then you can go home with mum alright'
- 'Mum, I can be here by myself alright, I'm almost 16 remember' Robbie said feeling quite embarrassed feeling like Ronnie kept treating her like a baby all the time.
- 'Yeah don't remind me please, but ehm that's it alright, end off discussion' Ronnie said kissing Robbie on the head 'now hurry up, mum will be waiting for you'.
Robbie walked up the stairs and was greeted by her little niece who wanted to be picked up immediately.
- 'Hey gorge' Robbie said to Amy, giving her a kiss, as Amy's little arms were almost choking Robbie from squeezing so hard 'Oi you wanna let me breath a little shortcakes, where's mummy?'
- 'Morning little one' Glenda said as she was setting the table for breakfast 'your sister is still in bed, you can wake her up if you want, breakfast is about ready'.
- 'Oh yeah we want that right Ames, come on let's go wake up mummy ' Robbie smiled at her niece while walking over to Roxy's room.
- Mummy!' Amy shouted as Robbie planted her on her mums bed.
- 'Pff you really had to do that Robbie?' Roxy asked as she was opening her eyes slowly.
- 'Mum woke me up to have breakfast here so now it's your turn to wake up, come on moody Mitchell out with that big fat a…' Robbie started as she received a pillow in her face by Roxy. Amy started laughing out loud as in her eyes her mummy and auntie were acting silly. Robbie grabbed the pillow and sat down on Roxy then slammed the pillow back at her.
- 'Alright alright out with the two of you, come on darling' Glenda said picking Amy up 'breakfast is ready come on girls'.
Robbie gave Roxy a little nudge while Roxy grabbed Robbie by the arms and pulled her back to the bed and sat down on her little sister instead.
- 'Now who's boss ey cheeky? ' Roxy asked pinching Robbie's cheeks 'say "you're the greatest sister Roxy and I love you so so much" .
- 'Keep dreaming 'You're a pest as a sister and you smell so so so much Roxanne!' Robbie said making Roxy punch her on the arm.
- 'No that's not what I wanted to hear brat, come on "have mercy Roxy" Roxy said smiling very cheeky.
Robbie pinched Roxy on the arm making Roxy scream cause it was a mean pinch 'Ah you little…'.
Glenda then entered the room again 'now you two better be at that table in 3 seconds before I start handing out some!'
The girls both looked at eachother and started laughing 'come on Pix' Roxy said to Robbie.
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After breakfast Roxy went to get Amy dressed and then was going to take her over to let her stay at Christians. Robbie was still upstairs with Glenda, as she was watching some telly while Glenda made her another cup of tea.
- 'So ehm ' Glenda said 'I wanted to have a word with you little one'.
- 'Oh yeah, about what?' Robbie said glued to the telly.
Glenda grabbed the remote and clicked it off.
- 'What did you do that for?' Robbie said.
- 'Cause I need your full attention darling' Glenda said sitting next to her youngest daughter.
- 'Ow god what now, am I in trouble or what?' Robbie said standing up.
- 'Come here and sit down please, you're not in trouble…well obviously not something I know about anyway' Glenda said making Robbie sit next to her again.
- 'Ow now I know, it's the whole Phil thing again right?' Robbie asked 'it's mum right, she is gonna make you talk to me so that I will keep my mouth shut to Phil or Shirley right'.
- 'We can't fool you ey, you're my smart little one you are, right' Glenda smiled seeing that nothing went passed her youngest eventhough she was still 15 'but ehm, yeah you're right, we don't want you talking your mouth off to Phil or Shirley, specially Shirley ofcourse, I admit it was stupid to begin something in the first place with Phil but well…that happened, I can't turn that back anymore but she doesn't know and we want to keep it that way, Shirley's like an animal gone wild you know'.
- 'I know, I just can't stand the fact that it's all looking like Phil is getting away with it, and I hate it! ' Robbie said.
- 'Well..yeah I guess you're right about that, but Ronnie's is not stupid darling, she'll make him pay when she gets half of the Vic, I mean to be honest I don't understand how he came up with it, I mean I get the Roxy part, a little, but he knows Ronnie is very businesssmart and she's not one to let go easily, so I don't get it why he picked her to take half of the Vic, I don't understand it at all why he would risk that' Glenda said.
- 'Well maybe that's cause Phil thinks he's as smart but he isn't, he might be tough but that's just about it' Robbie said.
- 'Yeah so you're going to keep quiet about it?' Glenda said raising her eyebrow to Robbie.
- 'Hmm' Robbie said suddenly feeling almost guilty for mentioning it already to Peter, ofcourse she knew Peter was as good as gold and wouldn't talk his mouth of to anybody.
- 'What?' Glenda asked, Robbie's face gave away that something was obviously up with her.
- 'I ehm, well when mum and dad were at Paris, and you and Rox were kinda doing your own thing, I saw you with Phil and all and kinda mentioned it to Peter….but he's the only one who knows, I swear mum, and I know he won't tell anybody, honest, and I told him last night that we wouldn't talk about it anymore, or mention it!' Robbie said feeling really bad about it.
Glenda sighed.
- 'Well I understand you told somebody, I mean I can see you were probably wondering what was going on' Glenda said 'just let us hope that's it, that no one else will '.
- 'I ehm, I've got to get dressed otherwise I got Roxy on my case all day, just want her to have the satisfaction of bossing me around, well let her believe I'm under the impression anyway 'Robbie said with a cheeky smile.
- 'Smartypants' Glenda said pinching one of Robbie's cheeks 'so ehm, karaoke tonight then?'
- 'Yeah, Jane is going to sing, Pete said she's been driving them all crazy all week, glad I don't have to be scared for that, mum won't sing anything, well only with Roxy maybe…when they're not to be seen by anyone else hopefully, and Roxy would if she had a lot to drink maybe' Robbie said looking at Glenda's face 'Ow my god mum, that face, don't tell me you're up for it? ' Robbie put her head in her hands already feeling the total embarrassment with her friends and family there.
- 'Well I can sing some tunes kiddo' Glenda said putting her arm around Robbie for comfort 'but I will try to keep myself in tonight yeah, otherwise you won't go home with me'.
- 'Yeah about that' Robbie said looking up to her mum 'I'm not gonna come home with yo…' Robbie looked into Glenda's eye's, who was obviously looking forward to having Robbie over for the night 'ehm since I'm not gonna go home with mum tonight, cause I can stay here right, I mean sleep over, here?' Robbie still felt it was like Glenda would be babysitting her tonight, but she also felt sorry for her mum with the whole Shirley thing and Glenda didn't seem so bad, she wasn't like other mums of friends at school, the boring ones, with Glenda it was obvious that you could never expect the expected.
- 'Yes, we'll have a fun evening at the Vic and then we'll go home, maybe watch a little bit of dvd or something, and you can sleep in mummy's bed or Roxy's what you want yeah? ' Glenda said stroking her hand across Robbie's face 'now go get your shower and get ready to have Roxy on your case all day '.