Unlike the day before, the house had a happier feeling to it

Alicia woke up, and went down to the kitchen, Adam had decided to cook his girls breakfast

'Waheeeey better than your cooking mum'

Adam laughed and Rachel put down her newspaper and smiled 'Oi I'm not that bad, cheeky!' Poking her tongue out at her daughter, she then passed a pad of paper and pen to Alicia and said a bit more sternly 'I want you to write that apology letter, I'll be reading it after so make it sincere'

After last night, she had decided she felt bad about attacking Ros - as she was just saying her opinion, so she wrote a genuine sorry letter, and thankfully her mum approved of it

Alicia left the table to go and get ready as she was still in her pyjamas, on her way up she heard her mum shouting at Adam

'Adam stop being so unreasonable, today I'm spending the day with Alicia, she's my daughter and we're going to do motherlyddaughterly things together, not everything's about you stop being so bloody selfish'

'Rachel I share you with the school and now her, it's never just us anymore. Why do you care so much after 13 years?' Adam replied heatedly

He'd obviously struck a nerve and tried to diffuse the tension 'rach...I'm sorry...'

'I don't have time for this now, I'm going out with Alicia today, and that's final'

Alicia made her way up to her room, as she could hear her mum leaving the kitchen, and didn't want her to know she heard the conversation.

Alicia got to her room, quickly got changed and then sat on her bed. She couldn't stopped thinking of what had gone on between her mum and Adam. Alicia knew that he did care for her as she saw last night the way he scooped her up in his arms, but at other times she felt like he thought of her as a burden and getting in the way of him and his mum. She'd also caught him staring at her one, and Alicia swore his eyes had a hint of jealousy in them

Her thoughts were interrupted by her mum knocking on her door 'sweetheart are you ready, I really think we need to go now'

'Coming mum, oh yeah can I pretty pretty pretty please borrow that brown leather jacket of yours?'

'Uhh yeah if I can find it...'

After 30 mins of looking for the leather jacket, Alicia applying last minute make up and remembering to take the letter, the duo were finally on their way out the house. They finally pulled up outside of Ros's house, it was huge.

'Right sweetie, go and give that to her...nicely'

Alicia rolled her eyes 'yes miss'

Alicia rang the doorbell three times before Ros answered, she was stood there with a man's shirt on, and if Alicia hadn't thought it could become more awkward he cousin Philip then stood behind her with just his boxers on

'Um hi Ros, hi Phil. I just want to say sorry about yesterday it was completely unfair of me to lash out at you and I'm really sorry if I hurt you, and this is just a letter, again apologising'

'Guess Rach made you write that Alic' Philip said with a grin, and then waved at his aunt

They all turned to look at Rachel in the car, and even though she wasn't on the doorstep, Rachel turned away as she found the whole situation wry awkward and didn't feel as a headmistress or an aunt that she should be seeing/watching this

Ros then smiled at Alicia 'thank you it means a lot you came and said this, and despite you're temper you're really nice like your mum'

Alicia smiled back and then said goodbye.

'Wow..' Alicia said as she got into the car

'Wow indeed' Rachel replied with a grin

Their next stop was the DIY/ home furniture store, Rachel was determined to make her house more like a home for her daughter - and that started with painting her room

'Ok sweetheart what colour do you want to paint your room, the choice is yours!'

'Lets go with light blue - my fave colour'

'Light blue it is'

After an hour in that store, they came out with a lot f light blue paint, a gorgeous mahogany dressing table with an oval mirror, and some fairly lights to wrap round Alicia's bed. The latter had taken a bit of persuading to do on Alicia's part, as Rachel voiced her concerns about the safety of them

They then went and hit the clothes shops, Alicia was practically dragging her mum to them, she was understandably excited, as most other times she'd been shopping, she'd been with friends and had no money, as the day went on Rachel's purse got lighter and the bags got heavier, Rachel noticed that her daughter had similar taste to her, a bohemian style. Although some of the things she had picked out to try, we're far to slutty, which caused a couple of rows between them, Alicia explaining she needed clothes to go out in, and perhaps steal the eyes of one or two guys, and then Rachel saying they were inappropriate or far too short. The trip had been successful, and Alicia had enough clothes to fill the empty wardrobe in her room

In the shopping centre there was a photo booth

'Come on lovely, lets go in here' this time Rachel Dragged Alicia

They got four beautiful photos, three of them smiling and one where they had decided to see who could pull the funniest face

'Ah mum let me rip one of and put it in my purse'

'I'll keep them for now, that way they might actually get home'

Alicia replied by poking her tongue out at her mother

After more shopping, Alicia had got a phone - so Rachel could contact her, a laptop -her mother thought would be used to just do homework on,?and some books - like her mother Alicia was a bit of a bookworm

It was now four o clock and both of them were knackered

'Alicia, love, why don't you and go and sit in that cafe there, here's some money so you can buy yourself a drink and there's an outside bit so you can have your smoke'

'Wait... Where are you going? You're coming back right?'

'Darling I'll be 30 minutes tops, you have your new phone remember, if I'm not back then you can ring me'

Alicia went to the cafe in a bit of a huff 'so much for a mother daughter day' she muttered under her breath, although she was quite relieved she could have her smoke, surprisingly Rachel had been quite understanding about her addiction and as long as she did not smoke in the house or in school grounds she was ok with it'

True to her word Rachel arrived at the cafe 40 minutes later, a sly look etched upon her face

'What are you up to mum?'

'Ive bright you a present darling'

'Mum you silly woman, you didn't need to, you've brought me enough today'

'Oi less of the calling me 'silly' and shut up and close your eyes'

Alicia did what she was told, and was then given a square box. She open her eyes, it was an elegant black box with gold trimmings round the side, she opened it and inside was a gorgeous gold necklace in the shape of a heart, Alicia delicately turned it round and there were words 'All my love, forever. Mum x'

'Oh my gosh, mum it's beautiful.. It's really stunning' shock was etched upon Alicia's face

'Open it sweetheart'

'Its a locket?'

'Open it and find out' Rachel laughed

Alicia opens the locket, to find two pictures that had been made smaller, fit perfectly into the two sides of the heart. On the left was one of her mother smiling (not a genuine Rachel mason smile) holding a baby

'that's me!' Alicia didn't realise how stupid that comment was until it was out of he mouth, the comment made Rachel chuckle

'Umm yes I'm not mother Hubbard, I don't have a shoe full of kids'

The picture on the right of the locket, was one taken today, it was only here Alicia notice how similar she was to her mother, both had auburn hair that fell past their shoulders, and both had identical smiles that made their eyes glisten

The locket roved to Alicia that her mother was here for good, it symbolised to her a new start. She realised that this meant more to her, than any f the material items she had received that day

'Mum it's beautiful, I love you'

Rachel felt an immense feeling of love for her daughter serge through her, and she felt that her stupidity in the past was over, and this really was a new beginning for them both. Rachel helped Alicia put it on, she finally realised she had longed for this moment since the day she first held her baby girl.

Alicia was very happy, and she too realised something. She had almost forgiven her mother... Almost.

Ok I'm going to e making serious changes to this character, by getting rid of one character and introducing another one :) if you can guess my plans I'll give you a virtual invisible prize... I know you want it!

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