I got this idea while watching EE and the Leo/Demi storyline - it'll feature them, but also the other Millers and the Taylors and some other characters I'm going to bring in as the residents of the flats. It'll start in the past before the Millers found out Demi was pregnant and before they moved to Walford, but will then move to the present day. I'd really like to know what you think or if you've got any suggestions for what you'd like to see happen, etc. Thanks for reading!
Starcross'd
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For once, the flats had fallen relatively quiet – throughout the night there was often loud music, shouting, cars racing around outside, but now it was just after seven in the morning and the most quiet time of the day for the area. In a couple of hours, it would all start again as people began to wake to go about their usual routines, but in the meantime – peace and quiet …
“Keith? Keith, you awake?”
No reply. Not unless you counted the little snore.
“Keith! Wake up – I’ve got to go out.” said his wife impatiently.
A mumbled response before he finally sat up, yawned and then looked at her sleepily, still only half awake.
“Wassamatta?”
“Just got a call about a cleaning job - that little café round the corner …”
“Bit early, innit?”
“Their regular cleaner has dropped them right in it so, who knows, if I do a good job then they might put some more work my way …”
“Good on ya, Rosie, love.” Keith beamed cheerily, “See, I told ya things were looking up!”
“Look like you were right then, don’t it?” she smiled back, “Now, this place is a right tip so I’m just gonna have a quick tidy and then I’m off so you’ll have to make sure the kids get off to school and that I’m not coming back home to a tip again.”
“No problem.” He assured her, “Is Mickey back yet?”
“Yeah, heard him sneaking in around two this morning … thinking he was being quiet.”
“Must have been a good night, eh? Oh, to be that age again … Out with the lads, was he?”
“So he says, but I have my doubts – I reckon he was seeing that Natasha.” Rosie said, as she gathered up armfuls of clothes ready for the linen basket.
“He could do worse …”
“Yeah, but he could do better an’ all …” she sighed.
“What’s this really about, love? You’ve always liked Tash, said so yourself …”
“I know, I know – it’s just … She’ll … She’ll tie him to here and that’s not what I want for my family.” Rosie admitted reluctantly. “Oh, Keith, when are we ever going to get out of this dump?”
“Ayy, come on! I know it ain’t the best area, but we’ve done alright – made ourselves a nice little nest here … I know this stuff with the Taylors isn’t ideal, but it’ll blow over …”
“I know, but I just never imagined ending up staying here forever – I thought things might change, especially with the kids. I half hoped Mickey wouldn’t pack school in first chance he got – thought he might get himself a good job, a way out … Dawn had the right idea when she got away … Oh, listen to me - I ain’t got time to be daydreaming!”
“We do alright, love.” Keith said seriously, “You remember that.”
“Course.” she said with a little smile before hurrying out of the room and into their cramped bathroom, throwing the clothes into the basket, ready for washing. “Look at the mess of this place …” she muttered as she lifted towels from the floor, accidentally knocking over the waste paper basket as she did so and having to set the towels back down so she could replace the contents of the bin. “Always has to happen when you’re in a rush …” she sighed, before stopping dead in her tracks having only just noticed something she had thrown back into the bin without really paying attention.
A shocked look crept over her face and she shook her head in disbelief as she pulled the item back out of the bin. “Oh my God …” she managed faintly before her voice raise to a yell, “Mickey Miller, get your backside in here – NOW!”
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to be continued...
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