Eastenders - An addition to the carters

Phil Mitchell

That never means anything good.
"Becky, I need to tell you something" Shirley repeated, walking into the living room.
"Go on" I said, cautiously.
"Right" she sat next to me.
"Before I was pregnant with you, I had an affair with phil. p-phil Mitchell" she said, quietly. "Phil and i, we were together for quite a while when buster left. I thought it was weird when I came pregnant just after i slept with phil but I told him it was busters. I-I don't know if phils your biological dad or if buster is" she explained. I was so shocked. I wasn't bothered though, because I know if phil was my dad, he wouldn't want anything to with me anyway. Linda and mick are my mum and dad and I love them both dearly.
"And?" I asked. "I'm shocked that you told me that and I'm shocked that he might be but I'm all settled in with mick and Linda now, it wouldn't bother me if he was, but if you really wanna know..." I said.
"You're saying that you'd have a DNA test?" She asked.
"If it means so much to you, yes" I said. I suppose I could do something nice for her, if she really wanted it.
"Great! I've always wondered!" Shirley said in excitement.
"What about buster?" I asked. does buster know? I thought.
"Buster thinks that your his daughter, he's always loved you, I can't let him down now" she said.
"But buster still could be. Let's say it's phil, what do you tell buster?" I asked.
"I don't. I won't tell buster, that's why I'm trusting you to keep this a secret"
"Obviously I'm gonna keep this a secret but How do you know phil won't tell?"
"He won't, I know phil and I know he won't."
"Alright then but would he even care about me? I mean, care about having the test to see If I'm his?"
"He would care, he loves his kids"
"But if I am his, I don't want him taking me away from you all, I like it how it is"
"Then it will stay like this, becky trust me" she said. I thought about this and thought it would be a good thing knowing who actually is part of my family.
"Right, fine. shall we ask him? Or.." I asked. Tina is due round here any minute so we need to ask.
"I'm gonna tell Tina not to come round. we're going out to phils" Shirley said.

We walked across the street to phil and Sharon's place. Shirley knocked on his door and put her arm around me and squeezed me.
"Yeah?" A grumpy phil answered.
"Can we come in?" She asked.
"Who's this?" He asked and pointed to me.
"Maybe if you let us in, you'll find out." I said and he opened the door wider so we can get in. we sat down on the chairs in the kitchen and no one spoke.
There was no sign of emotion on phils face, just a straight face stared into mine.
"This is Becky Carter, my biological daughter" Shirley said. phil looked from me to Shirley.
"Oh, I've heard about you, the squares new gossip." there were silence. "who's the dad?" He asked me. why would he ask me that?
"That's what we wanna know" I said.
"There's a possibility that you are" Shirley added.
"You're havin a laugh right shirl?" He said.
"we want a DNA test. you don't have to if you don't want but it'd be good to know. mick and Linda have adopted me now and I'm happy. if you are, nothing will change." I said.
"Are you sayin, she might be mine?" He asked shirley.
"Yes! We've been through this!" I said, annoyed.
"Well then, yeah I agree with everything you've just said. when's this test then?" He asked.
"I haven't booked it yet, but when I do I'll tell you. but please don't tell buster" Shirley begged.
"Whatever, just don't forget to tell me. I want to know if I'm Beckys father" phil said and smiled at me. the first positive emotion since we entered.
"Yeah, see you later then" Shirley said and we left.