Life Is A Rollercoaster (Ronan Keating / Boyzone / X Factor) fan fiction

Seventy Four

Vicky

Remembering I'd left my bag and mobile in the kitchen I made my way quietly through the house. Dan was hammering on the door trying to get me to come back, but I wasn't that stupid. I pulled my mobile from my bag. 

Thank god there was a signal.

I speed dialled Ro and waited impatiently for him to answer.

He never did. I looked at the clock on the kitchen wall. It was just gone 8pm, he must've been doing a TV show in the morning or something.

I sat at the kitchen table and tried to figure out what to do. If I called the Gardai then the press would no doubt get involved and I didn't want that to deal with as well whilst Ro was away. Suddenly a piece of paper caught my eye on the notice board, I got up and studied it carefully. It wasn't late. And he'd said to call at anytime...

I dialled the number carefully.

"Hello?"

I swallowed nervously, still shook up and fighting tears.

"Hi Karen, Sorry it's late. Can I speak to Michael please?"

"Sure"

I heard her shout him to come to the phone. "Hey Vic, what's up?"

It was such a relief to hear his voice that I broke down again. "It's Dan" 

"Ex boyfriend" 

"He came to the house...." 

"He said..." I said in-between sobs.

"Oh god Vic are you ok?"

"I think so, I'm a bit shaken" I said finally. I wiped away some of the tears that were streaming down my face, trying to compose my thoughts. "Sorry to ring so late. But I didn't know what else to do, Ro's away and...."

"Ssssh Vic it's ok. Look I'm gonna come around and get you and Jess, and you can stay here , ok?"

"Are you sure? I don't want to put you to any trouble"

"It's no trouble Vic, and I cant leave you there alone"

"Ro should never have gone..." he added quietly.

"It's not his fault Mike" I said, "We hadn't heard anything for months. But Dan said he knew Ro wasn't here and..." I started sobbing again. 

"I'm coming now Vic, it'll all be ok" he said. About half an hour later there was a knock at the back door. I'd almost fallen asleep with my head in my hands at the table. 

Exhausted from so much crying. "It's me" he shouted.

I went and opened the kitchen door. To see him standing there looking so concerned just made me start crying all over again. "Sssh Vic" he stepped into the kitchen and shut the door behind him. He took me in his arms and just held me while I sobbed. 

"Sssh Vic, it'll be ok" he whispered softly. "Now come on, we'll get you back to ours as soon as possible. You'll feel better after a good nights sleep. I'll get onto the Gardai as well, make sure they look out for him, but I won't tell them anything you don't want them to know. Ok"?

I nodded. "Now, where's that angel daughter of yours?"

I giggled. It was a running joke between me, Ronan, Karen and Mick that Jessica had split personalities and was an angel for them and a little devil for me an Ro. 

"Sleeping, just as an angel should be" I said. "I'll go and get her" I went upstairs and chucked a few things in a bag for myself. Then went and picked Jessica up and her bag and threw a lot more stuff into the bag for her than I had for myself. I made my way down the stairs, turning off all the lights as I did so. 

If Dan did come back, he'd know that there was no one home.

Mike took the bags from me as I entered the kitchen, I said he didn't have to, but he insisted. He also picked my keys up from the table and insisted on locking the door. It wasn't until I went to open the kitchen door, one handed, with Jessica snuggled up in the crook of my other arm that I realised my hands were shaking. 

Mick could see I was hesitant and came to help me, he steered me out of the door gently, his hand in the small of my back, locked the door and led me back round the house to his waiting car. As he helped me in the passengers side he said softly. "Everything's gonna be ok Vic, I promise"