I sat up in my bedroom, wrapped up in all of my blankets not talking to anyone. I really didn't see a point in anything anymore, Jake said he didn't want me anymore… That his life he made with Sadie was more important. I can kinda understand why he did it, I mean this guy does have a child but he shouldn't have played with my feelings, made me fall deep for him. The memory of last night kept going round and round inside my head.

-Flashback-

"We can't do this anymore Lauren, I have a family." Jake stared at my as my eyes began to fill up quickly with water.

"What? No. This is fine, we'll be okay. Jake listen to me, we are going to be okay. We just need to trust each other." I smiled between cries trying to make him see sense.

"No. No. Lauren, we're done. For real this time." He began to walk off down the alley when I stopped him again.

"Just don't be like this. You obviously felt something for me when you met me. Just don't through this away." I felt a tear fall straight down my cheek.

"Goodbye." Jake said in a stern voice.

I slowly broke down in tears against the wall of the alley way. I couldn't believe he did this to me. I thought he loved me. Obviously not.

-End Of Flashback-

"Lauren? Are you alright babe?" I heard Dad call from outside my door. He didn't dare to enter after last time, I threw a complete tantrum when he walked in and demanded to know what was wrong.

"I'm fine." I sniffed. Obviously that was a lie but I couldn't come clean about what happened. Not to him. At times like this, I wish Mum was still around.

"Is she still not coming out?" Abi spoke as Max entered the kitchen rubbing his head.

"Nope."

"Well, I kinda have an idea…" Abi quickly grabbed her bag and walked slowly down the hall.

"Wait? Abs, tell me what you're doing?" Max followed her quickly.

"If she doesn't want to talk to any of us about what's upsetting her, then let's get the one person she will talk to."

The front door slammed shut as Max finally figured out what Abi meant. Joey. If I wanted to open up to anyone, it would be him.

Abi slowly entered the café trying to not attract any unwanted attention because she was busy trying to find Joey. She quickly scanned the room and noticed him in a booth right in the corner of the room. She walked over to the booth and sat opposite him.

"Alright Abs?" He looked up as he noticed her opposite him.

"You remember how you felt about Lauren?" As she spoke Joey looked down. There wasn't a second that he didn't think about her. "And how you'd keep her happy?"

"What are you getting at?" Joey leant forward waiting for Abi to reveal the real reason for her coming here.

"Basically she came home in tears last night and wont come out of her room, for anyone. Dad tried to talk to her but there was no response. She wont open up to anyone…"

"And you were thinking she'd open up to me." Joey sighed.

"Look, I wouldn't ask if we weren't desperate."

"Lauren?" Joey quietly knocked on my bedroom door as I slowly opened it placing my head around the frame.

"What are you doing here? I thought you'd be busy…" I rolled my eyes as I remembered where I saw him the other night.

"That's not what you think." He sighed as I let him inside my room and we sat on the bed.

"So, I've been told you wont talk to anyone…" He looked at me. "Wanna tell me why?"

"It's fine. I'm alright honestly."

"Lauren, you're forgetting that I know you better than anyone." Joey smiled at me. "I can help you know."

"You won't understand." I put my head in my hands.

"Try me, I bet I will. Honestly." He began arguing with me.

"You know I have counselling?" I watched him nod as I continued my story. "Well I met a guy there. He was nice, and sweet and we had everything in common… Like everything. We were so perfect and we started dating, until I found out that he didn't really want me anymore." I looked down.

"What happened?" Joey seemed interested to know the details of this situation.

"He said that it couldn't work because he had a family to care about. He said he had a wife to love, and a daughter to look out for."

"Oh my god Lauren, I'm so sorry." He took me in his arms and I hugged him tight. "What's his name? Who is this guy?"

"His names Jake." I looked up as the words finally clicked in his brain.

"Wait, You mean Sadie's fella?" He looked down at me as I nodded. "What and you didn't know about her?"

"Not at the start, no. But then he kept changing his mind, saying that he wanted me and not her… and then two days later he would tell me that we were a mistake. I was so confused."

Joey quickly rose to his feet and I stood up too and followed him into the hall. "Joey, where are you going?"

"To make him regret this." He shouted.

"Joe-" Max's voice was cut off as Joey slammed the front door closed as he exited.

"Well done, Dad. Joey doesn't need this!" I shouted at him.

"It wasn't my idea!" Dad looked back at Abi as she stood behind him.

"I was just trying to help." She said quietly.

"Whatever." I quickly grabbed my jacket and ran outside after Joey.

I watched Joey storm down the street as if nothing and nobody could stop him. I tried to keep up with him but he was moving too fast for me. At the end of the path he noticed Jake stood alone talking on the phone.

"D'you think you're funny do ya?" Joey shouted causing Jake to turn around and look at him.

"I'm sorry mate, you talking to me?" Jake slowly pulled his phone away from his ear as I ran up behind Joey.

"He's not worth it Joey!" I noticed Joey's fists begin to tighten.

"But he is."

"I'm sorry, I haven't got a clue what you're on about." Jake fake smiled. He obviously knew I told Joey about us.

"Come here." Joey grabbed him by the neck and pulled him into a dark nearby alley. "I swear to god if you mess Lauren around anymore I will kill you. Don't come anywhere near her, you got that? She's mine." Joey spat as he kicked Jake straight in the leg causing him to crouch down.

My heart skipped a beat. Did he really just say that? I was his? Oh my god.

"Jake, I don't understand why you did that. All the crap about loving me, it was just to get what you wanted and it clearly wasn't my love."

"I never meant for this to happen." Jake whispered holding his leg and leaning against the brick wall.

"Well now it wont, will it. Unless you want that wife of yours finding out." Joey smirked.

"Is that a threat?" Jake looked up.

"Yes, yes it is." Joey nodded confidently. "Now leave Lauren alone. She's got me, she doesn't need you."