Love ?
Chapter 1
"Hey I'm Joey"A boy said after helping me to my feet, Me having walked into him while i was trying to get through a sea of people at this party I'm at in town and i fell over as i hit his chest, which i bet looked attractive.
"Lauren"I mumbled before going to walk of and try and find Whitney and Lucy who have left me for some reason , it was their idea to come here in the first place i would have been happy to just have a girly night in and then after they say its going to be really fun, they drag me here and then they go and leave me.
"You leaving already, the party only started a little while ago"He said following me out of the room.
"No I'm looking for my friends "I breathed as i turned round cause i hadn't realized just how hot he is cause it was quite dark in there. I met his eyes and he smiled at me.
"Do you mean those girl who came with you cause i think they went upstairs with a couple of boys a few minutes ago"
"Grate, just grate , first they drag me here and now they ditch me...I'm going home, goodnight, Joey" I said shyly.
"Wait do you maybe want to stay and talk to me for a while or maybe we could just hang out, we don't really have to talk if you don't want too... I mean i have kind of been ditched by my friends too, in fact i think they may have gone off with your friends"
"You know what, why not ... Do you know where we can get a drink though"
"Sure follow me" He said grabbing my hand and leading me into a rather large kitchen. "Vodka okay" He asked passing me a plastic cup.
"Perfect"I smiled and he smiled back at me.
"So do you live round here"
"Sort of, only about half an hour away from here, what about you"
"Oh yer i live pretty close"He smirked.
"This is your house isn't it"I said rolling my eyes.
"Yer, its my older brothers party though, so I'm quite surprise there is people here my age other then my friends of course"
"How old are you then"
"14"
"Me too, but i only really came here cause my friends were and i didn't really want to be all alone on a Friday night... Not that, that worked cause their not here now are they"
"But i am"He replied shyly.
"Yes you are" I said leaning up on my tiptoes and pressing my lips to his, i have no idea why though and he froze for a second before he slowly started kissing me back but when he did its was amazing. The most amazing kiss i have ever had, not that i have kissed that many boys, only a couple and they were my friends Peter and James and that was at a party last month. He snaked his arms around my waist and pulled me closer after a few minutes.
"Do you want to go somewhere a bit quieter" He questioned as we pulled away.
"Sure"I smiled as i took his outstretched hand and he led me upstairs to what must be his bedroom.
"Sorry its a bit of a mess, i didn't really have a chance to tidy up"
"That's okay... You like Green day"I smiled as i pointed to his poster.
"Yer, they are pretty cool, do you like them"
"Yer there really good"
"I can put some of their music on if you like" He asked shyly as he stood up.
"Okay... Yes please i mean" I said smiling shyly as he pressed play on his cd player before he came and sat next to me awkwardly on his bed.
"Can i kiss you again"He asked after a few minutes.
"Please"I said moving closer to him and he brushed some hair out of my face and tucking it behind my ear before cupping my cheek.
"Your beautiful" He said and i blushed, then he smiled before pressing his lips against mine again, things got pretty heated from there and we ended up both being topless with Joey on top of me and i was enjoying it ,a lot. I thought we both we before he suddenly dragged his lips from mine and looked down at me with a worried look on his face.
"What's wrong"I breathed.
"Do you want to... You know, i don't want you to think I'm going to make you do something you don't want too" He blurted out.
"I do want too"
"Are you sure... I mean i have never done it before" He said going red.
"Neither have i but i want too... if you do"
"Yer of course i do, how could i not... Your so beautiful Lauren"
"And your really hot"I blushed as my hand traveled down his chest and landed on his belt and he looked down watching me while smiling nervously.
"Lauren get out of bed"I heard my mum shout.
Huh!
"Lauren"I heard her shout again and i jolted awake as she did and then i sighed, i hate it when i have that dream, it means i can't concentrate on anything else for the rest of the day. "Lauren don't make me come in there" My mum shouted through the door.
"Urge, I'm up, what is your problem"I shouted and she burst into my room as i did.
"My problem young lady is i have been calling you for the past 10 minutes and i have had no answer, your going to be late for school, so come on , up up up, now"
"Alright, I'm getting changed now" I sighed hopping out of my bed.
"Is everything alright with you darling you have been acting differently for a while now and i just thought it had something to do with growing up but I'm not so sure now"She asked, her eyes softening as she sat next to me on my bed.
"I'm fine mum honest, Just girls troubles, you know" I said forcing a smile.
"Oh okay well I'm here if you decide you want to talk about anything" She said smiling before kissing my forehead and then she headed downstairs and i sighed again before sitting on my bed and trying and failing to do my tie up, I'm just not paying attention to anything right now, but my dream.
Okay so this is me, Lauren Marie Branning and i guess you could say my life has been pretty normal, I have a mum and dad who love me and 2 brother and 2 sisters, Bradley, Abi, Jade and Oscar, we even have a nice house, one of the nicest in the square in fact... Anyway my nice normal life changed about a year ago when i met a boy at a party and yes i know people would probably think badly of me if they knew that the first and only time i have ever had sex was with when we were upstairs and kissing i just wanted to be with him more then anything and with Joey it was just magical and that's why i hate the fact that i dream about him pretty much every night. I have never seen him since that night, not that i really expected too its not like i really knew anything about him , He has probably moved on now anyway and doesn't even remember my name or what i looked like, but i remember him especially his handsome face, that handsome face is never far from my thoughts.
"Oh finally baby girl, we were wondering where you got too" Fats, my best guy friend said as i walked into the cafe which is where i normally meet him, Whitney, Lucy and Katie in the mornings and we walk to school from here.
"Yer sorry, i woke up late cause i had to babysit Abi, Oscar and Jade last night" I sighed as i took my hot chocolate from Lucy and we all started making our way outside and towards school.
"Why, where was Bradley and your parents" Katie asked.
"Oh my parents were on a 'date night' and Bradley was out being a normal 19 year old, his words not mine"
"Oh, so really he just didn't want to help"Whitney said.
"Yer pretty much, he can be so annoying sometimes, I'm so not going to help him with anything ever again" I moaned.
"Oh yes you will baby girl cause your just so nice like that" Fats said slinging his arm around my shoulder before kissing me on the cheek.
"Not this time, A 13 year old,a 11 year old and a 3 year old can be really annoying when they wont listen or want Bradley to read them a bedtime story instead of me although the bedtime story thing was Oscar but still, he ended up screaming at me and it took me like a hour to get him to stop"
"Bobby is the same apparently only Steven can do the voices right" Lucy said.
"I think that's just little brothers, they are supposed too annoy us no matter what... And big brothers for that matter too"
"Yep"Whitney, Lucy and Katie said in unison.
"You know the way you's talk makes me glad that I'm an only child" Fats said shaking his head.
"What its true, they are annoying" Katie said.
"Yer, but you still love them to bits"
"True" All us girls said in unison, all of us smiling.
"Right Fats will see you laters, Baby girls cause i have football in P.E for my first lesson"He said as we arrived at school before kissing us all on the cheek.
"Bye Fats" We all said smiling.
"Right see ya, me and Whit have art first"Katie said.
"Boo" I whined. "We have drama"
"I know it can be annoying especially since Mrs Butterfield the french teacher took over, we can't understand what she wants us to do cause she says it all in french and we don't take that till year 10" Lucy sighed as she hooked her arm through mine.
"I know..."I sighed.
"Good luck"Whitney and Katie shouted before they walked off laughing.
2 hours later...
"Finally why are you always later Lo..."Katie asked as i sat down next to her on the bench outside at lunchtime.
"Sorry the Que was huge and everyone was talking to the dinner ladies forever"I sighed tucking into my chips.
"Hey Lo, do you remember that party we went to last year"Whitney questioned after a while.
"Yer..."
"Well you know the guy i sort of hooked up with"
"What about him"I sighed not really wanting to remember when i already can't stop thinking about Joey.
"What about him"
"I saw him in town the other day... And guess what, he is till super hot!" She squealed.
"Okay..."I frowned, not really knowing where she was going with this.
"Well he gave me his number... He wants to take me out on a date"She said.
"Oh... That's grate Whit , i hope you have a good time"
"Do you still think about that boy" Lucy said smiling sympathetically.
"Yer... I mean sometimes i guess, he was really nice to me"
"Well i can ask Spencer to give me his number if you like, they are friends after all"
"No its fine Whit, he probably doesn't remember me anyway"
"You know, sometime i think you have made him up just cause Whitney and Lucy were both with someone that night"Katie snapped.
"He's real"I snapped. "And he was really sweet not that its any of your business"
"That was harsh Katie, you know baby girl doesn't lie" I heard Fats say as i grabbed my stuff and started walking off.
"Hey baby girl wait up"Fats said as he ran up to me and slung his arm around my shoulder. "Ignore Katie, are you okay"
"Yer... I promise i wasn't lying, he is real and most of the time i dream about him, its like that night was yesterday" I said wiping my eyes.
"Oh baby girl, come here"He said hugging me tightly as i turned into his arm."I know your not lying, your one of the most honest people i know and Fats knows a lot of people"
"I'm sorry Lo, i didn't mean to upset you, i was just messing"Katie said looking really guilty as her, Whit and Luce came and joined our hug.
"Its fine... My head is just full of stuff at the moment, but i will be fine"I said smiling just as the bell rang and we all had to head back into school.
"Excuse me Miss Branning, is something else more interesting"Mrs Riley asked, for some reason she has never liked me. And guess what i get her for P.E once a week, how lucky am i.
"No Miss"I sighed.
"Then trying kicking the ball when it comes near you"
"Sorry" I mumbled before kicking the ball as hard as i could when it came near me but for some reason it ended up hitting the window of the building just across from the field, but luckily it didn't break.
"Lauren"She shouted.
"What you asked me to kick the ball Miss" I pointed out and everyone in the class laughed.
"Right that's it, go and sit over there, you are out of the rest of the lesson and if you do anything else i will be calling your parents"
"Fine"I huffed going and sitting on the grass near by and i tried to replay the rest of that night in my head.
X Flashback X
"Are you okay, i didn't hurt you did i"Joey asked as he laid in bed next to me while i stared up at the ceiling deep in thought about what we had just done.
"A little but its okay,It was a lot of fun"
"Really, well I'm sorry i hurt you even if it was only a little"
"Its okay ... Do you, do you think maybe we could cuddle for a while, i know we don't really know each other but i really want a hug"
"Sure"He said pulling me into his arms and i closed my eyes as he did, trying to get over how good it feels being here like this and how safe i feel in his arms cause i know after this party ends we are probably never going to see each other again.
X End of flashback X
"You know lesson ended about 10 minutes ago right" Karen one of the other girls in my class said as she collected the bib thingy's.
"Oh, yer, i was just thinking"
"Okay, we should probably go and get changed now though before Mrs Riley locks the changing room door"
"Yer..."I trailed off before we walked inside.
An hour later...
"Are you sure i can't convince you to come to mine, my mum and dad are out till late, so we can watch films" Katie asked as we reached number 5 which is my house.
"Nah, i have a lot of homework to do and I'm really tired, so i will see you guys tomorrow, yer"
"Oh but baby girl, its not going to be the same without you there"
"I'm sure you will still have fun Fats, now goodnight"I said leaning up and kissing him on the cheek before hugging all the girls.
"Urge, fine but you owe me a Lo and Fats day now" He pouted.
"I'll look forward to it, bye guys"
"Bye Lo"They all shouted just before i shut the door behind me, and then i walked into the kitchen to see everyone sat down at the table and Bradley didn't look to pleased for some reason.
"What's up with you"
"Derek"He muttered.
"Huh"
"Uncle Derek is coming home and he is going to be living at number 23 with his new family" Jade said.
"What new family"I questioned confused.
"He got married 2 years ago when he got some woman pregnant so instead of just having his sons Johnny and Jordan he now also has 2 step sons a step daughter and a 1 year old daughter called Clair, so Oscar will have someone new to play with" Dad said.
"We all will have new people to hang out with "Abi said excitedly and me and Bradley both rolled our eyes, neither of us really took a shine to uncle Derek the first time around, in fact he is pretty vile but having some more people around my age to hang around with might be fun.
"And can you 2 please try harder with your uncle this time"Mum said pointing at me and Bradley.
"Mum he is the rudest guys ever"Bradley said.
"He's right mum, for once"
"Oh come on please you 2, for us , after the first few day i bet we will hardly see them" Dad said.
"Urge fine, but one comment about Stacey and I'm not going to hold back"Bradley said.
"Pushover"I whispered
"Lauren"Mum scolded.
"Fine whatever, he better stay away from me though" I snapped before going upstairs to do my homework.
Later on...
I sighed looking up at the ceiling, having come to bed about 2 hours ago now. Why is it when i close my eyes his face is all i can see , I swear my brain hates me ... After about another 40 minutes i was finally asleep that doesn't mean Joey didn't invade my dreams though...
Hey everyone :) I know i said i wasn't going to post anything until Monday but i really wanted to see what you guys think of this story, well the first chapter anyway.
So what do you think? shall i continue?
and on Monday would you like a chapter of this or Love flames on... its up to you so let me know :)
please review, i really can't wait to see what you guys think I'm really excited about this story... it is the first one i have finished all of before posting although there is only 6 chapters... anyway I'm going on, sorry
thank you for reading and i hope you enjoyed xxx