Love, Lies & Blackmail.

You have no idea how many times I have tried to write this update. Argh just crazy. But hopefully I have it now.

Chapter 3-

"I should go back" Joey said, suddenly , standing up, as they sat in Dot's house

"No, you can't. Please, don't" Lauren replied, standing up also.

"I can't ask you to lie for me, Lauren" Joey told her, sighing.

Lauren raised her eyebrow and crossed her arms, tapping her foot "Oppose to you lying for me?" She questioned.

"This is different and you know it" Joey muttered.

"Why did you go over there anyways?" Lauren asked, relaxing her body language.

"I was annoyed at him and myself. You didn't get back to me. I was scared I messed things up and that turned into anger towards Derek" Joey replied. Lauren sighed, remembering her attitude earlier in the day.

"I was having trouble processing it thats all" Lauren said finally.

"I can't tell you how sorry I am. These past few weeks, you have just been broken. It broke me" Joey whispered, tucking Lauren's hair behind her ear. She looked down, trying to control her emotions. Lauren took his hand from her face and held in hers. They shared a look of intensity and Lauren couldn't remember who made the first move but before she knew it, their lips were lightly brushing. Lauren's emotions were going combust now and before she could tell herself to stop, she deepen the kiss. Her hands found Joey's hair and his hands were placed her waist. They were brought back to earth with a knock on the door. Lauren pulled away, not believing what she had just had done. Lauren touched her lips in disbelief as she ran to the door. It was Alice who had been crying. She ran into Lauren, wrapping her arms around her.

"Alice?" Lauren questioned, hugging the girl back as Joey walked into the hallway and Alice flung herself into him.

"It's Dad. He is dead" Alice's voice broke. Joey looked at Lauren over Alice's head. Lauren looked down and went quiet.

"Has anyone been called?" Joey asked, his eyes not leaving Lauren as he carried on hugging his sister.

"Yeah. They are coming" Alice replied, as she started to cry again and they were deafened by the sirens coming. Alice gasped.

"You go. I will be there in a second. I promise" Joey said, pushing Alice away who nodded, looked at Lauren with confusion and left.

Joey sighed deeply and slummed against the wall.

"You were here. You came over earlier and you didn't leave once. We were talking, general stuff. I was with the whole time" Lauren said, walking towards him, placing her hands on Joey's shoulders, forcing him to look at her.

"No, Lauren. I can't ask you to do that!" Joey exclaimed, looking away but Lauren moved her hands to his face.

"I didn't ask you to tell the police you were driving" Lauren told him, smiling a little.

"Fair point. I don't deserve you" Joey replied, stroking her face with the back of his hand.

Lauren shrugged "Your stuck with me now. Don't push me away anymore. I want to be there for you"

"I may not of shown it the past few weeks but I do love you" Joey said to her, kissing her lightly.

"I love you too. But I have conditions. This slows down whilst we deal with your Dad. I may not of liked him the most of time but we need to deal with the grief of the family. It will seem disrespectful" Lauren replied, stepping away and creating distance, which was hard for her after the last few weeks but it was the right thing to do.

"Your right. As always" Joey told her. Lauren smiled, nodded and they both headed back to the scene of the crime.

Short update :)

Hopefully I don't have writers block for a while.

Enjoy xD