Love, Lies & Blackmail

Chapter 4- bare with me with this fiction, it's slowly going. Sorry :)

"Are you sure about this?" Joey asked Lauren, pulling herself before they went into the house. Lauren nodded, kissed him on the cheek, grabbed his hand and took him into the house, before dropping his hand and walking into the living room where they saw Derek's body being moved. Alice dived into Joey, hugging him tightly whilst he looked at Lauren who was trying to take in the events.

"Al, it's okay. Come on. It's gonna be alright" Joey tried to comfort Alice but seem to fail, as she started to cry.

"Your one of the nieces, I hear" A police officer asked Lauren and she nodded.

"Okay, I'm asking everyone this but can you confirm where you were tonight between 5 and 7?" The officer then asked.

"I was at my Nan's. A couple of doors down" Lauren replied, trying o sound confident as Joey looked at her with great interest.

"Can anyone confirm this?" The officer questioned, writing this information down.

Joey pushed Alice, taking a quick look at Lauren and then said "I can"

Lauren sighed in relief in her head "Yeah, we were just hanging out until Alice came and told us about Uncle Derek"

The police officer nodded "That should be all"

Lauren walked up to Alice "Come on, Alice. Lets go for a walk. You look like you could do with the air. Coming, Joey?" Lauren said, putting her arm around Alice, ushering her out the house and Joey followed them.

Outside in the square, Alice didn't say a word as Lauren and Joey sat either side of her on a bench when Alice finally spoke.

"He looked peaceful but he didn't at the same time" Alice murmured, gripping into the edge of the bench for dear life and staring into the distance.

"Al, don't think about it" Lauren said, putting her arm around the other girl, thinking about how was the family suppose to move forward after this.

"Lauren's right. You can't think like that, Alice. We just need to move forward" Joey told her. Alice groaned and stood up.

"How can you say that? Our dad is dead. Beaten to a pulp. I just... Need to be alone right now" Alice exclaimed, sighing and walking away. Lauren stood up as if to follow her but Joey grabbed her arm.

"Leave her. She needs to process this. Alice is a smart girl, she will be back soon" Joey told her. Lauren exhaled deeply and sat back down.

"How are you feeling?" Lauren suddenly asked, looking at him.

Joey shrugged "Too much to put into words right now" Lauren sighed and nodded.

"I need to know we are going to be okay, though" Joey added, looking at her. Lauren put her head down as she thought about what to say then turned to face him.

"Like I said earlier, we take this slowly because I need to learn to trust you again, that you won't break my heart again and your dad just died, you need to focus on you and Alice"

Joey slowly tucked her hair behind her ear. Lauren held his ear there as if she was trying to capture the moment and the feeling of him.

"I love you. I'm going to tell you that everyday, no matter what" Joey told her. Lauren smiled.

"You'll get bored" She laughed

"No I won't because its what you deserve. More even. I'm gonna earn your trust back"

"I hope for your sake you do. I don't think I could cope with you breaking my heart again" Lauren told him, looking at him deeply, her eyes boring into his.

"I know you said slowly and I agree with it, I agree with anything you ask considering us but can I just kiss you now? I hate this distance. I'm not asking for anything else" Joey asked her. Lauren nodded, making sure no one was looking but she saw everyone was either asleep or focusing on Derek's death. She kissed him, savouring the moment, missing the feeling it gave her kissing Joey. Lauren pulled away, reductively and sighed, knowing it was going to be hard to choose between what she wanted and do what was right.

"Come on, I'm tired. We both need sleep" Lauren said, standing up. Joey nodded and they walked away, figuring where to go next unaware Alice had returned a few moments before and saw everything.

Hope you like :) it's a bit crappy though :(

xoxo