Chapter 7
Lauren's p.o.v
"You know this is really not helping us not having your Nan find our I'm here" Joey said as i giggled loudly. "Oh come on it wasn't that funny" he pouted.
"Really cause i happen to think the fact that you thought Reindeer's were giant dogs is really funny besides my Nan could sleep through anything that's what shes like" i said before i started laughing again.
"I really should not have told you that, I'm never going to live that down now am i" he questioned.
"Nope... Why did you tell me if you didn't want me to make fun of you" i questioned.
"I don't know it was just something to say" he said.
"Yer well it was really funny... Besides i kind of needed something to make me laugh after the idiot i made of myself today at rehearsal" i said sighing.
"Babe will you please stop threating about it, it natural to be nervous about it" he said smiling. You see this is one of the many things i love about Joey he can make me feel better about anything no matter what it is.
"Thank you Joe for trying to make me feel better but i think we both know i suck" i sobbed.
"Hey come here there's no need to cry babe" he said pulling me into a hug, and i felt better almost instantly when he did like i normally do with his hugs.
"Did you hear apparently Peter and Lola are dating and Phil went off about it" Joey said breaking the comfortable silence between us a while later.
"Really i didn't see that coming" i said.
"Me neither... Who do you think would make the most unlikely couple out of everyone on the square" he questioned.
"Erm well that's a tough one lets see... Probably grandma Dot and Phil" i said before we both burst out laughing.
"Yer you right that would be so weird babe" he said.
"Not as weird as your mum having a one night stand with Phil and then you have to eat breakfast with him the next day trust me" i said cringing as i thought of Phil in his boxers.
"What's the time" i asked a while later.. yawning
"Oh damn its 2 we are going to have to go to sleep now or we will never get up seen as we have had such a long day" Joey said as he wrapped his arms around me.
"Okay... Night Joe" i said cuddling closer to him.
"sweet dreams Lo" i heard him say before i fell asleep.
The next morning...
"Come on Lauren your going to be late" I heard my mum shout making us both jolt awake.
"Okay yer we are coming now" i said as both me and Joey got out of bed.
"We" Mum said confusion clear in his voice, before she walked in."Oh hello Joey darling i didn't realize you stayed last night ... Anyway come on both of you breakfast is on the table" she said smiling before turning around and heading back downstairs.
"Ooh look at you... You even get breakfast probably one where my Nan is giving you daggers the whole time but at least you get breakfast" i joked.
"Very funny but i meant what i said last night I'm going to tell her it was your idea"Joey said.
"Go on then but i don't think she will believe you even if she does let you talk" i said as i started getting changed into my uniform to try and save time.
"Yer well i know what shes like and i should after 10 years of her visits" he said after clearing his troat a few minutes later.
"Right are you ready to face the music then, as old people say and by old people i mean my dad" i joked making him laugh.
"Yes you complete drama queen I'm ready" he said earning a slap on the chest before i headed downstairs in front of him and into the kitchen.
"Finally young lady your up ,and who were you talking too" Nan asked as soon as i walked into the room.
"that would be me" Joey said from behind me and i moved out of the way when he did.
"You! You slept over well that explains it, Tanya why are you letting him stay over in your 15 year old daughters room hes clearly only after one thing"Nan said making me roll my eyes.
"Mum i have told you before Joey's a good kid and i think they have known each other for too long for them to be anything more then friends" Mum said.
"Yer but that is exactly why they would cause they think they can get away with it" she said.
"Honestly Mrs Cross you have nothing to worry about we are just friends" Joey said.
Nan didn't answer though and after a while longer of just standing here we had something to eat and then we rushed off to school cause we were running late after realizing we had homework we forgot to do last night that is due today so we had to quickly do it.
"I'm so sorry about the way my Nan is being i really have no idea why she is acting like this i wish she would just leave it alone" i said groaning as i threw my head back and hit my head on the back of the seat on the bus.
"I'm not fussed babe she will get over it at some point" Joey said. "Now lets talk about something happy" Joey suggested.
"Okay what do you want to talk about" i asked.
"The play rehearsal for tonight" he said making me sigh.
"I thought you said you wanted to talk about something happy" i quipped.
"I'm sure we will get it right today" he said smiling sweetly.
"If you say so..." i said pressing the button as we got to the stop.
"Ooh we have English first with Mr Wilson" Lucy said just as we arrived and me and all the boy rolled our eyes as she did, while all the girls giggled.
"Anyways me and Lo have science so we better get going" Joey said as he grabbed my hand and we started running to the science block.
"This experiment is so annoying" i said a while into the lesson as i slammed the liquid down.
"Its not so hard babe you just follow the board" he mocked.
"Really says the guy who nearly blew up the whole room last time" i said
"As i said before that was the teachers fault he didn't show us how to do it properly... Now come here and let me show you how easy it is" Joey said rolling his eyes as he picked it up and then he added it into the rest of the chemicals but then it make a big bang and went everywhere apart from on us thankfully.
"Oh yer Joey you really know what you are doing i will definitely come to you next time" i laughed as the teacher came over not looking very happy.
"Why haven't you 2 followed the instructions rather then putting it all in at once" Mr Queen said.
"Sorry sir we weren't really paying attention besides we have done this one before.." Joey said to which i elbowed him in the chest and shaking my head.
"Really well you can both go to the cooler now then" he said making me sigh .
"But sir can't we just try again Joe was just joking we will do it the way you say we promise" i said.
"Yer cause its just so much fun" Joey said sarcastically.
"No come on cooler now and maybe then next time you 2 will do it properly" Mr Stanley said.
"I can't believe you got us sent here" i moaned as we sat down us luckily being the only ones here cause otherwise they would tell us off for talking.
"I didn't mean too he was the one who over reacted i was just being honest" he said.
"You were being rude and now I'm in here cause of you" i hissed.
"Its no big deal babe at least we can talk i here we are the only ones here after all" he said
"No talking in the cooler" a Teacher said as she came and sat down at the desk which made me want to scream cause i didn't get a chance to reply.
"Urge sometimes you can be so annoying" i hissed before turning back to my work.
Thankfully though lunchtime came quickly and we were allowed to go.
"Alright guys" i said as me and Joey arrived at the table all our friends are sat at.
"Hey baby girl, So erm there's a party at my house tonight seen as my Nan is away do you guys want to come" Fats questioned as we sat down.
"Sure as long as Lucy doesn't drink too much i don't want to end up getting grounded for another month" Joey said as Lucy scowled at him.
"That was one time Joey you don't need to keep bringing it up i promise it will never happen again cause i don't want to get grounded either" Lucy said sighing.
"What about you Lo are you going to come"Jodie said trying to change the subject before shouting started and we all got into trouble.
"I'm not sure i really fancy it" i said. "besides my Ankle is still a bit sore and i don't think I'm going to be able to have a lot of fun" i added.
"Oh come on baby girl you have to come it wont be the same without you" Fats said.
"Yer come on Lo we hardly ever get any time to spend as a group anymore" Anthony said.
"Okay... Okay I'll come besides someone needs to make sure she don't drop us all in it i guess" i said giving in.
"Yay yay yay" Whitney, Lucy and Poppy chanted making me roll my eyes.
"Look I'll see you guys later i have to get to textiles" i said before giving everyone a hug and heading off seen as this is the only lesson apart from P.E me and Joey don't have together.
"Are you alright Lo... You don't really seem like yourself today" Jodie said as she came and sat next to me.
"Yer i guess... I just don't really feel like being all happy today" i admitted sighing.
"That's okay everyone is allowed their off days but are you sure there is nothing wrong" she questioned.
"Well i am really nervous about rehearsal tonight auntie Ava wants us to do the kissing scene and we must have tried a good few times yesterday but i just can't seem to be able to do it" i said.
"Why,do you think its cause its Joey" she asked.
"Have you tried talking to Joey about it , it might help" she said.
"Yer and hes being really sweet and patient and he keeps saying we will get there but I'm not so sure" I said just as everyone started moving around to get the fabric for the handbag we have to make for our first project.
"I'm sure everything will be okay but I'm here if you need to talk to someone who wont tell everyone else like Whitney and Lucy always do" she said.
"Thanks Jodie your a really good friend" i said hugging her quickly as we both got up.
Me and Jodie by the end of the lesson had both already finished our projects which surprised the teacher but not me though i found it quite simple and Jodie loves fashion.
"So what do you have now" Jodie asked as we left the classroom.
"Personal development" i said.
"Me too" she said smiling.
"Oh my god i thought they were supposed to split the boy and girls up when we do this lesson" i said as the first topic we are doing is sex education and of course this would be the only lesson we all have together. So all the guys are laughing apart form Joey ho has gone red like all us girls for some reason Joey keeps looking at me awkwardly.
"Me too but i guess not"Lucy said before hitting Tyler after he whispered something in her ear.
"Oh come on girls its not that bad at least we get to spend time as a group" Anthony said before all the boys including Joey this time burst of laughing at what the teacher put on the board.
"You guys are so immature" Whitney said.
"And you girls have all gone red" Fats quipped as we all threw him a dirty look to which he just smirked before turning round and facing the teacher.
"Okay you lot calm down and pay attention" Mrs Green said as she blew her whistle , you can tell she was a P.E teacher last year can't you.
"Thank god that's over" i said as we all got on the bus at the end of school.
"Yer today has been pretty annoying" Poppy said.
"Well yer it was but i meant P.D how horrible was that" i said as all the girls and Joey of course agreed with me while all the other boys just smirked again.
"Were are you guys going we don't get off for another few stops yet" Lucy questioned a while later as me and Joey both stood up.
"Rehearsal" Joey said simply.
"But i thought that was at the community Centre" Tyler said confused.
"It is but today we have to go down to that hall your mum and dad Hired out for yours and Anthony birthday party last year cause there is some Sumba class going on at the community Centre today" i said , him nodding before me and Joey gave everyone hugs and then we got off the bus and made our way to the hall.
"Right guys we are going to start from the beginning today so it gives Joey and Lauren a chance to get comfortable around each other and then we will try the kissing scene again okay" Auntie Ava said once we had all arrived, Whitney not feeling so well today so she decided to go home instead .
"Okay" me and Joey said in unison and i felt really relieved that i don't have to embarrass myself, now at least.
But before i knew it we were on the scene before our kissing scene and i started to become quite nervous again and i ended up forgetting my line.
"Sorry" i said.
"That's okay darling whenever you ready" Auntie Ava said.
"Okay" i said taking a moment to think and then i took a deep breath before saying my line.
"Okay Joey, Lauren take your time and only do the scene when you are ready" she said a few minutes later as i tried to calm my nervous about it.
And i held my breath for a minute when i saw that Joey was moving closer to me and then he pulled me closer and before i could even think about it he pressed his lips against mine softly. And my eyes slammed shut i have never felt anything like this before if i knew kissing could feel this good i probably would have done it for the first time a long time ago... Its only when Joey's hand swept into my hair that i came back to reality enough to break away from i couldn't meet his eyes for a while ,while i tried to regain my thought properly.
"That's perfect guys now if you could just kiss like that every time it will be perfect" Auntie Ava said clapping her hands excitedly. And i turned to look at Joey for the first time since we kissed when she said that and he smiled warmly at me which i returned.
"Right then lets see if we can get through the rest of the play" Ava said smiling.
About an hour later...
"Well done everyone you have all done really well today... But we have to get going now cause there is going to be a party in a bit and they want to come in and start setting up"Ava said us all nodding before we all made our way outside, me and Joey going over to the bus stop in silence which doesn't surprise me cause we have been ever since we kissed we haven't spoken and he keeps giving me these weird looks and when he catches me looking at him he just smiles at me which is quite confusing.
"You okay Lo you have been really quite since we left" Joey asked just as we sat down on the bus.
"Yer i was just thinking, i can't believe we have managed to get all the play done for the first time even..." i trailed off.
"I told you we would get there" he said putting his arm around me and pulling me as close as he could and i rested my head on his chest when he did.
"Yer you did" i said slowly drifting to sleep.
"Right i guess I'll see you tomorrow" Joey said shyly for some reason when we reached my door but i can't say i blame him cause i feel quite shy too.
"Yer bye Joe" i said raising up on my tip toes and kissing him of the cheek, the only reason that we are not staying over at each others houses is cause Joey parents want to talk to him about something.
"Bye Lo" he breathed tucking some hair behind my ear before he pulled away from me and made his way across the square.
I watched him for a few minutes before going inside myself.
"Dad what are you doing here its Thursday" i questioned confused as i walked into the living room. Seeing my Nan walking over to the chair from the curtains with a disapproving look on her face clearly she has been watching me and Joey from the window.
"Well i have a surprise for you, Abi and Oscar" dad said smiling as i saw Abi and Oscar sat on the sofa clearly waiting for me.
"Really what sort of surprise is it one I'm going to like or is it going to change everything again" i questioned.
"You will like it i hope..."he said trailing off.
"Dad can you please just tell us, i promised i would meet Lola" Abi said.
"Yer and i said i would meet my friends at Fats house" i said suddenly remembering.
"Well both of you might to cancel those plans cause us 4 and and Joey's family are going on holiday tonight"dad said and we all smiled wildly when he did.
"What really like a proper holiday and not a camping trip like last time" Abi questioned.
"Yes babe its a proper holiday" he chuckled still not giving much away.
"Well where are we going,how long are we going for,what time are we leaving, does Joey know yet" i questioned all at once.
"Alright babe one question at a time please" he chuckled. "We are going to Corfu for 2 weeks, we are leaving in a couple of hours and Joey might know his parents are supposed to be telling him now so... Are you guys looking forward to going" he questioned.
"yes i can't wait" me and Abi said in unison.
"i can't wait to go too"Oscar said smiling sweetly.
"Right well you guy better go up and pack then"dad said smiling wildly.
"Okay i love you daddy" i said before hugging him and not missing my Nan rolling her eyes at me as i did but nothing can ruin my good mood so i smiled at him as we pulled away and then i ran upstairs to start packing...
AN: hey everyone so what do you think is going to happen while Joey and Lauren are on holiday?
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