Hearing the yelling cease, Jack popped his head out of the office and he saw as Joey stopped inches away from her and he reached out and tucked her hair behind her ear

'Please' he looked at her 'Look at me' he asked her, Lauren shook her head, feeling her heart beating loudly in her chest at his touch 'Look at me baby' he said again, he cupped her chin with his fingers and raised her face so she was looking at him 'I lost everything that mattered to me the day you walked away from me, the day that I made you walk away from me. I would move heaven and earth to get it back' he told her honestly 'I know I hurt you ….. you have no idea how much that cuts me up inside' he said 'I love you so much Lauren and I know you still love me'

'You broke my heart Joey' she told him crying softly

'I know, I broke my own too' he said, he reached out and brushed her tears away 'Don't cry' he shook his head 'Please baby don't cry' he told her. 'Ssh, come here' he eased her gently into his arms and he held her tightly, he could feel her sobbing against his chest, her tears soaking through his shirt. She felt him kiss the top of her head 'I'm so sorry' he repeated over and over again.

They stayed like that for a while and then suddenly Lauren stiffened in his arms and moved away from him 'No! No you don't get to do that' she frowned at him shaking her head. 'You don't get to apologise and be all caring and nice and expect that I'm going to forgive you. Because I don't. I will never forgive you for this Joey, never' she told him feeling her anger build again, mainly at herself for being weak. 'This doesn't make things okay, things will never be okay. I don't want to be with you anymore.' She shook her head as her tears turned to ones of anger.

'Don't say that'

'You need to hear it' she frowned at him 'I've moved on Joey, so should you'

'Are you…are you saying that there's someone else?' he asked her quietly, not sure that he wanted to know the answer.

'I don't love you' she told him 'I don't even like you. I hate you for what you did to us. To me' she snapped at him 'And I will never forgive you' she turned towards the door and saw Uncle Jack standing there watching them sadly 'Can you let me out please?' she asked him

'Here take my flat keys' he told her 'Make yourself at home'

'Thanks Uncle Jack' Lauren replied taking the keys, she walked to the table and she picked up her phone and bag and walked out of the club, leaving Joey watching her brokenly.

Lauren let herself into Jack's flat and this time when Tyler called she answered it 'Where are you?' he asked her 'have you left?'

'No, I'm at Uncle Jack's' Lauren told him

'We need to talk' Tyler told her

'I know. I just …. I needed to think' she told him

'Meet me in the Vic in an hour. I'll buy you lunch' he told her

'Okay' she replied.

She was already sitting at a table when he walked in. 'I was worried about you' he said as he slid into the seat beside her 'Why did you take off like that'

'You know why Tyler.' Lauren said quietly 'You're with Whitney' she reminded him 'last night, us, it shouldn't have happened'

'So are you saying that you regret it?' he asked her softly

'Yes' she hissed at him 'No.. maybe.. I don't know Tyler.. my life is really complicated right now' she said

'I know that' Tyler said softly 'I'll buy us some lunch' he got up and went to the bar. 5 minutes later he returned with some drinks. 'There you go'

'Thank you'

'So are you staying in Walford?' he asked her

'I don't know. It's not like I have anywhere else to go, or means of getting there' she told him, she explained all her problems to him and he frowned at her

'Why didn't you tell me?' he asked her 'I would have sent you money or at least got Joey to give me some to send to you' he told her

'I didn't want Joey to know' she replied 'I didn't want anyone to know' she admitted to him. 'I wanted everyone to think that I was okay'

'Sleeping in your car at nearly 5 months pregnant! Lauren you can't do that' he told her 'You know you can always stay at mine'

'I don't think that's a good idea do you?' she asked him

'Why?' he asked her

'You know why Tyler. I'm really not looking for a relationship tight now, is ever. I don't want to be the reason that you and Whitney split up, or why you and Joey fall out. I'm having a baby and right now I need to focus on that' she told him

'It's not going to be easy being a single mother' Tyler told her 'why don't you let me help you hey?'

'I don't need anyone's help' she told him stubbornly

'You're sleeping in your car and you have no money. I think that means that you need help Lauren' he told her

She sighed and closed her eyes 'Everything is such a mess Tyler' she told him

'I know' he said softly, he put his arm around her and she ley her head on his shoulder. 'Accepting help isn't a sign of weakness Lauren'

'Then why does it feel like it is?' she asked him

Tyler sighed 'Because you're stubborn' he sighed 'why didn't you answer your phone earlier?'

'Because I was with Uncle Jack. He locked me and Joey in the club so we could resolve out issues'

'How'd that work out?' Tyler asked her

'He offered me money. He apologised. Said that he loved me and would do anything to get us back'

'And what did you tell him?'

Lauren moved her head off his shoulder 'I told him that I didn't want his money. That his apology doesn't fix anything, that I'd moved on and that he should too, I told him that I hated him and I didn't love him'

'Is that true?' Tyler asked her 'you don't love him anymore?'

'Yes' she replied, Tyler noticed the slight hesitation before she answered, he let he go as the food arrived.

As they were eating, Whitney and Lucy walked in. They looked at Tyler and Lauren having lunch and Whitney felt a pang of jealousy. She walked over to them

'Can we join you?' she asked them

Lauren didn't even look up from her plate. Tyler looked up at her and saw Lucy 'Under the circumstances I don't think so' Tyler replied. Whitney blinked hurt and she glanced at Lauren and nodded

'I'll see you later then' she said

'Yeah' Tyler nodded.

AN: So, Joey's apology, although better than his first attempt didn't sway Lauren.

Do you think she should forgive him?

Are Tyler and Whitney heading for a break up because of Lauren?

Will Joey give up because Lauren has told him to?

What is Jack going to say to Lauren when he gets back to the flat?

Read on to find out.

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