The next day Lauren was sitting in the kitchen on her mobile when she heard someone at the door
'Oh hold on a second, just need to go to the door' she said getting up and walking the short distance to the front door. 'Oh hey come in I'm running late' she said smiling at Whitney
'Who is it?' the voice on the phone asked her
'It's Whitney if you really have to know Mr Nosey' she grinned and looked at Whitney
'Tell her I said hi'
'Ant says hi'
'Hi Ant' Whitney called down the phone,
'Happy now?'
'Yes thank you'
'Good okay well I have to go I was supposed to be meeting Whitney and Tyler in the Vic and yes I will tell Tyler exactly what you told me'
'You'd better'
'I Will promise, okay I gotta go… talk to you later byeeeee!' she hung up 'I'm so sorry Whit, Ant called and you know what he can be like…..'
'You are never on time for anything' Whitney rolled her eyes 'Me and Ty are starving!'
'Okay, okay I'm sorry I'm coming' Lauren told her 'Keep your hair on' she grabbed her coat, bag and keys and pushed her phone into her pocket, locking the house behind her she walked with Whitney towards the Vic.
'Have you spoken to Lucy yet?' Whitney asked her 'Only she was looking for you last night, been calling you texting you'
'No I haven't spoken to her' she replied 'I had 14 missed calls, 6 voice mails and 25 text messages that got ruder each time' Lauren told her 'Can you give me the short version?'
'Joey' Whitney said
'Joey? Still? I thought she'd got it all off her chest the other day' Lauren frowned
'Yeah well apparently not. Now she thinks he's avoiding her, feeling guilty about the flirting and the kiss' she said 'Has he said anything to you about it?'
'We talked about it a little but that's between me and Joey…I'm not breaking his confidence and I didn't break Lucy's' she lied. 'And I told Joey that I don't want to be in the middle'
We walked into the Vic 'Finally!' Tyler exclaimed 'Can we order some food now?'
'Sure, Whit and I will have our usual'sheI said grinning at him as he walked to the bar, we sat down 'So how did you leave things with Lucy?'
'I told her that she had to talk to him ask him outright what's going on' Whitney told me as she picked up her drink and took a sip. 'Oh that's yours by the way' she pointed at the second glass,
'And what did she say?' she asked
'That she would talk to him'
'Oh right yeah well that makes sense I guess' Tyler came back and sat down 'Oh Tyler I have a message for you from your brother' Lauren told him 'Which is why I was late, he has been trying to call to you, he needs to speak to you urgently and he said something about you being a lowlife lying scumbag and that he's ashamed to be your much handsomer young brother' she said with a grin.
'That sounds like him' Tyler said 'I'll give him a ring tonight' he said 'You girls are going clubbing aren't you?'
'What's this, this is the first I've heard' Lauren looked at Whitney expectantly
'Lucy's idea actually' she said 'She probably would have asked you if you called her back'
'Let me guess R&R?' Lauren asked
'Probably… Oh I didn't tell you… Lucy thinks that Joey had a girl over at his place last night'
'Why would should think that?' Lauren frowned
'Well she was going round to see him and she said that she saw the curtains close downstairs and then two people kissing…'
'Could have been Kat or Alice with someone' Lauren took mouthful of drink and her phone beeped, she pulled it out of her pocket and looked at it and then laughed loudly and held it out to Tyler
'What is the idiot doing?' Tyler laughed at the message from his brother 'I'll text him back' he said and he started to use Lauren's phone,
'Hey!' Lauren exclaimed snatching the phone back 'Use your own credit!'
'Yes that's exactly what I told her' Whitney said with a grin
'Except that I know for a fact that Alice has gone to see her mum' Lauren said 'But Kat's whereabouts I can't vouch for'
'Well maybe it was Joey?' Whitney said 'Oh he's here, go ask him' she said nudging her causing her to spill her drink. 'Oh sorry babes!' she grinned at her
'Excuse me while I go dry my top' Lauren said and she got up
'Ask Joey on your way passed' Whitney said. Lauren rolled her eyes and she walked towards the toilets. She walked passed Joey and as she turned the corner she glanced up at him, he saw her and smiled giving her a wink, he saw Lauren smiling as she lowered her head and disappeared into the ladies.
He brought a beer and he looked over at Tyler and Whitney, he went over 'Mind if I join you'
'Free country mate' Tyler said nodding
Joey sat down and he yawned suddenly 'Late night Joey?' Whitney asked him
'Yeah actually it was' he said and he scratched his chin
Lauren came back to the table and Joey moved so she could squeeze in beside him 'Do you ever listen to your voicemails?' he asked her
'I haven't today why?' she asked him as she pulled out her phone and she glanced at it
'I've been trying to call you. Your phone has been engaged practically all morning;
'Sorry I was on the phone to Ant, I hadn't spoken to him in ages and we had a lot to catch up on' she explained to him 'What did you want?' she looked at him
'Well I spoke to Sharon and I asked her if there were any jobs going at the club and she told me that she'd just filled the vacant bar staff post this morning, but she'll add your name to the list…'
'Full of good news today aren't you' Lauren interrupted him
'I haven't finished' he scolded her 'And then we got talking about maybe rebranding the club, maybe some advertising, but Sharon wasn't sure if she had enough money to cover a big firm coming in to do it so I told her about your drawings…' Lauren narrowed her eyes at him 'And after a lot of persuading, she's agreed to meet you at 3pm to go through her ideas and give you a shot at designing something, the pays not great but it's a chance to show everyone what you can do' he said 'So all you have to do is bring your sketch book' and pencil' he looked at her waiting for her to yell at him,
'Are you serious?' she raised her eyebrows at him
'Yes, it's all set up' he nodded
'Joey I don't know what to say' she said and she grinned at him and then she flung herself at him and hugged him, he laughed at her 'Oh you are the best' she told him 'Thank you'
'I've just done the easy part' he said 'The rest is down to you'
Lauren grinned and she took a drink of her vodka and lemonade and put it down on the table 'We'll definitely go to the club tonight, If it works out we can celebrate, if it doesn't you can all help me drown my sorrows.' She told them 'Joey, you'll come'
'I'll already be there, I'm working tonight, traded last night' he said
'Speaking of last night ' Whitney said , Lauren kicked her under the table 'What, he brought it up' she glared at Lauren 'Lucy said ….'
'I've already spoken to Lucy' Joey said 'And yes I've told her that I'm not interested in a relationship with her and yes I had someone over last night' he told us
'Who?' Whitney asked him
'A girl' Joey said 'And that's all I'm going to say on the subject' he said, the food was brought over and Joey stole a chip from my plate.
Lauren's phone vibrated and I picked it up and looked at it, 'Oh it's Lucy…she wants me to go over to the café' Lauren said as her phone vibrated again 'Oh now mum wants me' she sighed ''Okay I'm going to have to go' she told them, she pulled some money out of her purse and gave it to Tyler, she picked up her burger and took a couple of bites and then drank the rest of her drink in one, 'I'll see you later' she told them, Joey moved to let her out and she smiled up at him 'Thank you again' she told him.
'Meet you at the club at 8:00' Whitney said 'Good luck this afternoon'
'Thanks' Lauren grinned at her.
AN so what do Lucy and Tanya want and how will Lauren do with her meeting with Sharon and will Joey and Lauren get to be alone again soon? Keep reading and reviewing and enoying, if you are lucky you may get another chapter tonight! x
