I'm back, so I hope you are enjoying my story so far. I have many more things in store for Lauren and Joey.
Joey's Pov
"Lauren, where are you." I tried to shout. The water filled my lungs and I was struggling to breathe, the water was harsh and strong as it pushed against my legs, I felt weak. Lauren was somewhere; I needed to get to her. The water was tugging at my legs trying to pull me down; I couldn't give in, not now. Logs and branches were floating everywhere. I could see something floating; I think it was a person I wasn't sure. All I knew was that I needed to find Lauren and to do that I needed to find something sturdy to hold on to. I could see a tree; it looked like it was still up right. I carefully tried to swim over, I turned around to see how far I was and that is when I noticed, the water was bubbling, it was not meant to do that. The second wave then hit, it crashed over me and sent me deep into the water. The water was stronger now and kept pulling me down, I was struggling to breathe and I kept panicking as all I could see was black hair. Logs were coming violently towards me, our holiday was not meant to end in disaster, and finally I found the strength and managed to pull myself up. I could hear screaming, but I was not able to help, I just needed Lauren, I was cold and exhausted, I needed to know she was ok. I had lost sight of the tree, it must have sunk; the next best thing was a huge piece of wood or plastic, I was not sure, I grabbed hold of that and managed to haul myself on top, when I looked back over, the black haired person had reappeared, I was pretty sure they were dead, and that was when I looked closer, I could have sworn that was Lauren's bikini.
Flashback
"Please, please can we go shopping, I need new bikinis, and I have to look good." Lauren begged with Tanya. Lauren and I were not going out at that point. I just stood there laughing. "See Joe, this is what I have to deal with, girls are a nightmare, and I was never like this when I was younger." Tanya moaned. I was finding this argument very funny and entertaining, Alice was never like this. Lauren and Tanya were really shouting now so I stood up. "Look Lauren I will come with you, I need to pop into town anyway, and I will even pay for you to have some new clothes just shut up and get out of your pyjamas, oh and we are leaving in10 minutes." I stated smirking. Lauren kept trying to object but I was not going to give in, eventually I said 5 minutes and with that she shot up the stairs. "Joey, you really do not need to do this, I will give you some money, I do not want you spending your money on Lauren." Tanya pleaded with me but I simply told her I wanted to treat Lauren. When Lauren was ready, we got into my car, life was good. We went round several shops and Lauren picked several things out and I even approved them. I knew I felt something for Lauren I was just in denial. At every shop we went to they asked if Lauren and I were a couple and neither I or Lauren put them in their place. We had a really good time and when we got back we were both in fits of laughter. I think Tanya nearly had a fit when she saw how much I had bought for Lauren, but I cared for her and I did genially feel that those items looked great on Lauren.
End of flashback
I decided that I had had enough, so I slowly made my way over to the body and turned it over...
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