So here's the next chapter. It's another long one too. More of the same I guess would be one way of describing it. Enjoy!
Chapter 12: Twilight.
The first full day of the weekend away started in the best way possible as far as Lauren was concerned. She woke in Joey's arms, his body pressed behind hers. She was right where she wanted to be. She wondered if there would ever come a time when she wouldn't want to be where she was now. His arm tightened around her waist and then he was kissing her neck so softly, his lips gradually climbing higher until they reached her ear. "Morning babe…" he whispered.
"Hi," she said, turning her head slightly so she could see his face. He moved closer and pecked her gently on the lips.
"I've missed this the last few days." He told her. "This is pretty much one of my favourite moments of the day. I like waking up and you being here with me."
"Me too." She turned her head away from him a little.
"What are you thinking?" he asked softly.
"I'm so glad you came to Walford, Joe. It scares me to think I could've lived the whole of my life without ever knowing you..." She felt him kiss her shoulder, his lips remaining pressed against her skin.
"I would've turned up eventually, Lauren. Alice was never going to stay away from Derek forever."
"You think so?"
"Yeah, I do." He kissed her neck tenderly. "We ought to go and have a shower..."
"I do feel a bit sticky... I think you missed some of the chocolate" she said. "Do you think you can sneak into my room and get my dressing gown?"
"Sure..." he said. He was only gone a few seconds and then he returned carrying her gown.
"I'll go and have a shower..." she said, climbing out of the bed and letting Joey put the gown on her.
"Fancy some company?" he asked softly.
"I think that would be a bad idea..." she murmured, "I'd love it... but we'd get caught, wouldn't we?"
"Probably. Another time then?"
She nodded her head and walked towards the door. She opened it slightly and peeked out, finding the landing fortunately empty. She turned and kissed Joey quickly before making a dash to the bathroom.
*JL*JL*
Joey and Lauren were in the kitchen sorting out a list of food they needed to get when the others began to appear. They could easily see that most of them (well, okay, all of them really except Tamwar) were a little worse for wear.
"You guys left early last night," Whitney said as she sat at the breakfast bar.
"Yeah, I was tired and Joey said he'd walk back with me..." Lauren explained.
"It's not fair, you don't even look hungover..." Poppy groaned as she held her head in her hands.
"I'm not. I didn't have that much to drink so I feel fine this morning." Lauren said with a smile. "Joey and I were going to go and buy some food for the weekend so we can have some lunch and something to drink. Does anyone have any requests?"
The next ten minutes were spent discussing their food needs and Joey added to the list the things that were suggested. "Right, well we'll go and buy this stuff. Shall we split the bill when we get back?" Joey said. Everyone agreed and Joey and Lauren were soon leaving the villa.
"See, we've got more time alone now." Lauren said. Joey slipped his hand in hers after they were out of sight of the villa and squeezed it gently.
"Maybe we can get away again this evening?" he said softly.
"We can try..." Lauren said. "I'd really like that though." She added.
They walked to a nearby supermarket that they'd seen the evening before and managed to find all of the things on their list. They decided to get a taxi back to the villa, rather than carrying all of the shopping back so it wasn't long before they were unloading everything in the kitchen. Once they were done Lauren began to get something ready for everyone to eat for brunch and everyone sat down to eat.
"We were talking this morning while you were out about maybe going off in our couples this afternoon," Lucy said during the meal. "Is that okay with the two of you?" she asked.
"I guess..." Joey said.
"When were you thinking of heading out?" Lauren asked softly.
"Probably straight after we've eaten," Tyler said, "Whit and I want to go and get some presents for Liam, Tiff and Morgan."
"Pops, Lucy, me and Tam are going to explore the town," Fatboy said, "We'll probably stay there into the evening so we won't be back till late."
Alice looked at her brother and cousin, "You two can come with Anthony and me, if you'd like?" she asked them.
"It's fine, Al." Lauren said. "I'll probably just do some sunbathing by the pool and read a magazine or something. You go and have a nice time with Ant..." she smiled at her cousin as she spoke to her but Joey could see the smile didn't quite reach her eyes, not that Alice or anyone else noticed.
"Well we can clear up the plates and things, seeing as you and Joey got it all ready." Whitney said.
"And went shopping," Tamwar added.
After everyone had finished eating, Whitney and Lucy started to clear things away and everyone separated. While no one was looking Lauren slipped upstairs, needing a few minutes by herself.
*JL*JL*
"You okay?" Joey asked as he stood in the doorway of her room. Lauren was sitting on her bed, her arms wrapped around her knees. She nodded her head but he could clearly see she was lying. He walked over to her and sat down so he was sitting behind her. His hands brushed up and down the outside of her thighs as he pulled her back against his chest. She tried to pull away from him but he tightened his hold on her and kissed her cheek softly, "They've all gone... it's just us here." She didn't say anything and he was beginning to worry now. "What is it, babe?" he whispered to her.
"I'm being stupid," she murmured but he could hear the emotion in her voice.
"If it's upsetting you this much, it isn't stupid... Talk to me."
"Is there something wrong with me?" she whispered.
"Why would you think that?"
"My friends don't seem to want to spend any time with me. If you hadn't come, I'd be completely on my own... probably getting drunk and making an idiot of myself."
"There's nothing wrong with you, Lauren. I swear, I would tell you if there was."
"Then why don't they want to be with me?" she murmured, burying her face in her hands.
"Do you remember what I said to you a few weeks ago? About your friends taking advantage of you?" She nodded. "This is what I meant, babe. They get lost in their relationships with their boyfriends and push you to one side, assuming you'll be there when they need you again."
"But why?"
"I don't know. I wish I could give you an answer. I don't understand it. I think you're amazing. I'd choose to be with you... every day." He told her gently.
She wound her arms around his neck and hugged him tightly, "Thanks Joe."
"Maybe it would've been different if I wasn't here. They might be leaving you because they know you have me to hang around with... Maybe I shouldn't have come."
"I'm glad you did. I don't think it would be any different if you weren't here, so I'm glad you are. Anyway I like you being here..." She whispered the last sentence and they fell into silence for a couple of minutes after that.
"Why don't you change and we can go downstairs and spend some time by the pool?" he murmured to her.
"'kay." She said, pulling herself from his arms. She walked over to the cupboard and opened the drawer, looking at the selection of bikinis she had. "What colour do you think today?" she asked him.
"What are the options?"
"Well, there's the green one I wore yesterday. Or I have dark blue, red, gold or white."
He walked up behind her and slipped his hand under her T-shirt, brushing his fingers across her skin. "I think the blue one today..." he told her. "Tonight I'm going to take you out..." he whispered.
"Where to?"
"The beach..." he said, smiling into her hair.
"That sounds nice." She said. She picked up the bikini he'd selected, smiling as she felt Joey lift her T-shirt up her body. He slowly stripped the rest of her clothing off her body. She pulled on the bikini bottoms and stood while Joey put the top in place.
"Stunning, Lauren." She smiled at his words and took one step back towards him, pressing herself back into his chest, feeling his arms wrap around her waist.
"You should change too..." she whispered.
"I will... in a minute." He murmured. He dipped his head and kissed the base of her neck. "Do you want me to put some suntan lotion on you?" She smiled and grabbed the bottle she'd brought with her, passing it to him. He began to put the lotion over her body, starting with her back. While he was doing that she piled her hair up in a bun on the top of her head. "Give me a minute and you can put some of this on me, if you'd like..."
"Course I will..." He left the room and returned minutes later, this time dressed in black trunks. She took her time to rub the suntan lotion into his body, appreciating the hard muscles beneath where her fingers worked. Once he was done she took his hands in hers and walked backwards out of the room, pulling him with her.
"Careful, babe. I don't want you to hurt yourself," he said softly when she began to go down the stairs backwards.
"I won't get hurt, Joe. I know you'll rescue me every time... right?" she paused her movement and stared at him, waiting for him to confirm what she'd just said.
"Sure will." He told her. They walked the rest of the way in silence until they were on the patio. Lauren lay out a towel on one of the sun loungers and then lay down on her back. Joey stared at her for several seconds, his eyes drifting up and down her body. He then moved another of the sun loungers over so it was near to hers and lay down. They lay in silence for more than an hour.
Lauren decided she needed to turn over and when she did so she undid the back of her top, trying to reduce some of the tan marks. "Joey, can you put some more lotion on my back?" she asked him softly. He didn't reply but she saw him get up from his lounger and then his fingers were smoothing more lotion into her back. He also did the back of her legs and arms. She smiled when his fingers brushed the sides of her breasts. He bent down and kissed her cheek, then put some sun tan lotion on her face as well. "Do you want me to do you?" she asked him as he stood back up.
"Okay..." he said. She pulled herself up to a sitting position and then rubbed more lotion over the back of his body and arms as he sat on the edge of her lounger. He stood up and she did the back of his legs. She wiped the excess lotion onto her legs. Smiling slightly she pulled down the waistband of his trunks and kissed the bare skin beneath before snapping the trunks back in place. He sat back on the edge of her lounger, staring at her face for several seconds. He flashed a smile at her and then leant forward and kissed her deeply, his hands brushing up her body and caressing her naked chest.
"We should go back to sunbathing, babe... before we get carried away..." she whispered, resting her head on his shoulder as she spoke.
"I don't mind getting carried away..." he told her.
"What if some of them come back?" she said. "Let's sunbathe for a while, Joe. We've always got later..."
"I'm going to hold you to that." He said.
"Good..." she replied.
A few minutes later they were both lying on their respective loungers again. Joey turned his head so he was looking at Lauren and with the hand that was nearest her, he reached over and entwined a couple of his fingers with hers. She opened her eyes and smiled at him. Their eyes remained locked for some time, neither of them saying anything but managing to communicate nonetheless.
*JL*JL*
Lauren woke sharply, feeling something cold on her back which caused her to gasp. She opened her eyes and saw Joey was crouched next to her lounger, his body shading her top half from the sun somewhat.
"You're starting to go a bit pink, babe..." he said.
"I didn't mean to fall asleep." She mumbled, still feeling quite sleepy.
"I brought you out a drink." He said, holding the glass near her face. She could see the condensation on the side of it and it explained the cold shock she'd received moments earlier. She took the glass from him and drank from the glass, closing her eyes as the ice cold water cooled her down.
"It's so hot..." she said to him softly.
"Fancy going in the pool to cool off?" he asked. She nodded and put the glass under her lounger so it was in the shade. Joey helped her to her feet. "I got texts from Tyler and Alice and it sounds like they're all out until this evening." She smiled slightly but Joey could see what he'd said had bothered her. He pressed his lips to her forehead, "At least this means we know we won't be disturbed now... so we can get up to whatever we want..." he told her softly. Her arms wound around his waist and she rested her face against his chest.
"I want you..." she murmured.
"Good to know, babe." He whispered. His hands slipped lower and curved around her ass. Moments later he was lifting her off the floor. His mouth met hers as she wrapped her legs around his waist and moved her arms to his neck. She moaned into his mouth as he deepened the kiss and pulled her body tighter against his. They stared at each other as they pulled apart, both breathing deeply. "Hold your breath, Lauren." No sooner had he spoke then he was jumping into the pool with her in his arms. Both went under the surface and Lauren was still clinging to him when they broke back through seconds later. Lauren smiled at him, brushing some of the water from his face while he still held her in his arms. She loosened her hold on him slightly and his hands brushed over her body, always drawn back to her chest.
"Fuck me, Joe." She begged him, "I want you so badly..." she whispered. He released his hold on her, letting her legs move to the floor. His hands brushed down to her hips and he pushed the bikini bottoms down her legs. She kicked them to one side, needing him more than she was worried about losing them. She stepped closer to him and slipped her hand into his trunks, stroking his hardening cock. Her other hand worked with his to shove his trunks out of the way. He pulled her back into his arms and kissed her with gusto, her hand still moving on his length. Lauren moved the tip of him to her opening and they both sighed as he entered her quickly. They both stopped moving, taking their time to savour this moment. Joey walked them to the shallow end of the pool where there were steps down into the water. He turned and sat on a step so half his chest was above the surface. Lauren was now sitting on his lap and she began to move on him, frantically striving for the peak she was desperate to achieve. "Oh, god, babe." She whimpered, her need was so high now. She was so close to coming but she wanted him to come with her. She looked at his face, her whole body practically shaking as she teetered on the edge and she could see the passion and desire on his face and in his eyes. Her hand rose and brushed the side of his face, her thumb stroking his cheek softly. "Fuck me hard, Joey." She breathed, her lips settling on his again. As she kissed him her movements gradually slowed and Joey took over, moving them so her back was now pressed against the side of the pool. He began to thrust into her hard and Lauren felt her arousal climb again to the heady heights. Joey lowered his mouth to a breast and pulled the tip into his mouth, sucking on its and bathing it with his tongue. His fingers brushed over its partner and Lauren fell over the edge, her core tightening on him and pushing him past the point of no return. He moved his mouth back to hers, his cock continuing to move in and out of her as they tried to prolong the moment. Neither of them spoke but both were unknowingly thinking the same thing. They didn't ever want this to end.
*JL*JL*
Lauren was in the shower when the others started to return. After their session in the pool both had returned to sunbathing, although Lauren didn't bother with her bikini top anymore. There seemed little point when Joey had seen everything anyway and this meant she would have very few tan lines. As she stood in the shower she knew her body was very slightly pink but the water was soothing it and she was pretty sure she wouldn't be in any pain later.
She finished and wrapped the towel around her body, walking quickly back to her room. She smiled as she saw Joey sat on her bed. "I thought you'd be downstairs having a beer with the boys?" she murmured.
"I'd rather be here with you, you know that." He told her. "Anyway, I thought you might like me to put some after sun on your back." He added with a slight smirk.
"That's a good idea..." she said, walking over to the side and picking up the bottle of after sun. She handed it to him as she reached the bed. She sat on the edge of her bed and removed the towel, winding it around her hair and piling it on her head. Ever so slowly he put the after sun on her back, his touch so gentle it was making her breath falter.
He finished on her back eventually, "Turn around, babe," he whispered. She did as he asked and he started again, stroking her skin with the soothing lotion so carefully that she couldn't help the moan that fell from her lips. "I think we're both enjoying this a little too much, babe." He said, his voice barely audible.
"Touch me, Joe..." she whispered, biting her lip.
"Lauren?"
"I need you in me... Feels like I'm going to explode, Joe." She looked at him in desperation. "Can't you feel it?" she asked him.
He nodded in silence, moving quickly and thrusting his ever-ready length into her. She clutched his arms with her hands and gasped softly as he once again satisfied her needs, giving her exactly what she wanted and needed. He just had to touch her and she was practically coming... it would be embarrassing if it was anyone else but the thing was, he seemed to react much the same way. He just had to look at her and his cock would harden... she knew it, she'd seen it happen and he told her it all the time.
*JL*JL*
"Wow. That was intense..." Joey said a few minutes later as they lay on her bed, Lauren in his arms.
"It's completely your own fault... the way you were touching me when you were putting the after sun on me... it was only going to end one way."
He kissed the tip of her nose softly. "We should go and get ready for our night out."
"What should I wear?" she asked him.
"We're going to the beach... just wear something you feel comfortable in. You don't have to dress up if you don't want to, Lauren. It's really up to you..."
"I've got a nice dress..." she said, clambering from the bed and opening the wardrobe. After a couple of seconds she turned around and held a dress in front of her naked body.
"Beautiful..." he told her. "Just like you."
"Joe..." she whispered, turning back to the wardrobe and hanging the dress back up. She was very aware of him watching as she got dressed. The dress was white so with her dark hair and slight tan, the dress was quite a contrast. Joey rose from the bed and walked towards her as she put on some make-up, keeping the look fairly natural. She turned to face him once she was done and stood on her tiptoes to kiss him softly. "You're a little underdressed, Joe..." she said with a giggle.
"I'll go and put something on and I'll meet you downstairs." He replied.
*JL*JL*
"You look really nice, Lauren," Alice said as she walked back into the villa from outside.
"Thanks Al. Joey and I are going into town for a couple of hours."
"That's a shame. Tyler and Anthony are just sorting out a barbecue. It would've been fun if you and Joe were there too."
"It'll still be fun, Alice." Lauren said with a smile, "I think Joey and I are just feeling a bit stir crazy after spending the whole day here. We can do something together tomorrow, if you'd like." Lauren suggested.
"Maybe we should do something as a group?" Alice said.
"Sure." Lauren turned towards the stairs when she heard footsteps and smiled at her cousin as she saw him coming down to meet her. "Alice was just saying that all of us should do something together tomorrow."
"Sounds good to me." Joey said, "You ready?" he asked her.
"Yeah..." She stepped forward and hugged Alice, "See you later, Al."
*JL*JL*
The walk down to the beach was nice. Evening was starting to draw in and the heat had lessened somewhat, although it was still pretty warm by British standards. Joey was holding Lauren's hand again as they walked away from the villa. The beach was quiet when they got there, everyone having left for the day to go and have some food. Joey had brought a bag with him and once they were in a secluded area of the beach he pulled a blanket out of the bag and placed it carefully on the sand. "Have a seat, milady." He said, bowing slightly and helping her sit on the blanket. He bent down and kissed her briefly, "I'll be back in a couple of minutes." He said before dashing away.
Lauren stared out across the water, drawing her knees up to her chest and wrapping her arms around her legs. She jumped when Joey suddenly appeared and sat behind her, his legs either side of hers. "You made me jump, Joey."
"Sorry. Will chips make it up to you?" he said, holding a portion of chips in some paper in front of her. "I thought we should have something to eat."
"You really know how to spoil a girl, Joe." She whispered, although there was definitely a smile on her face as she spoke.
"Nothing but the best for you, Lauren." He said. He wrapped his arms around her and for the next few minutes they shared the chips in silence. Lauren rested her head back against his shoulder once they'd finished eating.
"Why are we here?" she whispered.
"For this..." he breathed into her hair.
Lauren looked into the distance she could see the slight orange tinge to the sky and she realized what he'd brought her to see. "You brought me to see the sunset?" she asked him in barely a whisper.
"I wanted to see it with you." He bent down slightly and kissed her neck. "It's one of my favourite times of the day, something that means a lot to me. When I was small, mum used to take me and Alice away to the seaside every summer. This was after Derek had gone. The first time I remember Alice was still really small and mum was having problems getting her to sleep. She'd take us down to the beach, Alice in her buggy and while mum would rock her to sleep, the two of us would watch the sunset. It became our thing. Even when Alice was older we'd still go down to the beach and watch it."
It was the first time Joey had ever really opened up to her about his childhood and she liked seeing this side of him. It was nice to see the softer side of her cousin. "It marks the end of one thing and the start of something new." She whispered, deep in thought.
"Exactly…" Joey whispered. Lauren sat between his legs, with her back against his chest and stared out over the distance. They sat in silence as the sun gradually set over the horizon, welcoming the end of what had been a fantastic day.
"It's so beautiful," she breathed as the sky turned a darker red and then purple before fading to black.
"Hmm," he agreed with her but his lack of words made her turn his head to look at his face, finding him looking at her rather than the reason they came.
"What?" She said.
"I was just agreeing with you," he said, his eyes looking at her briefly before turning to the remnants of the sunset.
"Hmm," she said, not quite sure she believed what he was saying.
"Are you doubting me, Lauren?" he asked her, a hint of laughter in his voice.
"You just didn't seem to be watching… I thought it was your favourite time of day."
"It is and I just enjoyed it again for the first time in years with my best friend. What's wrong with that?"
"Nothing…" she said, her cheeks blushing.
"I want to make love to you, Lauren…" he whispered after a couple more minutes of silence.
"Let's go back to the villa then." She replied.
"No, I meant here... now..."
Lauren turned her head to look at his face, "What if someone sees us?"
"This is a remote part of the beach, babe. We'll be fine. It's dark now and there's no one around."
She thought about it for a while, Joey sitting patiently behind her, giving her time to process what he'd suggested. "Okay, Joe." She finally whispered.
"We're going to have to be quick and quiet, babe." Lauren shifted in his arms, turning and kneeling so she was now facing him. His hands lifted and cupped her face, pulling her closer so their mouths met once more. They lay on the blanket and Joey rolled them so he was on top of her. His hand brushed up her thigh and she moaned softly, "Shh babe." He breathed against her lips. His hand moved higher, brushing across her knickers. He pushed them aside and his fingertips grazed across her opening. "Now I know you want this..." he murmured. Lauren bit her lip as his finger dipped inside, brushing her inner wall and finding the spot that always blew her away.
"Joe... we don't have time for that," she gasped as he continued to touch her so intimately.
"I guess you're right..." he said. He lifted himself off her and both hands removed her underwear, slipping them in the bag he'd brought with him. His shorts and boxers were pushed down but not off... She was right, this was going to have to be quick. Her dress was up around her waist and he stared down at her lower half. This was like a dream come true for him. There was so much he liked about the arrangement he had with his cousin. He pushed his length into her and gazed down at her face, seeing the emotions on her face, even though it was dark. "This will never grow old, Lauren."
"I like what we have too." She murmured.
"I have always wanted to do this..." he told her, kissing her tenderly.
"Do what?"
"Have sex with a girl on a beach... and I'm getting to do it with my best friend."
"You're my best friend too, Joe. More than Whitney or Lucy... I don't think I've ever been closer to anyone in my life." She whispered to him.
"I'm glad about that, Lauren..." He lowered his forehead to her chest, his thrusts increasing in speed and force. His hands slid down her body and settled on her hips, gripping them firmly. Lauren's arms pulled him closer to her and she kissed him desperately. She was moving with him and both knew it wouldn't be very long before the end was reached.
Moments later Joey grunted against her neck, his length pulsing within her. Lauren was close behind him, her back arching off the blanket and pressing her body into his chest. His lips pressed against her neck, sucking and kissing it gently, not enough to mark her but it increased her arousal once more. They were insatiable.
*JL*JL*
Lauren straightened her clothes as Joey folded the blanket up and put it back in his bag. He took her hand in his and they strolled back down the beach. Joey squeezed her hand, "You okay?"
"Of course I am. I've had some of the best sex ever over the last couple of days." She told him softly.
"Do you think they'll all be there when we get back?" he asked.
"Maybe... it depends on whether Lucy and the others stay in town and make a night of it." Lauren shrugged and looked at him. "I don't really care anymore." She told him. "As long as you're with me... that is all that's important to me now." He smiled at her and they walked the remainder of the distance to the villa in silence.
*JL*JL*
Lucy and the others hadn't arrived back at the villa and when Lauren and Joey walked out to the back of the villa they found Whitney, Alice, Anthony and Tyler sitting around the pool, drinking.
"Hey guys..." Joey said.
"I'm just going to nip upstairs..." Lauren murmured, running into the villa and up to the bathroom. She needed to freshen up a little after their escapades on the beach. When she walked back out of the villa she found Joey sitting on one of the sun loungers, two bottles of beer in his hands. She sat on the same lounger as him, close but not quite touching him.
*JL*JL*
The six of them sat talking and laughing around the pool for a couple of hours before the others came back. Lauren tensed slightly when she saw Lucy staring at her and Joey intensely but then she was distracted by something Tamwar said to her and Lauren relaxed again. She yawned almost an hour later and finished the rest of her beer. "I think I'm going to call it a night..." she said softly. "I'll see you all in the morning."
She was asleep in bed an hour later when she was woken by a pair of arms pulling her back against their owner's body. Lips pressed against her hair in a tender kiss. She twisted around and settled herself against his chest, kissing above his heart softly as she closed her eyes again.
"Night babe..." he whispered as she fell asleep.
TBC
A/N: So what do you think? Also, I posted a one-shot last night too - It's called Regrets. Please read and review that too.
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