"come on lauren get up, everyones downstairs" abi said waking her sister
Lauren groaned as her eyes flickered open, not liking the bright light, she could hear lots of voices down stairs, she got out of bed and went to brush her teeth, then got dressed and headed downstairs, she walked into the living where she saw everyone all talking about opening presents, she looked at her mum who gave her smile but lauren looked away, she then saw joey looking at her and smiled at him. She made her way into the kitchen to get herself a drink, she didn't hear tanya come in behind her
"darling, about last night im sorry, I didn't mean to hit you" tanya said
"just forget it mum, you made your feelings pretty clear last night" lauren said, not making eye contact.
A while later they were all in the lounge, passing presents to open, joey was sitting opposite lauren and they both kept sneaking glances, carol was handing round presents, she passed one to lauren, everyone looked at her to open it
"whose it from?" abi asked excited
"its from joey" lauren said, reading the lable to her self "I love you so much jx"
She opened the paper an it was a box, she opened it and saw two charms for her Pandora bracelet that joey had already bought her, the charms were a J and a L, lauren looked up at joey and smiled saying thank you,
"dad, I need to tell you something" lauren said looking at max
"yeah what is it?" max asked
"its about…" lauren began but was cut over by tanya
"not now lauren" tanya stated
"im sorry mum, but I need to do this" lauren said
"no lauren, im not having you ruin Christmas" tanya spat
"will someone tell me whats going on" max said
"im in love with lauren" joey said, everyone fell quiet with all eyes on joey
"What you on about?" max asked not understanding
"dad, me and joey have been seeing each other, im sorry" lauren said
"what do you mean seeing each other your cousins" max stated
"I know, we cant help the way we feel dad, im sorry" lauren said starting to cry
Max looked shocked his daughter, not quite believing what he had been told, he then ordered everyone to get out, they all left except tanya, lauren and joey
"how longs it being going on for?" max asked
"sine before the crash" lauren said
"what, that was weeks ago, but joey left" max said confused
"mum told him to, when she found out" lauren explained
"you knew?" max asked tanya, she nodded her response
"who else knows?" max asked
"just mum, derek and alice" lauren replied
"look uncle max, I love your daughter, I would never hurt her" joey butted in
"aww aint that sweet you love her" max said sarcasticly
"dad please, we do love each other" lauren pleaded to her dad
"I need time to get my head round this" max said walking out of the room followed by tanya.
"I cant believe you just done that" joey said moving closer to lauren
"im sorry" lauren said before bursting into tears
"hey, you don't need to be sorry im not angry" joey said hugging her closely
"as soon as I saw the charms I knew that everything had happened with lucy I had got wrong, and I didn't wanna keep it a secret it anymore, im so sorry for telling everyone" lauren cried harder
"babe its fine, im not angry, if anything im relieved its out. I wanna be with you lauren properly" joey proclaimed
Lauren looked up at him, joey moved a strand of hair behind her ear and moved forward and kissed her, they heard someone cough, the pulled apart and saw max
"looking back I saw how happy you were for a while, then the overdose and that, now I understand it all" max said to the pair, they both smiled at him
"dad its not some joke ok, I really love joey" lauren said
"I can see that, im not saying its going to be easy, and I don't know how people are going to react to this but its ok with me" max smiled, lauren jumped up and gave her dad a cuddle,
"thanks a lot max" joey said standing and shaking maxs hand.
"right we best get everyone back and start celebrating" max laughed
Lauren made her way into the kitchen where she saw tanya preparing dinner
"mum im sorry it came out the way it did" lauren said
"its ok darling, I guess I was to selfish to realise that you were hurting and that you needed joey" tanya smiled
"im glad dads ok with it" she replied back to her mum
"well like me we just want whats best for you" tanya said giving her daughter a cuddle
A while later after max had rallied everyone up for dinner, tanya served it, before everyone ate max stood up and made a speech
"well its been a better Christmas this year, a little bit of drama but nothing major, me and tan are happy and now I know lauren and joey are, and all I will say is if anyone has a problem to leave now please, if not then tuck in" max laughed
After dinner everyone was sat round the tv watching a Christmas film, lauren was cuddled up to joey, it felt so good to be able to do it finally, neither lauren or joey expected max to react the way he did, but it made them both happy, finally they could be together without any dramas.
what dramas do you think will happen to the happy couple? hope your enjoying