The next few days passed and Joey had been over at the flat a lot. He had helped Lauren rearrange the furniture, she hadn't been sleeping well and had during one of her sleepless nights had drawn out a plan of the lounge and had shown Joey that she would have more room if the furniture was moved. He had to admit that it made sense and the room actually looked a lot bigger than it was. And he was also glad that she hadn't attempted to move any of the furniture herself.

She had also gone out and brought a privacy screen for the kitchen window, which meant you could still see out and light still came in but no one could see in. Joey had caught her standing on a chair trying to stick it up herself, which had almost given him a heart attack. They had exchanged a few cross words with each other, which resulted in Lauren calling him all the names under the sun, leaving him a little shell shocked in the kitchen.

He had spent the next twenty minutes putting up the privacy screen and when he had finished Lauren was leaning against the wall watching him

'Sorry' she said softly

'I should wash your mouth out with soap and water' he told her half seriously

'The baby made me do it' she replied

Joey couldn't help but smile at her response 'Well then I am going to have to have words with the baby then aren't I?' he asked her as he walked over to her 'come on, you look exhausted, let's get you to bed'

'Its 10:30am' she frowned at him

'You need to sleep' he told her and he put his hands on her shoulders and frog marched her into the bedroom, she sat down on the bed and he took her shoes off and he pulled back the covers 'in' he told her

'Joey I won't be able to sleep' she told him

'We'll see' he replied 'in' he told her again. Lauren climbed into the bed and Joey pulled the duvet over her. 'Sleep' he said and he kissed her on the forehead and then walked back into the kitchen, he cleared the mess away and then checked her fridge and cupboards for food. He wrote a list and then checked on her in the bedroom. 'I'm just popping out. I'll be back in a little while and when I am you better be asleep!' he told her softly

Joey got back an hour later and heard movement in the bedroom. He put the bags in the kitchen, putting away things that needed to go into the fridge before he walked into the bedroom. Lauren was standing on yet another chair fiddling with the curtains in the bedroom. Joey walked in and swept her into his arms, she gave a tiny yell of surprise 'Am I going to have to confiscate all the things you can climb onto?' he asked her 'I thought I told you to stay in bed and sleep' he scolded her. 'Maybe I should tie you to the bed?' he mused out loud 'No, that wouldn't work, I have no doubt you'd find some way to get free' he deposited her on the bed again. 'Now will you do as you are told and get back into bed and get some sleep' he told her

Lauren sighed 'I can't sleep Joey. Don't you think I've tried? The baby keeps me awake with her cravings'

'Okay, so tell me what she's craving and I'll go out and get it for you if we don't have it here' he told her

'You can't get it and the doctor told me that I absolutely under no circumstances must I eat the first two'

Joey sat down on the bed 'What are they?' he asked her curiously

'Grass and sand' she told him

'What would you want to eat grass and sand?' he asked her

'I don't know it's your baby too you tell me!' she frowned at him

'Okay so what's the third?' he asked her

'It's not something you eat' she told him with a blush 'It's a different kind of craving' she told him, he watched as a faint blush coloured her cheeks,

'And what's that?' he asked her, she shook her head not wanting to tell him, she blushed redder and closed her eyes

'I'm going to try to sleep now' she told him,

'Okay' he said and he brushed her hair away from her face and he went back to the kitchen and busied himself with putting the rest of the groceries away.

'Sex' Lauren said from the doorway a few minutes later

'Excuse me?' Joey turned to look at her a teasing smile on his lips 'Was that an offer?'

'The third craving … is sex' she told him with a blush 'I can't stop thinking about sex. And it gets worse at night and I feel so horny all the time' she looked at him 'and then I can't sleep' she told him

Joey looked at her and she watched his face as he tried to figure out a suitable response.

'Oh!?' he said and he pushed his hands into his pockets and looked down at the floor briefly

'I know that I said that we shouldn't rush things, but maybe we could have sex so I could get some sleep'

Joey looked at her surprise on his face 'Well I ….' He trailed off and he licked his lips

AN: So how is Joey going to react to Lauren's proposition?

Hope you enjoy the chapter.

Back later and as always R&R