Chapter twenty-one

"So he's alright ain't he?" Nancy laughed. Lauren rolling her eyes in return.

"Uh-oh! He's coming over" Nancy said, using the table as a drum.

Lauren visibly paled and got nervous all of a sudden. "Nancy! Say anything and I will kill you" Lauren warned her, although her facial expression said different.

Joey sat down with Jay across from the girls, and Johnny. "Alright girls... Sorry and..." Joey began.

"Alright, I'm Johnny"

Nancy burst out laughing, causing everyone to look at her. "It's alright, girls is fine" Nancy smirked. Everyone laughed at her response as even Lauren couldn't help but burst into a fit of laughter. Lauren caught joey smiling at her, which caused her to softly smile at him after stopping laughing.

"So what's the plan guys?" Jay asked.

"Well, we'll have a few in here then go upstairs, cause we know Lauren can get friendly with the booze!" Nancy smirked.

"Hey!" Lauren snapped, added with laughter, letting them know she didn't take it to heart.

"Nance! For gods sake!" Johnny scolded her.

"It's alright Johnny... Joey this is Nancy and as you can see she's not got a subtle bone in her" Lauren said, slapping the back of her head.

*JL*JL*JL*

Everyone made their way upstairs and Lauren made sure she was one of the first ones up, leaving joey to walk behind at the back of everyone else. Tonight hadn't been has bad as she thought, only a few awkward glances between her and joey, which Nancy had saw and automatically started a new conversation, saving her friend from any tension thrown her way.

"Right... Drinks?" Nancy asked. Everyone agreed and they all made their way into the living room, Nancy disappearing off into the kitchen to find alcohol.

Everyone got into conversation and Lauren sat on the edge of the sofa, feeling awkward knowing joey was watching her. She saw Abi nudge joey her way, and she was sure she wasn't thankful for that, almost sure.

"Hey" joey said sitting on the sofa, next to her.

"Hi"

"Listen, can we talk?" Joey asked her, he scratched the back of his head and Lauren knew he was nervous. Why would joey be nervous?

"Sure what's up?" She asked him.

"In private. I have to tell you something"

Lauren thought about it for a moment and relented. "Okay, let's go into the kitchen, Nancy should be done in there by now"

Joey followed Lauren as she got up, sighing.

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