Here's the one for today:)
Joey and Lauren Back Together?
JOEY POV:
We were sitting in the Vic in the corner. Everyone was looking at us. I guessed they were wondering who Frank was. We were meeting Max, Tanya, Jack, Sharon, Abi and Alice here. I was worried about how Alice would take, I know she probably won't recognise him to start with because she must have only been about 2 when he left, but as soon as we tell everyone who he is. I never really talked about him much after he left. Neither did mum or Derek. I don't know if she will actually remember him.
We were chatting when they all walked in. None of them had a clue what or why we called them here. No one other than Alice, me and Lauren actually knew about Frank before coming here today, so this might be a shock to them. Lauren stood up from sitting next to me to give her mum and dad a hug as she hadn't seen them for the past week as they were on honeymoon, I think I remember Lauren saying that they went to Itlay.
"Hey, everyone" I said, I shook Max's hand and kissed Tanya's cheek, it didn't take long for people to notice Frank. Everyone had now got a drink and where sitting around the table.
"C'mon then, who's this?" Jack finally said
"This is Frank, Frank Branning, my brother" I said
LAUREN POV:
No one said anything for a while. Until Alice stood up and walked out. Joey was about to go after her. I stopped him, kissed him on the cheek and went after her. I found her outside sitting on one of the benches. I went to sit next to her.
"Talk to me Al"
"Is it really him, I mean I don't remember much of him but I remember seeing pictures of him, then Joey didn't say much more after he left"
"It is him, Al, he offered to buy some of my artwork but he tried to kiss me, then Joey got in a fight with him and then he realised who it was, he told me about him when we were together before, but it did take him a while to do, it really hurt him when he left"
"I'm really glad Joey has you, someone he can tell things to, he would never tell me anything like that, he would just bottle it up and that was never good for him. He trusts you and he really does love you"
"Thankyou Al, I love him too, c'mon then, lets go and see your brothers"
When we got back in, we realised we must of been out there for about 15 minutes. Joey walked over to us he gave us both a hug and whispered in my ear 'thank you'. We sat back down, Alice went to talk to Frank by herself. Joey had filled me in on what the others had said.
Tanya and Sharon were shocked but then they thought about it and came round to it. Jack was shocked that Derek had had another son, but Joey explained that he wasn't Dereks he was his mums and then Max was actually quite pleased, so overall no one took it badly.
We finished at the pub and then we decided that we would go back to the flat and then Frank would go homwere were walking down through the market, I was in the middle of them both with my arms linked through either of them. When I saw Lucy coming out of the cafe.
"One Branning not enough for you Lauren?" Lucy shouted
Frank asked who she was and we explained the whole story with her about the miscarriage about Derek and how she never got over Joey.
"Get over yourself Lucy" I shouted back at her.
Quite liked writing this one, what do you want to see Lucy do now, what other trouble is she going to cause. See you tomorrow. Laura:)