Chapter 53.

It'd been several hours since Lauren had fallen asleep, Joey had even dozed too but now he was awake and he could feel her starting to wake up too. Joey could hear people moving around downstairs and when he looked at the time he could see it'd soon be tea time. She stirred again, moaning slightly in her sleep and it caught Joey's attention once more. "Joe…" she whispered, a smile on her face and the sound of her saying his name made him smile too… and his body react. She rolled away from him slightly, now lying on her back rather than his chest and the covers slipped lower, revealing her boobs to him. Joey turned onto his side, resting his head on his hand as he stared down at her sleeping form. She was so beautiful. He reached out towards her, his hand cupping her right breast, feeling a heaviness to it that hadn't been there before. Both her breasts were bigger in size now, something for which Joey was extremely grateful having always been a bit of a boob man. His thumb brushed over the soft skin he was caressing and he saw her eyes flutter open. "Mmm…" she moaned softly. "Your hand is warm…" she said, smiling at him as he stared at her.

"We should go downstairs…" he said quietly. She shook her head and Joey frowned at her.

"I need you, Joe." She said softly, staring at him intently. Joey's mouth ran dry, feeling his cock harden further at her request.

"Babe, everyone is downstairs…" he said, wanting her to realize what she was asking.

"Then we'll have to be quiet." She said, smiling as her face coloured slightly.

"Are you sure?" he said.

Her bottom lip slipped out in a pout. "Don't you want me?" she asked, tears flooding her eyes.

"Babe, I will always want you..." he breathed, leaning forward and kissing her gently. "I just wanted to make sure you knew we might be heard... you were concerned about your parents hearing us earlier..."

"Like you said, they know we're having sex..." she stated, "and I'm not foregoing sex just because they might hear." She added, "If that's the case then once this tag is gone, we're moving out... getting a place together on our own. Me, you and Peanut."

Joey smiled at her, "I like your way of thinking... but you're right, I'm all for us continuing our sex life." She smiled, relief written across her face. "We'd better be quick though... or short stuff might interrupt us." Lauren lifted her head and kissed him softly before pulling away and rolling onto her side, her back towards him. "Babe?" he said.

She turned her head and looked at him, "I thought you wanted to do this?" she said. Joey's mouth ran dry as he watched her bend her legs, sticking her bum out towards him a little. They'd never been together in this position before... in fact, despite her dream world memories; he'd never taken her from behind. And it was a position he'd liked in the past. Those times it'd always been because it was a little less personal... a way of him distancing himself from the person he was fucking... but he knew it wouldn't be like that with Lauren. Firstly he'd be making love to her and he knew from what she'd told him about her dream world she'd liked it in that position too. He realised he'd been still a little too long and she was looking at him in concern. He moved closer to her, his groin pressing up against her bum and he saw the small smile appear on her face before she turned her head away from him once more. He pressed himself against her and she wriggled back into him, trapping his hard length between their bodies.

"God, babe..." he murmured, kissing the back of her head softly. He reached around her and placed his hand on her stomach, brushing her skin gently.

"We don't have long, Joe..." she reminded him so he pulled away from her, reaching between them and placing his length at her opening. He pushed into her in one smooth move, hearing her moan and smiling. He loved how responsive she was… she'd told him once it'd never been like that with anyone else she'd been with… which made him puff up with pride slightly.

His hand on her stomach moved lower, fingertips dancing over her clit as he moved slowly in and out of her, knowing she loved him as much as he loved her. "Babe, you've no idea how much I love you." He breathed in her ear.

"I do, Joe… I do…" she murmured.

He lowered his head and kissed her shoulder softly, then breathing those three important words in her ear over and over as he continued to make love to her. He moved a little faster as they both drew closer to their peaks. His hips quickened as her hand pulled his away from her, lacing their fingers together and squeezing his hand. He pulsed inside her as he came hard, surprised once more by the intensity of it. His peak set off Lauren's, her body gripping his cock tightly and she moaned softly. He continued to move within her, his pace slower now as their orgasms faded. His mouth settled on her shoulder, softly kissing across it and up her neck as he calmed down, his gentle exhalations tickling her cheek once he stopped moving. Lauren turned her head towards him and she kissed him tenderly, her tongue swiping across his lips and then brushing against his tongue as she deepened it. He dragged his mouth from hers. "We should go downstairs, babe..." he said again.

Lauren smirked, "I need to put some clothes on first, Joe..."

"Cute..." he said. He placed a quick kiss on her mouth then moved away from her in the bed, his cock slipping from her body and he saw the sadness on her face. He knew she was watching him as he walked across their room and opened the wardrobe. He could feel the heat of her eyes as she gazed at his body when he chose something for them both to wear. He pulled on some boxers, hearing her sigh behind him and when he walked over to the bed she was sitting up, clutching the duvet to her chest.

"Spoilsport..." she muttered.

Joey held his hand out towards her and she took it, getting to her feet, standing naked in front of him. "Tease..." he said with a smirk.

"That's why you love me," she whispered.

He smiled at her softly, "Go and have a wash before you get dressed... get rid of the hospital smell..." he told her.

"Joe..." she gasped, "Are you saying I smell?" she walked towards the bathroom as she spoke.

"No more than I do, babe... We've both been camped out at the hospital and we probably smell of sex too..." he said.

"You'd better come with me then..." she whispered, holding her hand out towards him.

*JL*JL*

The family sat down to dinner an hour later. Oscar and Abi had both hugged their sister when she came downstairs with Joey, pleased she was finally home from the hospital (and prison). She'd also hugged Alice tightly, telling her softly that she was sorry about Derek and getting a whispered congratulations on the baby in return. The atmosphere was light as they all ate, the return of Lauren and knowing she was well again making them all happier. After dinner Lauren and Joey sat on the sofa in the lounge and they watched a film, Lauren snuggled up against Joey, fighting to keep her eyes open several times.

"Babe, let's get you upstairs..." Joey whispered to her.

"I'm not tired..." she said, her eyes shut despite her words.

"Lauren, you've been snoring on and off for the last twenty minutes..."

"You're full of the compliments tonight, aren't you Joe?"

"Come on..." he said softly, nudging her upright. They both stood and then walked hand in hand up to their room. Joey, in a repeat of when they'd first gone up to their room, slowly stripped Lauren of her clothes, seeing she was already half asleep. He eased her into the bed and tucked her in.

"Where are you going?" she whispered when he turned away from the bed.

"Just to the loo... I'll be back in a minute, babe..." he reassured her. By the time he returned she was asleep so he quickly undressed and climbed into bed, pulling her gently into his arms. "Night night Lauren... night night baby..." he said quietly.

A/N: Well, Lauren seems to settling in back at home... and the family are all happy about her return... Send me a review... I promise drama is on the way... Back tomorrow...