Chapter 53

Lauren's p.o.v

"Aww, these are so cute" I cooed as i picked a pair of little pink booties with little bows on the side of them. "Oh and so is this" I said holding up the matching dress and tights.

"I know"Lucy gasped. "And I'm so going to have to get them"

"Yay" I smiled as i placed them in the trolley. "Baby Mercy is going to look so cute" I squealed.

"I know..." Lucy said also squealing as she started going through the baby clothes again.

"Uh oh... I have a feeling, you guys are going to be the next ones in here buying baby clothes" Fats smirked as he bumped shoulders with Joey.

"Ohh, no" I said quickly. " We are going to be waiting a very long time yet, before that happens"

"Although... It would still be a grate thing if it did happen at some point soon" Joey said and my eyes widened as he did. "Or in a few years from now, of course , we are still in high school after all..." He said quickly and i frowned at the sudden nervous way he is looking at me.

We ended up staring at each other for a good few minutes longer, me frowning the whole time feeling quite confused at the way he is looking at me... Fats clearing his throat was the thing that made us finally drag our eyes away from each others.

"Come on baby girl, you have to help me find the perfect outfit for baby Mercy, from her favorite uncles Fats" Fats said holding his arm out to me and i giggled slightly before going over to him and linking my arm with his and then he walked us over to the other side of the shop.

"What do you think Joey meant... Do you think he wants a baby now?" I asked distractedly as we swifted through the clothes , me looking over at Joey who is now getting a pink and white moses basket down for Lucy off the top shelf at the other side of the shop.

"Maybe..."Fats shrugged. "But he has been in love with you for like 10 years so you can't blame him for wanting the future to happen a little quicker then normal... Even though we are pretty young and probably aren't old enough to deal with it, that's why Luce really needs all of our help"

"Yer your right we are not old enough to deal with it, nowhere near in fact... Not to mention the fact that both of our parents would kill us... Ooh, look that dress is so cute" I said as i picked up and pink and brown Bambi dress, with the matching tights.

"Not as cute as this... She is going to look just as fly as her uncle Fats in this" He said holding up a pink track suit with a silver necklace of the letter M.

"Oh yer and Lucy is going to love it" I said trying not to giggle.

"I know... I'm going to go and show her now" He smirked before walking off.

"Hey baby" Joey smiled as he came and stood in front of me.

"Hey"I said looking up at him. "Some of this stuff is so cute... And its really tiny too" I mused as i picked up some mittens.

"Yer they are"

"Do you want a baby... Like now, i mean?" I blurted out before i could stop myself, his eyes widening as i did.

"What" He asked raising his eyebrows. "What would make you think that"

"What you said earlier..."

"Oh... No baby, i know now isn't the right time for us to have a baby... I know we are too young, i just meant that it wouldn't be such a bad thing is that was to happen..." He trailed off.

" Of course it wouldn't..., i never meant for you too think that i think its a bad thing, I want us to have load of children in the future " I said and i couldn't stop myself from smiling brightly when he smiled at me wildly before pulling me against him and kissing me passionately.

"I love you" I breathed before smiling against his lips.

"I love you too baby... Now i think we better go and save Luce cause otherwise i think Fats is going to try and pick out the whole of baby Mercy's wardrobe" Joey chuckled and i giggled as we looked over at them and i could see that Lucy is looking quite frustrated.

"Hey Luce... Look what i found" I said smiling as we reached her and Fats a few minutes later.

"Aww, they are so cute...i so have to get them as well" She smiled as she took the outfits from me and added them to the already half full trolley.

"Wow, your getting a lot"

"Yer... Well i still have a lot to get and my dad paid me this morning for all the work i have been doing at the cafe and chippy lately" She sighed. "Although i think i have pretty much spent it all now "

"Well i will get her the Bambi dress and the cute little sleep set i found"

"You don't have to do that"

"I know but i want too... Just call it a present from her auntie Lauren" I said kissing my hand before laying it on her bump.

"That's very sweet of you Lo, but i don't want you to get into trouble... Isn't your dad already mad that you paid that woman to have my dress ready on time, if you get baby clothes for me isn't he just going to get even more mad ... Are you sure its a good idea for you to get them"

"Yes, besides... I'm going to get into trouble anyway, the amount i have spent of clothes today, so adding some clothes for baby Mercy really isn't going to make a difference and this way you can buy a little more" I smiled as she hugged me.

"Your the best Lo... Thank you"

"Your welcome... Now lets go and find some more stuff" I giggled grabbing her hand and dragging her over to the bibs and little shoes bit...

2 hours later...

"This is so good" Lucy moaned as she took a bite of her burger and i giggled, Fats and Joey both chuckling at her. Us having gone to a burger stand outside of the shop Lucy wants to go in to look at buggies cause as soon as she smelt it, she said she needed it, now! Which made us all laugh as we followed her over to it.

And she got a double cheese burger with bacon and of course Joey got the same, with extra bacon and me and Fats got a hot dog.

"Your right, although i wouldn't have minded more bacon" Joey mused and i rolled my eyes before giggling.

"Can i have some Joe?" I asked smirking as i moved closer to him.

"No its mine" He pouted as he wrapped his arms around me when i was close enough to him. Before turning his face away from me so he could eat his burger and i smirked.

"Mm... That was so good" He smirked a few minutes later as he turned back to face me.

"Your cute" I smiled before kissing him softly.

"So are you" He whispered tightening his arms around me before kissing me again and i moaned as he pulled me flush against him, my hands sweeping into his hair as he deepened our kiss.

"Erm guy, we are still here you know" Lucy said as both her and Fats cleared their throats.

"Sorry" I blushed looking down in embarrassment as i pulled away from Joey before having some of my water.

"You know we should probably head back soon, or we are going to be late for dinner at your dads, Lo..." Joey said a while later, snapping me from my thoughts, which were mostly about him, as we walked out of the buggy shop.

"Yer i guess" I sighed.

"You still want to go, don't you?" He asked lacing our fingers together as we started walking down the street and towards the tube to head back to the square and i rested my head on his shoulder as he did.

"Yer... I do, I'm just a little nervous, you know, i mean we have only really just made up and i don't want us to end up falling out again"

"You wont baby... Your dad is so happy that you have forgiven him, there is no way he is going to let things go back to the way they were" He said smiling at me reassuringly.

"But i haven't though..."

"You haven't what?"

"Forgiven him... Not really, he did lie to me and make me think that..." I trailed off when i realized that Lucy and Fats are still with us.

"He did it to protect you babe..." He sighed as he looked over at them.

"I know..."

"Its all going to be okay babe, i promise"

"Okay" I said before smiling slightly as he wrapped his arms around me and kissed me on top of the head.

20 minutes later...

"Are you sure you don't mind, running my stuff over to my house for me" Lucy asked as she hugged me.

"Of course not, its on our way back to Joey's anyway, now go and enjoy your date with Ty"

"Its not a date"She blushed. "We are just having lunch together"

"Oh its a date" Joey smirked. "With the amount of kissing you guys were doing at the dance, its definitely a date"

"Okay... Well maybe its a nearly date then"

"What's a nearly date then lushas Lucy" Fast asked looking highly amused and we all laughed.

"Its like a date before a real date"

"Huh?" Both Fats and Joey said as i nodded.

"Well, when you like someone but your not sure if its really going to go well or not , you go out but not on a date, its just like one and then if you still really like them afterward you go on a real date"

"And Ty knows about this" Fats frowned.

"Of course he does, i spoke to him about it when he asked me out"

"I can't believe, girls actually think like that" Joey said confused.

"Most girls" I corrected. "Not me"

"Really and why not"

"Cause i already knew i was still going to like you" I shrugged. "Besides in the beginning we never really went out on dates, we just used to kiss, a lot"

"Ah, we had kissing dates then" He winked. " And i love them so much"

"Mm... I happen to be quite fond of them too"

"Yer..." He asked raising his eyebrows as he moved closer to me.

"Okay, I'm just going to go now... Before you 2 start ripping each others clothes off " Lucy giggled which made me blush, looking down moments later i cleared my throat, feeling quite embarrassed that me and Joey had be flirting right in front of Luce and Fats and we have already made out heatedly in front of them once today... and if Lucy hadn't just said anything it probably would have happened again.

"Right erm... See you later Luce" I said hugging her again.

"See ya and call me if you need to talk, i know your going through a hard time at the moment , even though you wont tell me what is going on with you and your parents... And from what you and Joey were saying a while ago its as bad as i have been thinking... So i just want you to know that I'm here if you need me"

"Thanks Lucy, but as i said its nothing really and its nearly over now anyway , with my dad at least"

"Okay... Bye then" She said not looking very convinced but she moved away from me anyway and went and gave Joey and Fats a hug.

"Bye" We all shouted as she walked towards the ice cream shop that we bought her mint choc chip from before we went with her to her scan , so she could meet Tyler.

"Hey guys" Kelly said from behind us , which made us all jump slightly and i saw Joey roll his eyes before we turned around and i frowned at him.

"Hey Kelly, what are you up too..." I asked smiling.

"Nothing really, i just wanted to come over and say sorry for earlier , i really didn't mean to upset you Fats" She said sheepishly.

"That's okay" He sighed. " I overreacted... Its just ... I don't like talking about Mercy... She just means way too much to me for me to talk about her with someone i don't really know... I'm sorry"

"Its okay, i totally understand and i wont bring her up again , i promise"

"Thank you" Fats said quietly. "Can we go back to yours now Joe..."

"Sure" Joey frowned.

"See you around then, seen as we have finished school for Christmas now, maybe we can meet up in the holidays or something?" I asked and Kelly nodded, me looking at Fats feeling quite concerned at his sudden mood change, but then Mercy has been mentioned and he does get quite upset when she has.

"Bye" Fats said before hurrying off ahead of us and me and Joey hurried after him.

"Are you okay?" I asked as we walked through the door of Joey house but Fats just sighed in response.

" I was just hoping i could be on my own for a while, if that's okay?" He asked.

"Sure..."

"You can go in my room for a while if you like, I'm going to go and meet Abs, Dexter , Jay and Lola anyway" Alice shrugged as she grabbed her coat.

"Thanks" He said before walking off upstairs and i turned and looked at Joey who looks just as worried as i am.

"Do you think i should go and see if i can get him to talk to me ?... I thought he was doing better, he seemed happier today anyway, well apart from him feeling a little down just before after Kelly left earlier"

"I think we need to leave him for a while babe... It was only yesterday that he came to stay and i know how worried you are about all the empty bottles you found cause trust me i am too, but he might need some time on his own, none of us realized just how much he is still hurting over Mercy but now that we do we can try and be there for him but he is still going to need some time on his own sometimes especially after today, when Mercy has been mentioned he always gets quite down anyway we all know that... I'm sure he will be fine in a while... I just wish Kelly hadn't said anything earlier cause it has really made him feel bad, He had only just started looking happier since she mentioned her before we asked her to leave, and then she had to go and upset him again" Joey said growling slightly, before smiling as i laced our fingers together as we walked up to his room to get ready to go to my dads.

"You really don't like her do you?"

"No..."

"Why not?"

"I don't know babe... There is just something about her that makes me think she is up to something"

"Like what?"

"I don't know, but i think considering the last time we trusted someone we didn't really know, we all nearly died and Mercy did... There is no way we should just trust her, we need to try and find out more about her... And what she is up too cause i have a really bad feeling that its not good"

"Okay" I agreed. "We should , if you really think that she is up to something" I said, knowing that Joey is rarely wrong about these things, he was the first one out of all of us that said he didn't really trust Leon... " But how will we..." I started only to get interrupted by Joey pressing his lips against mine and i moaned before pulling him closer and wrapping my arms around his neck.

5 minutes later...

"Hey, why are you pulling away from me?" Joey groaned as i walked over to his wardrobe.

"I have to find the perfect outfit for today" I shrugged

"But we were kissing" He pouted.

"Yes and we can do that again when i have changed... Now do you want to help me pick or not?" I smirked.

"Yes" He said quickly as he came over to me and i couldn't help but turn and kiss him softly as he did and then i turned back to the wardrobe and started going through my clothes.

"How about this" He said holding up my black bad girl tartan minidress.

"Joe... My dad would freak if i turn up wearing this to parties we go too so he isn't going to be too pleased to see me in it today , besides i think its a little over dressy to go to my dads"

"But... You look so sexy in this and i think it would go grate with your black lacey underwear" He said his eyes darkening as he said it, his arms snaking around my waist so he could pull me against him.

"Would they?" I smirked , pressing myself against him slightly and he groaned before closing his eyes . "Nice try... But if i wore them, we would want to do stuff... That we can't do with Fats in the room and my dad right next door"

"But" He started to protest.

"You know what" I said looking down at myself. "I don't think i need to change, I'll just pack some clothes for tomorrow" I said needing to change the subject, we really shouldn't be talking about this now, especially when whenever we do all i want to do is make love to him again... There must be something wrong with me thinking about it, as much as i do, i am a girl after all and i thought only boys were supposed to be thinking about it all the time.

"Okay baby " He sighed before pulling me into a hug. "I don't think i have said this today yet... But you look so good in that outfit" He breathed moving some hair away from my neck before he started kissing up and down my neck, only for someone to start banging on the door moments later and we both sighed as we pulled away from each other just as the door started opening.

"Sorry to interrupt, but your dad has been on the phone wondering when you are heading over there" John said smiling.

"Oh right... We better go and see if Fats is ready and then head off" I said smiling as i tugged on Joey's hand and we started heading out of his room and over to Alice's.

"I'll tell him that you will be setting off in the next 10 minutes then, darling"

"Okay, thank you" I smiled before turning around and tapping on Alice's door , we headed inside moments later when we got no answer.

"Hey Fats" I whispered trying not to scare him as we walked into the room to see him sat at the end of the bed staring into space... When i still got no answer i went over and sat next to him on the bed, touching his arm lightly as i did and he jumped before looking at me with his eyes wide.

"Oh hey, Baby girl... What's up?" He asked a few minutes later as he stared at me after blinking quite a few times.

"Are you okay?, man" Joey asked sitting the other side of him.

"Oh, yer, I'm fine, i was just thinking, I'm sorry for not answering you"

"No worries" Joey shrugged and Fats smiled at him slightly.

"So are you ready to go?" I asked smiling.

"Go...?"

"Yer you know, to my dads, he's set an extra place for you"

"Oh yer... Just give me a sec baby girl and Fats will be ready" He said before surprising me by leaning over and kissing me on the cheek. "Thank you, both of you, for looking after me , you guys really are the best, seriously"

"We know" I giggled and he chuckled slightly which made me smile, maybe we are doing a better job at making him feel better then i thought we were. "We will wait for you downstairs"

"Okay..."

Half and hour later we arrived at my dads house, and Stacey let us in after insisting i gave her a hug, of course, cause she missed me... And if I'm honest i have missed her too, i have missed everyone really.

"Your here"Dad said smiling wildly as he came downstairs and walked into the living room as we sat on the sofa and i frowned.

"We said we would come" I said turning my head to the side.

"I know but i wouldn't blame you if you didn't, you have every right to still be mad at me"

"I still am... A little" I said deciding to be honest and he nodded in understanding. "But you have been honest with me now, so I'm willing to listen about things... And give you a chance"

"Thank you" He beamed. " So, we are having Mac and cheese for dinner, you know the one i do with bits of bacon and ham in it?"

"My favorite" Joey exclaimed. " Have i ever mentioned, how much i love coming here , babe?" He whispered in my ear and i couldn't help but smile brightly as he moved away from me.

"Its one of my favorites too, i can't wait" I said before giggling slightly as Joey's nose brushed against my neck as he moved closer to me again to whisper in my ear.

"Are you wearing your lacey underwear, tonight?" He breathed and i blushed furiously before slapping him on the arm, him smirking as i did.

"What about you Fats, are you okay with that for dinner, cause if not i don't mind putting something else in the oven?" Dad said snapping him out of his, clearly deep thoughts.

"Huh..." Fats said before shaking his head slightly. "Oh no, Mr B, mac and cheese is grate, thank you"

"Okay then , i will go and get it started" He smiled before heading off into the kitchen.

"Lolly" Bradley said smiling wildly as he came into the living room, startling us all slightly as we all sat in silence, all of us seemingly in our own little worlds.

"Bradders" I said standing up and he pulled me into a hug, which made me smile. " I have really missed you... And i didn't really believe him when he said you were coming over tonight, manly cause he has been trying to get me to forgive him, so i thought he may have just been saying that to get me too. Although i must admit it is getting harder every day for me not too with all the sad looks he keeps giving me... So how did he get you to forgive him, i didn't think you were ever going too"

"Its a long story"

"One i hope you are planning on sharing"

"Maybe" I said before sitting back down next to Joey and he laced our fingers together before leaning over and kissing me on the cheek.

"So how are things going between you 2?" Bradley asked as he sat next to Stacey and looked between us, clearly having decided to drop talking about my dad for now.

"There amazing" Me and Joey said in unison.

"Good" He smiled.

"They probably not liking the fact that I'm stopping them from having any alone time at the moment by sharing a room with them" Fats chuckled slightly.

"Alone time" Bradley asked raising his eyebrows.

"Yer... You know"

"Fats" I exclaimed as my cheeks heated in embarrassment.

"What... I'm just saying" He said and i saw him smirking a little as he said it.

"I think you should stay with them for as long as possible, they are way too young for alone time , unless Joey wants me to make sure he can never have children , of course" Bradley warned and i saw Joey swallow hard as he did.

"Bradley" I snapped. "Thank you for being protective and all but can you please stop being embarrassing... Nothing has changed cause as i told you a few months ago, me and aren't ready for that yet..." I lied.

"Good... Just keep it that way for like the next 10 years please... Wait no 20, yer that sounds a lot better"

"Yer, no, that wont be happening ... But you can believe that is what is going to happen if it helps you" I giggled...

Hey everyone :) I'm sorry it has been a few weeks since i last updated, things are still really busy for me but i have managed to squeeze enough time in today for me to edit and post this, so i hope you like it, i had to split in into 2 chapters cause it would have been way too long otherwise.

I'm going to try and updated again next week but i can't make any promises about it unfortunately :(

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Thank you Ms too for your review, Your right it was quite emotional and Fats is definitely struggling but i love this side of him too, I'm glad you had fun in New York I'm hoping to go one day too :D I hope you enjoy this chapter xxx

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