When Max and Tanya, Oscar and Abi came into the room, they found the bed empty and Joey was gone too. Tanya's heart raced in her chest wondering what had happened and why Joey hadn't called them, then they heard the toilet flush. A few minutes later Lauren and Joey came out of the toilet, Lauren had a huge grin on her face as she looked at her parents.

'You out of bed already?' Max asked her in surprise

'Yep, catheter out, off the drip and I've just peed in a toilet by myself' she told them proudly, Joey cleared his throat 'With Joey's help' she added somewhat reluctantly 'but mainly by myself' Joey helped her back to the bed and she sat down on it. She looked at Oscar who was hiding behind Tanya, a little tearfully

'Where is my little Butt Monkey?' Lauren asked 'I have a present for you' she said as Max put a parcel down on the bed 'Come and see what it is' she said to him, Oscar stepped up from behind Tanya and walked slowly towards Lauren 'there he is' she smiled at him

'I sorry Lolly' he told her quietly 'I really really sorry'

'I know you are it wasn't your fault okay' she said to him. 'Joey' she glanced at him, he picked Oscar up and put him on the bed next to Lauren, ruffling his hair gently. 'What happened was an accident okay you were not to blame, so I don't want you to think that you are'

'But I let go of your hand and I ran 'way' he told her, his bottom lip trembled and tears trickled from his big brown eyes 'Then the car hit you and you wouldn't wake up'

'Hey there. Don't cry' she said and she put her arms around him 'come on now little man, its okay' she said as he clung to her and sobbed against her. She felt her own eyes fill with tears as her little brother clung to her and sobbed his heart out. She kissed the top of his head 'Ssh now' she whispered softly. She caught Abi's eyes as she glanced up and her little sister rushed to her side and climbed onto the bed beside her and burst into tears too, Lauren put her other arm around her 'oh no not you too!' she exclaimed, she kissed Abi's head too and held her two siblings, when she glanced up at her parents for some assistance she saw that they too were crying, she turned to Joey and he smiled at her, and he pulled a packet of tissues that he had brought from the shop earlier and put them on her lap.

'I was so worried about you' Abi said to her 'We all were' she told Lauren as she pulled away to look at her, she pulled one of the tissues out of the packet and she wiped her sister tears away, before she wiped her own and then blew her nose.

'Well you can see that I am okay now. Joey and the Doctors and nurses took care of me' Lauren told her

Oscar pulled away to look at her and he suddenly noticed her stomach 'You got fat!' he said, everyone laughed

'I did?' Lauren asked him, Oscars eyes widened as he placed his hand on her belly and he felt something nudge against it.

'What was that?' he asked her

'That's my baby' Lauren told him 'Do you remember that I told you that Lolly and Joey were having a baby?' she asked him

'Yep' he nodded 'cause you sexed' he said proudly at his knowledge of how babies were made

'Okay I didn't tell him that' Lauren looked up at her parents

'No Bobby did' Max said not looking too pleased

'Oh' Lauren said 'Ian got a bit of the Branning temper did he?' she asked him

'You're damn right he did' Max said feeling cross all over again 'Jumped up little..'

'Max!' Tanya grabbed his arm and nodded towards Oscar,

Max sighed and nodded 'Sorry' he said.

'So, Buttmonkey do you want to open your present?' Lauren asked him

'You got me a present?' he asked her

'Yep' she nodded and she tried to reach behind her but she felt a pang of pain from her ribs, 'Ouch oh' she frowned and bit down on her bottom lip. Max and Tanya looked at Joey and saw him looking at her in concern.

'Let's get you into bed properly' Joey told her, Abi moved off the bed and picked Oscar up.

Joey helped Lauren off the bed and he pulled back the covers and he bent down and swept her legs into his arms as she wrapped her arms around his neck and he picked her up as she weighed nothing and he settled her onto the bed. 'Comfortable?' he asked her

'Yes thank you' she told him. He pulled the covers up over her leaving them half way over her stomach.

'Do you some pain relief?' he asked her

'No I'm fine' she shook her head 'Oscar' she held her arms out for him and Abi settled him next to her and handed Lauren the present 'Here you go' she told Oscar. They all watched as he tore off the paper,

'Wow! A new car!' he exclaimed 'Just what I wanted!' he grinned and he looked at Lauren. 'Thank you Lolly, thank you Joey' he smiled and then he put his mouth close to Lauren's belly 'thank you baby' he whispered, causing everyone to laugh.

Lauren looked at her parents and then at Joey 'Well, go on then, go' she told them

'Are you sure about this Lauren?' Joey asked her

'Yes I'm sure we talked about it this afternoon. You need time away from me….'

'I never need time away from you' he told her seriously

''Okay away from the hospital then' Lauren said 'And I need to spend some time alone with my little brother and sister' she said with a smile. She patted the bed and Abi came and sat down on it too. Joey didn't look convinced. 'Go I will be fine I promise' she told him

'Okay' he said reluctantly 'I'll be back soon okay?' he asked her and she nodded

'Yes'

'Abi you have my phone if…

'Go!' Lauren said again.

Joey closed his eyes and sighed and then he bent down and kissed her, meaning for the kiss to me quick and brief especially as her parents and siblings were in the room, but it wasn't. Oscar watched on in fascination as three other sets of eyes averted their gaze.

'I love you' Joey told her softly

'I love you too' Lauren answered him

'I love you Lolly and Joey' Oscar said joining in, making everyone laugh again.

I love you Buttmonkey' Lauren giggle as she ruffled his hair 'Right let's see how we get this out of the box then shall we hey?' she asked him.

Joey turned to look at her one last time as he left the room, as if she sensed him, she looked up at him too and he watched as she smiled at him and winked. He winked back at her and followed Max and Tanya out.

AN: Aw Oscar chapter! Hope you enjoyed reading it as much I did writing it.

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