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And the real EE is killing me! Lauren you silly girl :( Breaking my heart!

Peter better stir Joey up, make him admit his feelings, which i'm sure he will do ;-)

I woke up with a start, knocking at the door. As I acclimatized I realised where I was and that Joey's arm was draped around me protectively. I turned in his embrace gently.

"Joe," I whispered stroking his face, nudging his stomach with my hand gently. His eyes fluttered open quickly and a smile graced his face as he looked into me.

"Yeah?" he asked, leaning in and kissing me quickly just as there was another knock at the door.

"Joeyyy! Will you get up please?" We both heard Alice shout through the door. "It's past 9, you missed breakfast!" Shit. I jumped up out of bed and ran into the bathroom quickly, just as Joey climbed out and headed to open the door.

"Yes?" he questioned her, obviously still half asleep.

"You look rough," I heard a muffled laugh behind her statement.

"Cheers Al, you woke me up to just tell me that or was there a point to your visit?" I couldn't help but giggle at his reply.

"Ha ha!" she said sarcastically, "No, have you seen Lauren?" My ears pricked up in interest.

"No why?" he sounded so calm.

"She wasn't there when we got in last night and Abi just said she'd stayed elsewhere," She was onto us. I heard Alice cough matter of factly. "Isn't that Lauren's?"

Shit. Shit. Shit. My clothes were left on the floor. Shit. I hit my head gently against the bathroom wall realising my mistake.

"Erm yeah, she stayed here last night." Joey mumbled, trying to sound normal. I could only imagine the look of disgust and confusion on Alice's face at the moment. What the hell was Joey getting at?

"She did?" I heard a confused reply.

"She didn't feel well and I felt bad for her to be on her own, so she had the bed…. And I kipped on the sofa," he coughed awkwardly. I dangled my head into my hands and I couldn't help but smirk, he was trying.

"Right, well where is she now?" I heard. Shit I was going to have to come out. Erm, dressed in his t-shirt? I do not think so.

"I guess she's in the shower, haven't seen her since you woke me up." I could imagine the glare he was sending her now. Quickly, I took off his top and jumped in the shower, turning the water on for a second, making my hair wet so it did look like I'd been in the shower before stepping out and wrapping a towel around myself. Here goes nothing…

"Alice?" I asked as I made my way to the door. I felt Joey's gaze on me, bear in mind I was wrapped solely in a towel and my knickers. I glanced at him momentarily as he smirked slyly at me.

"Oh sorry to bother you," she mumbled, her eyes going from Joey to I, "You need to come and pack, we have to be out of the room by midday." She smiled awkwardly at me, she was easily becoming suspicious.

"Oh, yeah sure, I'll be back soon," I told her with a smile. "Just finish here and I'll be down,"

"No problem…" she shuffled awkwardly, "Are you feeling better?"

I nodded and smiled at her, not really sure what I should say. She reciprocated the nod and turned to walk back down the corridor, quickly saying bye to Joe. As she left and Joey closed the door, I felt my shoulders relax and I exhaled deeply.

"Well that was close," I giggled uncertainly. He moved towards me and wrapped his arms around my waist, mine going around his neck as he held my towel up.

"It was yes," there was a mischievous glint in his eye and we were both aware where this conversation was heading.

"She knows something is not right Joe," I told him, worry evident in my voice.

He shook his head in reply, "No," he breathed deeply, "She may know something is going on, but it is definitely 'right'" He smiled down at me before leaning in and planting his lips on mine softly. I smiled into the kiss as it turned somewhat heated, his hands running down over my body, the towel becoming looser.

"You always say the right things Joe," I whispered as we both pulled away, his forehead resting on mine. We stayed silent for a few seconds before my thoughts casted back to Alice, "What if she does know Joe?"

"Then we deal with it," His hand moved to my cheek and brushed it gently, "We got through telling Abi… Alice won't be any different baby,"

I nodded and smiled, hoping he was right. He moved his other hand from my waist and cupped my other cheek before he leaned in and joined our lips once more, the movement of his hand allowing my towel to fall onto the floor. Knowing this he smiled into the kiss, removed his hands from my cheek and ran them down my body.

"Mmm, the 'no bra' decision last night was a good one baby," he mumbled against my lips just as his eyes opened and locked with mine, the glint in them still evident. I couldn't help but giggle as he said this, his words making my insides tingle and a single touch as he ran his hands down my sides making my skin come alive.

"Take me to bed Joe," I whispered, my hands still firmly locked around his neck. He nodded and lifted me into his embrace, my legs locking firmly around his body. He connected our lips once more as he began to walk us slowly to his bed. He lay me down gently, but never removed his lips from mine as he began to hover over me on the bed. His hands roamed my body, resting at my knickers which he began to tug ever so gently. I smiled as his lips left mine and he began peppering kissed down my neck and over my chest, causing me to moan quietly. His hands removed my knickers and rested on my mound before he started moving them slowly causing my hips to buck now and again. I closed my eyes allowing the sensation to convulse as I reached my first high. He moved back up to my mouth and kissed me softly.

"I want you Joe," I whispered, biting my lip gently as he pulled away, trying to pull down his boxers. I helped with my foot as I pushed them down. He hovered over my mound, the teasing causing my hips to buck once more.

"Patience baby," he whispered, connecting our lips again before pushing into me slowly. This wasn't a quick fuck, it was pure love. He wanted to show me how much he loved me, he wanted to take care of me. "This is all about you, I want to take care of you," he whispered against my lips. He pushed in and out of me again and again, setting a slow pace. I felt his hands run over my body before reaching my hand and entwining them together, pushing me closer to the end. He kissed me once more, tugging on my lip gently as he pulled away stifling a moan. "Lauren," he panted, his grip on my hand tightening slightly, "I love you," he told me between breaths as he reached his high, continuing so I found mine. A moment later I convulsed around him, whispering the same words as he did. We lay in a tangled mess for a while later after he'd pulled me close, my back rested against his front. I felt him nuzzle into my shoulder and kiss my back, gently.

"I love you, you know?" he whispered, very close to my ear before kissing behind it sweetly. I turned around to face him, a nervous smile on my face. "What?" he entwined our hands again and stroked over my thumb lovingly.

"Just never get used to you saying that," I shrugged slightly, leaning in to kiss him softly. "I love you too Joe,"

He kissed me once again, this time the kiss lasting a lot longer. "We should get up, Alice will think I've kidnapped you,"

"You have," I winked at him before kissing him quickly and moving out of his embrace out of bed. I pulled on my dress from the night before and blew him a kiss. "Later baby," I called as I left the room feeling a lot happier than I did 24 hours prior. I practically skipped to my room, on a complete high, everything was perfect. Before I had chance to put my key in the door, it was pulled open fiercely.

"Okay, you have some explaining to do," Alice said sternly catching me off guard, feeling my heart stop.

More tomorrow, hopefully xxx