Joey opened his eyes and stared around he fell asleep on the sofa with Lauren lying on his shoulder he smiled and kissed her head Lauren then opened her eyes and smiled at Joey "Sorry for waking you" he replied "It's okay besides me lying on you was restricting you from doing anything" she laughed "That's true" he smiled standing up "You want anything?" he asked "No thank you" Joey nodded and walked into the kitchen and returned moments with a cup of tea for himself he sat on the sofa Lauren smiled at him "What?" he smiled "I'm so glad you believe me" he put his mug down on the table and smiled "I should have believed you from the beginning"
"I know why you didn't though I know it sounds like something I would do on my own but I swear if I ever feel like drinking I'll talk to you first" he smiled and pulled her onto his chest "I have to go to the car lot soon you wanna join me?" Lauren smiled at him "I'd love to" Joey kissed her head again and stood up "Right see you in a bit" he replied putting his jacket on "That you will" he smiled and walked out the door. Lauren sighed and walked into the kitchen her heart began beating really fast as she thought of the drama that unfolded the previous night the front door opened and Lauren jumped "Sorry, I didn't mean to-" began Abi walking into the kitchen "It's okay i'm just a bit jumpy right now" she laughed "Any reason?" Lauren stared at her sadly "No it's nothing...I know things have been awkward between us since that night but-"
"Lauren it's okay Joey told me I should have believed you and i'm sorry" Lauren walked to Abi and hugged her Abi stared confused in her embrace "What was that for?" Abi questioned "From now on, we stick together" Abi smiled and nodded Lauren smiled "I'm going to meet Joey now so i'll see you later" she replied walking out the door Lauren walked down the steps, her heart was still beating really fast she looked through the square and quickly walked to the car lot , Joey smiled as she walked in "Was putting you up for lost" he smiled "Sorry Abi was just apoloigising to me so I couldn't really bail on her" Joey stared "I totally get that...oh hey could you pass me that stapler?" he asked pointing to it "Yeah sure" she handed it to him "Look at us doing this again" he smiled "Yeah but don't get your hopes up I won't be doing this everyday"
"Why not? we make a great team" he smiled walking over to her "That's true but I didn't want to be in that house today, I still get all shakey walking in there"
"Well that brings me to another thing...that kiss" he teased Lauren laughed quietly and blushed "My head was a mess last night" she replied "Aw so it didn't mean anything?"
"Of course it meant something...that I was happy you were there for me" she teased "Well you weren't the only one was happy about that" he smiled he tucked her hair behind her ear and leaned forward he met with Lauren's lips she smiled between each kiss, they eventually broke apart "We are mental for doing this again" she joked "I'd rather be mental with you than boring with someone else" Lauren smiled at him "You big softie"
"Guilty, how about I take you out somewhere nice for dinner" he smiled "I'd like that" she answered "There's just a small problem...my wallet is at home" he laughed "Oh I'll go over and get it, Abi's over there now so I'm okay with it" she walked out the door and closed it lightly behind her, she walked quickly back to her house checking every direction she walked through her door she walked into the sitting room and stopped in her tracks "Abi have you seen Joey's-"
"Hello Lauren" he smiled standing up Lauren didn't answer she ran for the door she had it open as Jake grabbed her arm and locked the door "No, this time you're not going anywhere"