One rule
When Lauren told me she was a patient here I couldn't believe it, I had just assumed she worked here.
She was doing the laundry yesterday then she was fixing up the art room today. Then again she didn't have a uniform on like the rest of the staff and she did have to inform sally everytime she went somewhere or did something. I couldn't believe I'd just made assumptions about her.
"Joey!" Sally snapped, bringing me out of my day dream. "What?" I asked, noticing Lauren wasn't here no more. "Where's Lauren?" I asked. "She ran off, you didn't answer her question and she panicked" she said. "Ey? Question, what question?" I asked, confused.
"She asked if her her being ill changed what you thought of her" she told me. I sighed deeply, bringing my hand to cover my face.
"Look, go into the art room and you'll find her in there" she said. My head snapped up to meet hers, why would she want to help me. "In all the time Lauren's been here she's never smiled as much as she has while shes with you and she's been here nearly a year now" she said. I smiled at her thankfully.
"I could see you were in a daydream joey, just explain that to Lauren" she said. I nodded at her "thankyou" I said heading towards the art room. "And joey?" She asked? I turned back around to face her. "Yeah?" "Be honest with her, don't lead her on if you don't plan on sticking around" she said. I nodded in understanding and leaving to head for the art room.
I stopped outside the art room, seeing Lauren satin the sofa drawing. I saw her wipe her eyes as she concentrated on the piece in front of her.
She looked up at me as I knocked on the door and I felt really bad when I saw she'd been crying. That was the thing though, why was so upset that she'd been crying? I'd seen my mum and Alice crying before and without sounding harsh, it didn't bother me to see them cry but with Lauren it did.
I just wanted to give her a hug and promise her it would be okay but I couldn't do that because she had cancer and there was pretty much nothing I could do.
I opened the door slightly as she continued to look at me "can I come in, please?" She thought about it fora second but the nodded her approval. I sat beside her on the sofa as she started to doodle on a blank page.
"I'm sorry, I didn't answer your question" I told her. "Hm.." She replied, not removing her eyes from the paper. This wasn't going the way I had hoped it would. "Please babe, I'm sorry" I said. I tried to tame down the smirk as she blushed when I called her babe.
She stayed quiet for a minute as she continued to doodle. "So.. Why didn't you answer my question then?" She asked me. "I didn't even know you had asked me a question, I was in such a day dream and when I snapped out of it you'd gone" I told her. "What about?" She asked me. "I was just thinking how I had just assumed you worked here" I told her. "Okay" she replied.
We fell into a comfortable silence as she started to pack her things away. "Erm joey? If you were in such a daydream, how did you know I'd asked you a question?" She asked. I chuckled at the confused look on her face, it was actually quite cute. "Sally told me about your question and then about you running off" I told her.
"Oh she did, did she?" Lauren asked raising an eyebrow. "Don't blame her, she's just worried about you, plus I asked her" I said. Lauren giggled at me before replying. "Ooh touched a nerve?" She giggled. "No" I laughed "I'm just saying she didn't grass you up or anything" I told her. "Please don't tell me you fancy serious Sally?" Lauren asked, bursting into laughter. "No!" I said disgusted but laughing at Lauren laughing.
"Your not after her then?" She asked still laughing. "No" I laughed, well not her anyway. The atmosphere in the room changed as Lauren stopped laughing and we both caught each others eye. We kept staring, none of us able to move away, I'm guessing she knew I meant her as she was looking into my eyes with some passion.
"Joey" she sighed, looking away. "What?" I asked her as I put my hand on top of hers. "We can't joey" she said, pulling her hand away from mine and standing up. "Why not? I don't care that your ill Lauren, I like you" I told her. "But you can't joey, what happens when I get more ill and I look horrible and I'm bad company?" She asked pacing the room.
"Lauren calm down will you" i said putting my hands on her shoulders to stop her from pacing. "You could never look horrible, your so beautiful" I stopped, seeing her blush, looking down. I lifted her chin up with my index finger. "Believe it babe because you are" I said reciprocating her smile. "And your awesome company" I told her, her giggling in response, her laughed died down and her smile dropped again.
I searched her face for any kind of emotion, my grip moving from her shoulders to her waist. "What if you change your mind further down the line when I get ill?" She asked looking worried. "If and when you get ill, I'll be there for you" I told her truthfully. "But why? You just met me" she asked. "I k ow it seems strange but there's something about you Lauren and I like it" I told her, tucking some loose hair behind her ear.
The words and actions just kept on flying out when I was around her, I couldn't help it, it's like she had some kind of hold on me. "So believe me babe when I say I'm gonna be here" I said. She smiled at me before bringing her face slowly towards mine. I moved my lips down on to hers, just before I did, she bit her lip and I can't say how crazy it drove me.
Finally our lips touched and it was the most amazing feeling ever. Lauren's hands moved to entwine themselves around my neck while mine gripped her waist tighter, pulling her close to me.
I swiped my tongue across her bottom lip, asking for entry which she was more than happy to give. I slid my tongue inside her mouth to dance with her own as I moved us towards the sofa. I smiled into the kiss, hearing her moan when her back gently hit the sofa, my body lightly resting on top of hers.
Lauren's hand began to rake through my hair, I sucked her bottom lip into my mouth hard before slowly releasing it and breaking the kiss.
I rested all my upper weight on my forearms which were currently caging her in. She smiled up at me and I reciprocated before pecking her lips softly and getting up, bringing her to stand up with me.
"So were doing this then?" I asked her. "Yes" she smiled. "But I do have one rule" she told me.
"Hit me" I said, wandering what the rule could be. She lightly slapped me in the stomach and then giggling to herself. "Oi!" I said, jumping to tickle her sides. "Joey stop!" She laughed. "Sorry what?" I asked laughing. "Please stop" she giggled. I stopped and let her catch her breath before I spoke.
"I meant tell me your rule" I told her. "I know" she smirked. I smirked back at her, pulling her into me and pecking her lips. "I have one rule, don't fall in love with me" she said. "That's your rule?" I asked her confused. She nodded at me "joey I could die in 60 years or I could die in a weeks time, I don't want you to end up getting hurt, so just promise me please" she asked. "If that's what you want" I told her. She nodded back at me before falling into my open arms.
What if it was too late?
What if I was already falling in love with her right now?
What if there was nothing I could do to stop it?
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