Lauren woke from her sleep, she got up to check on sophia and found she wasn't in her cot, she began to panic as she ran downstairs to find her, she went into the lounge and saw she wasn't there, she ran into the kitchen where she saw her mum still cooking dinner

"wheres sophia?" lauren shouted

"calm down darling, she woke up and joey didn't wanna wake you, he's just popped to the shop to get some wine for dinner" Tanya calmly said, lauren ran out from the kitchen, grabbed her coat and ran out of the house, as she ran across the square she saw joey pushing the pushchair,

"hey babe you alright?" joey asked seeing lauren running towards him

"what the hell are you playing at? I said I didn't want her coming outside" lauren shouted before pushing joey out of the way and taking control of the pushchair and taking her daughter home.

"lauren" joey said as he stopped in his tracks and watched her rush off.

Lauren walked back indoors and took sophia out of her pushchair and took her straight upstairs. She laid on the bed and laid sophia next to her, tears started running down her cheeks as she began to cry. She heard a faint knock on the door, then it opened and she saw it was joey

"im sorry" she whispered whilst wiping her tears

"im the one that should be sorry" joey sighed sitting on the bed

"no you shouldn't, she's yours aswell, you were only doing the right thing, but I woke up and she was gone and I panicked, im scared something is gonna happen to her joey" lauren sobbed as joey held her in his arms

"babe she's gonna be fine, I promise, how about tomorrow we all go for a walk to the park and you'll see everythings ok, and if you get scared we'll come back" joey soothed her

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Lauren woke up to sophia crying, it was still dark outside and lauren groaned, she knew she would have to get used to interrupted nights, she slowly climbed out of bed as not to wake joey, she got sophia out of her moses basket and went and sat on the rocking chair and began to feed her. Lauren looked down and watched her daughter, she felt so overwhelmed by her, she had been so excited about having her, she knew It was going to be hard work and that didn't worry her, but she worried people wouldn't like sophia because of her and joey. Yes certain people had been ok with them being together, mainly close friends who saw the couple at their best. But none of them knew about sophia and she was scared about their reaction. After finishing feeding sophia, lauren put her back into her moses basket and she climbed back into bed, she felt joey curl around her body and his hand gripped hers,

"morning darling" Tanya smiled as lauren walked downstairs carrying sophia with her

"morning mum" lauren smiled walking into the kitchen for a coffee

"you and joey ok now?" Tanya asked

"yeah, I think Im just being stupid" lauren gave a small smile

"good im glad, now pass her here, nannys in need of cuddles" Tanya smiled taking sophia from lauren.

"morning sleepy head" lauren laughed as joey walked into the kitchen a while later

"morning, wheres sophia?" joey asked

"she's with mum in the lounge" lauren said

"ok, oh Sharon rung me and asked if I could work tonight, she needs extra staff and I always said I'd help her out if she needed me" joey explained

"ok then, but can we still have our trip to the park?" lauren asked

"you sure?" joey smiled

"yeah I am" lauren smiled back before joey gave her a kiss.

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"you all set babe?" joey asked lauren as she finished checking the baby bag

"yeah, lets go" lauren smiled

Joey lead them outside as he and lauren carried the pushchair down the steps, he then began pushing and headed through the square, lauren felt conscious of people around her, as they neared the market they saw lucy and she smiled at them and carried on walking, it was a step forward lauren thought. They carried on walking and soon bumped into poppy and fatboy, poppy couldn't stop cooing over sophia

"you done well to hide this" fatboy laughed

"yeah well I didn't want people knowing" lauren replied

"its cool baby girl, as long as you and your princess is ok that's all that matters" fatboy smiled

"thanks fats" lauren smiled back

"lauren she is so adorable" poppy said finally looking away from sophia

"yeah we think so" lauren laughed looking at joey

"anyway we'll let you get on" poppy said before her and fatboy walked on.

Joey and lauren continued their walk to the park, when they arrived lauren went and sat on a swing and joey passed sophia to her, she slowly rocked backwards and forwards holding her daughter.

"I don't know why I was scared, people are ok with us, and she's only a baby, no one is gonna be mean to her are they?" lauren asked turning to joey who was sat on the other swing

"I said you were being silly babe" joey smiled back..

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"I think we should get her home its getting cold" lauren told joey who was rocking sophia in her pushchair

"yeah and ive got work in abit" joey replied

"I wish you didn't have to" lauren sighed as they began to walk

"why don't you come in for a drink, your mum can have sophia for an hour" joey smiled

"yeah I might do" lauren smiled back

Finally arriving home lauren and joey were in their bedroom, lauren was feeding sophia and joey was getting changed for work

"you look hot" lauren laughed as joey finished his hair

"don't look too bad yourself" he laughed back

"hardly, im a mess" lauren smiled

"well you could put something nice on and come out for a bit" joey said winking at her

"I'll speak to mum in a bit" lauren replied

"ok then, well im heading off babe, ive got my phone if you need me" joey said leaning down to kiss lauren and give sophia a small joey had left lauren headed downstairs to see her mum watching tv

"are you going out tonight mum?" lauren asked poking her head round the door

"no love why?" Tanya asked

"well I was wondering if you'd watch sophia for an hour, I said I'd go and see joey at the club for a bit" lauren smiled

"of course darling, where is she now?" Tanya asked

"she's asleep, so she should be ok for a while" lauren said before heading upstairs to get ready.

Lauren finally finished getting ready, and she had even text lucy to see if she fancied going with her for a drink, which she agreed to. She said goodbye to sophia and then to her mum before leaving. She met lucy in the square and whitney had also come along. The three girls headed to the club. They walked in and went to the bar to get a drink

"wheres joey?" lauren asked one of the bar staff

"in the office, sorting some work out" he replied

"ok then" lauren smiled before heading to a table with her friends,

They were all sat round the table talking and laughing, lauren felt like she could unwind tonight, knowing sophia was safe. Whit and lucy had asked lauren about sophia and lauren told them all about her. Lauren couldn't help but keep looking at the bar to see if joey had come back, but he still hadn't.

"I love this song, lets dance" whitney said grabbing her friends as a Rihanna song came on. They all started dancing and getting lost in the song, something caught laurens eye, she finally saw joey coming out of the office, followed by a very pretty brunette, she saw joey giving this girl his sexy smile that lauren thought was only for her, it felt like she had had a knife in her stomach and it was being twisted more and more.


sorry for not posting for a couple of days, heres the next chapter, hope you enjoy. please review xx