Chapter 6

The next day Lauren made sure she was ready; she didn't want to have a repeat of yesterday. Her mum had offered her the car means as it was her first day which made things a whole lot easier, she really should consider getting her own. She'd effectively got ready, feeling more confident with her outfit today. She was wearing a navy blue fitted dress and a pair of cream heels. She had to admit she felt good, she felt like herself, just with an added edge.

Before she knew it, she was there, and all in one piece too. Her nerves were at an all-time high and she felt like her stomach had suddenly turned into a puddle of goo. What was wrong with her? She didn't have time to contemplate her question because as soon as she reached the top of the stairs there he was…Joey that is and God did he look good in a suit.

Lauren stood awkwardly at the side of the corridor, she had no clue what she was supposed to do so she decided that waiting for him would be a safer option then trying to find out herself and getting lost in the process. She saw Joey catch her eye and she was sure he smiled. He was talking to another bloke who she recognised from the other night. They were exchanging papers and were in conversation but she couldn't help notice that Joey kept glancing back to her. She could see some of the office chicks laughing and joking and smirking at Joey. Obviously he was the eye candy of the office; I mean he was like a walking god and these women were just fawning over him.

The thing that made Lauren even more scared was the fact that she was one of those women. She gave into Joey within the first half hour of meeting him, another half hour after that he had her pinned up against the toilet door and they'd had sex.

Joey looked back over towards her and smiled. She felt like she wanted to melt, it was that or run. She could also feel her cheeks flush a bright red. What am I doing? She mentally asked. She was standing there having a rant (to herself) like any normal person did and all she could think about was Joey. 5 minutes later and she was still standing there for no apparent reason. She saw Joey say bye to his friend and casually walk over to her.

"Hi" She said in a nervous voice.

"Hey. So you ready for your first day?" He asked trying to make a conversation before he bombarded her with paperwork, that and the fact that he had to distract himself from any inappropriate thoughts popping in his head since they had made an annoying habit of doing so over the past 24 hours.

"You know it"

"Great…I'll just show you where your desk will be"

Joey turned around and made his way to a smaller office adjoining to his leaving a confused Lauren. Joey led her through his office and then to her "Office".

"Wait, is my desk in here with you?" She asked not realising she vocalised her thought.

Joey began to chuckle "Yeah, sorry, we're kind of on the same team so it made sense to be close to each other… I can find you somewhere else if you'd prefer?"

"Oh, no!" She said immediately "I didn't mean it like that…"

"Will it be a problem?" Joey asked the grin still plastered on his perfectly formed face that was making it really hard for her to concentrate on what he was saying.

Her blush quickly turned a deeper red when his words seemed to finally enter her ears "No of course not, I didn't mean it like that either. I am making a total fool out myself here. You must think I am being so ungrateful. What I mean to say is that I just thought I'd be separate… I didn't even expect an office being the new girl and stuff and…" Lauren was completely panicking she looked like such an idiot right now.

Joey couldn't help but the love the way her face was crinkling up as she spoke. He wasn't listening to a word she was saying, he was too focused on her lips moving so fast he felt like he couldn't blink. When he heard her sigh in aggravation he let himself come out of the spell he had fallen under and let out a laugh. She looked so cute when she was embarrassed.

"Sorry…I tend to babble when I'm scared" she said weakly before dropping her stuff on the desk she'd been given.

Joey started to laugh "Don't worry about It" He said and smiled. When he saw that she still looked really embarrassed and nervous he couldn't help the overpowering urge to do what he was about to.

"Hey" He whispered walking a bit closer to her. When he was in touching distance his hand fell to her arm as he spoke gently "You don't need to act so worried okay, I'm not that scary"

Lauren couldn't believe what was happening. He was touching her arm; he was so close to her she found it hard to breathe. She just wanted to latch onto his lips with hers.

"At least not until I tell you what you have to do, then I might be a bit scary" he joked, making her smile like he'd intended it to.

"What?" She laughed "I'm not scared of you"

Joey just laughed, however it soon faded out when he noticed he still had a hold on her arm. Usually he would have thought 'Oh my god what are you doing,' and let it go as if her touch burned him, but he did the opposite and started to rub small circles in it. The two just stood there like they were in a trance, neither knowing what to do so instead they just stood there and stared in the other's eyes. It had all become a whole lot more complicated.

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