I slowly opened my eyes as the gap in the curtain let the sunlight enter the room and hit me straight in the face. It was as if nature was telling me it was time to wake up. As I slowly sat up I noticed Joey sat at the bottom of my bed.

"Morning." He smiled at me as I rubbed my eyes.

"Morn-" I was still a little groggy from my sleep. "I thought you went home?"

"No, Max said I could stay. After all, I'd much rather stay with you." He continued to smile as he handed me a coffee.

"You don't have to do this, you know. I am absolutely fine." I nodded taking a slip.

"I know Lauren, I just wanna make sure."

I felt slightly awkward talking to Joey this morning. I mean I didn't know if we were a couple or not. He said that I was his last night, but that might have been just to keep Jake away. I'm so confused right now. I'm just so scared to ask Joey what he meant. But here goes nothing.

"What did you mean last night?"

"About what?" Joey asked looking over his shoulder as he fully opened my curtains.

"You told Jake I was yours… What did you mean?" I blinked as he sat next to me.

"It's complicated Lauren." He held my hand and looked down at it. "Don't get me wrong, I have feelings for you. They're just complicated. Especially with what's going on with Janine."

"Oh yeah, Janine." I rolled my eyes remembering about her.

"Honestly it's not what you think babe." He tried to reassure me but I didn't believe him.

"Joey. You can admit you have feelings for her, It's fine. I wont get upset I promise." I tried to smile the comment off.

"No, no. I promise it's not like that." He slowly walked towards my bedroom door and closed it.

"What are you doing?" I looked towards the door.

"Telling you the truth." Joey gulped before continuing. "Remember the night of Michael's Murder?"

"Yeah. Course." I tried to stay with him.

"Well, Alice didn't cause the second stab wound. She only stabbed him once. In the leg to protect Janine. Janine stabbed him the second time, while Alice was out of the room."

"Are you serious?!" I looked at him. "See, I knew Alice wasn't a killer."

"So did I. That's why I'm with Janine at the moment." Joey's voice crocked towards the end of that sentence. "I'm going to get her to confess to what she did to Michael. I have microphones all over her house. I swear Lauren, I'll get a confession out of her."

"So… You don't love her? At all?" I smiled slightly as I realised what he was doing.

"Not at all." He smiled back. "I love you."

"Oh. I feel like an idiot now." I smiled at the floor playing with my fingers.

"No, don't. I should've told you from the beginning. It must not have been easy seeing me with her." Joey made me look up.

"It wasn't to be honest."

"Look, Lauren… Nothing with Janine matters. What I want, is you. Will you be my girlfriend again?"

"Joey I-" I stuttered in shock. I couldn't believe it. "Of course I will!"

"But we'll have to kinda keep it secret for now, until I get a confession from Janine." Joey sighed.

"Maybe I can help?" I slowly got out of bed to find some clothes.

"Lauren, I don't think-"

"Joey shut up. I exposed my Dad's affair years ago, I think I can get a confession from Janine." I winked as I hit him with my jeans.

I slowly walked towards Janine's front door. I couldn't believe I was actually helping Joey prove his sister's innocence.

"Can I help you?" Janine slowly opened the door looking disgusted as I stood opposite her.

"Joey in?" I smirked slightly.

"Uh, um. No. He's gone out." She looked towards the floor. From what Joey told me she didn't like anyone knowing about what was going on between the two.

"Oh, it's alright. I'll just wait for him then." I quickly pushed past Janine and into the living room.

"You should try the club; he said he was going there this morning." She followed me as I looked down and noticed a pair of Joey's boxers perfectly placed on the floor.

"His I presume?" I turned towards her.

Janine began to cough loud before answering. "Yes." She said in a quiet tone.

"Oh relax, he told me you're what he wants." I sat down on the sofa as she looked at me.

"What?" She looked shocked.

"Yeah, he told me. I practically threw myself at him the other night, but he told me he wanted you." I smiled at her slightly. Obviously that wasn't true.

"I see." Janine didn't seem pleased.

"Anyway, heard from Alice these days?" I began to change the subject.

"No. Why would I even want to hear from the girl that killed my husband?"

"Yeah. Uh, huh. I totally understand." I quickly got up and walked around the room trying to secretly figure out where the microphones were."So you actually saw Alice kill Michael did you?"

"I watched her stab him in the leg." Her eyes followed my every move.

"See, you told the police she stabbed him twice, once in the leg. And once in the chest. So something's not adding up here, Janine. Don't forget that you live in Walford. Nothing stays secret here for long." I stared at her for a second. "Have a nice day."

"Did you do it?" I heard a voice as I was pulled into a dark alley way.

"Yeah, Of course. She looked like she was about the crack as soon as I left the room." I smirked at him."All you've gotta do is wait for her to contact you. Since you're the only one she actually confides in."

"Lauren, thank you for this." He smiled as me before leaning in for a kiss as his phone vibrated in his pocket.

1 New Message

To: Joey

From: Janine

Can you come over, I need to see you.

Joey looked up and smiled at me. "She took the bait."

"Now it's time to get your confession." I smirked at him.