"So babe how are you feeling about your first time opening a pub well your pub?" i asked him as we were sat on the floor next to hopes play mat playing with her. He looked up from what he was doing and smiled at me,

"Of course i am you numpty, anyway on another note it seems as if the morning sickness has finally left home" he smiled whilst picking up Hope and jiggling her around as she started to moan, i knew he was going to make a great dad. He already is!

Before we knew it it was opening time, everything was set and as we opened at lunch time we had a cook too. I had put my black and white skater dress on whilst joey put his white shirt and black trousers on. Hope was having her afternoon nap thankfully because now i wouldn't have to leave joey on his own. We stood behind the bar checking that we had everything we needed before a thought popped into my mind. It was going to be loud in the pub with all the people and the music so i signalled to joey that i was going up to get something, he nodded and smiled before going back to what he was doing. I ran up the stairs and quickly checked on Hope seeing her fast asleep i nodded to myself before tiptoeing in and grabbing one of the wireless monitors to take downstairs, i gave Hope a quick kiss on the forehead, pulled the bedroom door closed and made my way back downstairs hearing voices. I worked out that joey had already opened up which by what i could see was a good idea because there were already so many people in here. I smiled seeing him talking and laughing with a customer, the sound of him laughing made my heart flutter. I walked behind the bar and started serving people that were waiting, i felt a pair of arms slip around my waist, i knew it was joey as i felt sparks and came out with goosebumps, i smiled before turning around and pressing my lips onto his, it became passionate and people started to wolf whistle behind us. I pulled away breathlessly and blushed into the crook of his neck. It was only meant to be a quick peck on the lips but that plan went a bit down hill.

"Can i 'ave one of then an'all love?" A random boy asked, he looked a couple of years older than me but before i could get anything in joey made a snike remark.

"No! She's mine" he laughed before pecking my lips again quickly before walking away to serve some more people. I heard a familiar voice from the other side of the bar when i leant down to pull a beer so when i was done i stood back up and looked across the bar. I gave the man his beer before looking again when i heard the voice once more. I saw a face that I thought I should know but just shook my head and got back to work, I looked up again to see that the person I thought I recognised was standing closer to the bar, she was talking to joey, the voice raised alarm bells in my head. Then reality hit me and I worked out who she was, I felt my insides boil and the anger I felt took over me. I stormed from behind the bar, joey giving me a funny look for doing so, and made my was over to her, I saw here look at me and smirk, "She must think I'm just a customer" I thought to myself before smirking back, if she wanted to play dirty she would get dirty. Now I was stood in front of her, luckily the clothes I had on covered up the fact that I was pregnant, I could use that later!

"What do you want?" She snarled, I just laughed and wrinkled my nose,

"You bitch, I told you to leave us alone but no seems you have different plans" I proclaimed the whole pubs attention on us but before joey could say anything I gave him a look to say "let me fight this myself".

"Look you retarded slapper I'm just in my local as you are, I thought I would check out the new owners to this place" she said before looking around and nodding, I breathed in sharply before raising my hand and slapping her. Everyone around us gasped, she lifted her hand as if to slap me back but I saw joey standing beside us looking very angry.

"Out now!" He proclaimed, I knew he was talking to her but I don't think she did.

"Yer lauren go!" She smirked but everyone in the pub started laughing and so did me and joey, "What?"

"You do realise you just told me to leave my own pub yeah?" I questioned, smiling as I saw the shocked look on her face. Joey came up behind me and pulled me into him. She snarled and then it looked like something came to mind that she could offend me with.

"So if you live here now, wheres young Hope may I ask?" She snarled, what is her problem with snarling? I thought to myself.

"She's upstairs"

"Oh I do wonder why but please may I slap you now" she stated lifting her hand once again, joey huffed before butting in,

"No, you cant slap her actually" he smiled, i nodded at him as if to tell him to tell her when needed,

"Oh and whys that ay?" She asked, but before she could say anything joey pulled my t-shirt from the back so that you could see that I was clearly pregnant. She looked shocked well actually that was an understatement she looked flabbergasted! She then started to laugh wickedly and after a while I knew what she was about to say.

"Don't you dare you wicked cow!" I proclaimed, people looked really interested now, especially Joey. I hadn't told him yet so I wanted it to be ME who tells him not HER!

"Oh you haven't told him yet then well looks like Im going to have the pleasure of doing it then, so joey did lauren tell you that when you broke up she came here to stay with Rosie, she was pregnant then too but as you saw when she returned she wasn't. You see that was my doing she slapped me so I pushed her to the floor killing that baby and her heart." Everyone around us gasped and the tears were running freely down my face. I heard hopes crys from upstairs as it was silent so I looked up at joey quickly before escaping the room and making my way upstairs to see hope!