"So I'm guessing no-one else knows about you and Joey then" Lynne said, breaking the comfort silence the two shared, both lost in their thoughts . Lauren shook her head. "Just you, and Derek obviously" Lauren's voice held her dislike for the man, and Lynne picked up on it. "how did he even find out? And wait, what about Alice?" Lynne had so many questions, questions Lauren would try her best to answer, wanting someone on their side, but not sure she would know the answers to everything.
Lauren shrugged "Um he saw us together. And as far as I know, Joey never said anything to her" Lynne patted Lauren on the arm, sensing her discomfort. "She hadn't said anything to me about it anyway. What about your family?" Lynne let out a laugh. "His family too I guess, but you know what I mean" Lauren letting out a small smile, nodded.
"No they don't know anything. I mean Abi" seeing Lynne's face, Lauren carried on "She's my sister, she might have suspicions I was seeing someone, she's pretty clever, but I don't know." Shrugging she spoke again "Don't think they cared enough to notice" She just shrugged. "Oh darling." Lynne didn't know Lauren's background, but she had a feeling the Branning family were full of drama, Joey & Lauren's relationship would just be the tip of the iceburg.
"I'm struggling to get my head around it, your head must be a mess" Lynne said, which Lauren laughed at this. "Nah, I mean this is complicated yeah but honestly Joey made my head a lot clearer actually." This made Lynne beam, she hadn't seen her boy for long enough to see a difference in him but she was sure after Lauren's comment she would be able to.
"On to a happier area then, how did you two get together anyway?" Lynne asked with a smile, still surprised that her son was in a relationship. He leaves a few months ago in a foul mood, ready to drag his sister back and possibly punch his dad if he gets the chance, and comes back with a girlfriend in tow.
Lauren grinned "It just sort of happened" Lynne smiled at that, she could see Joey saying the same thing. "It's a long story" she said smiling when she saw Lynne pull her legs up under her mimicking how she was sat, ready to hear the story.
"Cliff notes version?" Lynne asked, Lauren smirking in response. "Okay." She paused but decided to be blunt. "He was with my best friend and snogged another of them too" Lynne groaned and shook her head, why didn't that surprise her. She'd be having words with him about that, Lauren letting out a laugh. "I decided he needed punishing" Lynne laughed, interrupting Lauren.
"Handcuffed him in a park, left him there" Lynne covered her mouth with her hand to stop laughing loudly. "I went back for him though. We started arguing, he told me I was jealous and then I slapped him" Lauren stopped then, having to join Lynne with her laughter. "Then I tried to ignore him for a while." She shrugged. "Ended up drunk one night and kissed him." She pulled a face. "He pulled away, I thought he hated me" Lynne put her hand on Lauren's arm in comfort, as she carried on speaking.
"But the next day when I was sober, he kissed me". Lauren couldn't help but smile as she remembered how they'd got together. "But I stopped it. Told myself he was out-of-bounds" Shrugging at Lynne's questioning look. "Long story short, after multiple conversations and avoidances, we got together."
"You skimmed over a lot of the details there babe."