First off: I LOVE my Jouren girls! I was laughing my head off at their reaction to Lauren's death when we were tweeting :D

Second: Lets jolly on with the chapter, my friends (Yes, I'm a fan of Miranda :D)

Whitney arrived back on the Square, lost in her thoughts. She heard Carol open the door and helped her out of the took a deep, shaky breath as she looked up at the house, tears springing to her eyes.

'I can't go in there' she cried. Carol pulled her in her chest and rubbed her back. Whitney heard shouting of her name behind her and turned to see who it was. Her eyes lit up in anger and hatred as she saw Fatboy. She launched herself across the Square and attacked him.

'YOU KILLED HIM! YOU KILLED TYLER!' she screamed, while hitting any skin she could find on him. Fatboy yelled out in pain as she caught his lips. Bianca dragged Whitney away from him, apologising to him.

'Come on. Let's get you cleaned up' said Poppy, putting her arm round Fatboy and leading him to Dot's house...

Max gathered Tanya in his arms as he stepped out of the room, leaving Joey to say goodbye to Lauren in private. Tanya clawed at his arms as she sunk back to the floor, unable to believe her eldest daughter was gone.

'She's can't be dead! She can't be DEAD!' cried Tanya. Abi launched herself into her parents hug, both Max and Tanya tightening their arms round Abi as they grieved for Lauren. Kirsty wiped away her own tears. Even though Lauren was only her step daughter, she was still really fond of the girl. Cora, however, was being her usually strong self, not allowing herself to show any emotion. She turned on her heels and walked down the corridor, ignoring Tanya's shouts of her name...

Whitney held a shaking cup of tea in her shaky hands. Bianca and Carol sat besides her, both of them silent. Suddenly, Whitney gasped, making them jump.

'Antony and Eddie. I've ot to tell them. How can I tell them?' she said, the tears unleashing again. Bianca took the cup of tea from Whitney's hands and pulled her to her in a tight, but comforting hug.

'Don't worry, me and Carol will take care of that. You just do whatever you need to do to grieve, darling' said Bianca, rubbing her shoulder. Suddenly, the living room door opened and Tiff walked in, rubbing her eyes.

'Mum? Whats' wrong with Whitney?' she asked. Whitney sniffed and wiping her eyes.

'Whitney's really upset and she do with a Tiffany cuddle right now' she said. Tiff didn't need to be told twice and hugged Whitney tightly. Whitney smiled and leaned back against the sofa, pulling Tiff onto her lap, cuddling her. Carol motioned for Bianca to following her out of the room, to give Whitney some alone time. Carol shut the door behind her and Bianca turned to face her.

'I can't believe she's lost Tyler' said Bianca. Carol sighed.

'We've got to keep an eye on her, Bi. She's lost too many people in her life already and I think this could tip her over the edge...' she admitted. Bianca nodded and headed for the kitchen, to make them a drink...

Joey was sat in shock. He couldn't believe he had lost her. He looked at her and stroked her hair out of her eyes, as he was now allowed to touch her. He drew in a shaky breath and clutched her wrist, bringing her hand up to his lips an.d kissing the back it tenderly. His eyes swept over her body. It seemed to hit him then that he was never going to hear her laugh or her giggle, or the way she brighten his day no matter what mood he was in.

'Jesus, babe. I can't believe your making me say goodbye to you. I've only just found last year and I'm saying goodbye to you. This is too hard so I'm just going to keep this short. I love you, sweetheart. I always will. No one will ever measure to anything you did, no one will come even close to you... Because you were the one for me, Lauren. It was you I wanted everything with...' he trailed off, leaning down to kiss her lips lightly one last time, savouring the moment, before pressing a kiss to her forehead, squeezing his eyes tight shut as he started to shut his emotions away. A tear dripped onto Lauren's forehead and Joey took a deep breath before pulling away. He stood up and looked down at her.

'I love you, sweetheart. I'll never forget you...' said Joey, finding the courage to leave the room. He collected his jacket and turned away from Lauren, when something grabbed him...

'Whitney?' asked Bianca, as she opened the door. She put a hand to her chest at the sight before her eyes. Whitney had fallen asleep with Tiff in her arms. Bianca smiled and grabbed the sofa throw off the back of the sofa and gently covered them with it, being careful not to wake them up. SHe turned to go, when Whitney's voice stopped her.

'Bi, everything is going to be okay? Right?' she asked

'Yeah Whit. I promise. Everything will be okay' said Bianca, looking down at her step daughter. Whitney smiled at her nodded, and felt Bianca press a kiss to her forehead as she felt sleep drawing her back in..

'MAX!' shrieked Joey, as something grabbed his wrist, making him jump. He spun around and almost fainted at the sight.

'Lauren?' he gasped. The door banged open and Max skidded in.

'Joey! what's' Max's sentence died in his throat, as he looked at his daughter.

'Get a Doctor! GET A DOCTOR!' screamed Joey, as he grabbed Lauren's hand tightly. His other hand reaching up to stroke her hairline, as her eyes fully opened and glanced round the room.

'Babe, please don't go back to sleep. Listen to me, listen to me... Don't close your eyes again, sweetheart okay?' he asked. Lauren smiled lightly at him and tightened her hand round Joeys, clasping them together. She licked her dry lips, a sign she was going to say something.

'Joey... Where are am I?' she whispered. Joey was a little overwhelmed at what had happened in the last five minutes. He pressed his lips to Lauren's in a desperate kiss to prove to himself that he wasn't dreaming. Lauren proved it wasn't as her hand tugged at his hair as she responded for a minute, before pulling away, as she realized Joey was crying.

'Babe, what's wrong?' she asked. Joey frowned and stroked her hand

'You don't remember? Babe, you died on us..' he said. Lauren's eyes widened and opened her mouth to say something, when a Doctor rushed into the room with Max, Tanya, Abi and Kirsty behind him.

'LAUREN!' shouted Tanya, before she clamped a hand to her mouth in happiness. The Doctor looked at Lauren, unable to believe his eyes.

'Well, I can honestly say that this has never happened before, Lauren...' he said, before jotting some notes down

'I'm a Branning. I'm a fighter' she lightly joked, winking at Joey, who chuckled and pulled her up gently for a hug...

R&R :D Come on... You guys seriously think I could actually kill Lauren off? Ya'll should know me by now X