Sorry I haven't updated a for a bit, but the weather has been lovely and too enjoyable to miss :) And after what I've found out about Jouren, I can honestly say I'm happy for once :)
Enjoy, my lovely readers :)
Joey awoke slowly and glanced down at his arms, smiling as Lauren was still alseep. He gently kissed her head and chuckled lightly as she scrunched her face up, before her eyes flickered open.
'Hey, babe' he greeted as she smiled up at him.
'Hey to you' she replied, reaching up to kiss him. He smiled into the kiss and tangled his hands in her hair, deepening the kiss. She turned in his arms so she was straddling his lap, emitting a groan low from his throat. He gripped her waist tightly as her arms wound round his neck tightly, bringing herself closer to him. However, when she grazed his bruised ribs, he winced, making her pull away, frowning.
'Joey?' she questioned. She saw his pained expression and gently pulled his t-shirt up, letting out a horrified gasp, at the bruises that covered his left side.
'It's okay, babe. I'm okay' Joey said, hugging his distraught girlfriend to his chest.
'No, it's not! He did this, didn't he?' she asked, looking up at him. He looked at her questionly.
'Foster?' Lauren prompted. Joey sighed and nodded. Lauren's eyes filled with tears , but she refused to let them fall.
'I'm okay, babe. Richard got worse than me, even though he shouldn't have' admitted Joey, making Lauren look at him. She waited for him to continue.
'Foster came at us with a gun, claiming that we didn't deserve you and that we were distractions for his method. He managed to hit me twice with the butt of the gun, catching us both off guard...He aimed the gun at me, afterwards and fired, but I ducked behind this vase stand and the shot hit the wall, then he tried to shoot me again, only Richard took both shots, pushing me out of the way... Foster fled when he heard police sirens and the neighbours managed to break the door down... Lauren, I'm going to be honest, I don't know how Richard survived that shooting. He should be dead. The amount of blood that he lost...' Joey explained, trailing off at the end.
'It's okay. He's going to be okay' Lauren whispered, caressing his cheek gently. She slid down his body slightly and pressed feather light kisses to his bruised ribs. She felt his hands thread through her hair and she smiled as goosebumps appeared on his skin.
'Baby...' Joey groaned, as Lauren travelled lower, undoing his jeans button and sitting up to take them off. Lauren glanced at the silver clock above her bed.
'I've got an hour before I have to go back to the clinic... I think we need to kill some time showing each other how much we love each other...' Lauren whsipered against his lips. Joey brought her head down in an hot, open mouthed kiss, tearing her t-shirt over her head, gently rolling her under him...
Max entered the house, dragging Tanya behind him. He shut the door and looked round the downstairs area of the house, making sure Lauren wasn't around. He grimaced slightly when he heard giggling and other noises coming from her bedroom and dragged Tanya outside into the backyard. He montioned for her to sit down on a sun lounger, which she did and sighed.
'Max, please... Why can't you accept it? I don't want treatment. If it's my time to go, then it's my time to go... And to be honest with you, it hasn't really got anything to do with you anymore' Tanya said
'Excuse me? You're the mother of my children, I think I do have a say in this bloody stupid desicions on yours!' Max said heatedly. Tanya rolled her eyes, but didn't say anything.
'Tanya, please... Have you even considered what will happen if you don't refuse treatment? Abi will become more resentful of me than she already is, Oscar will grow up without a Mum and I cna't bear to see that happen' Max admitted. Tanya rised an eyebrow.
'I think you're forgetting someone' she said
'Lauren? What the hell do you think will happen?' Max exclaimed. Tanya shut her eyes, not wantingMax to see the tears glistening them.
'Max, please just go!' she said
'NO! I'm not going to risk having Lauren another breakdown and me having to section her or something! I swear, Tanya... If you don't accept treatment and you... I'm not risking it!' Max exclaimed.
'I'M SCARED, MAX!' Tanya shouted, getting to her feet. Max looked at her. 'I'm scared, Max. There, I admitted it. I'm scared that it's going to be like last time, I'm scared that I'm going to wake up one morning and all my hair is scattered all over my pillow! I'm scared that Lauren is going to have to watch me die!'. Max pulled Tanya into his arms, as she broke down. He failed to keep his own tears at bay and let them loose.
'Mum? Dad?' came Lauren's surprised voice, as she and Joey stood in the doorway, looking slightly embarssed by their apperance, seeing as Lauren was dressed in Joey's shirt and her panties and Joey was in his boxers.
'We didn't think anyone would be home yet' admitted Joey. Lauren looked at her Mum.
'Mum? Are you okay?' Lauren asked. Tnaya looked at her.
'I'm sorry, love. I'm so sorryfor being such a terrible Mum' Tanya said, making Lauren frown.
'What? Mum, you haven't! You've been the best Mum ever, even if you didn't agree with some of the desicions I made' Lauren said, cradling her Mum's face in her hands. She hugged her Mum tightly and rubbed her back.
'Lauren... Your Mum's refusing treatment, did you know?' Max asked. Lauren stiffened in her Mum's hug and pulled back sharply.
'What?' she questioned, not wanting to believe she had just heard that.
'She's refusing treatment' Max repeated. Lauren looked at Tanya, who looked guilty as charged.
'No! NO! This is not what Bradley meant, it can't be!' Lauren said, wiping her tears away furiously. Tanya watched her eldest as her defense walls were put in place.
'I wonder what Abi would think?' she asked, as Max handed her his phone.
'MAX! Lauren, stop it!' Tanya said, reaching for the phone, but Lauren jumped out of the way. She heard Abi picked up.
'Dad?
'Hey, Abs. It's me! Guess what?'
'Lauren? What are you doing with Dad's phone?'
'Nevermind that! Mum's-'
SMACK
The phone hit the floor, as Tanya slapped Lauren, making Joey surge forward, but not before another SMACK echoed through the air, as Lauren slapped Tanya back. Joey hauled Lauren away from Tanya, before she could do anything else.
It hurts doesn't it, Mum? When the people we're suppose to love and care about suddenly turn on you!' Lauren screamed, before she fought her way out of Joey grip and headed back upstairs to get changed, leaving Max and Tanya outside, slightly shocked that Lauren had hit her Mum back...
R&R :D xx