Joey went up the stairs and he opened the bedroom door and he found Lauren had a suitcase on the bed and she was tossing his things into it
'What's going on Lauren?' he frowned at her 'why are you packing my things?'
'Because you are not staying here' she told him with a frown
'Wait, can we back up a second to when we were downstairs, when you said that you didn't want me to tell you what you thought I was going to tell you?' he asked her 'What exactly did you think I was going to tell you?' he frowned, she ignored him and kept on packing 'Lauren stop! Talk to me' she grabbed her arms stopping her from moving passed him
'You going to deny it?'
'Deny what?' Joey asked her
'That you're having an affair?'
Joey was stunned at her accusation 'You think I'm having an affair?' he blinked at her
'Aren't you?'
'No!' he frowned at her 'Of course not! You thought I was having an affair?'
'Explain to me disappearing in the middle of the night, coming home at 3:00am, having secret conversations on the phone, calling another woman babe? Asking her if she was missing you already. Telling her that you would call her after you dropped the kids off at school? OR how about lying to me telling me that you were going to work when you didn't?' she frowned at him angrily 'The secret text messages that you got at 3am? The reply that you sent? What was that about?'
Joey closed his eyes and he sighed and he licked his lips and he sat down on the bed and he looked at her 'It's not what you think Lauren' he told her
'Really? Enlighten me then' she said putting her hands on her hips and glaring at him
'I was talking to another woman but.. I haven't been having an affair with her'
'Who is she?'
'A drinks rep, I met her when she came into the club' he said 'I've seen her a few times, we're friends that's all' he looked up at Lauren
'You've seen her where?' Lauren asked him
'We've had lunch a couple of time, dinner, and drinks' he said with a casual shrug
'How long?'
'What?' he asked her
'How long have you been seeing her?'
'I don't know 4 months' he said 'she came into the club and we hit it off' he told her
Lauren looked at him and then turned and opened another drawer and took out some more of his things and stuffed them into the suitcase 'What are you doing?'
'What you tell me that you've been "dating" someone else for four months and you think that everything is okay?' she frowned at him
'I haven't been dating her'
'No? Secret drink and meals, sneaking off to see her, secretive phone calls and texts. Were you going to tell me? I mean is that what you wanted to tell me tonight?'
'No I wanted to talk about something else tonight' he said to her
'Really? So you planned on continuing to see this woman behind my back?'
'Her name is Hannah'
'I didn't ask what her name was and frankly I don't care' she snapped at him 'You've been sneaking around with her behind my back' she told him with an angry frown
'I haven't been sleeping with her'
'No? You honestly expect me to believe that?' Lauren asked him 'you've been seeing her for four months and you haven't mentioned her to me once. Does she know that you have four kids?'
'Yes' he nodded his head
'Does she know that you are married?'
'Yes she does' he nodded his head 'She's seen your pictures' he told her
'What and do you tell her all our problems? Do you cry on her shoulder? Tell her that your wife doesn't understand you or some other shit?'
'Why are you being like this?'
Do you fancy her?' Lauren asked him, Joey didn't reply 'I take it that's a yes? Do you want to sleep with her?
'Yes' he nodded 'but I am not going to because I am married to you…' Lauren cut him off
"Really making me feel special, Joey... you're seeing someone else but you not going to sleep with her because I'm holding you back?' she asked him incredulously
'I love you and I am not going to do anything to risk that, or us'
'You already did' Lauren replied 'I want you out Joey, I'm not kidding around here. I want you to you go'
'You're being ridiculous' he snapped at her 'Its not as though anything has happened'
'So you would be okay with me sneaking around behind your back seeing another man and not telling you anything about it. You would be okay with me being out until 3:00am, with me telling you that I fancied him and that I wanted to have sex with him?'
'Well no … but you did sleep with Tyler'
'We weren't even together then' Lauren frowned feeling herself growing even more angrier with him 'and that was over 16 years ago for fucks sake, so what this is pay back? You sleep with her and it makes us even? I don't think so'
'Lauren stop' he said and he stood up and crossed the room as she started hauling his clothes out of the wardrobe'
'I don't know what's worse, you telling me that you are having an affair or you telling me that you want to?' she frowned at him
'That's not what I'm saying'
'Isn't it?' Lauren spun round to look at him laden with an armful of his clothes 'Because that is what it sounds like to me' she told him 'either that or you're asking for my permission?'
'That's not what I'm asking for' he told her softly 'Lauren…...please'
'Just go Joey' she told him 'I don't want you here … I can't even look at you right now' she shook her head. 'Get out' she shouted at him and she ran into the bathroom and started to pack his things from there too'
'All right, all right I'll go' he told her 'but I will come back tomorrow, when you have calmed down and we will sit down and talk about this rationally like adults' he told her as he took his bathroom bag from her
'That's the second time this week you've accused me of being a child Joey' she frowned at him 'I don't need you…..' she frowned at him 'You can't even discipline the kids properly….'
Joey did up his suitcase and he picked it up off the bed 'I will see you tomorrow' he told her and he left the bedroom. She heard him walk down the stairs, the front door slam and his car engine start up.
Lauren picked up the phone and dialled a number 'Hello, I need to have the locks replaced on my house. I lost the main set of keys and I don't feel safe knowing that they are out there somewhere. Can you come out tonight?...great…..'
AN: Sorry for the delay in publishing. Have had a hectic week at work.. lots of changes going on and been running round rather like a headless chicken….trying to get my head round the changes, implementing them and more running around like a headless chicken!
Anyway …. Do you think Lauren over reacted or was her anger and actions justified?
Let me know what you think.
Thank you for your reviews…. I will reply to them all tomorrow. R&R as always
Back tomorrow.