Later that night Lauren and Lucy were in the cocktail bar, Lucy watched her friend as she went to the bar to get some more drinks, a very cute guy started to flirt with Lauren and Lucy watched as Lauren flirted openly back with him. Lucy was surprised when Lauren handed the guy her phone and he obviously entered his phone number in for her. He smiled at her when his order came in and then took the drinks off to his friends. Lauren returned to the table and she gave Lucy her drink
'What was that?' she asked Lauren
'What?' Lauren asked her innocently as she took a drink
'That guy at the bar. The one you were flirting with, did he give you his phone number?'
'Yeah he did' Lauren nodded with a smile 'He was pretty cute wasn't he?'
'He looked about 12'
'He's 27' Lauren replied 'Divorced with a 3 year old son called Adam'
'And did you tell him that you were married with four kids and that you are 39?' Lucy asked as she glanced over at the table the gut and his friend were sitting at. One of them looked up at her and winked. She blushed and looked away.
'No I told him that I was separated with 4 kids and he told me that I didn't look anywhere near 39' she smiled back at Lucy 'He said that I didn't look a day over 28'
'Well that's true you don't' Lucy said 'Wait separated?' she frowned 'When did that happen?'
A couple of days ago' Lauren said with a shrug as if it was no big deal
'What happened?'
'He's seeing someone else' Lauren replied
'Joey? No I'm sure that you are wrong' Lucy shook her head 'He loves you. Worships that ground that you walk on'
'Well now he worships that ground that Hannah walks on'
'Hannah?' Lucy raised her eyes brows
'Drinks rep he met at the club'
'He's sleeping with her?'
'He says he says he's not, but he told me that he wants to'
'So what happened? Did he leave you for her?'
'I kicked him out' Lauren told her as she picked at the remains of her dinner
'You kicked him out?' Lucy looked at her 'And gave him an excuse to sleep with her' Lucy frowned at Lauren, 'You've practically pushed him towards her, you may as well have turned down the sheets on the bed for them' Lucy shook her head 'Lauren you need to talk to Joey, you need to tell him in no uncertain terms that he kicks this other woman to the kerb'
'I did that. He said he wouldn't stop seeing her' she replied 'So I told him to go, I packed his cases and changed the locks on the house' she told her
'You know that he's going to tell this Hannah that he's told you about her, that you've kicked him out?'
'So?'
'Well, if that were me, then that would give me the green light to step things up a little' she told Lauren 'Dinner at my place, being understanding and sympathetic, plying him with alcohol before moving in for the kill' she said
'So you're saying that he's going to sleep with her?'
'It's a possibility Lauren yeah' she nodded
Lauren looked down at her rings on her fingers and she slid them off and put them into her bag 'Well if Joey wants to pretend that he's single then so will I' she replied 'I'm still attractive enough to get a date, see how he likes it'
Lucy shook her head 'You are playing a very dangerous game Lauren' Lucy told her
'Yeah well Joey started it' Lauren replied with a frown.
'I don't want to see you get hurt Lauren' Lucy told her softly and she reached across the table and squeezed her friends hand 'You and Joey belong together'
'Yeah? Shame Joey doesn't think so' she replied softly.
AN: So Lauren's gone from angry and upset to being vengeful and possibly stupid!
Do you think she's making a mistake?
How is Joey going to react when he finds out?
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