Lauren and Joey lay naked together on the rug in front of the roaring fire, limbs entangled. Neither of them had spoken for a while but the silence wasn't awkward or comfortable, they were content just lying there together. After a while Lauren shifted against Joey

'Are you cold babe?' he asked her softly

'Mmm, no' she shook her head

'Are you sure? We can go to bed?' he suggested

'I like it here' she replied with a smile 'We haven't done this for a while either'

'No not since the twins were 3' he said 'It's a bit difficult now that the kids are older, I think they be a little shocked and disgusted if they found us like this' he told her

Lauren giggled 'They'd probably be shocked and disgusted by a lot of the things that we've done' she told him, she smiled as she sat up

'Where are you going?' he asked her

'Bathroom' she told him 'I'll be back in a minute'

'We could relocate to the bedroom, be more comfortable'

'I'm comfortable right here' she said with a smile 'I will be back in a minute' she told him again and she moved forward and kissed him softly.

Joey watched his wife walk naked towards the stairs and she disappeared.

He laughed softly to himself and he got up and he made a bed on the floor with the cushions from the sofa and he got the blanket off the back of the sofa. He locked the back door and turned off the lights apart from the lamp before laying back down on the floor. He waited for Lauren to return, his eyes focused on the door, ten minutes later she came back, she was holding their robes in her arms and she lay them down on the sofa

'I like what you've done here' she said with a smile

'Yeah?' he asked her and she nodded

'It's very romantic'

'I was going for romantic' he said as she lay down beside him,

'You think that you're going to get lucky again?' she asked him 'You already have….twice' she told him as she kissed his shoulder, he raised his arm and put it around her and she lay her head on his shoulder to look at him

'I'm going for the hat trick' he grinned at her

'Are you now?' she smiled

'Mmhmm' he said and he stroked her cheek and he moved onto his side and then he kissed her softly. 'How do you feel?' he asked her

'I'm fine Joey. No headache, no nausea…I feel fine' she replied

Joey looked at her and he brushed his fingers over her forehead and down her nose. 'You promise me that you are going to be okay?' he asked her, she blinked and nodded, Joey licked his lips and he closed his eyes briefly

'I promise' she told him 'I am going to be fine and the baby is too' she told him softly

He looked down at her and he ran his hand down over her throat, over her breast, his thumb brushing over her nipple and then his hand spanned her stomach. He moved down her body and he kissed her stomach gently.

'You better be because if you're not I am going to be really, really pissed at you!' he told her and he kissed her stomach again

'Are you saying what I think you are saying?' she asked him, he looked up at her and met her tearful gaze.

'Yes' he nodded, he kissed his way up her body, pausing to take a nipple into his mouth and sucking on it gently and then he kissed her lips softly 'You know I can never say no to you' he told her 'You have me under your spell' he told her

'Joey…' she wrapped her arms around his neck and he let her roll him on to his back and she straddled him 'Are you sure?'

'Yes' he nodded 'I'm trusting you not to break your promise to me' he said

'I won't' she told him, I swear I won't' she murmured as she kissed him and they melted into each other again.

The next morning they got up, showered and dressed and then Joey went downstairs to make some breakfast. He was pleased when Lauren cleared her plate and then ate half of his too.

'Looks like someone got their appetite back hey?' he asked her with a grin.

'Yes I guess so, I am so hungry' she told him

'Do you want some more?' he asked her as he got up 'I can make you some more?' he looked at her expectantly.

'I do but I don't want to be sick either, which I might be if I eat any more' she admitted to him

'All right, so tell me what do you want to do today baby?' he sat down again

'Can we go to the square?' she asked him 'Spend the day there, have lunch in the Vic like we used to?'

'Yeah of course we can' he nodded

'Maybe we can have dinner at the restaurant?'

'Yeah we can do that' Joey smiled at her

'We should probably clear up the breakfast things' she said looking around

'I'll do that' he said

'We can do it together' she smiled at him

'Okay'

AN: So Joey has given into Lauren as he always does. And Lauren appears to be feeling better!

So what happens next….read on to find out..

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