Lauren Branning- My Skin
Part One
Lauren stood alone the fresh air sobering her up as tears streamed down her face,
"Lauren? Love lets get you home" Carol says wrapping her arm around her nieces shoulder as she felt her tremble in her arms,
"No aunt Carol...I uh have to speak to Joey" Carol calls out after Lauren who runs off to Joeys banging desperately at the door,
"Lauren? Uh what you doing here?" Lucy asks a small smirk on her face making Lauren take a step back her whole body trembling,
"Oh uh I just got to go!" Lauren ran off her eyes streaming with tears when she banged right into Peter,
"I've been looking everywhere for you! Uh Lauren what had happened?" Peter holds her up as she breaks down,
"Lucy and Joey...he really has moved on...I thought that we had something special!" Peter pulls a crumbling Lauren into him holding her gently feeling total anger towards Joey and annoyance how his sister could hurt her best friend like this! Peter got her calmer and helped her back to his house,
"Peter? What's Lauren doing here?" Ian then sees the state of her and gently signals for Peter to take her upstairs whilst he phoned max.
Later that evening Lauren woke up in a sweaty state silent tears falling down her face the stirring making Peter wake up and comfort her,
"Hey Lauren your safe I promise your at mine ok?" Lauren takes her hand into peters,
"I am sorry Peter for shouting at you earlier... I know that you would never go behind my back Peter!"
"It's ok Lauren I understand. Lauren what happened between you and Lucy?" Lauren exhales slowly looking guiltily over at Peter,
"It's my own fault I kind of broke her heart by falling for Joey but I thought she was...ok I mean she was normal with me until she spiked my drink with vodka..."
"What?! Oh Lucy what was she thinking?!"
"That she hates me!" Peter squeezes her hands,
"Lucy doesn't hate you. Not the real Lucy anyway see since I come back I've seen a whole different Lucy...Lauren you know that you can come to me don't you?"
"Yeah. I always have you no matter what Peter!" Peter pulls Lauren into him as they held onto each other all night.
The next morning Lauren groans as the pounding begins in her head as she pulls the duvet over her head,
"Hungover huh? Here brought some breakfast" Lauren sat herself up and smiles touched as Peter places the tray onto her lap lying himself beside her and taking a slice of toast,
"Thank you Pete uh I don't feel hungry I'm sorry"
"Lauren just have a slice for me" Lauren sighs taking a bite of toast making Peter smile at her,
"Is uh Lucy here?"
"Oh uh she didn't come home last night I'm sorry" Peter hated how heart broken and lost Lauren looked as she get out the bed and heads out the house in a daze, it's all over now Lauren knew that now Joey was not in love with her anymore. She couldn't face it not seeing them together happy she couldn't. She enters the newsagents and picked up the bottle of vodka and slipped it into her pocket before rushing out not knowing where to go but knowing it was far away from Walford.