Joey woke up and stared at the time on his phone 11:40am he sighed and stared around Peter was obviously in class, he turned and stared at Lauren he sighed deeply and shook his head before climbing out of bed and heading into the shower, a little while later he returned Lauren was still sound asleep he glared at her, he wasn't going to get over the fact that Peter's girlfriend the one he was so excited to meet was so rude to him, he opened his suitcase and grabbed his clothes he put them on quickly and walked out the door.
Joey returned home and stared at the bed Lauren was asleep in when he left, it was empty he sighed and began unpacking his newly bought items when a shrill shrieking scream made him jump "Alright love calm down!" he yelled shaking his ear "Who are you?" Joey turned to Lauren "Oh i'm sorry how insensitive of me hello i'm Joey, Peter's best mate I moved in last night" he turned away and rolled his eyes "Ok well i'm Lauren" she smiled "Oh you don't have to tell me, Peter told me loads about you" he grinned, Lauren stared smug "Little did he tell me you're in love with alcohol" he muttered "Excuse me?" she yelled "Ah there's the girl from last night!" he smiled "What the hell is your deal you've never even met me!" Joey turned to her "That's true however i know a train wreck when i see one" he replied sternly, Lauren scoffed and walked out the door "What a bitch!" he mumbled when the door slammed shut.
Peter walked through the door and smiled at Joey "Man that was a long day" he sighed lying on his bed "I went shopping for you, you guys had nothing" Joey replied "Yeah that's usually Lauren's thing...by the way where is she?" Peter asked looking around the room "Oh yeah she stormed out after our argument" Peter sat up and stared "You argued with my girlfriend?" Joey sighed "It's not what it seems, look mate i'm happy for you but you can do a whole lot better than well that!" he answered honestly "Ok i'm going to stop you there, you have not spoke to Lauren you don't even know Lauren!" he yelled "Not true I had an encounter with her last night that was night pleasant my friend!" Peter stared "Yeah that was last night, she was smashed you've not even met Lauren she's a great girl when you get to know her, she's funny, she's kind she's beautiful, I love her mate we were first loves after all nothing beats that!" Joey stared "Mate, you don't know what the hell she does when she's on nights out she could have cheated on you a thousand times!" he replied "What so you're saying I should just dump her? What because she hit you? You dislike her? Well guess what pal i'm not you!" he yelled "You are so gullible mate you know that? She is a mess, she is a trainwreck and no matter how many times you exchange i love you to each other she will always be that wreck of a person so I think yeah you should call it off because you are way too good for a tart like her!"
Lauren slammed the door behind her catching the two boys' attention "Hi" she snapped folding her arms "We weren't talking about you...I swear!" Peter lied "Oh so is that why you fell silent just then?" she asked "We were in the middle of a conversation" Joey answered sternly "Yeah about me!" she yelled angrily "It doesn't matter this conversation is private!" he yelled back "Is that why you were yelling everything? If you want a private conversation you must whisper!" Joey turned to her "You just barged in here!" he yelled "I live here!" she answered "Alright i'll let you in on our conversation, some tart in a skirt that looked a lot like you slapped me last night-" Lauren walked towards him "Stop there or i'll hit you again...first of all i am not a tart...do i look like a dessert to you?" she asked, Peter began to laugh Joey turned and glared at him "You have some attitude darling" he replied turning back to face her "Last night does not define me! Anyone with brains would be able to figure that out!" she yelled in his face "Hey at least i'm actually going to college...what are you doing? Sitting here alone, drinking away your sorrows waiting for him to come home? I feel sorry for you darling i really do" he smirked "You make me sound like an alcoholic! You've seen me drunk once!" she shouted, Peter could feel the tension now and he didn't like it why couldn't these two just patch up their differences and let it go? "I know girls like you darling" Lauren stared angrily "I swear to god if you call m darling again I will-" Peter walked towards her and grabbed her arm "Can I speak with you outside?" he asked opening the door Lauren stared confused as she watched Peter usher her out the door, she sighed and waited for him, he closed the door behind him "Please stop" he begged "What me? No way!" she replied sternly "Look you are both at fault okay? Why can't you just apologise?" Lauren scoffed "Apologise you're joking right?" Peter shook his head "I love you so much! Please do this for me!" Lauren glared "No! He's so rude tell him to leave!" she demanded "I can't do that we used to be best mates I haven't seen him in years" Lauren thought for a moment "It's me or him Peter make your decision!" she folded her arms awaiting a response from him. Peter thought for a long time he couldn't choose between his best friend and love of his life...could he?