So Bad Desire will be ending around August/September and how cool would it be if another story was written with all the children much older. I'd love to see what each of them were up to and what happened in their lives after seeing their parents.

There will be a few posts where I talk about what I think would happen to them if this did happen. 

But just as a disclaimer - this post does not mean this is happening. Lucie hasn't mentioned doing it once Bad Desire ends... I'm just secretly hoping it does happen!

Bad Desire Children Grown Up: The Lawrences.

Ellie Lawrence:

We know that as a toddler she is very confident and sassy - I can imagine that this won't change when she's older. I think she will still be protective over her siblings and like to boss them around a little bit and I can imagine her being pretty smart.

I think she would probably end up going to univeristy eventually and also be into her acting as it's mentioned that this is something she loves during school.

I think she would also be quite a bit of trouble for her parents though and would probably be the kind to sneak out late at night with friends. I think she would have some of Jess' personality traits that she held as a teenager.

Harvey Lawrence:

I think Harvey grown up would definitely be a mini Jack. I could imagine him definitely being into his cars and also girls - probably making his way through dating many in his school - maybe he would be a bit of a player.

In true Lawrence tradition, as we know starting from Dan's dad, the Lawrence's tend to get girls pregnant at very young ages - I could imagine this happening with Harvey too. I reckon he would DEFINITELY be the one out of the family to have a baby young and I could imagine this obviously creating some drama. However, I also think Jack and Jess would be supportive of him as they can't exactly be hypocrites, nor could any Lawrence haha!

Mia Lawrence:

Mia would be the quietest of the lot I think as this is the way she has been as a child. I think she would keep herself to herself and have a small set of friends that she trusted. I think she would continue to be very close to Jack and her family in general.

We know that she deals with anxiety as she gets older so I think this would be a huge storyline for her and it would be one that a lot of people could relate to.

Addie Lawrence:

Addie is a tricky one to decide what she would be like other than super smart! I can't figure out if I think she would be quiet, loud or a little in between. However, I can guess for certain that a huge storyline for her will be her strong friendship with Sophie and Aaron's daughter Phoebe.

(Name) Lawrence:

Unsure of the gender as still not born in the story yet.

Felix

(Played by Jamie Campbell Bower)

Age: 29

Job: Topshop - Head Office: Buying Assistant

About:

Really good friends with Sophie - met through their job. Lives in London. Seems like a really funny guy who is full of life and extremely sassy!

What's to come:

With Sophie heading back to London, Felix will be in it a bit more. It will show their friendship and how he has been a rock for Sophie from the moment she moved to London right until she left. 

There will be scenes of them at Sophie's apartment with Phoebe which will show both of their crazy personalities:

There will be a scene which will touch on an important topic in relation to Felix and how he is dealing with it:

Here is a 'timeline' showing the key Bad Desire parents; showing their current ages, when they got together, married, had their children and how long they have been together for.

It just gives a rough outline of their pasts and then you can compare to see if their children have ended up doing similar or very different!

Dan & Louise Lawrence

(Dan: 50, Louise: 48)

- Got together when:

Louise = 15

Dan = 17

- Had Connor when:

Louise = 16

Dan = 18

- Got married when:

Louise = 18

Dan = 20

- Had Jack when:

Louise = 20

Dan = 22

- Been together for: 

32 years

- Been married for: 

29 years 

****

 

Estee & Arlo Carter

(Estee: 55. Arlo: 56)

- Got together when:

Estee = 25

Arlo = 26

- Got married when: 

Estee = 26

Arlo = 27




- Had Sophie when:

Estee = 27

Arlo = 28

- Got divorced when:

Estee = 33

Arlo = 34

Broke up for 5 years after Estee cheated numerous of times.

- Remarried when:

Estee = 38

Arlo = 39

- Had Cameron when:

Estee = 39

Arlo = 40

- Had Maisy when: 

Estee = 41

Arlo = 42

- Rocky relationship from: 

Estee = 51

Arlo = 52

- Divorced:

Estee = 53

Arlo = 54

- Back together:

Estee = 54

Arlo = 55

- Had an on/off relationship but overall... Been together for:

30 years

Been married for:

1. 7 years

2. 15 years

3. No mention of remarrying since the last divorce.

So overall, married for: 22 years

Alissa & Dale Lloyd

(Alissa: 55, Dale: 58)

- Got together when: 

Alissa = 26

Dale = 29

- Had Elliot when:

Alissa = 27

Dale = 30

- Adopted Juliet when:

Alissa = 31

Dale = 34

- Got married when:

Alissa = 33
Dale = 36

- Been together for:

29 years

- Been married for:

22 years

Rusty & Jasmine Montague

(Rusty: 50, Jasmine: 49)

- Got together when:

Rusty: 17

Jasmine: 16

- Had Jazmine when: 

Rusty: 18

Jasmine: 17

Jasmine had an affair and had Beth when she was 19.

- Got married when:

Rusty: 21

Jasmine: 20

- Had Jess when:

Rusty: 22

Jasmine: 21

They were never together for very long as their relationship was very messy due to the gang. 

They are still legally married though even though they are not together - they never filed for a divorce due to not wanting their criminal records to be found.

With the recent chapters focusing on the tension currently running between Sophie and Aaron I thought it would be fun to set off a bit of a debate on who is in the right.

I am undecided on who I think is right but am going to debate it out below and see if I can come to a conclusion and whether or not anyone agrees.


Team Aaron:

To begin with I was instantly team Aaron. Sophie leaped on him with the decision that she was going back to work the next day without even discussing it with him. He seemed happy enough for her to go back, that wasn't his issue as he was prepared to stay home but he wasn't okay with how she went about it.

Sophie was so fed up of being home that she had reached the point where she physically couldn't take it and instead of asking Aaron if he could take a turn of remaining home, she told him.

I love that Sophie is so upfront but I do feel sorry for Aaron that he had the decision thrown at him and was expected to just go along with it.

I think Sophie is quite high maintenance because she is so used to guys doing whatever she wants with the click of her fingers so she expected Aaron to just drop everything and agree. I was glad when Aaron refused to let her go back the next day and said she needed to wait a week and actually found the exchange between them funny at that point. The back and forth in their relationship is something I love and I think Sophie needs that after the previous guys she has been with.

Team Sophie:

However, even though I think it's wrong what Sophie did, I do think the only reason she acted in the way that she did was because she is so used to having control. We know she has a high position in work and considering she has been home for so long, she hasn't been able to do her usual bossing around to keep in control, Therefore, she used Aaron to try and do that.

A main reason why I would go for team Sophie is because of the way Aaron acted afterwards. It was funny to begin with when he was messing with her by kissing her and then acting as though she wasn't there again. It was all innocent and playful however, the moment he decided to go out with a friend was when I switched.

Sophie already feels so uncomfortable at that party after the way Erika has been around her so would want Aaron there as support. She also needs him there for help with Phoebe considering she seems to be doing most of the looking after at the moment when they are both her parents.

I also didn't like what Aaron did in terms of the smoking. It was pointed out that he had stopped smoking so it obviously means he was just doing it to get to Sophie which is selfish. Sophie had spent time helping him and now he is throwing it back in her face because she annoyed him.


Team Aaron:

Another vote for team Aaron would be because of the way Sophie acted up over the whole thing. She is quite spoilt in a way due to her upbringing after not getting her own way, she instantly shut out what he may want and focused on her own desperate needs.


Team Sophie: 

Back on team Sophie I understand why she is so desperate to get her own way. It was pointed out by Estee that she was never happy with Elliot due to him holding her back. She is probably getting worried that because she has been forced to stay home for so long that it will remain that way and she will get stuck in a rut where she will have to drop her career for Phoebe and Aaron.

Mutual:

Moving on to the way she acted in front of Aaron's friend... I feel sorry for him as she probably made him look like a fool, refusing to let him smoke but at the same time, I love that she did that. She didn't care about standing up to his friend too for the sake of Aaron. She didn't do it because she was angry with him, she did it because she cared and didn't want him getting back into old habits.


I'm still unable to pick a solid side but I would have definitely been Team Aaron if things would have remained how they were to begin with - when Sophie told Aaron she was going back to work without asking. However, Aaron's reaction to the whole thing was what made me push towards Team Sophie. He could have acted differently and not taken things to the extreme of going out and smoking.

If you hadn't noticed already everything that happens in the story comes along with a deeper meaning than if you just take it at face value. I love how Lucie touches on important topics and brings light to the fact that they actually happen.

I think that sometimes books can portray a perfect vision and as much as it's great to live in that fantasy while you read, it's not realistic. Therefore, I love that the Bad News Series has never put that message across.

Here are a few examples and the deeper meanings behind them:

1. Juliet's Adoption Situation/and Children:

Many people in the world are adopted and many do not know who their biological parents are. I love how Lucie hasn't just made the typical mum, dad and child family and instead added adoption into the story. A lot of people who do eventually find out who their parents are often get disappointed and this is an issue that Juliet is experiencing. It helps people to see that they are not alone and that things may not be perfect but you can make the best of it.

Juliet's children in the story are also not by the same dad. This is something that happens in real life and is completely normal in the society we live in and it is also completely okay. This theme highlights that and shows that it doesn't change anything or make you less of a good person because of it.

2. Sophie's Miscarriage Situation:

So we just found out that Sophie experienced her third miscarriage. It's so easy to shrug this off as 'oh no, another one. I feel sorry for her' and forget it but it's much more important than that. Lucie wrote the miscarriages into the story for a reason and that was to one show that Sophie's life isn't all that perfect and to also highlight the fact that miscarriages happen and that having a baby isn't all that simple for everyone.
I think what makes it even more crucial is that she picked Sophie as the character to experience them because she is one of the strongest and most determined. It shows that even the most confident people can fall and experience difficulties in life. It shows the pain that people who miscarriage go through and the potential guilt they feel for expressing their feelings about it. A miscarriage is a loss no matter how early on it happens and not being able to carry a baby is a heartbreaking experience for many women.

3. Jess' Family Situation:

Jess begun the story with basically no family. The family she did/does have have never been there for her and she has grown up in life dealing with her issues alone. Not everyone in life have family or even a close family that they can connect with and Jess' situation really highlights that.
Jess has gone through an extremely tough time in her life and the fact that she did most of it alone lead to her going through so much hurt in the gang that she became a person she truly wasn't. She built up a wall and became cold and didn't allow people in.
However, it then goes on to show how good can come out of it. That there are more people out there that you can connect with and who will love you whether or not they are blood relations or not. It shows that even when you are alone you are strong enough to create a new and more beneficial life for yourself.

Fun fact! Jess and Jack are now the longest lasting couple in the story!!

Now that Sophie and Elliot are fully over and have been for nearly a year in the story time, they have taken their winning spot!

I think it's so cute because if you think about it their relationship did not start as one you would expect to last. They were both into messing around and enjoying the single life and Jess was also fully involved in the gang.

She got criticised so much by the gang when she first got with Jack but they both stuck it out and have managed to work through everything.

I think the game changer for them was when Ellie was born. Before then I never saw them as lasting, I thought it would just be a fling. However, after they had Ellie their relationship and love for each other seemed to grow stronger. It's not even about them staying together because of Ellie. I think they stayed together because they have this intense amount of love for one another that was just made stronger when they had their first child together.

Everything about their relationship is absolute goals and also their family life. I love how they take it all so casually and don't try and be perfect at it. They are young parents so are obviously going to see/do things differently to what older parents would do but I think that is what makes their family so amazing.

I also love how their relationship isn't simply romance and a ring on the finger to signal marriage. Instead they are a team and have each others back and work together through everything. 

It's like they have their best friend by their side through every struggle and issue that gets thrown at them in life and I absolutely love that. I think this is something that distinguishes them from all the other relationships in the story. It pulls them away from being in a relationship just simply for passion or practicality and adds the best friend aspect with the unconditional love.

I definitely envision them being the kind of couple that stays together until they are old and also being that couple that still loves one another intensely even when they have been together for an insane amount of time.

So yay for Jack and Jess now being the longest lasting couple and goodbye to Sophie and Elliot holding that number 1 spot.

So I thought I would start this new thing called 'WTF' which is basically going to be a summary of my predictions of the craziness that is going on in the story. There are so many questions and I am going to give my opinion to what I think is actually going on!

Sophie's Baby Daddy:

When she first found out she was pregnant the potential dads included; Corey, Aaron and a few random guys she met in London. Shortly after that I was convinced it was Corey due to the way the story was going and it would also make sense as Sophie wants to exclude the dad from the baby's life. We know the way Corey is and i'm not sure she would trust him as a father figure.

However!!! In the latest chapter, Aaron was the guy she called after checking through dates and trying to figure out who the dad is. There are two obvious theories to this:

1. Aaron is the dad.
or
2. She realised one of the guys she didn't want to be the dad is and would rather it be Aaron. Therefore, as crazy as she knew it was, she was desperately trying to reach Aaron and ask for help?

I don't know what is more likely or if it is another guy completely but I am now swaying towards hoping it is Aaron's!


Matt and Abbie's suspicious lurking:

I don't have many good guesses of what is going on there but my suspicions don't only focus on Matt and Abbie but also Jay and Jess. Jess told Juliet that Jay knows what is going on, so therefore why hasn't he stepped in and told Matt to leave Juliet's? Surely Matt is more protected by Jay than he is staying in Juliet's home so maybe it's nothing to do with that!

Jess left the gang ages ago but she still has ties with it. We know she keeps in contact with Jay and we also know how much the gang means to her. She left and rejoined a few times and even left the kids and stayed in Vegas for a little bit. Maybe she is gradually getting more involved and something is going to happen there? - this could be a crazy prediction but I just found it strange how casual she was when talking to Juliet while she was more panicked.

"Come on, you can't sit in on a Friday night when you're back in Brighton." Corey was attempting to persuade Sophie to go out.

He had arrived at her dads when she had refused over and over in text to join everyone.

Luckily for him, Sophie was home alone because Corey wasn't quite ready for the storm that was about to hit him.

"That's all you fucking care about." Sophie spat, causing his previous teasing grin to fall into that of confusion.

He wasn't quite prepared for her sudden change in tempo, thinking that he would easily get her out the door and joining everyone else.

"What do you mean?" He opened his arms in question.

"Going out. Why can't you give a shit about something else for once and accept that I want to stay in." Sophie bit.

"Okay, Soph calm down. I thought you were just avoiding it. Chill."

Corey's last word was one he should not have spoke because Sophie had very little patience in her already and that was one thing that could push her limits.

"Don't tell me to 'chill' Corey." She mocked. "If you want to go out, go out. Just leave."

"What the fuck is wrong with you?" 

"You. You're what's wrong."

"What the hell did I do?" They were clearly not on the same page and that was just making everything even more intense.

"Last night my car broke down. I was stranded and couldn't get hold of you." Sophie began and Corey was already aware of this after being informed by text the next morning once he had noticed her missed calls. 

"And I wonder why that was?" She asked a rhetorical question, no answer from him being necessary. "Because you were out, in a club, likely getting pissed with a bunch of girls caring about nothing else! Do you realise how messed up that is?"

Looking back at her in utter confusion, Corey began shaking his head. He didn't know where this was all coming from nor why she was so mad at him.

Yes he felt guilty for missing her calls but he hadn't quite expected this overloaded reaction.

"No I don't understand how messed up it is, soph. You really need to explain this to me."

"Of course you don't." She chuckled, yet this was anything but amusing to her. "Because that is all you care about."

"What and you don't? Has London suddenly made you a changed woman who is too good for that lifestyle?"

Corey's question had Sophie's whole body tense up even more. Her hormones were causing every bit of this argument to escalate more than it usually would.

"No, it's fucked up because how can I rely on you for anything if you couldn't even answer a damn phone call?" Sophie threw her arms out in aggravation.

It was now becoming clear where this all was coming from even though it was completely unknown to Corey.

The baby news had made her begin to rethink everything and begin critically observing every aspect of the potential dads.

She was scared and alone and was trying to figure out how each of them would step up to being a dad.

However, it was clear from this minor incident and her anger that Sophie would very quickly be swaying towards the idea of doing this whole parenting thing alone.

"I'm sorry but it was just..." Corey began to speak before Sophie interrupted him.

"Aaron and I haven't been speaking yet he was the one who answered my call and he was the one who came and got me out of that mess. You've been sleeping in my bed every fucking weekend Corey yet you couldn't even take a night out of your childish antics to come and help me out. That's so fucked up."

The tone in Sophie's voice was expressing more anger by the second and it wasn't being missed by Corey.

He obviously wasn't aware of Sophie's real reasons for the lash out but he definitely knew pushing her limits right now wouldn't be safe. However, due to his character he was finding it difficult to not fight back and defend himself.

He hadn't had the experience of knowing when to just let the girl be right and move on. He didn't realise how much easier it could make an intense situation like this be.

"The music was so fucking loud Soph and I didn't hear my phone. Aaron was at home, of course he would have heard his." Corey reached out to take Sophie's hands to guide her into him but she refused and shrugged him off.

"Whatever, I don't even care. Let me know when you have grown the fuck up and maybe we can talk. But until then, I want you to leave." She spat and he just looked back at her in shock for a moment.

He wasn't quite sure how to react and unknown to him this was Sophie's final decision that he wasn't a great 'dad' fit if it happened to be him. This was giving her one more reason to take the option of being a single mum.

Each of the main female characters are so different and I love that they are all so relatable in different ways. Starting with Sophie she is a huge party animal, extremely confident in general and in her self, very sociable, work obsessed and also an amazing friend.

She is shown to rock the whole independent, career woman role so well and shows that women can be the ones to bring in the money and take charge.

She is also relatable in terms of the struggles she has suffered with her family life. Her parents divorce, her mums cheating and being left to feel as though she had to be more independent at such a young age.

She has also experienced two miscarriages and has shown that even though it was a really tough time, she managed to get through it. She has also shown that it is okay to not want children. Elliot always really wanted them and tried to persuade her but she stood her ground in the end and moved on and focused on what she wanted.

She has also experienced many difficulties alongside goods in terms of love and guys. She has managed commitment and shown that she does like being in love but at the same time she wants to be on her own so she can have fun and not feel guilty for her life choices.

She has experienced and failed in a marriage, showing that it's not for everyone and that its okay to not want that. It doesn't have to be something every girl dreams of doing.

Lastly she has shown that it's okay for girls to have countless of relationships/flings with guys. It's not just okay for guys to do it and girls shouldn't get judged like many do. Even when she has been judged she stands up for herself and doesn't let anyone talk down about her because of it.

So in regard to the last point and for fun, I thought it would be interesting to see how many guys that we know of she has been with haha!

Firstly, we know she slept with 5 guys before Elliot.

1. Jack

2. Aaron

3. Ollie

4. Someone from school

5. Someone from school

6. Elliot

7. Todd

8. Kye

9. Corey

They are the names we know but there are obviously more due to it being hinted at that every time she is single she spends her time out with a collection of different guys.

There is also someone else that she has slept with that will come out in the story eventually. HINT 

The next one of these posts will be on Jess or Juliet.