She's Leaving Home - Paul McCartney x Reader

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Lucy's jaw drops,

'Nancy! You can't drop out!'

I sigh,

'Well I never though I'd come to this, to be honest, but I've got a daughter, Lucy'

'Well you won't have a job, and-'

'Everything will be okay'

I pull her close; wrapping my arms around her and kiss the top of her head. She squeezes me back. I haven't hugged her for so long and it feels so lovely just to touch her again.

She pulls away and looks up at me, her eyes sad,

'Let's go and join the party, yeah?'

I nod and hold her hand, walking out of the room.

As we walk down the hallway towards the living room, I can hear music getting increasingly louder. We stand in the doorway of the room and watch everyone dancing to The Kinks.

Lucy us laughing and I'm not sure why, until I see that Paul is dancing hard, but on his own. Everyone else is paired up; Brian and George Martin, Maureen And Ringo, George and Laurel and even John and Violet (I say dancing, Violet's in John's arms being bobbed around to the music, her eyes look tired).

Paul notices us standing in the doorway and calls us over,

'Girls! Come 'ed'

We rush over to him and both of us hold one of Paul's hands while he spins us around, both of us giggling uncontrollably.

After a while, Laurel stands on a chair and taps a glass with a knife,

'Everyone, could I have a moment please?'

Her perfect white teeth are on show behind her cherry red lipstick and her emerald eyes are glistening. Everyone turns to face her and she looks upon the group. I'm not sure why she's acting like there's loads of us; including her there's only about 7.

'Thank you, I would just like to ask John and Nance to sit on the sofa- oh and Violet of course'

She smiles and gestures to the sofa. I look to John (who is still holding Violet) and we exchange a confused look before taking a seat next to each other on the sofa. I see Paul mouth at me,

'What's going on?'

I shrug in return.

Nancy heads to the kitchen and returns holding three large present bags.

'I thought it'd be nice to hold a little present exchange'

I beam at her as she walks over with the bags held out in front of her,

'Thank you, Laurel! You've already done so much already!'

She shakes her head and waves her hand in a dismissive way,

'It's  nothing, really. I asked everyone to get a little something and of course they co operated'

She laughs and John hands Violet to me before picking up the first present bag. Paul looks slightly annoyed. I'm not sure why, he knows I have no interest in John.

'This is from-'

He struggles to read the tag- no glasses and all,

'-Brian and George'

I smile up at them and thank them, and they both smile in return. John pulls out a teddy bear. A very luxury teddy at that, the fur feels like a dream. I check the tag on the bear and my heart nearly drops,