Strawberry Fields Forever (A Beatles Fanfiction)

Chapter 13

John's P.O.V

We all walked out of the house and towards Mr. Baker's shop pretty quietly, at least at first.

"What if Mr. Baker doesn't let me stay with you guys, or Brian?" Michelle said, worry shining through her voice.

"Don't you worry, Mick." I said, hopping along with the goofiest smile on my face. They like that, right, girls? Don't they like when guys give them their own nickname? "I'm sure Mr. Baker will be thrilled that you'll be staying with people closer to your age that you can go out and have fun with. And, well, Brian just doesn't really matter." I said, making Paul laugh.

She smiled. "I'm looking forward to staying with you guys." This made us all smile, and Ringo and Paul even blushed, making me tense up a bit.

We finally got to Mr. Baker's store, finding him and Brian inside getting ready to close up the shop. They both smiled when they saw us all come in, but Mr. Baker's eyes immediately went to Michelle's bag. I opened my mouth before either of them could say anything.

"Epstien, Mr. Baker," I said, curtseying as I looked at each one of them, "the boys and I decided it might be best if Michelle hung out with us for a while." I said, standing back up straight and smiling.

"Not that we think she shouldn't live with you," George said coming out from behind me and looking at Mr. Baker.

I saw Mr. Baker quickly look at Michelle and raise one eyebrow and motion towards us. Michelle just quickly shook her head no, and Mr. Baker nodded is head as if to say he understood.

Brian just turned his head towards Mr. Baker, and made a face as if he were to say, 'really?'. Mr. Baker looked at all our hopeful faces. "Well I mean, Michelle was staying with me but I will not be offended in the slightest. You can make your own decisions, and you deserve some fun," he added as he winked at her. "I think it's a splendid idea." Brian just groaned. "I guess I really don't have a say in this, do I?" He said. We all laughed and immediately began on our way to the hotel.

"Nope!" Ringo yelled back to him as he took Michelle's hand and led us all out of the shop, closing the door behind us.

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We got back to the hotel and all of us stood in the living room of George's suite. "Wow, I've never seen a hotel so big before." She said, in awe as she looked around the room. We all gave a suttle laugh. She dropped her bag on the floor. "Can you show me where the bathroom is, Paul?" She said looking over to where Paul and Ringo were standing.

"Absolutely." Paul said looking smug as a huge grin appeared over hs face. A few seconds later, Paul returned into the living room.

"Alright lads, listen." I started, not wanting to waste any time. "I think I should bring Michelle back to my room with me, at least just for tonight." I said, very nonchalantaly as I looked down at my shoes.

"Hey hey hey," George said before anyone else could comment on my suggestion. "Who says she should be able to stay with you?" He said, sounding slightly annoyed.

"Well who said that she was ever officially staying with you, besides you?" Paul said, stepping towards us and crossing his arms.

A few seconds of silence went by as we all cooled down and tried to prentend we didn't care where she stayed as much as we were acting like we did, or at least I was.

I shrugged and tried to push it off. "Calm down, lads. I was just throwing out ideas." I said much more calmly. "I think we should let Michelle pick where she wants to stay, at least for the first night." Ringo said. We all just looked at each other and slowly began to nod.

"Well, I mean, whatever you guys wanna do." Paul said plainly as he turned his head to look out the window. "Sounds fine with me." George said as we heard the bathroom door open. We all didn't speak again until Michelle finally walked back out into the living room. She yawned as she walked back out. I looked at the clock, I really hadn't realized how late it was. It was almost 10:00.

"Michelle, where would you like to stay tonight?" Paul asked as he also noticed her yawning. She got all quiet and shy, like she usually does. God, she was so cute.

"Oh.. well I mean, I feel bad enough already that you're letting me stay here and we went around everywhere to get my things and come back here. I don't want to make you guys move around or do anymore, I'm fine with just staying here with George tonight. My bag is already here." She said shyly, looking at the ground.

My heart sank and I looked at George, who was as happy as ever. Ringo looked straight down at his face and I could literally see the happiness drain from Paul's eyes. However, they recollected themselves very quickly.

"Good idea. Mick." Paul said. "Im exhausted." He said slightly laughing and stretching his arms. "Yeah, we should probably all head off to bed so we can all meet up bright and early in the morning." I said as I glanced at George who winked at me.

I rolled my eyes.

We all said goodnight to each other and Paul, Ringo and I went to our separate rooms, leaving Michelle alone with George.