Parenting Paul

Chapter 3: John's Not So-Secret Plan

Eventually, Paul arrived at Apple Studio, where everyone was tuning their instruments. "Hey Macca, I  got coffee for you, latte to be specific...." Mal said as he handed Paul a tiny cup. "Thanks man...." Paul whispered as he took a sip of his drink. "No problem, so where were you this morning? You know, Allen is going to lose his mind about it......" Mal asked as Paul rolled his eyes. "Let him....I don't really give a damn....Jane dumped me last night...." Paul said nonchalantly as he walked towards the rest of the group. "Woah, woah woah...wait a second!" Mal exclaimed as he grabbed Paul's coat collar. "What?" Paul soon whispered with annoyance as he glared at Mal. "You just said, you and Jane broke up.....are you alright?" Mal asked with concern. "Yes, I'm fine.....let's get this show on the road......" Paul answered as he walked away, and Mal sighed.

"Hey lads...." Paul said as he sat down next to Ringo's left side, and everyone else, except Yoko, waved to him.  "Yoko....." Paul whispered angrily as Yoko pushed her black hair back infront of her eyes, and John shook his head at Paul signaling to stop. "Alright men, it's time for our daily meeting.....as you know, 1968 has been very difficult to pinpoint in regards to profit, the India trip in February, that set us back, and we've all been adjusting to the new Apple Corps deal..." Allen said as he walked into the room, and he held up a graph chart about Apple Corps monthly earnings. "What is this!?" Paul interrupted as Allen glared at him sinisterly. "Mr.McCartney, you are not authorized to speak at this time, please wait until the end....." Allen said trying to be calm "No, seriously what are you doing? Why are you treating the band like something on the New York stock exchange!?" Paul asked, not following Allen's instructions.

"Paul....I'm simply discussing Apple Corps monthly earnings, which can help us gauge how profitable the company will be in 1969..." Allen explained as Paul stood up from his chair. "Since when did it stop being about the music? I miss when we could just come here, and play ... y'know...no legalities, no rules, no bullshit ...." Paul began as Allen rolled his eyes. "I hate this.....I just wanna jam, and have fun....money doesn't mean shit.....it just makes me miserable...." He continued as everyone watched him. "Everyone else has someone to share it with.....George has Pattie, John has Yoko, Kiyoko and Julian....Ringo has Maureen. ZaK and Jason.......I've got nothin!" Paul cried as Ringo stood up, and walked over to Paul to comfort him. John then cleared his throat. "Umm....also Mr. Klein I'd like to add something......" John began as he stood up too. "Oh for the love of God....what?" Allen grumped.

"Now that Paul is here......." John began as he looked over at Paul who was being hushed by Ringo. "As.....out of it as he is....umm, the reason why I don't want you to kick Paul out of the band is.....because I'm dissolving it....." John soon finished as Paul turned to him. "What did you say?!" Paul soon asked as he approached John. "I'm quitting the band.....The Beatles are done...." John retorted as Paul shook his head in disbelief.  "We had a good run....but Mr. Epstein is gone, I need to focus on myself and Yoko, and honestly just try new things.....musically and personally.." John explained as Paul shook his head. "I can't believe you.....you're selling out....how could you do this?!" Paul asked as George finally stood up, "Paul, it's gonna be okay...." George whispered as he patted Paul on the shoulder. "No, it's not okay! Jane left me, and, and, and now this!!" Paul yelled as John's eyes widened. "Look, Paul, how about I come over? We can chat personally.....one on one...." John offered as everyone else looked at Paul. "Fine...8pm." Paul whispered as he shook hands with John.