Something | Starrison [✖️]

Chapter fifteen

"Mum."

"Hey Rach! Are you going to finish your food or not---" John noticed that she was stiff. "Rach? Rach you okay?"

She turned and quickly hid her phone. "U-Uh yeah couldja call Paulie for me?"

"Oh." John stumbled out. "Okay. PAUL!" He yelled.

"What?" Paul yelled back, irritated. "I'm in the next bloody room you didn't have to yell--- Rach?!"

She didn't realize she was shaking when Paul hugged her.

"I-I... M-Mum's coming tomorrow..." She whispered.

"What?!" Paul gasped. "Fuck Rach---"

"Who's coming tomowow?" George asked, his mouth full with cake.

John spoke up, his hands on Rachel's shoulders. "Rachel's mum is coming tomorrow."

"Well," He swallowed before clearing his throat. "What's wrong with your mum?"

"She's transphobic." Rachel muttered, gripping on Paul's sweater for dear life.

"Oh shit," George went to his love and Rachel wiggled out of John's grasp on her shoulders. "If she says anything to you I'll---"

"Please Gear don't make matters worse by upsetting her." Rachel pleaded. "She may be a bitch---"

"A big bitch." Paul added.

Rachel nodded. "And that! But she's my mum, Gear!"

George nodded. "I promise I won't hit her. I don't hit bitches. That's animal abuse." He deadpanned, making them burst out laughing.
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Her mother did come.

"She doesn't look like her," John whispered.

Paul shot her a deadly glare when Rachel's mother's back was turned. "She's her step-mum. Rachel's real mum died when she was five."

"Oh!" She said to Paul with a large, fake smile. "Paul Mccartney you've grown!"

He plastered a fake smile on his own. "Thanks Yoko."

"My, and who are you?" Yoko asked John.

"I'm John Lennon, ma'am." He responded with a half-hearted smile.

"Are you Rachel's... Boyfriend?"

He blushed at that. "N-No George is her boyfriend." He gestured to the taller.

George shrugged shyly. "We haven't been official, yet."

Yoko's face fell a little. "Oh." Then she smiled again. But it didn't clearly reach her eyes. Her eyes were stone cold at George. "I'm sure you've been treating my daughter well?"

Rachel saw George faltered under her sharp gaze. "Mum please you're embarrasing me!" She interjected, giving George a reassuring smile. "Uh I'm going to give you a tour of our flat, okay?"

Yoko nodded, giving her a sweet smile. "Of course, sweetheart."

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"Oh my god," George breathed out when Yoko was led out of the room. "Oh my god..."

"Oh my god was an understatement." Paul gritted his teeth. "I can't believe her... kicking Rachie out then coming back years later..."

John raised his eyebrows. "She kicked her out? What kind of bloody mother is she?"

"A she-devil, that woman is." George muttered.

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"Mum, seriously, why are you here?"