Lovely Rita

Tick tock tick

Rita's P.O.V
Time passed so fast. It had been six months since Paul and I still thought of him everyday. They were in the news everyday .
Amy and I had a couple months left until we left for America. So there I was packing shelves as my part time job, this is not how I expected life to be. I should be in America right now, living it up . My thoughts were stopped when I heard a familiar voice

"20 pack o benson and hedges please"
Then rajh my boss who works at the cashier said
" hey I know you ! Your in ummmm what is it
The Beatles, that's right your in the Beatles! "

No way.

" Rita!" He snapped
" come and take a picture of me and mr Beatles here will you " he said holding out a camera
I peaked my head around the isle super hesitantly, hoping to and not to see what I thought I was about to .
"Rita " Paul said in shock

"Paul, um hi " I responded

" how have u been" he asked
" Rita!" Rajh interrupted " my picture !"
I hated the way he spoke to me, I wasn't some fucking animal . But I needed the money so I smiled and took the picture.
" have u got a lunch break or something ? I'd love to catch up " Paul asked

" yeah come back at 12" I said
And with that he walked out the door backwards not taking his eyes off of mine. Which made me giggle .
"Back to work " rajh shouted " " I'm not paying you to stand up and daydream "

I couldn't wait I've been saying to myself for the past four months to man up and try a relationship out.

Time was going sooooooooooo slow but finally it was 12' I took my work apron off and headed for the door
" where do you think your going ?! " rajh asked
" to my um lunch break " I replied respectfully
" ok be back onTime " he said harshly

That fuckin curry nigge - no Rita I thought to myself don't even go there.

I met Paul outside
" we need to have a serious talk " he said pulling me along the pavement gently
" ok " I said not sure what else to say

" why'd you leave ?" He asked waiting for answer
" I ummm "

" why'd you leave " he said again but this time a lot softer

I decided it was now or never .

" look Paul , I've been hurt in the past and I just don't think I'm ready " I said trying to hold my tears back successfully so far.

He put his hand of my shoulders and looked into my eyes

" look " he said " how about we go somewhere together and have a long weekend , then you can get to know me."

" I can't just leave my job, I need this money to save for uni. "

" oh come on Rita we'll sort something out "
He said trying to persuade me
And that's it, I couldn't take it anymore I ran literally ran all the way back to 'rajh' corner shop ' and said the two words is been dying to say what seemed like forever.
" I quit " I saw the look of astonishment on his face and that made me feel even better.
I then walked back out on the street to Paul who was standing there obviously confused.

" let's go now then " I said

" now?" He said surprised

" yeah now or never right."

I made a call to Amy not telling her to much but as usual just enough to keep her off of my case.
And Paul made a call to a man named Brian who he later told me was his manager. He let Brian know that he'd be gone for four days.
Without even packing clothes we took a cab to the airport. I didn't think we would be leaving the country when he said a long weekend but, hey, I needed a break anyways.

" where'd you wanna go " I said

" anywhere " he said giggling at me

We went to the air hostess behind the counter who was smiling but when she saw Paul, began to smile a little too much .
" we'd like to go to Spain on the next flight out" he said
She did her thing and before I knew it we had two tickets to Spain. It was all happening so fast I couldn't grasp it all.
"Hey!" I heard a female voice from behind me and Paul

" THATS THATS PAUL MCCARTNEY !"
Suddenly all of the attention was on us, and before I could blink there were tons of people all around us, squashing us together. The airport security tried to help us, and we just about made it to the departure.
" God " I said in shock not believing what had just happened

" sorry about that lets just keep moving" he said a little embarrassed.

When we finally boarded the plane I realised we were walking towards the first class area. I'd never been in first class or saw the need for it.

" first class ? " I said a little confused

" yeah " he replied " I need it so I'm not around as many people, and look no one else is in here so all the better."

I couldn't let him pay for this , yet at the same time I couldn't afford to pay him back so decided to keep quiet.
I had nothing with me , no clothes , no toiletries, nothing . And as I started to think this through more and more I began to panic. What the fu-
" hey you " Paul said peeking his head over to my section
" you alright" he asked
" I don't know " I said honestly " I mean I don't know what to do "
He came around to my seat and sat beside me
" look Rita don't worry about anything, right now i want you to just enjoy ." And with that he put his arm around me and pulled me in tight.
How could someone I haven't even known that long be so nice to me and care about me so much? I didn't care all I knew was that in that moment I felt safe.