Maybe I'm Amazed~Threequel to I Wanna Be Your Man~

Chapter 77

Alice's P.O.V

December 25, 1972

I woke up bright and early Christmas morning. Paul was still sleeping so I quietly crept out of the room. I then made my way towards the children's room. I knew at least Ethel would be up. It's her birthday today so I don't see why she wouldn't be up. When I got to the kid's room, it was mostly sleeping faces. Even Ethel was still sleeping. There was one person who was awake and that was my middle daughter. Mary was sitting up, waiting for me to come to her.

"Morning Mary. Are you the only one who's awake?" I asked. Mary shook her head.

"No. Stella is awake too" Mary said, pointing to her sister, who was beside her.

"Alright. Let's go downstairs and wait for everyone to get up. I'll get you two something to eat" I said. I grabbed Mary's hand and helped her out of bed. Then I grabbed Stella and the three of us exited the room, making our way down to the kitchen.

~

Once we were in the kitchen, I sat Stella down and Mary sat in the seat beside her.

"What do you want for breakfast?" I asked Mary.

"Oatmeal please!" she said.

"Alright. Two bowls of oatmeal coming right up" I said. I prepared the oatmeal and when they were cooled enough, I set one bowl in front of Mary and one in front of Stella.

"Thank you mommy" Mary said. She began to eat. Stella did too but she didn't use the spoon. She just used her hands. The phone then began ringing. I figured I should be the one to answer it since I was the only adult who was actually up.

"Mary, I'm just going to get the phone. Just keep eating and watch your sister" I said. Mary nodded and went to go answer the phone.

"Hello?" I spoke

"Alice? Is that you?" a familiar voice spoke.

"John?" I said

"Yes, that is my name. What are you doing at George's?" John said.

"We're here for Christmas" I said

"When you say we, do you mean you, the little ones and Paul?" John asked

"Yes. Why are you even calling?" I asked

"Well, George calls every year and tries to get me to visit him and Pattie for Christmas. I thought that I'd be generous so I came to London" John said

"Let me guess. You're at the airport and waiting to be picked up?" I asked

"Are you a psychic?" John said

"No, just a lucky guess" I said. I heard John laugh.

"So, I'm guessing you're the only one up then?" John asked

"Yes. Me, Mary and Stella" I said

"Stella? She's the new little one, isn't she?" John asked

"She is" I said

"I'd like to meet her. Why don't you come pick me up so I can meet her?" John asked

"John, no!" I said

"Why not?" he asked

"First off, I don't have my car with me" I said

"I'm sure George and Pattie wouldn't mind if you borrowed theirs" John said

"Secondly, Paul would be furious! Do you not remember your last phone call you had with him? Paul forbade you to see me unless he's also present" I said

"Paul is there too, isn't he? Technically, I wouldn't be breaking his little rule" John said

"John-" I was cut off

"And I really miss the little ones. I know it's Ethel's birthday today and I'm sure a surprise from her Uncle John would make her really happy" he said

"Fine. I'll come and get you, but Lennon, if you try anything, I will rip your dick off. Do you understand me?" I said

"Yes ma'am" John said. The line then went dead. I sighed deeply and went back into the kitchen.

"Who was that mommy?" Mary asked

"That was your Uncle John. Can you get your coat on while I get Stella cleaned up? We're going to pick Uncle John up from the airport" I said

"Yay! Uncle John!" Mary said. She hopped off her chair and rushed out of the kitchen. I grabbed a wet cloth and wiped the oatmeal off of Stella.

"Stella, you get to meet your Uncle John today. He used to be your daddy's best friend. They don't talk to each other anymore, and if they do, they argue with each other" I said. Once the oatmeal was wiped off of Stella, I grabbed her and joined Mary who was patiently waiting for us.

"Are we going now?" Mary asked

"Yes. Let's just hope your daddy isn't up by the time we get home" I said.

~

We made it to the airport. Mary hopped out of the car and I grabbed Stella. I grabbed Mary's hand and we walked to entrance. Once inside, the airport was almost empty but I suppose it was because of how early it was. I saw John patiently waiting.

"John Winston Lennon!" I called for him. He looked at me and smiled.

"Alison Grace McCartney!" he called back. He made his way towards us.

"Uncle John!" Mary said, hugging his legs.

"Hi Mary. It's good to see you again" John said, ruffling her hair. He then looked at Stella.

"This must be Stella" John said. Stella's eyes shifted towards John.

"Hi. I'm your Uncle John" he said. Stella grinned at him and giggled.

"Hey, I think she likes me" John said.

"Where's Yoko?" I asked

"She wanted to spend Christmas with her family" John said

"I see. Let's get going. I want to get there before Paul wakes up" I said

"Stop worrying about Paul! It's not like he'd get mad at you, he never does! It'd be me who he would be mad at" John said

"Still, I just want to go back" I said. I started heading out with Mary and Stella, with John following close behind.

~

We got back to the house, and I was really hoping Paul wasn't up yet.

"Is everyone still sleeping?" John asked me.

"I think so" I said. I turned my head to see Paul walk into the room.

"Morning, love. What's-" he stopped speaking when he saw John behind me. Paul narrowed his eyes at him.

"Lennon"

"McCartney"

What have I done?