Hide Your Love Away: book two

Chapter 18

(John)

"What the hell?" I ask watching George press his nose against Pru's  and then kissing her forehead.

Pru looks at me with fear in her eyes "John its not what you think."

"Oh I know that little bird. I trust you too, your friends and your close whatever. Paul might not trust you though, especially right now he's hurting enough."

"I won't tell. But you guys can't do stuff like that it looks like you have hard ons for each other." Ringo says and George starts laughing.

"I'm sorry Pru that was all me. I do t know what I was thinking, you're like my sister. That was weird." Pru starts laughing with him and I sigh. Those two need each other and I think everyone's confused about all sorts of things. We all need a break, I'm glad we're on vacation. 

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"John Mate... I need to talk to you." Paul says coming into my room, without knocking of course, as I am Kissing Anna. "I'm sorry... I just... I uh...." 

"It's okay Paul. I'll go see if Pru's okay. She seemed off today." Anna says getting up and kissing me on the cheek.

"What the fuck Macca."

"John... I have to show you something." He sits next to me on the bed and pulls out a box from his coat pocket, opening it revealing a ring. "I'm going to ask Pru to marry me."

"Fuck. Paul I need to tell you something... Pru and George they... they almost kissed to day mate."

"What?" Paul storms out of the room and starts banging on Georges door across the hall. I run after him and make it into the hall as George opens the door and Paul slams his fist into Georges face. "What the FUCK George!?"

"I don't know what the hell your on about Paul."

"You and Pru! You tried to kiss her!?"

"Really our noses just touched a little. I was just being there for my friend Paul we wouldn't do that to you, or Lucy. You remember her right? MY Lucy. Pru has been in so much pain Paul... She doesn't feel like she can talk you you mate."

"Fuck you!" Paul goes to throw another fist and I hold back his arms.

"Listen to him Macca... you need to hear it from someone mate."

"She is hurting just as bad as you are over the loss of your kid. I was taking it hard to, you know my sister can't have kids and I was excited to finally be an uncle and have a baby in my life. She hates the scars on her stomach and she didn't want you or anyone else to feel sorry for her. SO I got her a swimsuit that would go high enough to cover the scars so that she could enjoy spending time with you in the water... spending time with all of us. I can not tell you the number of times she has come crying to me because she doesn't want you to blame her for loosing the baby. She doesn't want to talk to you because she doesn't want you to hurt like she is. GROW THE FUCK UP PAUL. Go be with your girl and tell her everything is going to be okay. Don't let her destroy herself because you can't handle something she had no control over." George rants, I see Lucy behind him, tears in her eyes, "I wasn't going after your girl. I was trying to be there for someone I've come to call my sister." George slams his door and Paul falls to the floor and starts crying. 

"What's going on?" I hear pru say. She runs over to me and Paul. "Darling what's wrong." 

Paul looks up at her with red eyes. I leave them be and go back into my room and see Anna on the bed. "John...I think I'm ready. I have a feeling everyone's going to be okay and now I think I can give myself to you completely." I  smile and kiss my girl and climb underneath the covers. No longer worrying about my best friends and their special people. All I'm worried about is not hurting my starfish and making her first time one she'll remember.