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

Chapter 112

Alice's P.O.V

December 31, 1973

By the time New Years rolled around, Linda wanted us to come out to Tucson since she wanted to spend some of the holidays with us but she also wanted to spend it with her family. Of coarse, we accepted her offer.

"I'm so glad you guys could come out. I hope I didn't sound too pushy" Linda said as we sat around the living room.

"You didn't sound pushy at all" I said

"Yeah Lin. You know Alice and I would never refuse a visit" Paul said. Linda smiled kindly at us.

"So, where is everyone? It seems quiet" I asked

"Oh, the kids are out with Joseph, John, Louise and my dad. The kids didn't even know you were coming" Linda said.

"Well, they're in for a surprise then" I said. Just then, the kettle whistled from the kitchen. Linda was just about to stand when Paul got up instead.

"I'll get it Linda" Paul said

"Thank you Paul" she said with a smile. Paul leaned down to kiss my cheek before heading into the kitchen. That left Linda and I alone for a few minutes.

"Linda, can I talk to you about something?" I asked

"Anything!" Linda said.

"What would you do if someone was having an affair and you couldn't really tell someone?" I asked.

"Are you having an affair Allison Grace?" Linda asked.

"No, of coarse not. I would never cheat on Paul, you know that" I said

"I know. It's not Paul having the affair is it?" Linda asked.

"Heavens no! He wouldn't do that to me" I said

"Well, who is it?" Linda asked

"Maureen and George are having an affair with each other and I'm pretty sure that Pattie is having an affair with Eric Clapton" I said.

"Really?" Linda asked. I sadly nodded and looked down at my hands.

"I don't know what to do Linda. I want to tell Ringo about Mo, and George and Pattie about each other but at the same time I just couldn't do that to them" I said.

"If I were you, I wouldn't keep quiet about it" Linda said

"I know" I said. Paul joined us again with three cups of tea.

"Here's one for you Linda" Paul said, placing a cup in front of her.

"Thank you" she said. Paul sat beside me again, placing his cup of tea down.

"And here's one for my beautiful wife" Paul said. I smiled as I took the cup from him. We heard the door open and a woman's voice speak.

"Slow down kids! You don't want to crash into each other!"

I looked to Linda and she was looking at me with a smirk.

"Louise is going to be excited to see you. You were always her favourite of my friends" Linda said. Heather was the first to walk into the living room. Her face lit up when she saw Paul and I.

"Auntie Alice! Uncle Paul!" she nearly screamed. Heather ran to us and engulfed Paul and I in a hug.

"It's good to see you too Heather" I said

"How are you?" Paul asked

"Better now that you two are here? Where's Ethel, Mary and Stella?" Heather asked

"In your room. Your mom said you wouldn't mind sharing" I said. Heather nodded and went off to see the girls.

"Louise, slow down would you? You're almost as fast as the kids" John said as he entered the living room with Louise.

"Sorry but I heard a familiar voice and I wanted to say hi" Louise said, looking over at me and smiling. I got up from the couch and walked over to her.

"Louise! It's good to see you again" I said

"You too! How long has it been? I think the last time I saw you is when you were saying your goodbyes before moving out to Liverpool" Louise said.

"I know. I was nineteen. Now I'm thirty" I said

"And as beautiful as ever! Now where is that husband of yours? I've been dying to meet him" Louise said. Paul got up from the couch and walked over to us.

"Louise, this is Paul. Paul, this is Louise, Linda's lovely sister" I said.

"It's great to meet you Louise" Paul said

"You too Paul. Let me tell you, you're very lucky to have married Alice here. All the boys were after her" Louise said, ruffling my hair.

"I knew we were going to be married as soon as I saw her" Paul said, wrapping his arm around my waist and kissing my head.

"Aww! You two are so cute! I need to hear the story of how you two met, but first, I want to meet your girls. Linda has told me a lot about them" Louise said

"They're in Heather's room" I said. Louise smiled and made her way off to Heather's room.

"I thought she was never going to stop. I wanted a chance to say hi" John said

"Come on, you know Louise hasn't seen Alice in so long" Linda said

"I know sis" John said with a laugh.

"John, where's dad and Joseph?" Linda asked.

"In the kitchen putting some food away. I think Joseph is waiting for his kiss" John teased. Linda stuck her tongue out at him as she got up and made her way to the kitchen.

"I can't believe Linda is pregnant with child number six" John said

"We're still down to three" I said

"But we're working hard on number four" Paul said, winking at me.

"Paul, not in front of John" I said. I could hear John chuckle.

"I'm used to it. Have you seen how Joseph and Linda are around each other? Can't keep their hands off of each other" John said

"And they call us out for being so horny all the time" Paul said to me.

"So they're not as well behaved as we thought?" I asked with a slight giggle.

"Well, Linda has been pregnant how many times?" Paul said.

"You know we can hear what you're saying, right?"

Paul and I turned around to see Joseph and Linda staring at us with amused smiles on their faces.