Oh! Darling- George Harrison x Reader

eight

Monday morning, I'm getting ready for school. I'm under strict instructions that I'm only allowed out for school and I'm not allowed anywhere else. Normally mum is quite lax with her punishments, but this time she means business.

I pull on my blazer and look in the mirror; sighing at the sight. I brush through my knotty hair, I'm also being forced to leave it down to 'cover as much of that blasted neck up as possible'.

I also paint over the love bites with concealer, covering as much of it as possible; it's still visible, but not too bad. They're starting to fade anyway; the alarming red is now turning purple.

Thankfully, it hasn't rained in a couple of days, so my walk to school is fairly pleasant. I don't see Alice; which is peculiar, even when we aren't planning on walking together I normally see her.

I think nothing of it and head to school anyway. Due to me always being late, I arrive as the bell rings, meaning as soon as I step through the door I have to head to registration.

I head to class and take my seat next to George. He's clearly tired, his head is rested on the table.

'Morning, Georgie'

He lifts his head up excitedly when he hears my voice,

'Eva! Morning'

He smiles and I take my seat. I look behind him and see Paul at his usual desk, he smiles when he notices me looking, I give a small wave in response.

George looks behind him to see I'm talking to Paul, and he looks a bit saddened. I go to talk again, but Miss Laurent walks in, perky as ever.

'Right, everyone, I've got some news'

Ah, perfect.

'The headteacher has said every form has to do a project, so I can grade them'

The entire class does a collective sigh and I slump into my chair. Great. It's my last year of school ever, like I need any more work.

'And you'll be doing it in pairs'

Chloe raises her hand,

'Can we choose who we work with?'

Miss Laurent grimaces,

'I'm afraid not, I'll be pairing you up'

I sigh again, running a hand through my hair. I look and see that Paul is pouting at me. I shrug and he looks over to Lennon. A new addition to our class, it seems. Probably got into a scrap with someone in his old class.

She laughs at our disgust and picks up a sheet of paper,

'Lucky for you, I've already paired you up!'

Everyone shifts in their seats, eager to hear their partner. It's inevitable that the subject of the project will be boring, but if it's going to give us another good grade then why not try, hey?

'Right, Paul, I know you're good friends with John so I've put you two together'

Lennon looks to Paul excitedly, then notices that Paul is giving me an apologetic look. Lennon looks at me and his eyes dart between Paul and I. I see him shove Paul's arm and start asking him questions and Paul raises his eyebrows at me; causing me to laugh.

Miss Laurent coughs, interrupting the class chatter,

'Right, Howard'

I jump slightly at the mention of my name and face her instead of Paul.

'I've put you with George, I've seen you two together at lunch and I think you're good friends so I hope you're a good pair'

George smiles at me and I smile back,