18th August 1970
The journey took a while, we left at rush hour so of course many more hours than it should've in south London. We arrived to Johns flat to find many cards scattered around the door where the postman had sent them through the letterbox. He picked them up and relaxed on the sofa while I made him a tea.
"Excited about your birthday?" I asked
"Well, yes but as you get older it's just another day of the year really isn't it?"
"I spose, but let's make tomorrow really special. Do you have any plans?"
"Oh crap!"
The words from John left me shocked as he rarely swore.
"What's up?"
"My mum and sister are visiting tomorrow"
"Oh, I can go home tomorrow while there here"
"No" he slightly laughed, "I'd like you to stay, if you'd like. It might be nice meeting my family. They won't be here for long, a couple hours in the evening"
"Oh, I, I'd love to meet them" I said while carefully carrying the tea to the sofa. "Anything I need to know about them?" I questioned John.
"Well Julies shy, but trust me she's lovely once she opens up a bit. And my mum, I'm sure you'd love her".
After an hour of watching tv, the doorbell rang and John stood up stretching to answer the door. "Oh hello! I didn't know you were coming" I heard.
"Oh sorry, we didn't know you'd had guests" I listened to as I turned around to face the visitor. It was Freddie, Brian and Roger. "Oh hello" I said timidly. "Hi, it's Eden isn't it?" Brian held out a hand to shake, "yeah" I said laughing.
"Hello darling" Freddie leaned in to hug me.
"Eden" Roger gave me a nod and a smile.
It was ever so slightly awkward for the first five minutes while they were there, especially between John and Rog. But soon after they were cracking jokes with eachother and the tension was gone.
Freddie handed over a bag full of presents which were from the band, one of which was a gorgeous, vintage silk blazer which caught his eye.
"Well try it on then!" Freddie exclaimed.
The piece fit perfectly on him, looked gorgeous in it infact. "Thank you ever so much!" John said gratefully. We also shared a gin and tonic between, except for Brian as he was driving. Freddie grabbed his Polaroid and began to take photos of us all, of which I became very shy as I felt like I looked like crap. "Oh come on! Smile" John said as he pulled me into his chest. The result ended up being a very sweet photo of us laughing although it wasn't really soppy so I liked it. The night slowly came to and end and we saw the boys out, pulling each of them in a tight hug and thanking them.
"What a nice surprise" John said
"It was, I'm shattered"
"Me too, let's go to bed, yeah?"
"Id love to" I said while yawning.
He grabbed me by my hips, into a kiss and hugged me tight.
"I love you Eden"
"I love you John"
We fell asleep on his mattress, nearly freezing as the covers were damp but we were happy, and things would only get better.
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Sorry for a slightly pointless chapter but I wanted a build up for johns birthday :) thank you again!!
-Margo x
