Till There Was You (George Harrison Story)

Chapter 82

"Hey George? I have a question." I said as I slid under the bed covers and George rested.

"What's up?" He asked, opening his eyes and looking at me. "How do you feel about having another child?" He paused for a little bit, before sitting up.

"Now?" He asked, and I nodded. "When Zuri met Jordan, she was so happy to share and play with her. But when Jordan left, she was so sad. She's lonely."

"Well if everything goes well, Jordan will be around a lot more and then she can play with Zuri then. And in a year or two when she goes to school, she'll make friends and play with them." My sassy side instantly began to kick in.

"So I'm being delusional and misread her? And you don't want to have more kids with me?" I asked, crossing my arms and furrowing my eyebrows angrily.

"No! That's not what I'm saying! It's just... the timing isn't right! I'm working on the album and will have a few appearances here and there so I won't be able to take care of ye as much."

"So you don't want to have kids with me any time soon?"

"Well... no. I don't. As of right now, Zuri is enough."

I scoffed and sat back against the headboard of the bed.

"Are ye upset?" He looked at me and I forced a smile onto my face. "No. Not at all. If you feel the timing isn't right, then it isn't right."

"Thanks for understanding." He leaned over to kiss me, but I turned and he kissed my cheek instead.

I know I overreacted, but it just made me sad when I saw Zuri so willing to share and play with another kid around her age, and then when she left, her whole mood just changed. She wanted to be around kids her age. And I could understand.

Being the only child isn't easy when you crave to be with other people your age. And I just wanted to help her. But pushing George like that wasn't going to help either. If George said he wasn't ready, then he's not ready. And I shouldn't force him.

But seeing my child so sad and lonely definitely had an affect on me as her mother. I just want her to be happy and I want to give her everything that will make her happy.

"Just because we're not having another child right now doesn't mean we can't 'ave sex, y'know." He smiled and leaned in for a kiss, but I quickly turned off the lamp on my nightstand and laid down. "Goodnight."

"Brielle, I know ye want a child right now, but I'm not ready." He said, but I just stayed in my position under the blankets.

"Goodnight then." He laid back down and I sighed as the guilt began to swallow me whole.

The next morning, when I woke up, George was gone. I assumed he was meditating like every other morning, so I got up and went to the bathroom to get ready for the day.

When I finished, I headed to the kitchen and paused when I overheard George talking to Zuri. "Yer mommy thinks yer lonely, but I don't think so. Ye have us, Y'know. Ye don't have to feel lonely." He said as he fed her breakfast.

I walked into the kitchen and began to make myself some breakfast. "I made ye breakfast already..." George said, pointing to the pan he used. "Oh! I didn't notice! I guess I was being I don't know... DELUSIONAL." I said, with emphasis on the last word.

He sighed and rolled his eyes. "I told ye how I felt. I just don't think now is the right time." I looked at the food he made and put it on a plate for myself.

"If people waited for the "right" time to have kids, none of us would be here. There is no "right" time. If we waited for the right time to have Zuri, she probably wouldn't be here right now. We had her even though you were in the middle of an affair and my ovaries turned against me. But she's here anyway and we love her. But we didn't have to wait for the right time then." I sat down on the other side of the table from him as I began to eat.

"But there is better time to 'ave children. And now isn't one of those times. I'm going to be away from home and I'm the studio a lot for a while and-"

"So I can't watch myself? Why can't now be the "right" time?" I sighed, dropping my fork on to the plate and sitting back.

"What's the rush Brielle? We 'ave time!"

"Time is never promised George! That dream I had a few months ago showed me that! One of us could be gone tomorrow! Wouldn't you want to have more kids?"

"If I go tomorrow, I would be 'appy with just Zuri. She's me rock and I love her." He kissed her forehead and rubbed her cheek softly.

"Fine. I don't want to argue about it anymore." I looked at my unfinished food before getting up and going to my closet and getting dressed, before grabbing my bag and going to the kitchen to say bye to Zuri.

"Where are ye going?"

"Out. I'll be back later." I said, looking at Zuri the whole time with a smile on my face and waving at her, before going to the front door and driving over to Adam's house.

"Hello Brielle! How are you?" She asked as she invited me in. "I just wanted to see if you were busy. I wanted to take you and Jordan out, of you want."

"Ooh sure! I'll let her know!"

"Thanks."

She turned to go get Jordan, but paused and turned back to me. "Are you sure everything is alright? You could talk to me if you want, but if you don't want to then I completely understand."

"George and I got into an argument. That's all." I sighed, sitting down on the couch.

"Ahh well whatever it is, I know you two will figure a way out of it. When I see you with George, I could tell that he loves you in a way that he never loved me. We were married for 4 years, so I know. Everything will turn out alright." She hugged me tightly, and I couldn't help but hug her back. "Thank you." 

"Now let's go unwind and have a girls day out, yeah?" I nodded, and she went to get Jordan. "Good morning, Ms. Brielle." She said as she ran up to me and hugged me. "Good morning, Jordan! Are we ready to have fun today?" I asked, and Pattie and Jordan nodded. "Then let's go!" I took Jordan's hand and Pattie locked up the door and we left the apartment.