If I Fell (Beatles Fanfiction)

Chapter 4

Johns POV:||

We stayed like that for a while, in her embrace everything felt right. Though, despite the fact that she was cuddling me to death, I wanted to cheer her up.

"Hey Syd remember what I said this morning" I whispered in her ear and she looked up at me before she could even respond I flipped her onto her back and started tickling her ribs

"John! STOP!" She yelped, writhing with laughter. "Stop it John!" She screamed.

"Not until you say the magic words" I tickled again until I stopped to give her a chance to speak.

"What magic words?" She said through heavy breaths.

"The ones we used when we were kids to get me to stop tickling you" I said.

"Me or Paul?"

"Both" I said pressing my fingers against her ribs causing her to kick and shout.

"Stop it John!" She yelled.

"That's not the magic words!" I said and started tickling her again

"I got it, I got it" she said through heavy breaths as a stopped to let her speak again.

"Fucking stop it you prick" she laughed. I let her sit up and put my arm over her shoulder.

"You prick" I repeated.

"It wasn't that bad though" she said

"Hmm?" I mumbled

"At the cavern I mean James and Kelly were nice, that's probably the only reason I actually stayed..." She continued to tell me all about Kelly and James. God she was beautiful. Her eyes were so green, nicer than any other girls I've seen in Liverpool. She's so funny and intelligent, her hair perfectly framing her face, oh god I probably sound soft saying this, but she was amazing. "... Don't you think?" She said awakening me from my trance.

"Pardon? Oh yeah, definitely."

"Yeah." She said, sighing as she leant into my shoulder.

I cleared my throat "Cold love?" I asked as she wrapped her arms around my torso.

"Yeah well it is the middle of winter" she mumbled, I grabbed the blanket that had now fallen off the lounge and draped it over the two of us, starting to rub her back to warm her up.

"Better?" I asked.

"A bit."

***

We talked and talked and talked. Her voice was so smooth and welcoming. It was about half ten when Paul walked in.

"Hey Paul" I said

"Hiya John" he said as he threw his coat off and dumped it on the chair. "Syd still out with Jason?" He asked

"Nah she's just gone to the loo" I replied

"Oh, right then well I'm going to bed, I'm knackered" he said

"Ey before you go, anythin' I should know about work?" I asked

"Yeah after tomorrow we have two weeks off, but we have to write songs for the new album. Then after that we start arranging our trip to America." He said as he made his way upstairs

"Alright thanks Paulie."

"No problem Johnny" he said with a short salute.

Syd came out of the bathroom and sat down next to me again under the blankets and in my arms. "Paul home?" She asked.

"Yeah but he's knackered, he's gone to bed"

"Aw the poor thing" she chuckled. After a while of watching random images flicker on the television, she rested her head on my shoulder.

"Are you getting tired?" I said

"No you're just comfortable" she said defensively as she gave me a squeeze around my tummy. She laid in my arms comfortably, nuzzling into my shoulder gently. Holding her in my arms felt right. She was here, with me, safe, warm and happy. I sighed heavily and turned to look down at her.

"Well-" She was asleep."Oh Syd, what am I gonna do with you" I said. t
Then I really started thinking about how I was going to go about this. I detached myself from her grip, reluctantly but, smoothly. I picked her up bridal style off the lounge and started making my way up the stairs. I kicked open the door to her bedroom and pulled the sheets back on the bed, holding her with one hand.

"You know Syd, I wish you would just leave that no good boyfriend of yours, I could treat you so much better" I said, laying her down on the bed and taking her shoes off "I just think he's going to do something to hurt you and you should get out if the relationship before he does" I pulled the sheets over her body "I don't want to see anything bad happen to you, I want to protect you" I said, tucking her in "and even if you don't notice" I left a lingering kiss on her forehead "I can't help but love you"