Chapter 11
Meanwhile, John had gone back to Cynthia's place. He knocked on the door and Cyn let him.
"Hi Cyn" he said kissing her cheek "Hi Jessica" he said to Jessica.
"Hi John" Jessica said uncomfortably.
"You guys meet in Hamburg right?" Cyn asked.
"Yeah, sort of the third wheels on the Paul, Claire thing" Jessica said.
"And the George Sydney thing" John said.
Cynthia laughed.
"You guys go out drinking?" Cyn asked.
"Once" Jessica said looking at John.
"And then we had hangovers together" John said skipping the sleeping together part.
They all sat down at the kitchen table and began to tell Cynthia about Hamburg and carefully leaving out certain parts. George and Sydney had walked into the house.
"Mum Dad!" George called.
Sydney was suddenly aware of the large slit in her skirt.
"This isn't going to freak them out is it?" she asked George pointing to the slit.
He shrugged.
"Thanks for the help" she said rolling her eyes and grinning.
"We're in the kitchen dear" his mom called.
George led her into the kitchen.
"Mum Dad I want you to meet someone" George said.
His parents looked up.
"This is my girlfriend Sydney" George said.
Sydney smiled.
"Where are you from Sydney?" his mom asked.
"America, Arkansas to be exact" Sydney said.
"An American?" his dad asked.
Sydney laughed.
"Where did you two meet?" his mom asked hitting her husband.
"I saw the band playing" Sydney said.
"So were they any good?" his dad asked.
"Yeah, they were great" Sydney said.
George squeezed her hand.
"So is that the fashion in Germany?" his mom asked indicating to Sydney's clothes.
"Yeah, a lot of them do. Hasn't really caught on in America. My two friends don't wear clothes like me. They wear the stuff that is popular here" Sydney said grinning.
"Then why do you wear it?" his dad asked.
"I like the way it looks, I'm just a typical crazy teenager" she said.
"Are you kids going to do something tonight?" his mom asked.
"Yeah, we're going over to John's" George said.
"Okay well you kids run along now" his dad said.
"Bye dad, bye mum" George said.
His mom grabbed his arm and pulled him back.
"She's a nice girl" she whispered loudly.
"I know mum" George said.
They walked outside.
"So are we really going to John's?" Sydney asked.
"Nah, let's head over to Cyn's" George said.
So they began the short walk.
Meanwhile Paul was letting Claire meet his dad.
"Dad, this is that bird I mean girl I was telling you about" Paul said as they walked in the den where his dad was.
"The Claire girl?" his dad asked looking up.
"Yeah" Paul said.
"Well it's very nice to meet you Claire" his dad said looking back down at the paper he was reading.
"We're going to go over to George's ok?" Paul asked.
"Yeah uh huh sure" his dad mumbled.
They walked outside.
"We're not really going to George's are we?" Claire asked.
"No, let's go to Cyn's" Paul said.
He grabbed her hand and they started the walk to Cyn's. They met up with Sydney and George at Cyn's front door.
"Fancy meeting you here" Sydney said.
George knocked on the door. John answered.
"Surprise surprise" he said letting them in.
"What time is it?" Claire asked.
"6" George said.
"How 'bout we all go out to dinner?" Cyn said.
"Okay" Claire said after everyone nodded.
"Where is good?" Jessica asked.
"Oh there's that really good place down by the sea" Paul began.
"No! I hate that place!" George said.
"Isn't there more then one place down by the sea?" Claire inquired.
"No, Paul takes us to the same place ALL the time" George complained.
"How bout the new place down by Strawberry fields?" John suggested.
"Or the place on Penny Lane with the blue door" Paul said.
"Yeah, I like that place" John said.
Everyone agreed to that. They grabbed their coats and began to walk. As they were on their way Jessica Sydney and Claire dropped back behind the others.
"I can't belive we're going to Penny Lane!" Claire said excitely.
"I know! "Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes, there with fish and finger pies-" Sydney sang before Claire cut her off.
"No wait! I hate fish EWW!" Claire complained.
The guys turned around.
"Coming?" John asked.