Chapter 4
She sat down on the ground and she looked down on at the ground.
"Sydney look at me" he commanded.
She looked up at him and the tears slid down her cheek.
"Damn it Sydney! I do love you. I love you more then anything in this world, and that's what makes this so fucking hard. What about Cyn, Julian and George? I mean you did love George, what are you going to tell him? You've fallen for another Beatle?" John said pacing.
"What the fuck are we supposed to do then John? " Sydney asked.
"I don't know...I mean now Claire knows we've had sex...she won't want to help us sneak around" John said.
"No, and if I think I know Claire as well as I do, Paul knows too. And we'll either have to fess up to them or be really careful" she said.
John took Sydney's hands and pulled her up. He gently wiped the tears off her face and pulled her in for a kiss. He began to unbutton her shirt.
"John! What if someone caught us?" she asked.
"No one will find us, I promise. This will only be a quicky" he said as he kissed her neck furiously.
Later Sydney and John walked back into the house, more satisfied. They found everyone else seated in the living room.
"So where were you two?" Cyn asked happily.
"Cyn?!?!" John said.
"Yeah, just decided to surprise you" Cyn said laughing.
"Oh we were just talking in the garden. I had some things I needed to get off my chest" Sydney said.
"I hope not your shirt!" George said as he pulled Sydney onto his lap.
The guilt just over whelmed Sydney and she felt physically sick.
"I don't feel so good..." Sydney said jumping up and running to the bathroom.
"What's wrong with her?" Ringo asked.
"I don't know...I'm going to go see" George said jumping up and following her.
Sydney rested her head on her knees as she was seated on the floor of the bathroom.
"Sydney what's wrong?" George asked.
"I don't know...I just felt so sick all of a sudden" she said not looking up.
She didn't want him to see the tears gliding down her face.
"Do you want to be left alone?" he asked.
"Yeah..I'm going to take a bath. Thanks though" she said.
George walked out of the bathroom and closed the door on his way out. Sydney filled the bath up with hot water and got in. Several hours later, she emerged and walked up to her room. She pulled on a sundress and then George walked in the room.
"I've missed you" he said kissing her neck.
All Sydney could think about was John kissing her neck earlier.
"I missed you too" she said meekly.
"I think we should make up for our lost time" he said as he unbuttoned her dress and let it slide off onto the floor.
He picked her up and carried her over to the bed. The whole time all Sydney could think about was John. The next evening, all four lads, all four of their wives, and the three kids ate dinner together.
"Yeah and Julian got better, so we decided to come up," Cyn was saying.
She patted John's hand.
"Where's your wedding ring?" Cyn asked.
John looked at Sydney. She looked just as panicked as he felt. Claire nudged Paul's leg with her foot to get him to pay closer attention.
"I uhhhhh..lost it swimming," John lied.
Claire gave Paul an "I told you so" smile, and Paul frowned.
"Are you sure, mate?" Paul asked with what sounded almost like pleading in his voice.
"Yeah...I got in and forgot to take it off," John said.
Paul's face fell.
"You knew to take it off, silly" Cyn said good-naturedly.
"Oh, it's time for James to go to sleep."Claire said glancing at the clock.
"I'm coming too," Paul said.
They walked into the room.
"So, you believe me now?" Claire asked as she laid James into his crib.
"Sydney's a hypocrite," Paul said in shock.
"What are you talking about?"Claire asked.
"Nothing." Paul said and walked over to sing to James.
That same night while everyone was inside watching tv, Sydney and John snuck outside to talk.
"Well , Paul definately knows" Sydney said sighing.
"They must have found my ring"John said.
"He sounded almost like he didn't want to believe it...didn't he?" Sydney asked.
John thought for a while.
"Why wouldn't he want to believe it? He'seen me with other women loads of times. Oh, it's you. He didn't think you'd do this to George." John said.
"Why wouldn't I do this to George?" Sydney asked even though she could think of nearly a million answers.
"Because you were 'in love'. And the time you told us all off being with other women,and everyone trusts you," John said.
"They can still trust me. And they trust you," Sydney said.
"Not the same way," John said.
They sat in silence for a few minutes.