Chapter 3
"What's going on?"Sydney asked.
"John has been getting kinda depressed latley, I think he is about to enter his fat-Elvis stage" Claire said.
"Ugh! Don't say that! He was never fat" Sydney said.
" That's just what HE called it. Anyways, Brian keeps hitting on John and it's grossing me out" Claire said shuddering.
"That's lovely!" Sydney said.
"And Paul is as sweet as ever" Claire said dreamily.
"You're so sappy!" Sydney said rolling her eyes.
Claire hit Sydney on the arm.
"So does he, you know ,get around?" Sydney asked.
Claire shot her a sideways look.
"You know John and I were talking about that the other day. John said he never once thought Paul was sleeping around" Claire said.
"Well that's good! George have any little flings?" Sydney asked.
"He had a quasi-fling, nothing serious. I reminded him of you everyday" Claire said.
"Well thanks! If I had gotten here one day later, he would have already met Patti and that would suck" Sydney said.
"I think even if he had met her, he wouldn't have forgotten about you" Claire said.
They turned into a small boutique. They looked around in the store.
"Hello Claire" the sales woman said to Claire.
"Hello Mrs. Smith, how are you?" Claire said "This is my friend Sydney."
"Nice to meet you Sydney, are you looking for some new clothing?" Mrs. Smith asked.
"Is it that obvious?" Sydney asked looking at her clothes.
"Yes," Claire said laughing.
"No no no, just that's what the store is for" Mrs. Smith said quickly.
Sydney looked around and bought a couple of outfits and some pj's. Claire paid for the clothes seeing as Sydney had no money, not even American money. Sydney grabbed the bags and they started for the hotel.
"John, Ringo, and George were sharing a room,but I'm sure they can work something out so you and George could... you know" Claire said winking.
"No, I don't know what you mean" Sydney said playing innocent.
"Haha funny" Claire said rolling her eyes.
"Oh do shut up!" Sydney said hitting Claire with her bags.
"Hey, don't make me take those clothes back" Claire said.
"So do you get recognized a lot?" Sydney asked.
"Yeah, just like Jane Asher would have been. If you stay you really are going to be in the papers" Claire warned.
"Who wouldn't want to see my lovely face on the papers?" Sydney asked.
"Me for one!" Claire said laughing.
"Well I'm sure someone would enjoy it" Sydney said defensively.
They walked into the hotel and got onto the elevator.
"When you get up there you should change so we can all go out to dinner" Claire said.
The elevator stopped and they got off. Claire went to the door and knocked.
"Who is it?" Mal called.
"Michelle!" Claire said grinning at Sydney.
"Hmm....I wonder what that's from" Sydney said laughing.
"I go for original!" Claire joked as they heard someone unlock the door.
Paul opened the door for them and they walked inside.
"We're all going out to dinner ,so ladies get dressed" John said.
"Where can I change?" Sydney asked.
"In our room" John said pointing to a door.
Sydney walked in the room. George was in there putting on his jacket.
"George can we talk?" Sydney asked as she closed the door.
"Yeah, I think we need to" George said.
"Do you realize that we never broke up?" she asked setting her stuff down on John's bed.
"Yeah, I do. But I need to tell you that I was really hurt after you left so abruptly" George said looking away.
"I know and I'm sorry, I needed to clear things up back home or clear things up in the future" she laughed.
"Claire tried to explain, but I never really understood" George said.
"I know and I'm really sorry. Did you not get that note I wrote you that night?" she asked.
"I did, it just wasn't the same" he said.
"Well I can honestly say I didn't date anyone while I was gone ,but I see you can't say the same for yourself" Sydney said.
"Well, you knew you were coming back; I didn't know" George said.
"I never knew that I would actually get to see you again. George, let's not fight" Sydney said.
George was silent.
"I mean we have been going out as long as Paul and Claire have. We can work it out" Sydney said.
He looked over at her.
"I really don't want to fight. I need you" he said.
"I love you ,George" she said running to him.
"I love you Sydney" he said right before kissing her.
"I suppose we need to hurry up, they'll start yelling at us" Sydney said laughing.
"Yeah hurry up and get dressed" George said.
Sydney pulled out one of her new dresses and quickly put it on.
"Let's go" she said as she opened the door.
They walked out and everyone was walking away from the door whistling, looking away.
"Were you guys listening in on us?" Sydney asked.
"No, not at all" Claire said looking away.
"Look me in the eyes and say you weren't" Sydney challenged.
"Oh,but that was so sweet" John said pretending to wipe away a tear.
"Oh shut up, Johnny" Sydney said hitting him on the arm.
They all grabbed their coats and walked out of the door.