To Be Desired Chapter 20 Paul took my hand and we walked out the door. The cold air hit me hard and I shivered involuntarily. I leaned into Paul as we walked down the street. I shivered again, it was freezing out here, compared to California I guess a lot of places were freezing though. I touched Paul�s cheek with my frozen hand he pulled his head back. "You�re freezing" he said. I nodded. "I am" I said. He took my hands in his and rubbed them together, breathing into them. It warmed my hands up but, the rest of me was freezing. Paul pulled his suit jacket off and put it over my shoulders. "Now you�ll be cold" I said putting my arms through the jacket. "I guess you�ll hafto keep me warm then" He said. I put my arm around his waist and leaned into him. "I will" I said. as we walked down the street. There was practically no one out here. We walked most of the way in silence. I was staring at the stars in the sky. They were lovely. I stopped Paul by this tree and wrapped my arms around him. "I don�t want to go back yet" I said. He nodded and dropped his face to my hair. I leaned against him, he slid his arms around my waist, under his jacket. "I love you, Sarah" he breathed in my ear. Chills ran down my spine. "I love you too" I breathed back. Paul rubbed his hand over my back. He pulled back a bit and kissed me. I kissed him back. I pulled back and leaned against him. I ran my hand through his hair. He smiled and pulled back. He touched the bare skin where my v-neck reveled. "Where�s your necklace?" He asked. "Oh" I said. I had forgotten bout that. "Well, I took it off" I said. He looked at me. "Why?" He asked. "Because I didn�t think you wanted me to wear it." I said. He looked at me odd. "Why not?" He asked. "well, I dunno, It�s kinda idolistic" I said. He looked at me and shrugged. "I dunno, I liked it" He said. "I feel weird wearing it" I said. He hugged me. "that�s Ok then, don�t wear it, whatever you want" He said. "We�ll just hafto go buy you a new necklace" He added. I laughed. "what?" I asked. "I hafto do something with my money, why not buy you things?" He asked. I shook my head. "Don�t do that" I said. "I don�t want you to buy me anything" I added. "Well, what if I said I wanted to?" He asked. "Don�t" I said. He smiled. "You wont let me do what I want to?" He asked mock outraged. "Well, no, but, I mean..." I said. He laughed. "I don�t want you to spend your money on me" I said finally. "But I have too much" He said. I smiled. "You can�t have too much" I said. He nodded "You can" He argued. I shook my head. "Well, I�ve never had too much" I said. "Then let�s go shopping" He said. I sighed. "I don�t want to" I said. "Fine" He sighed, smiling. "Stubborn aren�t you?" He added. I nodded smiling. "You haven�t realized that till now?" I asked. He shrugged. "No" He said. I smiled. He took my hand. "Let�s go" He said. We walked through the streets to our hotel. There was a small mob of fans in the front but we snuck around the back and walked through. We made it up through to our suite. I opened the door and we walked in. Everyone was laying about the common room. "Hey guys" I said. "Well you�re a little late, What were you two doing?" John asked slyly. I smiled and winked, pulling off Paul�s jacket. I handed it back to him. "Thanks" I said. "Anytime" He said taking it and throwing it on the end of the couch. I fell onto the couch. "When is this party of yours?" I asked. "Um, about a half hour" John said. I nodded. Paul took my hand and pulled me up, sitting in my place and pulling me down in his lap. I pulled my shoes off and dropped them next to the couch. I leaned into him and slid my arm around his neck. "What�s going on?" I asked. John shrugged. "We�re having a blast watching the same movie I�ve already seen five times." John replied sarcastically. I laughed. "Talk about a good time" I said. "Then how bout watching something else?" I asked. "Nothing else is on" He said. I shook my head. "Someone needs to invent a VCR" I said. "What?" Paul asked. "It�s a machine, you plug it into the telly and you put tapes in and they play movies." I tried to explained. "Really? Like putting on a record but you can watch a movie with it?" I nodded. "Yeah, kinda" I said. "Cool, I want one." John said. "Go invent it" I said. "Or a DVD player" I said. "What�s that?" Paul asked. "It�s like the same thing except more advanced, they are CD�s but with movies on them." I said. He nodded. "Yeah" I said nodding. "So, what�s up, Paul?" I asked looking at him. He smiled. "Aw, nothing really" He said. I nodded slowly. "Yeah" I said. "Same here" I said. He nodded, smiling. I smiled. "Ok, I�m going to get ready now" I said. "Ready?" He asked. "I told you, you look great already" He answered himself. I looked at John and rolled my eyes. "Right, Paul" I said slowly, patting his shoulder. He smiled. "I�ll be right back." I said. He kissed me, I kissed him back quickly and went to my room. I brushed out my hair and plugged in my curling iron. I pulled out a sweater, it was a bit cold in here. It was black zip up with white cuffs and a white collar attached to look like I had a shirt under it I guess, it was really cute. I took my shoes off and just put fuzzy white socks on. I curled the ends of my hair and made my layers flip back a bit. I sprayed a bit of flexible hairspray and ran my hand through it. It looked pretty good, pretty good. I re applied my makeup, just a bit. I pulled my pants up and checked myself in the full length mirror. Ok whatever, good enough. I went back to the common room and shut my door. The party kinda already started. The music was playing, the bar was up, people were dancing. There weren�t so many people though. I searched for a familiar face. "Hey Geo" I called to George. He looked over. "Where�s Paulie?" I asked. "Last time I saw him he was over there on the couch talking to John" He said. I nodded. "Thanks" I said. He nodded. I walked towards the couch. too many people to see even if I was going in the right place. I found it. Yay! There was a pretty girl sitting on one end next to John, more like on top of John but yeah. Paul was sitting all by his lonesome with a smoke and a drink talking to John. He took a drag from his cigarette and flicked the ashes into an ashtray. Did he have to smoke? There were girls surrounding the couch hanging on their every word. Disgusting. lol. Paul looked up and saw me. He looked very relieved. I went to sit down next to him but he pulled me in his lap. I slid my arm around his neck. "Hi" He said smiling at me. "Hey" I said smiling back. I put my feet up next to John on the couch. He kissed me. I pushed my hand on his chest and pulled away. "tic tac, Paul" I said with an ecki look on my face. "You taste like an ashtray" I said. "Eaten many ashtrays then?" John asked. "Oh yeah, every morning, they are one of the five major food groups" I said sarcastically. He smiled. I smiled sweetly back. I took the cigarette from Paul�s hand and ground in into the ashtray on the table. "sick" I said. "Why do you smoke?" I asked. "I dunno, I�ve always smoked" He said. "What�s that supposed to mean?" I said. He shrugged. I laughed, looking around. "This party is rockin�" I said sarcastically. I looked at John, who was looking at me. "Hey Johnny" I said. "Hey" He smiled. "What�s going on?" I asked. "Nuthing" He said. I nodded. "Cool" I said. "So Paul, What�s up?" I asked. "Nuthing" He said. I nodded again. I picked up his drink that was freezing my knee, and took a drink. Rum and coke, not as good. I put it back in his hand. "Hey Johnny whatcha got there?" I asked, referring to his drink. "Scotch and coke" He said. "Think I could have a drink please?" I asked sweetly. He rolled his eyes and handed it to me. "Thanks" I said. I took a gulp and handed it back. I nodded. A girl came up behind Paul and leaned over his shoulder. "Hi Paul" she said in a sexy voice. He half smiled. "Hi there" He said uncomfortably. He looked back at me. I smiled. Ok, fun. A pretty, slow song started. "Wanna dance?" He asked. I nodded. "yeah" I said softly. He handed his drink to John and pushed me off gently and stood up. "Hey, what am I?" John asked. "I dunno you tell me" I laughed. "You can have it" Paul said. He took my hand and lead me to the middle of the dance floor. I slid my arms around his neck. He slid his arms around my waist. We swayed gently to the music. I laid my head on Paul�s chest. "Sarah?" He said. I heard his voice reverberate in his chest. I lifted my head. "Yeah" I said softly. "I�m sorry about all the girls" He said. I smiled. "That�s alright, Paulie" I said. "I know it�s harder for you" He said. I smiled again "It�s fine, Paul, really" I said. He hugged me tighter. "I love you" He whispered in my hair. "I love you too, Paul" I said laying my head back down. "Kiss me" He said softly. I pulled my head back. He smiled. I kissed him sweetly. He kissed me back. I smiled at him and laid my head back. The song ended and a faster song started. I looked at him. "I�m not to good at fast dancing, let�s slow dance to this one too" I said. He smiled. "Let�s" He said. We swayed against the beat of the song. I couldn�t hear it anyway. I was playing with the hair on the back of Paul�s neck. The song ended and Paul kissed me again before we walked back to our couch. Paul sat down and pulled me in his lap again. I sat back. The number of girls seemed to multiply while we were dancing. I felt him tense up because of the girls hanging over the back of the couch and crowding around, staring at Paul talking to me or flirting with John. It was OK, I didn�t care that they were there really. I was trying to relax him. "I�m going to get another drink, come with me?" Paul asked. I nodded and stood up He followed. "Hey, will you guys quit leaving me?" John said. "You�ve got company" I said. He looked at me. "You know you love it, John" I said smiling. I followed Paul through the crowd to the bar. "Hey, Luv, they have a heated pool downstairs, Let�s go" He said. I smiled. That sounded good. "Alright" I said. He smiled. "Ok, Let�s go get changed" He said. He went to his room and I went to mine. I washed off my makeup first. I put on my same bathing suit from last time. The bottoms first. I tied the top of the top part but the strings on the back needed to be tied. Not this again. I tried once to no avail. I heard a quick knock on the door. "Who is it?� I called. "it�s me, Luv" Paul said through the door. "Come in" I called back. He opened the door and shut it behind him. He was wearing the same swimsuit he wore last time. nice and short and tight, I love it. "Paul can you tie this?" I asked. He took the strings from my fingers and tied it semi tightly. "Thanks" I said adjusting it in the mirror. He ran his fingers down my back. "You know what I thought when I first saw you in this?" He asked. "Mmm Damn sexy" He answered himself. I laughed "really?" I asked. He nodded. "I still think that" He said. "Well you look quite sexy yourself" I said trailing my finger along the bottom of his shorts. "How did you get in here without getting mobbed?" I asked. "No one saw me" He said. "And even without a shirt on, You�re going to hafto put something on if you don�t wanna get jumped out there" I said running my hand down his chest. "Only if you do it" He said. "oh-ho-ho" I said laughing. I pushing him towards the door. "Go put something on I hafto put my hair up and stuff" I said. "OK" He said. He left and kept the door open a bit. I put my hair in a ponytail and took a towel from my bathroom. I searched in my suitcase for my sandals and pulled them on my feet. Paul came in with a white shirt on and a towel in his hand. "You�d better put a shirt on, Luv" He said, "Oh, yeah, All those girls out there will go wild" I said sarcastically. "No, I will" He said. I laughed searching in my suitcase I found a plain shirt and pulled it over my head. "Ok, let�s go" I said. We walked out my door and closed it behind us. We waded through the crowd towards the door. Nobody saw us, a minor miracle. We made it to the hall and shut the door. "Hey Mal" I said. "Hey" He said. "We are going swimming, if anybody asks" Paul said. "Have fun" Mal called. "Oh we will" Paul laughed. I loved hotels I don�t know why, the feel of them maybe. It was silent around, no one was in the hall, the elevator was empty. We walked out through the lobby, down the hall, to the swimming area. I opened the door and walked in. "Very nice" I said. It had a sparkling pool, a Jacuzzi, and lounge chairs and tables set up around an area. I dropped my towel on a chair, Paul did so too. We both peeled our shirts off and removed our sandals. "Let�s go in the Jacuzzi." Paul said. I smiled, "Let�s go" I said. He took my hand and stepped down into the water and helped me in. I didn�t really need help but hey, this was too nice to pass up. I smiled at him. He sat on the steppish thing and pulled me down in his lap. I slid my arm around his neck it felt really good in there very warm and bubblish. He slid his arm around my waist and kissed me. I kissed him back. Sweetness. He pulled back after awhile and smiled. �We should�ve skipped the party and came here, this is better� He said. I smiled. �We should�ve� I said. I ran my hand down his chest. This felt odd, not bad odd, good odd. very good odd. Touching him under the water. It was more sensual. He trailed his finger up my back. I shivered involuntarily. He kissed me again, more demanding. Making out in a Jacuzzi is fun. �Hands above the water McCartney� John shouted. Paul pulled away and rolled his eyes. �Go away, John� He said casually. I smiled and watched him and the other guys. The dropped their towels and shirts on the chairs. �This looks cozy� John smiled. He slid into the water and sat next to us. �Whatcha doing here?� I asked as Ringo and George followed suit and slid in the Jacuzzi with us. �The party ended� John said. I nodded. That was specific and to the point. �So what have you been doing?� John asked slyly. �Just...sitting� I said casually, smiling. He nodded. �Fun� He said. I nodded slowly. �oh so� I said. �So, why did you come down here?� I asked. He smiled. �What you don�t want us here?� He asked. �Don�t put words in my mouth� I said smiling sarcastically. �We just thought we�d come down and say Hi� He said. I nodded. �Wow, it�s hot in here� I said. It was, the water was very hot. �Yeah, it is� Paul said. I stood up on the step. �I�m going in the pool� I said. I stepped up onto the ground. Paul followed me and the others stood up. I walked over and put my foot in the water. It was cool, it felt good. I dove in. I swam to he other side and surfaced, holding onto the side of the pool. Ringo, George, and John were in the deep end trying to dunk each other. I rolled me eyes. Paul was sitting on the edge with his legs dangling in the water smiling at me. I swum over to him and folded my arms, my elbows set on his knees. �Why aren�t you in the water?� I asked. �Cause I�m watching you� He said. I smiled and Took his hand like I was going to intertwine our fingers. I squeezed his hand and pushed off against the side, hard, and pulled him into the water. He broke the surface and took a deep breathe. I laughed. �Woops, sorry� I said laughing. He smiled and jumped on my shoulders pulling me down under the water. I wanted to laugh but that would drown me prolly, I smiled under the water. Paul let go and we both surfaced laughing. �Wanna start something?� I asked challenging. He raised his eyebrows. �Sure� He said. He started tickling me under water. I squirmed away laughing. Tickling is illegal, hide me. I smiled. �Don�t� I said warningly. He smiled back, but more evilly. I turned and swam quickly to where John was. I could hear Paul chasing me. I swum behind John and put my hand on his shoulders. �Save me� I said laughing. �What�s he trying to do?� He asked as Paul swam up in front of him. �Tickle me� I said. �Oh well in that case� He said. He turned around quickly and started tickling me. I started laughing. �traitor� I choked out. I swum away from him under the water and over to the ladder on the side of the pool. I jumped out onto the side. �You guys are meanie fishish� I said. They laughed. �Ganging up on me like that.� I added in a disapproving tone. I pulled my towel out from the pile of towels and dried off and wrapped it around me, laying on the lounge chair next to me. I was staring off into space, in my world. I didn�t notice John and Paul sneaking up on me. �You just had to dry off, Luv. Now we are going to hafto get you wet� John said. I looked up. He grabbed my arms and Paul grabbed my legs. I laughed. Oh god I was in trouble. �No, you don�t� I said. �Oh yes we do, Luv� John said. They swung we to the right. �One� John counted. �Paul McCartney! Don�t you dare� I shouted sternly, laughingly. He just smiled. �Two� John said. They swung again. �No� I said again. �Three� John shouted. They swung one last time and let go. I flew in the air and hit the water with a splash. My towel was still wrapped around me and started absorbing water kicker than you could say...whatever it is you want to say. I kicked off the bottom and broke the surface grabbing onto the side. I pulled the towel out with much difficulty and dropped it with a splat on the side. I pulled myself up out of the water and looked angrily at John. �You had to get my towel soaked too.� I said. He smiled sweetly. �I didn�t do anything to you� I said. �Hey we�re sorry� Paul said stepping closer. John followed suit. �Ya. Luv� He said. Funniest thing was they had no idea I was joking. John took a step even closer. Before I knew what was happening, John pushed on my upper chest and I fell backwards. �John!� I heard Paul say before I hit the water and all I could hear was the rushing water around my ears. I Pushed back up and broke the surface laughing. This was too funny to be mad. I was holding onto the side and Paul took my hand and pulled me out. I laughed harder and leaned against Paul, hugging him. �Hey, I helped too don�t I get a hug?� John asked. I smiled evilly this time. �Oh, of course� I said. I winked at Paul and threw my arms around John�s neck. He leaned farther towards me. It was now or never. I took a step back and pulled on his neck, stepping to the side. Unprepared as he was he fell forward and hit the water. �Ha� I said. Everyone was laughing when John surfaced. I smiled. �You know better than to go jumping in the pool like that.� I said. �You could get hurt�. He smiled mockingly. �Haha, very funny� He said pulling himself up. �Well, I thought so� I said. �Of course, your towel is still nice and dry.� I added. �Be thankful� I said. He smiled. �I�m sill one up on you.� he said. �Yes, well, one day it will all even out.� I said. He smiled. George and Ringo were still in the pool laughing. He shook his head and jumped back in the water. I turned around. Paul was sitting/laying on one of the lounge chairs with his feet on the ground. I walked over and sat between his legs leaning back on his chest. �What�s wrong?� I asked softly looking up and his face. He opened his eyes. �Oh, nuthing, I�m just tired.� He said wrapping his arms around my waist. �Yeah, me too.� I said laying my head back. He pulled a towel from the pile on the chair next to us and put it over me. �Sorry, I got your towel wet.� He said snuggling me under the towel. �That�s Ok� I laughed. �I�ll steal John�s� I added. I sighed and relaxed into him. �Someone looks quite cuddly over there� John said getting out of the pool. �That�s us� I said. �Let�s go back now� He said. aww. I stood up. Paul stood up and grabbed his shirt and pulled it on. Well that�s no fun. I wrapped the towel around my shoulders and picked up my shirt sliding my sandals on. The guys started leaving. I hooked my arm in Paul�s and we followed them to the elevators. I think everyone was tired because it was pretty silent on the way back. We walked into the suite and dispersed into our different rooms. �I�m gunna take a shower.� I said to Paul. He nodded. �Me too.� he said. I nodded. �Alright.� I said. He kissed me. �I�ll be right back� He said leaving to his room. I nodded and went to me room. I rinsed off my bathing suit and shampooed the chlorine from my hair really quick. I got dressed into my pajamas. and brushed my hair out. I towel dried it and washed my face. I was brushing my teeth when someone knocked on my door. I spit out the toothpaste �one sec� I called. I rinsed out my mouth and went to the door and opened it. Paul was standing there smiling. �Hey.� He said. �Hi� I said. Opening the door for him to come on. �You don�t hafto knock� I said. �Ah K� He said. I shut the door and went back to the mirror and brushed my hair again, it was annoying me. �What�s happenin�?� I asked. �Nuthing� He said dropping down on my bed. �Well that�s fun� I said. I set my brush down and sat cross legged by the head of the bed. He scooted up next to me and put his arm around my waist. I put my head on his shoulder. �Mmm, I�m tired.� I said closing my eyes. He ran his hand through my hand. �me too� He said softly. �Do you mind, if I sleep here?� He asked setting his hand on the sheets next to him. I tensed, Chh yes. Well actually it depended by what he actually meant in saying that. But the way he said it made me think he didn�t mean what would make me mind. Wow, that�s confusing. �You can, if you think you can behave.� I said choosing words carefully. �Define behave� He said jokingly. �If I hafto define it, then get out� I said smiling. �I�m just kidding, Luv� He said quickly. �Of course I�ll behave.� He said. �OK� I said. He kissed me. I kissed him back. �Ok, I�m going to fall asleep now� I said quietly. �OK� He said in the same tone. I pulled the covers back sliding in between the cool sheets and turning on my side. Paul took off his pajama pants so he was only wearing boxers and an under shirt, and slid in behind me. He wrapped his arm around my stomach and hugged me to him. I pulled the covers up higher and laid my arm over his. He kissed my ear. �Sweet Dreams, Sarah� He said. �Goodnight, Paulie� I said snuggling back into him. His presence was incredibly comforting and I was glad he was here. I fell asleep quickly, listening to him breathe. Chapter 21 Home � Copyright 2002 by Sarah Lucey. International Copyrights Served. 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