Chapter 16; 

Pete and John starred at us in shock as we came out of the door. I couldn't help but look at them too, John in his teddy gear is always quite the site.

"Close yer mouth will ya?" Pete says, jabbing John in his side, who just shakes his hand and wraps his arms around me.

"You look amazing, I've got to be, like, the luckiest guy in England." John whispers in my ear, making me giggle as we walk  to the cavern.

The walk' s long but it gives me practice time to walk in the heels, that will most likely be killing me by the end of the night. None the less, the Cavern does not disappoint my standards of being a stuffy crowded bar with live music, some great, others not too good. But the place is slammed pack with teens my age and up, even through the dim lighting and smoke I see people I recognize from school.

"John! Ellie!" Paul and George call us over. There's two pitcher's full of beer and empty cups, most likely waiting for us.

"Ta lads." John smirks as he pours him and I cups of beer.

"No music tonight?" I ask, noticing nobody up on stage.

"No, they always have breaks so they can play records. And so people can actually dance."

"Ah, yer dancing tonight?"

"If we ever find some birds." George cuts in, making John and I laugh.

"Yer outa luck with this one, she's all mine." John says, pulling me toward him, after we both finished three small cups full of beer, John pulls me to the dance floor. Jail Houserock begins to play and I'm glad.

"I love this song!" I shout over the music as we move in sync, John's a pretty smooth dancer and makes everything seem natural. I giggled as John twirls me and sings the song.

All too quickly the song ends, but a slow song takes its place. John pulls me to him by the waist and I slip my arms around his neck. John pressed his forehead against mine and began whispering the words, it felt like John and I were the only people in the room. John kissed me gentle on the lips and I began to get lost in his eyes. "John, I love you." I said, my voice shaking. I've been waiting for the perfect time and now felt right. 

"Finally," John said laughing "I'm completely in love with you Eloise." John whispered and that was it. we made it official or feelings are out there and there's no taking them back now. "Yer the most beautiful girl I know, I'm so lucky that yer mine." 

"I'm so lucky." I whispered, putting my head against his chest, we still danced, wrapped in each other until the middle of the next song, because people kept bumping us. John and I stayed hand in hand the rest of night. When we went back to the table we had a couple more drinks and danced some, with our friends and alone. 

"Do ye wanna go for a walk?" John whispered after Paul had left with some bird to dance. 

"Sure." I said smiling, as he put his hand into mine and we walked through the back door of the Cavern. John quickly pulled me into an alley way and kissed me. "John," I gasped, feeling out of breath, my stomach felt like it would explode with butterflies. 

"I love you so much." John said, before pulling me into his arms. I wrapped me legs around his waist, as he begged for entrance in my mouth. I let him, and soon the only sound I could hear was my fast heartbeat in my ears. 

"I love you too." I said, once we had pulled away, John kissed me all over my face, rubbing his hands up and down my back before kissing my neck. I let out a quiet moan from pleasure and he pushed me up against the brick wall, I groaned from the sudden feeling.

"Are you okay darlin'?" John whispered, starring at me with compassion. I didn't answer, but pulled his lips to mine. I ran my hands down his chest, pulling at his shirt as he kissed and nibbled at my skin, I quickly moaned and started breathing heavily. 

"Hey!" Some voice said. My eyes went wide as John and I looked in the direction of where the voice came from, there was an old frumpy looking man- or at least from what I could tell- standing there and coming closer. "Get outa here!" the man said louder, and came closer. I unwrapped my legs from John's waist and he helped me down. 

"Run!" John said, laughing as he grabbed my hand and pulled me with him toward the other end of the alley. We ran for so long and so fast, that I could barely catch my breath. But it could've also been because of how loud we were laughing. 

"You should've seen his face!" John said laughing. John and I were holding hands and walking the back way to his house.

"It scared the hell out of me!" I said, hitting his arm. 

"Quite the way to get in the mood, eh?" 

"Stop bein' so cheeky John!" 

"What can I say?" 

"Hmm... Nothin'." 

"How 'bout I tell ye how beautiful ye are." John says, smiling at me, I grab hold of my arm and wrap it around me own. 

"Shh, John. Do ya hear that?" 

"No..?" John said, quietly after listening. 

"It's the sound of the night, going on all around us and capturing us for one night, one second. But this may be the second we'll remember our entire our whole life. The night and the world's screamin' for us to capture it, in our own spectacular way." I told John, who starred at me wide-eyed like I told him the secret of life. 

"Get on me back." John said, laughing. 

"What? No!" 

"Come on! I'll carry ye home. I bet those heels are killin' ye." John said, and I thought about it, they did hurt like hell. I jumped up on his back, making sure to keep myself covered, as he ran and skipped and walked with me on his back. "Do ye want to come in?" John said, as he stopped at his house.

"John," I said nervously. "Can I spend the night? I don't want to be there all alone." 

"S-sure." John said, nodding he smiled gently as he pushed open the door. "Mimi's gone in London." 

"You seem to be alone, as I am." 

"Oh, the contrary. I never feel alone, as long as I'm with you." John said kissing my forehead. My heart started beating so fast over this simple gesture. Usually you see that kind of stuff in movies, guys kissing the girl on the forehead and I think it's one of the most simple, yet deep gestures of love. I calmed myself down, the little things count and I love every little thing about John. Which make up a huge thing, him. 

"It's amazing to feel wanted," I whispered. "And all I want is you." 

"You. Don't. Know. How. Much. You. Mean. To. Me." John said, saying each word through each kiss. 

"I love you." I said quietly "I'm ready." 

"Are you sure?" John asked, biting his lip. 

"Of course." I said stronger. John picked me up bridal style, making me giggle as he carried me up the stairs and into his room, shutting the door behind him with his foot, before laying me down on the bed. 

"You're my everything. And you're beautiful." John said, kissing his way down my body. He slipped the sleeves of my dress down my body as he I pulled his shirt over his head. Barely breaking contact. 

The next morning, I woke up with a big smile on my face, the sun was streaming in through John's green curtains make the light look almost blue. I looked over and I noticed John wasn't laying there. He must've got up before me, all my clothes were gone though, so he probably washed them. I took one of John's plaid shirts and pulled it on, buttoning the buttons before I walked down the stairs. 

"There was love all around.

But I never heard it singing.

No, I never heard it at all.

Till there was you"  I heard John singing as he cooked, I giggled and he quickly turned around. 

"Goodmorning beautiful." John said twirling me around and kissing me on the lips quickly. "Ye make that shirt look better than I do." 

"Oh, hush." I said, hitting his arm playfully. "Where do my clothes happen to be?" I asked, laughing. 

"I was washing them, they should be done any time now." John said as there was a knock on the door. "Can ye get that?" 

"You want me to get it, dressed like this?" I asked, raising my eyebrows. 

"Okay, never mind." John said, looking up and down at my body "COME IN!" John yelled. Paul and George emerged through the doorway. They dropped what they had in their hands, starring at John and I. Talk about embarrassing.