"I bet he's waitin' for ye," Stu said, passing me his cigarette, we walked ahead of Paul and John who seemed to be lost in their own conversation. 

"I have a boyfriend." I stated, looking back at John, who seemed to be glaring at the side walk.

"Does he know that?"

"He didn't ask" I said defensively, already wanting to leave the cavern before I even got there. "Did those girls ask John if he had a girlfriend before they began to crawl all over him? Oh wait, it doesn't matter because he doesn't have a girlfriend, does he?"

"What are you two sods yellin' about?" Paul asked, jogging the few feet in between us. "We can 'ear ye back there, ya know?" 

"Stu's bein' a jerk," I stated, shoving Stu to the side. 

"Ay' isn't that John's job?" Paul chuckled. "Speakin' of the devil, took ye a minute to catch up, eh? Maybe ye shouldn't be smokin' as much." 

"Look at this young bloke tryin' to give me advice. Ta Paul, but that's a bit homosexual Paul, even for you." John said, stomping out his cigarette before opening the cavern's back door for me. "Kat and I'll find a booth, you two go get drinks, ay'?" 

"You know," I said, taking the freshly light cigarette from John's grip and smoking on it myself. "You should take Paul's advice yer smokin' a bit more than usual." 

"I smoke when I'm nervous, I think every bleedin' person does." John said, taking the fag from my hands. "Nice use of irony by the way love." 

"Why are you nervous? Do I make ye nervous John?"

"The thought of losin' ye does! Look Kat, yer just so innocent if certain boys could get their hands on you they'd tear ye apart. Just for the hell of it. I'm tryin' to be the best I can for ye, but yer makin' it so 'ard talkin' to all these blokes and-" 

"John, I'm talkin' to other blokes while some tramp is shovin' 'er bloody tongue down yer throat! I think it's only fair! But ye wouldn't know about fair would you? Ye obviously don't believe in fairness or ye'd treat me right... I'm only doin' to you, what you're doin' to me. This is what I fuckin' go through every damn day because of you John. Don't you see that?" 

"I'm tryin' so hard, I'm tryin' to protect you." John said, grabbing my hands and wrapping them in his own. 

"If yer trying... Tell Stu, Paul, and the bloody bloke that ye think's gonna take me away. He's older than us and you don't even know him, can't you do that much?" I asked, feeling myself starting to break down, I held my eyes open, trying to not let any threatening tears come out. 

"Are we interrupting anything?" A voice boomed behind us, as I quickly tried to pull my hands away from John's as Paul and Stu filed into the booth. "Are ye playin' thumb wrestlin'?" 

"Stu, Paul, I've got to tell ye somethin'... I'm goin' steady with Kat and if yer me true mates, you'll accept that and help us keep it a secret. And if yer not me true mates, then I guess there isn't anythin' stoppin' me from groundin' ye lot into a pulp." John said, kissing me softly on the cheek, I smiled shocked at John as my cheeks heated up. 

"FINALLY!" Paul cheered along with Stu as they clinked their glasses together, I laughed as I watched John's cheeks blush. "I mean ye'd think that ye two would be datin' as much as he talks about this mystery girl he likes, and then yer the only girl he stares at or even minds havin' a conversation with." 

"Shut it ye bloke, the pulp idea is still on the table." John said, wrapping his arm around me, I smiled as I nuzzled closer to him, glad to actually be in public with John like this, it was a fresh start. 

"'ello Kat, I'm guessin' these 'ere are yer mates." Richard said, smiling at us. 

"Yes, Richard this is Paul, John, and Stu. Paul, John, and Stu this is Richard." 

"'ello Richard, it's nice to meet someone else in a band, John, Stu and I are in a band of are own, The Quarry Men. What do ye play?" Paul said, obviously the nicest in the lot of us. 

"I play me drums. We're actually about to go on up, just ye wait 'nd see mates." Richard said, quickly leaving and going up on the stage. The music started and the a crowd soon began filling their way up near the stage. 

"I'm goin' to get another bevvy, ye mates want one?" Stu said, abruptly getting up from the table. 

"I'll come, see ye two on the flip side, eh?" Paul joked, before leaving to catch up with Stu. 

"Ye wanna get out 'ere?" John yelled over the loud music and pounding of the drums. I nodded and followed John's lead, as we walked out of the back door. "Ay' Richard seemed nice, not good enough for me girl though, she deserves the best, I haven't got a clue why she settled for me." 

"Because John, yer what I want, not some posh borin' bloke who doesn't care about me. That only cares about everythin' bein' perfect." I told him, as we walked hand-in-hand through old short cuts. "Plus I don't know any posh fellow that could've made a first date that fun." 

"This is our first date, ay'?" John said confused. 

"Course, the less ye know the less jitters ye'll 'ave. It was fun, excpet ye yellin' at me." 

"I'm sorry love, I've just been really frustrated. More 'bout myself than you. I just don't want ye to get 'urt, yer me bird 'nd all I just want to protect you." 

"Ay' John don't go all sappy on me, I was just tryin' to be cheeky, which you seemed to be so oblivious to, which is funny comin' from someone so cheeky themselves." I said laughing at John. 

"Ye need to be more clear with what you want." John joked making me roll my eyes. "Now, like a good boyfriend I'll get ye back to school on time, you don't want to get detention, then we won't be able to go on our second date this weekend, okay?" 

"Okay." I agreed, as John pulled me back on the path back to school with him. 

A/N: Sorry this chapter took so long! I've been having such a hard time with school and I just finished my third theatre show, so I had been having long rehersals after school! Comment, Vote, Share, love you all!