So this probably isn't gonna be very long. It's also just gonna be lots of fluff. It's how Prudence and Dhani got together. I wasn't planning on making this more than a one shot, but someone gave me an idea.
Real Love- Chapter two
"Dhani! I can't believe you!" Joey yelled over the phone. Dhani winced. He wasn't entirely sure why Joey was yelling at him. The phone rang so he picked it up. That was the first thing she said.
"What? What did I do!?" he asked quickly. Lily giggled on the couch. She probably heard Joey yell from where she was sitting.
"You kissed Prudence!?" she asked loudly, "I thought you liked me!"
Dhani made a face, "Well you turned me down! She likes me and I gave up on trying to get you to go out with me!" he said rolling his eyes, "Why do you care anyway?"
"I-I don't care." she stammered, "I just..."
"Aw, Joey are you jealous!?" Dhani asked smugly. He heard Joey scoff.
"No! I am not jealous." she said. Dhani knew she was rolling her eyes, "I just knew Prudence liked you and that you'd never ever go out with her because of me. Well I thought anyway."
Dhani chuckled, "Well you thought wrong." he laughed, "So I have to go. I'm going to see Prudence and I have to talk to Julian about this new band idea he keeps going on about."
Joey sighed, "Fine, do what you want." she said, "Not that I care that you're with Pru or anything..." Dhani rolled his eyes and hung up the phone as his father walked into the room
"Who was that?" he asked picking up the random pages on the coffee table. Dhani giggled.
"It was Joey." he said, "She's jealous." George frowned.
"Jealous of who?"
"Prudence." Lily giggled. George rolled his eyes, "Because she found out that Dhani kissed Pru and now she suddenly likes him." George rolled his eyes again as he examined some of the pages he'd picked up, muttering as he went.
"Mine...Mine...Dhani's...Mine...Dhani's...Dhani's. .." he was looking through the songs that have been written and placed there at random. He got to one and made a face.
"Is this one mine or yours?" he asked holding out a page with chords and a few song phrases. Dhani bit his lip and studied the page.
"Uh, this is mine." he said. George nodded and handed the rest of his pages to him. Dhani took them and went upstairs to get his guitar. He knew Julian probably had a guitar he could play, but he wasn't too keen on the idea of not using his own. He stuffed the pages in the case before going back downstairs.
"Bye, I'm going to John's." he said waving. George waved back.
"Be back before dinner!" he yelled after the door shut. Lily laughed.
"He won't be." she said getting up, "I'm gonna go and see Bridget." George nodded and she left. He was at home...alone...in a big house...nothing to do...hmmm...
"Julian, I don't think anyone else is gonna want to do this band thing." Dhani said rolling his eyes. He'd gotten to The Lennon's house and was first greeted by Cynthia who said Julian was upstairs in the music room. That was where he went. He hasn't left the room in nearly three hours, and he hadn't even seen Prudence.
"Oh c'mon Dhani!" Julian said, "Joey wants to do it and Bridget thinks it could be fun!" Dhani sighed. He wanted to play in a band more than anything, just not with the people he practically lives with.
"Bridget can't play any instruments." Dhani said. julian bit his lip.
"I can teach her!" he said quickly. Dhani huffed.
"I can teach her too, it just seems like too much work for the cause." he said.
"No it's not, we only have to teach Bridget," Julian said, "Joey can play the piano. I play the guitar and so do you."
"What about bass?" Dhani asked sounding bored, "Prudence plays bass. Paul taught especially for this thing."
Dhani sighed again. He leaned back in his seat, "But what about..." Dhani couldn't think of anything else.
"We'll have Me on guitar." Julian started. Dhani shook his head.
"If I'm doing, I'm on guitar." He said.
"But your dad's the guitarist in the Beatles!" Julian protested.
"Exactly!" Dhani said loudly. Julian huffed. The only other thing he could play was the drums, "I'm on guitar, Pru's on bass, You are on drums, and what would Bridget do?"
"Yeah and what about Lily?" Prudence asked poking her head in. She grinned at Dhani and he bit his lip.
"Lily can't play anything..." he said slowly. Julian started to suggest teaching again but Dhani stopped him, "Trust me Dad and I have tried to teach her something, but she can't...at all..." Prudence laughed and plopped down in the seat next to Dhani.
"Well, Let's get back to Bridget." Dhani said crossing his arms over his chest, "What would you teach her?"
"She could play the tambourine like Davy in the Monkees." Prudence said, causing Dhani to laugh. She giggled and Julian rolled his eyes at them.
"Well she could be rhythm guitar." Julian said, "That's not hard and it wouldn't' take long to teach her." Dhani sighed. This was actually gonna happen.
"Alright fine," Dhani said, "But Wily's gonna want a part in this." Julian bit his lip.
"She could be the manager and doesn't she know how to work the equipment in the studio?" Prudence asked. Dhani nodded.
"Yeah, but only the ones at our house." Dhani said shrugging. Julian nodded.
"Then it's settled. We're a band we just need a name for us." he said with a very John looking grin. Prudence cheered and Dhani scratched the back of his neck.
"Dhani are you staying for dinner?" John asked poking his head into Prudence's bedroom where the two have been talking for the last hour and a half. Dhani bit his lip.
He heard his dad say to be home for dinner, but he didn't get to spend much time with Prudence. He sighed, "Naw, I better not." he said, "Dad said to be home for dinner." he sat up from the floor and Prudence looked disappointed.
"Oh Dhani!" she said as he father left the room, "Can't you stay a little longer?" Dhani sighed and shook his head.
"I'm late already." he said as she stood up and walked over to him. He wrapped his arms around her, surprising her a little. Neither of them were quite sure what was going on between them and they seemed to be experimenting. She reached up and pecked his cheek. He blushed and tried not to grin.
"Can you come back tomorrow?" she asked softly. Her hands rested on his arms as she spoke and Dhani felt a little tingly.
"Uh, I don't know." he said, "I'll try." she grinned and he leaned down and kissed her lightly. She giggled when he pulled back.
"Bye." she said. He smiled and waved as he walked away.
When he got home he slammed the door, like usual. George yelped from the couch.
"Don't do that!" he scolded. Dhani rolled his eyes and went into the kitchen where Lily was making dinner. She usually did, but Dhani helped her sometimes.
He picked up a spoon and stirred whatever sauce was on the stove. She smiled at him and went back to making a salad.
"How was Prudence?" she asked slyly. Dhani blushed and tried not to look at his sister.
"She was alright." he said trying to sound casual. Lily giggled when she saw his face, "Oh shut up." he rolled his eyes and then she shewed him out of the kitchen. He went upstairs and flopped on his bed. He thought about Prudence for a while before he picked up his guitar and wrote a song.
Over dinner he mentioned to Lily the band idea Julian had and she liked the idea, and George was very encouraging toward the idea until Dhani said he wasn't sure he wanted to do it.
"Dhani," George said sternly, "I'm saying you have to do it, but you have to start somewhere." Dhani sighed and nodded.
"I know how you want to be in a band with other people, but maybe starting with people you know already will help get your name out there and then if this idea goes south you can get another group together." George said. Dhani knew he was right, and he hated when that happened.
"But mum!" Prudence said loudly, "I like him!" the Lennons were all eating dinner after Dhani left and Prudence didn't like the topic of conversation.
"I know you like him, but he's older than you are!" Cynthia said.
"So?" Prudence asked frowning, "He's only a year older than me!"
"Prudence, don't yell at your mum." John said without looking up from his plate. Julian snickered from his seat and John gave him a glare.
"But Dad, she said I can't go out with Dhani!" Prudence protested.
"I don't care," John shrugged, "don't yell at her." Prudence groaned and got up from her seat.
"Hey!" Cynthia said as she walked away, "You come back and use your manners!" Prudence ignore her mother and went up to her room, making sure to slam the door. Cynthia sighed and looked at John. He bit his lip and leaned back in his seat.
"She's right," he muttered. Cynthia glared at him.
"What?"
"She's right. He's not that much older than her, and he's George's kid..." he trailed and Cynthia just looked at him, "George is the quiet Beatle. Which means Dhani is most likely more like him than anything."
Cynthia huffed and got up from the table. John rolled his eyes, "What happened to manners?" he muttered. Julian laughed.
"We never had that dad." he said also getting leaving the only one at the table. John shrugged and finished his dinner in silence.
"So we're actually going to do this band thing?" Bridget asked as Dhani, Lily, Prudence, Joey, and her all walked through the large garden at Friar Park. Dhani nodded.
"Julian really likes the idea and he says he can teach you guitar." he said. Prudence suddenly took his hand and sighed.
"What if I don't wanna learn guitar?" Bridget asked making a face. Dhani shrugged.
"That's the only thing left to play." Prudence said, "Julian's on drums and Dhani's on lead guitar, I'm on bass, and Joey's on piano." Bridget sighed.
"Fine, but what about Lily?" Bridget asked. Lily rolled her eyes.
"I am in no way musical." she said. Nobody could really believe that since her father and mother both played instruments and her mother's uncle (Peter Tork) played literally every instrument.
"OK, well What about names?" Joey asked squeezing herself between Dhani and Prudence. Prudence frowned at her as Dhani looked over to her.
"Well I was thinking something sort of Beatle related, but not really anything someone would notice immediately."
"Like..." Joey bit her lip, "Hey my Dad wrote a song called Flaming Pie!"
"Like how John came up with Beatles?" Lily asked. Joey nodded and grinned.
"I say we go with Flaming Pie." Dhani said giggling, "It's kinda funny."
"How's that?" Prudence asked trying to get passed Joey again.
"Well John says he had a vision about a guy on a flaming Pie that they should be called Beatles with and A." Dhani shrugged. Prudence giggled, finally getting passed Joey. Joey huffed and chose to walk next to Bridget.
"They we are Flaming Pie." Bridget said grinning. They all nodded.
"I'll tell Jules later." Prudence sighed. She leaned her head against Dhani's arm.
"I have to go home." Joey said looking at her watch. She sighed and Bridget linked arms with her.
"Me too." she said.
"I'll walk with you guys." Lily said. Joey walked up to Dhani and pecked his cheek before running after the other two who'd already started walking.
Dhani scrunched up his nose and Prudence looked a bit hurt. He looked at her and cocked an eyebrow at her.
"What's wrong?" he asked grabbing her hand. She shrugged and looked at the ground.
"I just thought you didn't like Joey anymore." she said sounding lose to tears. Dhani frowned.
"I don't..." he said rubbing his hand over the place Joey had kissed him.
Prudence didn't say anything for a while and Dhani wondered if he'd done something wrong. He bit his lip and stopped suddenly.
"Prudence," he said seriously, "I don't like Joey. I like you. DOn't be upset with me please."
She looked back at him and bit her lip, "I'm not upset with you," she said, "I just feel like Joey only likes you now is because you aren't bugging her anymore."
Dhani pushed her hair out of her face and kissed her cheek, "I'll talk to Joey, but Pru, I don't want you to be upset." Prudence nodded and smiled at him. He smiled back and pulled her closer. He kissed her lips for a long time, wishing she never pulled back. She did and she looked a little unsure of something.
"Pru?"
"Dhani, My mum thinks you're too old for me." she said suddenly. Dhani blinked at her trying to comprehend that.
"Um, I'm only a year older that you." he said making a face. Prudence shrugged.
"I know that, but she won't listen to me." she said. Dhani bit his lip and looked at the green grass as they walked toward the huge house.
"It doesn't effect how I feel about you though." she said trying to get him to understand. He nodded.
"I don't wanna do this if your mum and dad don't like it." he said seriously. Prudence's heart came crashing into her stomach and she felt like crying.
"Dhani, please don't say that." she said, tears stinging her eyes.
"I'm sorry, Pru, but I don't wanna date you if your mum doesn't think it's a good idea." he said.
"We don't have to tell them/" Prudence pleaded with him. He shook his head.
"No, I don't wanna go behind their back either." he said. Tears fell from her pretty brown eyes, before she turned from Dhani and left Friar Park.
Dhani sighed and smacked himself in the face. He went inside, slamming the door, before going up to his room.
Prudence got home and slammed the door loudly, startling her mother.
"Pru don't slam the door like that." she said. She hadn't noticed that her 16 year old daughter was crying.
"Yeah I'll work on that." she mumbled as she wiped her face and walked past her mum. Cynthia grabbed her arm lightly and stopped her.
"Prudence are you alright?" she asked. Prudence gritted her teeth and wrenched her arm free from her mother's grasp.
"No I am not." she said loudly, "I told Dhani what you said and now he doesn't want to go out with me anymore!" she cried. Cynthia opened her mouth to speak, but Prudence didn't let her.
"This is your fault!" she accused turning away, "I don't wanna hear what you have to say!" Prudence ran up the stairs and into her bedroom, passing John on the way. He didn't try to stop her, but he heard the yelling and he looked at Cynthia.
"What was all that?" he asked frowning.
"Prudence told Dhani what I said and now-"
"Now he doesn't want to date Pru." John said like it was proving something. Which it did, Cynthia just refused to see it, "He's a good kid, Cyn. He told Prudence no because you said no. He's not gonna go out with her if we don't like it."
Cynthia groaned and plopped down on the couch, "Ok so he's a good kid, but I'm not taking back what I said."
This was gonna be tough.
