SCANDAL! READ ALL ABOUT IT! Seriously! So, I'm a little sorry about having to repost the last chapter. I had to change a little bit of it for this chapter to make sense and for the dates of the show to fit along with history. Enjoy! I don't want to accidentally blurt anything out!
The pub was packed with people as usual while the band was setting up their instruments. The talking and ordering of drinks at the bar filled Ringo's ears. It made him more nervous and excited with every order he overheard. He turned to the lead guitarist, Ty O'Brien who was helping Ringo set up his drum set.
"So, you invited a girl, eh?" Ty asked him with an interested expression. He was always interested in Ringo's affairs and sometimes, Ringo got tired of it. But other times, he really needed someone to talk to.
"Yeah, she seemed pretty nice" Ringo shrugged and smiled at the thought of Lucille. Just her name brought butterflies to his stomach. He wasn't sure why though. Didn't he just love Sadie four days ago?
Love. It seemed strange for the word to go through his mind. It was always a touchy subject for him, especially around Sadie. She'd always tell him about how much she loved Rory and Ringo just wanted to tell her that it wasn't real. But now the two are getting married. . .
"'Pretty Nice'? Not pretty?" Ty snapped Ringo out of his thoughts as he stood up. Ringo got up also and sat in his place behind the drums. He spun on the small stool as he twirled a drum stick between his fingers.
"Mm" Ringo smiled "I guess she is pretty" the memory of Lucille's piercing green eyes flashed into his mind. His smile got bigger and Ty laughed at him. The bass guitarist, Lu Walters walked by and Ty pulled him over.
"Ey Lu! Seems like Rings is in love!" Ty dragged out the word love and pretended to swoon. Lu laughed along with Ty and even Ringo couldn't help but laugh.
"That's personal business O'Brien!" Ringo wagged the drum stick that he had been twirling at Ty. Lu walked behind Ringo and patted him hard on the back.
"Well, it was about time ya got someone Ritchie!" Lu and Ty smiled stupidly as Ringo looked down at his drums.
"Well," he looked around the bar with his eyes "I haven't got her yet . . ." the guitarist and bassist groaned.
"Rings, ya got us all excited for ya!" Ty and Lu had bored expressions on their faces as they went to their own instruments. Ringo looked down at the tables at Sadie and Rory. Her hands were hidden inside his as he leaned closer to her in his chair. Sadie stared down at his hands. Ringo watched as Sadie ran a lone finger over the ring on Rory's finger.
He continued to watch the couple sitting at the table while he tapped his drum skins. With every move the couple made, Ringo's drumming got louder. His head started to bob as it usually does when he plays as he closed his eyes.
He saw himself sitting in Rory's place in front of Sadie. He was holding her soft hand in his as she smiled longingly at him. He returned the smile with his light blue eyes and leaned into her. He kissed her on her lips and slowly moved to her neck, but once he pulled away from her, she wasn't Sadie anymore. Instead, it was Lucille.
Ringo opened his eyes immediately and stopped drumming. He looked over at the door at the club and saw a girl walk in. She had a bag slung across her chest over a relatively short dress. Her long straight black hair hung down her back and over her shoulders. When Ringo spotted her looking around the bar, he sprung up from the drum stool and hopped off of the stage. He walked right by the table Rory and Sadie sat at not at all noticing Sadie's eyes following him.
"Lucille!" he called to her as he approached. He was excited that she had come to see the band play, though he knew she would anyway. "Hullo!"
"Oh, hullo Ringo, been a while huh?" Lucille smiled then looked sideways at him. "Didn't I tell ya tah call me 'Lucy'?" she placed her hands on her hips.
"Well" Ringo hesitated and looked down at Lucy's feet "I guess ya did" he laughed.
"It's nice tah see ya, luv" Lucy calmly said as she hugged him closely, wrapping her arms around his neck. She then turned and placed a gentle kiss on his cheek, leaving redness from her lipstick and from the blood rushing to Ringo's face. He slowly returned the hug and Lucy pulled away.
"So, where am I sittin'?" she smiled up at the older boy's blushed face. He led Lucille over to where Sadie and Rory were sitting. With each step, he got more nervous. How will Sadie react to meeting Lucille?
"Lucy, this is Rory and his girlfriend," he motioned to Rory and lastly to Sadie, "Sadie" They both smiled up at Ringo and Lucy. When Ringo looked at Sadie, he could see that her smile was forced as though she didn't exactly care for the pretty girl standing before her.
"Nice tah meetcha" Lucy said as she sat down next to Sadie. She pulled her legs up onto the seat and sat cross legged. Ringo slid into the seat next to Lucy and watched her talk. She seemed excited to be sitting where she was and it made Ringo happy to see that most of her questions were directed to him. "How long has the band been togethah anyway?" Rory opened his mouth to answer but Ringo beat him to it.
"Uh, well this is our fihst show togethah" Ringo scratched his head as Lucille kept her eyes on him. "Me and Rory met at this competition last year we both had attended. He thought I was pretty swell so 'e said 'ya wanna join me band?' so I did!" Lucille laughed along with what the drummer said and placed her hand absentmindedly on his leg. Sadie noticed and interjected into their conversation.
"Wait just a moment" Sadie said to Lucille "isn't yer mum in me mum's book club?" Sadie rested her chin in her hand on the table. Lucy cocked her head and put the hand that was on Ringo's leg on the table.
"Oh, that's right! I've been to yer 'ouse!" Aw shite, they're getting along! At least it's bettah than them fighting. Ringo stood up from his chair. Rory gave him a raised eyebrow while Sadie and Lucille stared at him a little confused.
"Rory, we should probably go get ready" Ringo told him; not looking him directly in the eyes. Rory nodded and also stood up to follow Ringo back stage.
Richie watched the two girls laugh together from the corner of the stage. From where he was standing, no one could see him unless they stood on the opposite side of the stage from him. "Ooo, is that the bird, Rings?" Ringo jumped from the sound of Ty's voice next to him. "And yer already stalkin' 'er!"
"I ain't stalkin' 'er!" Ringo said defensively as he crossed his arms and looked away from the two girls.
"Are ya sure?" Ty chuckled at Ringo's defensiveness. Ty looked over Ringo's shoulder to examine the two girls. He raised his eyebrow at how he saw Ringo follow his gaze. "What are ya gonna do about Sadie?"
"What do ya mean?" Ringo asked in confusion. His eyes darted back and forth between watching Sadie talk to watching Lucille talk. They stared longer at Lucille. He noticed that when she speaks, she talks from the corner of her mouth as though from a different part of town.
"Oh, don't act like ya don't know!" Ringo's eyebrows knitted together and he shook his head. "We all know you like Sadie!" Ty hissed.
Ringo was taken aback by Ty's hostility. He knew that the lead guitarist could be a little snappy, but when he was, Ringo never expected it. He was always in fear of when the lead guitarist would finally lose his temper and snap. This wasn't the time."Sorry" Ty apologized.
Lu Walters came towards the two with his bass. He stuck his head in between Ringo and Ty to look them over. "We 'ave tah go on soon yano" he said in his deep voice. Ringo's hands shook at the realization of having to play. He was always nervous on stage.
Soon enough, Rory and the rhythm guitarist, Johnny Byrne joined them so that the Hurricanes were all together. The drummer, singer, lead guitarist, and rhythm guitarist stood in front of Lu for his speech. He was the only one who could really speak the best in the group; Rory had a stutter, Ringo never finished his grammar school, Ty fooled around too much, and Johnny was too quiet.
"Well, mates, we're goin' on in a few," Lu started "let's hope for a good show. We got a good crowd out there so let's make it good!"
"More like get it ovah with!" Ringo yelled and they all laughed. Everyone in the band knew how nervous Ringo could get before a show so it wasn't much of a surprise when he said that.
"We'll d-do fine!" Rory told him with a hand on Ringo's shoulder. Ringo looked in his eyes and wondered what Sadie could see in him. Enough tah get married, Ringo thought.
"I know we will" Ringo said.
"Anyways," Lu cleared his throat "So, we'll be playin', 'America' and 'Blue Suede Shoes' for the fans" he kept his eyes on the piece of paper in his hands. After a moment, he looked up "Are we ready or what?"
"Fook yeah!" Ty yelled as he threw his fist in the air. Ringo laughed nervously as Lu led them on stage.
At the end of their two songs, the Hurricanes exited to stage right. The crowd was going crazy for them, saying they wanted more than just two songs. How were they supposed to say that's all they have?
Ringo wiped his face back stage and followed Rory out to the table with the two girls sitting there. His nerves had faded from the show and now all he wanted to do was get to know Lucy more. She was so beautiful that he needed to learn more about her.
Rory sped ahead of Ringo to reach his fiancée sitting down at the table. When Ringo came into view of Lucy, she jumped up from her seat and gave him a big hug. "You looked really nervous up there!"
"I was" he responded, "I almost threw up" Lucille laughed at him and looked him in the eyes.
"You did great" she whispered in his ear with her arms wrapped around his neck. Ringo decided to make a move that he would've never made having just met her. But he felt like it's been longer than a month since they'd met and that they in fact have known each other forever. He put his hands on her waist and leaned into her.
They were the only ones in that club then, making Ringo smile internally. Lucille seemed more into the kiss than Sadie was any time they were together. That kiss told him one thing: He didn't love Sadie after all, it was always Lucille. All of that time he had spent trying to get Sadie's attention was useless because he was always meant to be with Lucille.
When they both pulled away, they smiled at each other. Ringo let go of Lucy and focused on her eyes. He could see though that Sadie was not happy about what she had just seen. Ringo could see that she was trying to focus on her fiancé who was having trouble telling her about his singing.
Lucille and Ringo walked back to their seats where they talked, keeping their eyes on each other. The rest of the band soon joined them but Ringo didn't notice them because he was already in the motion of interrupting Lucy with a kiss. It was a long kiss that made Lucy knit her eyebrows together and say, "I fohgot what I was tryin' tah tell ya . . ." when Ringo pulled away. He laughed at her and tucked a stray piece of hair behind her ear.
"Ugh!" Lucy exclaimed with a laugh, "Yer nose is gettin' in the way!" Lucy laughed as she watched Ringo push his nose up like a pig.
"Does this help?" he snorted like a pig with his nose pushed up. His mouth attacked Lucy's neck like a snorting snapping turtle. Lucy laughed but stopped when she saw Sadie stand up from the table. Ringo stopped also.
"Richard? Can I talk tah ya?" Sadie asked him. Ringo nodded and followed Rory's fiancée outside. It was raining as usual. Sadie crossed her arms and looked at him from under the tarp. "Which street corner did ya find her on?"
"Why does it mattah tah you? And why'd ya 'ave tah be so rude about me and her?" Ringo glared down at Sadie in all seriousness.
"Because-" she started but Ringo interrupted her.
"Look, I'm sick o' this, Sadie! Yer engaged to Rory, but then ya wanna get me intah bed every time we're alone! Yer usin' me and I don't need that anymore because I have someone else!" Ringo started walking away back inside to the club but Sadie grabbed his arm.
"Richard, wait" Ringo turned to Sadie and she saw his angry red face. After a moment she said, "I'm pregnant." Ringo's world spun as he tried to focus on the small girl in front of him.
"What?" he put his hand on the side of the building to keep his balance. He didn't quite understand what Sadie had just said. Pregnant? How could she be pregnant?
"I think it's yours because I'm not very far along . . . I'm about a month in . . ." she spoke quietly so Ringo could barely hear her. He did, though he wished he didn't.
". . . Does Rory know?" he whispered.
"He thinks it's his" Sadie responded in the same volume as Ringo.
"Well he's gonna know when that baby comes out with a big nose like mine!" his voice got louder with each word.
"Rory can't know" Sadie said, still whispering as though she wanted to let him know to keep his voice down.
"What? I'm the father and I should be able to say so! Sadie, I luv ya and if ya luv me, why can't we be togethah?" He whispered the end of the sentence and awaited her answer. Sadie turned away from him towards the door.
"Because, I luved Alan first" her eyes burst with tears as she ran for the bathroom, leaving Ringo out in the rain.
Honestly, my older friend is in the hospital right now giving birth to her first child :D YAY! Little Zachary! XD He's gonna be such a troublemaker! I actually didn't get that idea from her btw but I like the fact that I was typing it out while she was in the hospital hahahaha so anyway, please review guys! You should also go find Eight Days A Week and read that. It's by me and Lovely Rita Harrison. It's perdy good!
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