Days went by, and George told Maria that he and Olivia were an official couple. She was excited to say the least. On the day George told Maria, the newspapers finally caught on and put him and Olivia on the front page. This caused George to get a nasty phone call from Pattie telling him they were finished and that she didn't want anything to do with him ever again, which he obviously already knew. Also catching wind of the relationship, George's parents called him. He hadn't expected the call at all, but he was happy they called. He always liked talking to his parents.
"George Harrison we still have not met that little girl of yours." His mother scolded light heartedly. George chuckled and glanced over to Maria who was sitting in the floor playing with the doll she'd gotten from John and Cynthia.
"I'm sorry mum." George responded, "I haven't had the time."
"Well better to do it today then? You and Maria come for supper tonight." She said. George sighed. He was supposed to have Olivia over tonight.
"Alright mum, but is it alright if Olivia comes along? I invited her over this evening." He said watching Maria perk up. She liked going to different places.
"Yes, your father and I wanted to meet her as well." She said. George laughed and they said their goodbyes and hung up.
"Where are we going daddy?" Maria asked climbing up into his lap. He smiled and he kissed her cheek.
"We're going to go and see my mummy and my daddy." He said smiling. Maria gasped and covered her mouth dramatically.
"I haven't met them yet!" She exclaimed. She ran out of the living room screaming about having to get ready. George only laughed and got a few things togethe before they could leave. Olivia arrived right on time, looking rather pretty with her hair all curled up and her her pretty royal blue sundress. George smiled at her, told her she looked pretty, and he kissed her before he let her inside. He'd called her to let her know they were going to his parent's house. George called Maria and said Olivia was here and she came running out of her bedroom wearing a pretty green dress and white sandals. She'd put on the scarf Pattie had given her and she was wearing the berret Olivia gave her. She also had on three or four rings. George laughed and he picked her up.
"Well don't you look pretty." He said kissing her cheek. She giggled and thanked him before he set het back down an proposed they leave.
So they all piled in the car and drove out to Liverpool to see George's mum and dad. When they arrived, they barely got out of the car before his mother wrapped her arms around George. He hugged her and then he helped Maria get out of the car. She seemed happy to meet her grandparents, but as soon as George helped her out of the car, she was trying to hide behind his legs. He rolled his eyes and tried to get her to come out.
"Its alright, love." He told her before he looked back at his mum, "she's a bit shy." Mrs. Harrison waved her hand at him and he picked Maria up. She instantly latched herself to him and she hid her face in his shoulder. The focus was suddenly it shifted to Olivia as she moved to stand next to George.
"Oh,George she's gorgeous!" His mother said smiling, "I'm Louise Harrison." Olivia shook hands with her and smiled.
"I'm Olivia Trinidad-Arias." She said a bit nervously. George smiled and he heard Maria giggle at them from his shoulder. George father walked outside and ushered them into George's childhood home. He took off his coat and he put Maria in the floor. She sighed and grabbed his pant leg. He made a face at her and she looked a bit frightened. He crouched down and he put his hands on her arms.
"Maria, what's wrong?" He asked so the others couldn't hear. Maria looked at him and sighed roughly.
"Are you gonna leave me here?" She asked, her eyes welling up with tears. George shook his head and he hugged her.
"Don't you remember when I promised not to leave you?" He asked she she nuzzled his shoulder. She nodded and sniffled. George kissed her forehead and he tried to get her to smile. He poked her stomach and she giggled. He kissed her and she wrapped her arms around him.
"George come and show Olivia around the place." His mother said. George laughed and left Maria where she was to find Olivia, who was in the hall looking at photos that hung on the wall.
"Is that you?" She asked pointing a photo that was taken at the park. George was standing there smiling foothold at the camera. George laughed.
"Yeah, that's me." He said as Maria ran up to him and huffed. He picked her up and she clutched onto him, "Anyway, follow me." He took them upstairs and pointed out his parent's room, his brother's room and his old room, which he shared with his other brother, Peter. Olivia looked around the room and Maria jumped up and down on his bed. He laughed at her and looked around his old room. It looked exactly as he'd left it. Even the pictures and things on the walls.
"Daddy, do you have a sister?" Maria asked as George sat on his old bed. He nodded and she climbed over to his lap.
"What's her name?" Maria asked picking up a stuffed bear that George had as a child.
"Her name is Louise." He said watching Olivia look at everything she could, "she lives in the United States. In Illinois with her husband and kids."
"When do I get to meet them?" Maria asked, looking very interested. George shrugged and wrapped his arms around her.
"I dunno, Maria." He said as his mum popped into the room.
"Supper is ready." She said. George got up from the bed and he grabbed Olivia's hand before they walked downstairs to the dining room. George out of habit sat down in the usually seat he sat in as a kid. Olivia sat down across from him and Maria sat next to George. They all ate their meal while they talked. Maria was unusually quiet and She wasn't eating anything. George looked at her and frowned. She made a face and pointed to her plate. George cocked eyebrow at her and she sighed. She'd eaten everything on her plate besides the cheesy broccoli casserole. She kept making faces at it and George heard Olivia snicker as she tried to hold in her laughter. George shook hos head at Olivia and she bit her lip.
Mrs. Harrison didn't take any notice of Maria's disliking to her cooking, and she offered dessert. Maria agreed and George shook his head again.
"Not until you eat the rest of your dinner." He said seriously. Maria scolded, something George noticed looked a lot like a face he made, and then she started making faces at her food again.
"But daddy, I don't like it." She hissed so his mother wouldn't hear. George rolled his eyes and handed Maria her fork and nodded to her.
"Have you actually tasted it, love?" George asked, "it doesn't look like you touched it." Maria sighed and took a stubborn bite before she made disgusted face. George and Olivia laughed at her. Maria put her fork back down and stubbornly crossed her arms. Mrs. Harrison chuckled then.
"Good grief, George she looks just like Annabelle." She said as she set a nice warm blueberry pie on the table. Maria licked her lips and stared at it. George knew she wanted some of that, but she wasn't getting a crumb ate her dinner.
"But daddy," she poured, "I don't like it." George shook his head and took a plate of pie from his mother. He set it down next to her plate and she groaned. The battle of wills started.
Maria refused to eat the mushy casserole and George refused to let her have dessert. Olivia watched wondering who would win as she ate her own pie. Finally Mrs. Harrison called a stop to this.
"You're both stubborn." She said, "No one is going to win this. George let the child have pie. She ate most of her food and she doesn't like what's left." George huffed and have Maria the pie. She thanked him before she dug into it. He rolled his eyes and his parents laughed.
"I wonder where she gets her stubbornness." His father teased.
"Certainly not from me." George replied with a scowl, "Annabelle was stubborn if you remember correctly."
"Yes she was, but so are you. Don't you remember that fight you had when you first started going out?" George laughed and leaned back in his chair.
"She didn't talk to me for a week." He mumbled. Olivia leaned forward on her elbows and she bit her lip.
"I want to hear about her." She said, "she seems like she'd be someone I'd like."
George nodded, and Maria was the first to speak, "She was very funny. She used to tell me jokes whenever something bad happened. She always had a new one." She said wiping her mouth on a napkin. There was blue syrup stained on her cheek. George smiled and he bit his lip.
"I remember when George first met her." Mr. Harrison said, "He came home in some dazed state. His mother was sure he was drunk. Then he started babbling about this gorgeous girl he'd met through John. Of course we never expected what he brought home a few days later."
"Course not!" Olivia said, "Anygirl John knows is most likely some loose easy girl." George laughed and Maria made a confused face.
"I remember the second she walked in, I had to ask George who she was." Mrs. Harrison said. She was absolutely gorgeous and she was just about the sweetest girl." Olivia smiled and nodded. George was sure she wouldn't want to hear all about his ex girl friend, but she just kept asking questions.
"I'm sure," Olivia said, "But how come she and George didn't stay together?"
"Well I was going to Hamburg and I was worried about being entirely faithful." George said blushing a bit, "She wasn't worried about it at all, which was surprising because she got jealously I even talked to some other girl, but I was, especially with where we were going and who I was going with. We sort of just made a decision to break up at least until I got back."
"But you never got back together." Maria said frowning. George ruffled her hair and laughed.
"Well no, but she came to see me in Hamburg and so far I hasn't even considered some other girl." George said shrugging, "So she spent the night with me and...stuff happened."
"Ok so what about when you got back?" Olivia asked, "why didn't you go looking for her?" George bit his lip and sighed.
"Well I called her, but her mum refused to let me talk to her. I talked to Cynthia and she had been told that Annabelle had found a new boyfriend, which...hurt quite a bit." George said. He stifled another sigh and Olivia frowned.
"Did she really?" She asked. Maria shook her head and George watched as she rolled her eyes.
"No she did not! She says she never ever had another boy after daddy. She always loves daddy." Maria said.
"I figured, she didn't want to talk to me so I left her alone." George said sadly, "I wish I hadn't now..."
"I can imagine." Olivia muttered. She sighed and took a second piece of pie that was offered to her. Maria asked and George bit his lip.
"You can have another, but only if you eat that." Maria debated for a second before she picked up her fork and started to eat the casserole. George smirked and when she'd finished it in two bites he laughed. She handed him her empty plate and he traded plates with her. She got another piece of pie and so did George.
"So when did you get Maria?" Olivia asked him. George smiled.
"I got her at the end of February." He said, "I'd been getting letters from Annabelle for years and one-day I got one from her mum telling me I had a daughter and that Annabelle had died of some sort of disease."
"That had to be heart breaking." Olivia said. George shrugged and Maria scrunched nose.
"Then the mean Pattie tried to send me away." She said. George rolled his eyes.
"She wasn't that bad." George said laughing. Olivia's smile went away quite suddenly and George was surprised.
"Oh, George I never liked her." Mrs. Harrison said scowling. George laughed and looked at the table. He looked at his watch and he blew the air out of his cheeks.
"Well we better go. I have work tomorrow, and Maria get a cranky when she doesn't get enough sleep." George said getting up. Mrs. Harrison sighed and got up too. They all made their way to the door and George helped Maria put on her jacket. When they were all ready to go, George hugged both his parents and Mrs. Harrison hugged Olivia and Maria before they all piled back in the car.
"Your mummy and daddy are nice." Maria said as she buckled her seat belt and grabbed Petie off the seat next to her.
"Yes they are." Olivia agreed smiling. George smiled and started the car.
"Alright, my house or yours?" He asked with a sigh. Olivia bit her lip and thought for a second.
"My car's at your house." She said, "but I need to go home."
"I'm not letting you drive home this late." He said seriously. Olivia giggled at his protective attitude.
"Then drop me off at my place and come and pick me up tomorrow." She said. That wasn't really what George wanted to hear, but he nodded and drove to her apartment building. Along the way, Maria had fallen asleep. Olivia got out of the car and opened Maria's door. She gave Maria a kiss on the forehead before she walked around to the driver's side. George rolled down the window and she leaned down to him. He kissed her and she giggled.
"I'll see you tomorrow love." He said before he kisses her again. She nodded and poked his nose before she walked into her apartment building. George drove home and he put Maria in bed before he went to bed himself.