P.S I love you -chapter 4-

*In Liverpool -February 12th 7:26 p.m.
Ashley yawned as she and Kara walked away from the post office. She had finally gotten her letters from the boys; she and Kara would read them as soon as they got back from shopping. Ashley hummed the tune to 'Boys' as Kara skipped merrily on the sidewalk a few paces ahead of her. The first shop they stopped at was a second-hand store run by a family friend of Kara's. The store was having a good sale on umbrellas that day so they each bought one, in Liverpool you never really knew when it would rain and Ashley's old umbrella had broken anyway. They continued on down the sidewalk after having a chat with the family friend of Kara's. Ashley spotted a grand opening sign in front of a store and decided to go see what they had. Kara, on the other hand, had her eye on some boots in a shoe store.  Ashley went on to go check out the store; Kara would catch up with her later. It was a clothing store; inside she found a really nice light brown, belted trench coat. While she was trying on the nice coat, she heard giggles and whispers behind her.  She turned around, coming face to face with the girls who had been harassing her at the diner. "Oh no." She whispered under her breath as the girl with black hair spotted her. The girl got a very nasty look on her face, the way someone would look when dealing with garbage. "Well, well, well. If it isn't the Beatles little whore." Ashley grimaced as the girls sashayed towards her, hands on their hips and smirks on their faces. Ashley braced herself for what they would say. "They said hi to you on TV...big deal. Doesn't mean they care about you, especially Ringo." The girl's expression changed to that of a sly theif. "And speaking of him...don't get your hopes up, John wasn't talking about you...and even if he was, your little Richie only likes you as a friend." The other girls laughed. They sound exactly the same, Ashley noted. She thought the girl was through and began to turn away, but she was far from through. "He needs a real woman, like me. When he returns I'll charm him with my looks and steal him away from undeserving girls," She sneered as she said the next part. "Like yourself." Ashley heard the other girls say. "Good one Patty."  Ashley began seeing red, but was trying to control herself. She was out in public, not at the diner and obviously the police would not be as kind to her as Tom had been. Ashley heard the bell on the store's door ring, she turned and to her extreme relief it was Kara. The girls saw Kara, and split almost instantly, Kara had a bad reputation for getting into fights a lot. She grinned as she neared Ashley, completely oblivious of the scrambling girls. "Lookie what I found." She exclaimed triumphantly as she held up some girl version Beatle boots. "I got these for a nice bargain. 20 pounds! Can you believe it?" She was very ecstatic, as Ashley stood in line at the front of the store to pay for the nice jacket she had found. They payed and left the store, but as they were walking home, Kara piped up. "So what's with those girls messin with ya'?" Ashley scoffed and replied. "They think I slept with Ringo and the others." Kara looked dumbfounded. "Hm, well that's very weird. I thought I scared them away the first time at the diner, but oh well. They probably won't be messin with you any time soon." She grinned and elbowed Ashley playfully. Kara bounded up the stairs of Ashley's apartment building while Ashley walked slowly behind her. They finally got to Ashley's door, and Ashley, having her hands full with shopping bags, handed her bags to Kara, who wasn't carrying a lot, and took out the key to unlock the door. They sat the bags down on the floor and sat down at the kitchen table to read Ashley's letter from Ringo. Kara snatched it up from the table and opened it as she sank into her chair. Her eyes went from the paper to Ashley when she was done. "Well now, somebody's got a little crush, eh?" She mischievously chuckled while Ashley blushed. "Hear ye, hear me. A letter from lord Ringo has arrived and I, Kara the great, shall read it." She declared pretending to adjust invisible glasses.
Dear Ashley,
I'm doing great, so kind of you to ask. I guess anyways. I hate having to move around so much, it's almost as if I never get a moment to myself anymore! I'll be so glad to finally get home and relax...and maybe properly catch up with you?
Speaking of always moving, you have no idea how crazy things are over here! The fan base in England seems too small compared to everyone over here, you should see it. The crowds are huge; honestly I get a little frightened when I walk out on stage, but then I remember how you feel, getting to see me on stage, and I feel alright. When me and the boys were trying to write these letters, John, George and Paul went and asked the fans for some pens, what a bad move that was. They stole poor John's hair, it gave him a huge bald spot!
As of the last few days, I've been feeling a little home sick. I don't know why, but writing this letter to you right now is making me feel so much better.
I can't wait to see you again; it feels like forever since I last saw that pretty face of yours.
Yours sincerely, Ringo
And P.S I miss you too
Kara read the letter in a completely fake squire's voice. The end part though, she said so quietly Ashley could barely hear what she'd said. "What'd you say?" Kara's face broke into a smile; she grabbed her friend and began to dance around the kitchen, startling Ashley. She sang the same lines she'd used the day before when they were watching the interview. "He loves you yeah, yeah, yeah! He loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah!" Ashley got Kara to stop twirling her around long enough to ask her what she was talking about. "Ringo! He has the absolute, biggest crush I've ever seen a boy have!" Ashley tried pressing on about what she was talking about but decided to just dance too. Kara turned the radio on as they twirled past it, and what other song should be on than 'She loves you.' "It's a sign Ashley. You need to write a letter telling him how you feel, before it's too late." Ashley agreed and began to write her confession. When she was finished she read through it to make sure it was okay, and rushed off to the post office before it closed. Kara called out behind her as she left. "You better hurry! Post office closes in twenty minutes!" Ashley sprinted to the post office; she arrived breathless and panting, almost unable to tell the postman that she had a letter, just before the post office closed. "This is urgent." She tried to catch her breath before she went on but she was still gasping for air. "I need the person to get it by tomorrow." The postman was very patient with her, and he explained that it would be extra to send a speedy letter but Ashley was prepared to pay the fee. She thanked the kind postman and jogged home, as Liverpool was full of muggers and just plain bad people at night. Kara spent the night again. She got situated on the couch and they said their goodnights.
*In America- February 13th
Late at night there was a knock on the door at the boys hotel room. Apparently Ringo had received another letter. He would read it later, since it was dinner time. The topic of today's dinner was Ashley. "Ringo, you love her. Even a blind man could see that." Paul prattled on as he munched on some chips. "Shut it Paul." John whispered something into George's ear while Ringo was busy cutting up his steak. They finished eating dinner after an argument between Ringo and John, once again. George stopped Ringo before he went to watch TV in his room. "I want to talk to you about something." Explained George as he pulled Ringo back into the living room, with Brian. "Ringo, your me best mate and you know that. So, I can't go on seeing you like this, unknowing of your own feelings. Ringo the way you've been feeling lately isn't caused by homesickness." Ringo huffed. "Well then, what is making me so weird?" George grabbed Ringo's shoulders and retorted. "Ringo, you're missing Ashley. I can tell that you are. I feel the same way about my girlfriend back home, and I can see how you feel about Ashley. And that letter you wrote practically screamed it to the world. You're in love with her, and I've been your best friend since day one, and the way you act around Ashley is how Paul acted when he first met his girlfriend." Ringo had heard it from John and Paul, but hearing it from his best friend made him realize it was true. After all, George knew him better than anyone else did. "I think you should read her letter Rings." Ringo picked up the letter and thought. How could I have been so stupid, denying it all the time when it's true. He started to read the letter to himself.
Dear Ringo,
I'm glad to hear that you're doing great, though it rather sucks that you have you move around so much. I send you all of my best wishes, hopefully that will make things a bit better for you?
Sadly for me, things for me are now anything but great. I've been hassled rudely quite a few times by the same group of girls, who keep telling me you guys don't care. But I don't want to bore you with my problems; I'm sure the great Ringo Starr has better things to think about than me.
I can't believe that a bunch of fans stole John's hair! That is just far to funny...serve's him right, don't you think? I'm kidding...sort of...tell John to stand out of direct sunlight though...I don't want him blinding other people with the suns reflection.
That reminds me...when you guys had said hello to me, my phone went off the hook and I picked it up to have Kara instantly say "They said hi to you on TV, and not a one of 'em even says a 'hi Kara'!". It was too funny, cause right after she said that Paul said hi to her. Oh, by the way...I loved the way you were waving.
Oh...and I wanted to talk about something that happened during that interview. I don't want to put you in an awkward position or anything...but when John was teasing you about that girl back home, I couldn't help but think it was me. But now that I think about it, I know it's not...I mean, you only see me as a friend, right? I've thought about...you know...us...before. I've always wondered if you had as well. But I don't want to make you feel rude by telling me you haven't, so feel free to just not respond to that...now I'm just making a fool of myself...
Yours sincerely, Ashley

P.S, I love you.

He read the last line over and over again, not believing what he was seeing. She loves me too! He thought. "George! She loves me too!" George smiled and confessed. "I knew she did. This means, you have to go tell her." Brian piped up for the first time. "Oh, not right now you aren't. We have a lot of stuff to do tomorrow. You can tell her when you get back." Ringo sighed in defeat, he and George walked to the Room that George, Brian, and John shared. "Hey John. I was right. You owe me 10 pounds." George exclaimed as they walked into the room, where John was reading on the couch and Paul was watching TV. "Really?" George handed him the note. "Oh, my god! It's true!" John smirked and Ringo blushed. "I know, you were right John, you don't have to tease." Brian poked his head through the doorway. "Time for bed boy's. We've got a big day tomorrow."  Before Ringo went back to his room, John whispered to him. "I've got a plan; meet me and the others in the lobby at 12:00 okay."  Ringo nodded as he left the room.
                                                                                                                  12.00 a.m.
Ringo and the boy's filed into the lobby when Brian had fallen asleep. John asked George if he had brought the luggage. George answered that he did, causing John to throw his hands into the air and yell. "It's adventure time boys! Let's go!"

*Liverpool February 14th
Ashley woke up to her phone ringing in the living room. Kara was already awake, so she answered the phone while Ashley made herself a bowl of cereal. "Hello?" Kara handed the phone to Ashley. "For you." Ashley put the phone between her head and shoulder as she continued fixing her cereal. "Yes?" It was Tom. "Your friend Rango, I think, was here just a second ago looking for you. I tried to tell him to wait while I called you but he ran off too quick." Ashley's breath stopped short. Ringo! He's back in Liverpool! She thought as she quickly thanked Tom. "Kara!" Kara turned and replied through a mouthful of cereal. "Yuh?" Ashley ran into her room and put on some clothes quickly. "Their back!" Kara flipped through the channels on the TV. "Cool, tell 'em I said 'hi'." Ashley said she would as she sprinted out the door to find her friends.
Ringo and the others reached Ashley's house. They knocked, Kara opened the door. "Ashley's not here, but you can wait till she gets back.
                                30 Minutes later
Ashley had given up on finding them, so she decided to just go back to her apartment. She slowly walked up the stairs knowing that Ringo was probably with the girl John had been talking about.  She silently made her way to her apartment's door and opened it. "Ringo!" Ringo turned his head to see Ashley standing at the door with tears running down her cheeks. He stood up quickly and rushed towards her. He hugged her tightly to him. "I-I-I" Ashley stuttered as Ringo held her. "I know. And I just wanted to say," He leaned in, his face inches from hers. "'P.S. I love you' too." He smiled as he closed the gap between their lips. The others chorused in 'Aw's' behind them.


               Flash-forward- Ashley and Ringo's first Anniversary
"Oh, yes I remember you saying that Ringo." John chuckled as they sat down in the middle of the park. "That was the cheesiest thing I've ever heard you say."  Ringo smiled and turned his head to see Ashley playing with Kara, Paul, and George on the playground. "Yeah, it was. But it worked didn't it?"