All You Need Is Love

Julia

YEAR: 1959

"Where's Pete?" John had an angry tone in his voice.
"He's late again?" Paul asked.
"I'm not surprised." Jude uttered. She was sitting on Georges lap in a small couch in the corner of the practice room of Lucy's shop.
"Sorry I'm late!" Pete rushed into the practice room.
"Ye should be! Now we only have an hour and a half to practice before Lucy closes the shop!"
"It won't happen again."
"Ye say that every time, Pete if want to stay, then ye need to start showin up, on time."
"Fine, let's just get goin."

"That rehearsal was dreadful Jude, I don't know why John even let him in that band."
"He's new George, give him a break, I bet he'll start showing up on time soon."
"That's the thing, we leave for Hamburg in less than a year. We need to get our shit together before we go."
"Pete will be fine, stop worrying."

John was walking over to Mimi's house after rehearsal one day, it had been three months since he moved out, he thought it was about time for a visit. When he arrived he went straight to the back yard, thinking that Mimi would be tending to her garden, but instead he found Mimi and Julia relaxing in lawn chairs.

"Enjoying the sun ladies?"
"Oh John, ye scared me!" Julia let out a laugh as she lowered her sunglasses.
"Sorry mum."
"How was rehearsal?"
"Okay I guess, Pete is starting to get on my nerves."
"How so?"
"Wait who's Pete?" Mimi finally joined the conversation.
"New drummer."
"How is he?"
"He's alright, but ye know, not a lot of drummers to choose from." John looked back over to Julia, "and mum, Pete is never on time to rehearsal, and he never practices. He's holding the whole band back."
"It'll work out John." Julia winked at John.
"Well, I should be getting home."
"John, why do ye need to go so soon?" Mimi wanted him to stay. "Stay, pull up a chair and relax for a bit."
"No, I can't, Paul and I need to write some more songs."
"Well alright, see ye later I guess. Would ye like to come back for dinner?"
"Why not come to my house? All of ye. Michelle, Jude, you, and Mimi. Just cause ye closer to my house."
"Saves me from cooking I suppose." Mimi gave Julia a big smile. Julia looked to John and gave him another wink.
"Well I'll see ye two later." He smiled and began walking towards the sidewalk.
"John!" John looked back to Mimi, "glasses!" He smiled and put his glasses on.
"Paul we're having dinner at my mums tonight."
"Alright. What will there be? Y'know, to eat?"
"Don't worry, Julia's makin ye a vergatarian dish."
"Thank ye."

"Goodbye Julia, see ye tonight."
"Ta Mimi!" Julia gave her a big hug. "Love ye."
"Love ye too."

Julia began walking away from Mimi's house. She waved goodbye and smiled, Mimi smiled and waved back. The walk for Julia was peace full. She just about 3 blocks away from Mimi's house when it happened. Julia was hit by a car, died not long after it happened. There she was, a cold, dead corpse just laying in the middle of the street, waiting to be found. A few hours later Mimi began walking to Julia's house, unaware of the events that had taken place earlier that day. Mimi was three blocks away from her house when she saw Julia. Mimi froze, tears dripped down her face, she ran to her, then she ran to the nearest house and started knocking on the door.

"Help! My sister has been struck by a car! I need to call an ambulance!"
The nice people let Mimi in and use the phone. The ambulance arrived shortly after the call. Mimi sat next to Julia the entire wait.
"Ma'am, I'm afraid that yer sister, is dead." Mimi cried a little more. "I'm so sorry."

Mimi began her walk again. When she arrived at Julia's house everyone was there. Michelle, Jude, and Johns new girlfriend had arrived with Paul and John.

"Mimi, what's wrong? It looks like you've been crying."
"Julia, well, earlier today she was struck by a car." John stood up from the table and walked over to Mimi.
"IS SHE ALRIGHT!" You could hear Johns voice getting shakey.
"No John, I'm afraid she's not." Johns girlfriend stood up from the table and gave him a hug.
"Shhh, John, it'll be alright." She craddled John the way I craddle Jude when she's upset.
"I'm sorry dear, whats ye name?"
"Cynthia." She answered while rubbing John's back.
"What's with all the commotion?" Bobby walked into the dining room, dinner in hand.
"Mums dead!" At this point John was full on crying. Bobby dropped the plates and backed up into a wall. Mimi walked over and patted him on the shoulder.

A few days later Bobby held a wake for Julia in his house. His daughters were walking around handing out food, the poor girls eyes were all puffy and their noses were red and sore. John was sitting in the living room, full of people dressed in black. Mimi was across the room, talking to Cynthia. John heard someone playing his mothers banjo in the den. John stood up, full of anger, and walked to the den.

"WHAT IS THIS, FUCKING GROUP PRACTICE!" John took the banjo from Paul's hands and hit Pete with it.
"JOHN THAT WAS YER MUMS!" Paul tried to stop John, but he didn't listen; he walked out the front door and to the end of the driveway. Paul followed him, I tried to follow Paul, but George held me back.
"JOHN! YE WANT TO HIT ME NOW DON'T YE!" Paul turned John around so they were facing each other. John punched Paul in the middle of this face. Paul fell to the ground, mouth and nose full of blood.
"Oh Paul I'm sorry!" John picked him off the ground and gave him a hug. "I miss her so much!" John let out a few sobs. "Shes not coming back is she?"
"I'm afraid not." John and Paul were crying together as they walked back into the house, they headed straight for the den. John headed to Pete.
"I'm a dick." He picked Pete up and gave him a small hug. "EVERYONE STOP FUCKING CRYING! Were suppose to be a rock n roll group for gods sake." The boys began laughing. Then Bobby walked in with an envelope in his hand and a woman behind him.
"Yer mum wanted ye to have this." Bobby handed John the envelope, it had her life savings in it. "She wanted ye to buy some time at a recording studio, in Hamburg, like ye wanted." John gave Bobby a hug.
"Thank ye Bobby." Bobby nodded and walked out of the room, the young woman stepped forward.
"Are you John?"
"Yeah, who are you?"
"Victoria." John froze.
"Victoria Lennon?" She smiled and nodded.
"Oh John, I haven't seen you since you were 5."
"Yer not from Liverpool are ye?"
"Well actually I am, but I've been living in New Zealand, so my accent is a little different."

She smiled at John, a wave of memories rushed back to her head. She walked toward him to give him a hug. As she was leaning in John noticed a ring on her finger.

"Are ye married?"
"Oh, yes I am."
"Where is yer husband."
"In the other room, I'll go get him." She smiled and walked out of the room.
"Whoa John! Shes so pretty! What happened to you!"
"Fuck off Jude."
"John, did ye see that woman?" Cynthia had walked into the room.
"Which one love?"
"The tall brunette with glasses, they were kinda like yers."
"Cyn, that's my sister."
"She's really nice, I like her." Victoria walked back in the room with a tall man with brown hair and a baby.
"Yer a mum!" John went over to her and grabbed the little baby girl out of Victoria's arms. "What's her name?"
"Prudence, she's almost a year old." Victoria smiled at John holding her daughter.
"Hello Prudence, I'm John."