Saving John Lennon

Chapter 1

Katy was with a group of 5 friends. One including her very best friend Sasha Cummings. The others were guys. Katy never really liked hanging around with girls her age. She always loved sports and basically any guy activities. Her mother always referred to her as one of the guys. She died about 2 years ago. Katy was only 15 at the time. She found her group of friends when she was still grieving her parents deaths.

They died the same time. They were both killed in a car accident coming home from their aniversary dinner they both had scheduled. Her father died on the scene but her mother died at the hospital. Katy was taken to live with her best friend who helped her grieve.

This was the first time Katy had been out of the house since her parents deaths. She was never going to forget the night 2 cops came to her house and told her that her parents were killed by a drunk driver who was going over 120 mph driving on the wrong side of the road. He had also died at the scene. That day still stayed in her dreams. Some nights, she would wake up screaming, and some mornings she would wake up crying because she missed her parents.

Katy was walking the streets of New York City with her friends when she stopped in front of the Dakota apartment complex. She stopped at the exact location that her favorite beatle John Lennon died at 39 years before. Every time she passed by this exact area, she stopped for a few moments and always thought about the legend until her friends always interrupted her train of thoughts.

She was the only beatlemanic in her group of friends so the others were none the wiser that a legend had died there.

Finally, her best friend spoke up: "Hey, what's up Kat? Every time we pass by here, you tend to stop at this particular spot. Mind telling us why?"

"I feel like you're putting me on the spot Sasha."

"Well, we all want to know what's going on in that head of you'res when we pass by here and see you standing there deep in thought."

"Well, okay. Nearly 40 years ago, a legend, the best musician known to man was murdered in this very spot."

Her other friend named Kevin, spoke: "You're putting us on. Do we know him?"

"I don't know. Does the name John Lennon mean anything to you?"

Several of them shook their heads no. Sasha and Kevin both nodded in recognition to the name. "Well, to those who don't know who he is, have you heard of the band known as the Beatles?"

"Yeah." Joseph, who was standing behind everyone else suddenly said as he recognized the band name.

"Well, one of them was John Lennon. December 8,1980, John was killed in this very spot. Next year, it would be 40 years since he died."

"If you don't mind me asking, how'd he die?"

"He was shot 4 times. 2 times in his back and 2 in his shoulder. But 5 were fired. One went past his head. Trust me, I have done alot of research on this. He turned out to be my favorite. He's been my favorite since I started watching the Beatles and listening to their music. I was about 6 years old when my father turned me into a Beatles fan."

"That makes alot of sense. Is that why you always stop in this section when we pass by it?"

"Yes. You could say that for a few moments, I celebrate his life." Katy said as she began walking. Now, her friends were eager to learn about John Lennon and the rest of the beatles.

"So, since you are such a 'BeatleManic', I'll quiz you."

"Quiz away." Katy said.

"What are all their names? Wait, first let me pull up a picture of all four of them so you could tell me each of their names and the faces that match their faces." Sasha said as she pulled her phone out and fumbled for a picture.