Saving John Lennon

Chapter 4

They each rushed inside knowing Brian was probably upset because they were each late to the studio. Once inside the view of Brian, they stopped running and slowed to a walk not wanting to face Brian just yet.

Brian turned around and sighed in relief when we saw the boys walk in. "Boys, where have ye been?"

"Sorry Brian. We hit traffic on the way here. We didn't intend on being late."

"Its alright. As long as it was just traffic. I------who's the girl?" He questioned.

"She belongs to George. Their best mates." Ringo said walking past Brian and over to his drum set and sat down.

"Ringo, remember, this is a movie. Ye won't have ye drum set throughout the entire video. Think of when we did A Hard Day's Night."

"Yeah. But that was torture."

Brian spoke up. "Don't worry Ringo. In some shots, ye will be playing ye drums..........Oh, and towards the end, there will be some shots that we'll take of John banging away on ye drums and ye will have his guitar."

John heard his name and turned around to hear what Brian was saying. "What?"

"Don't worry John. As I said, its toward the end and its only in a couple shots. Don't worry."

Ringo started to pout at the fact that John gets to play his drums a little. "Awe don't worry Rings. I won't hurt it."

"Well, alright. But please be gentle."

"Ringo, Brian said its toward the end of the movie. And it lasts a couple seconds."

His face lit up knowing that John would only be beating on them for a few seconds.

Brian grabbed the scripts that sat on top of Ringo's drums and handed them each a script. John and Paul immediately started to skim over it and flipping through the pages while Ringo and George were reading each lines.

"This doesn't sound half as bad. At least we aren't supposed to be running from fans. That was tiring."

"But there will be some running throughout the film. Don't worry boys. Remember, this is just like filming A Hard Day's Night. All except, this time, it will be in color."

John raised his head up. "Color? Are ye serious?"

"Yeah. I'm not joking Johnny."

He went back to flipping through the pages and nodded as he passed each page. "This looks good. Lets do it."

As they started filming the first part, Katy stayed back so she didn't get in the way. All she kept thinking of was that she got to witness them filming one of their movies and it was amazing for her to watch. But she also really wanted to get back home. She made new friends, which just so happens to be the Beatles, and there were several things she was so happy to witness.

They were different from the way they were on television. Their attitudes were different and alot of times, they were stressed because they had alot to do being the Beatles and all. And now this new movie was probably gonna cause alot of stress between each of them.

To her, it was weird to watch them lip sync to their already recorded music. But at the same time, it was amazing to witness. She started to miss her friend Sasha. How was she going to explain the fact that she went back in time and met her favorite band? Only 3 days ago, she introduced the Beatles to all 5 of her friends. She was really getting a little homesick.

They had spent hours recording and practicing just the first part of it. Brian called for a break and they each departed. John, Paul and Ringo stepped outside to have a smoke and George was going to join them but he wanted to check up on Katy.

"Hey." He said as he walked up next to her and crossed his arms.

"Hey."

"Everything alright?" He said as they both faced each other.

"I'm just really missing home George. I want to go back but I also don't want to leave. I met you and the others and quickly got attached to you all and I really got to know you all differently. But, I have friends back home that I also want to get back to."

"Friends? No family?"

"No. My parents died 2 years ago from a car accident. My best friend and her parents took me in. I was 15 at the time. I was also the only child. I do miss my parents very much. Recently, I went walking with my friends. It was actually the night before I landed here in Liverpool, and I stopped at the same place John was killed at. I know its hard to hear that he gets killed considering he's alive right now. But, when I went to bed that night, I dreamed about the murder happening."

"That's strange."

"I agree. But, when I woke up, I found myself in a strange place, and strange year. Sorry to say that."

"No, its alright. Considering you're circumstances, I would agree with ye. It would be strange to go back in time and live in an era. Which reminds me, which year did ye come from?"

"2019."

"So, what's it like? And am I still alive by that time?"

Katy froze and George saw her tense up. So, he knew the answer. "So, how and when did I die?"

She looked over at him. "2001. Cancer."

"I get cancer in the future?"

"Yeah. I wasn't alive when you died but when I got hooked on watching you guys on youtube, I felt sad that both you and John died and I wanted to go back in time to save both of you."

"Youtube? What's that?"

"Oh, sorry. I forgot, internet wasn't invented yet. Youtube is basically something that was invented in about 20 years when the computers were invented or something like that. Youtube is a website that you could watch shows, music videos and other stuff for free."

"Really? Sounds interesting. Can't wait for the future."

"Yeah you can. Nothing has been the same since you and John passed." She gave a small chuckle. "Its really weird to say that and see you standing right here."

"I know. Its weird to hear it." He said putting an arm around her and laughing softly. They both sat down. "So, tell me some more about my future self."

"Well, okay. 2 years before you, you know, died, you and you're future wife were attacked in you're home."

"Attacked how? Like John was?"

"Not exactly. This was by a crazed fan who thought his mission from God was to kill you. But as you know, you survived. You were stabbed up to 40 times and you thought you were going to die the same way John did. Well, that's it for me telling you anything about you're future self."

George stopped talking for a bit. "Fair enough. I don't really want to hear anything else about my future. It sounds scary." He said laughing softly.

"Yeah well, that's what the future holds for you."

"So, what about Paul and Ringo?"

"They live. Paul would still look the same in 2019. But Ringo would look way different than he does now."

"So, there's 2 beatles that survive and 2 that don't."

"Right. I would have lied and said that all of you survived but I can't lie to friends. I was never a good liar."

"Well, I'm thankful ye told me the truth instead of lying. It means I can trust ye with anything and I know ye will tell the truth no matter what."

"Yeah. That's true. Ya know, its a really great honor to meet all of you. I don't know if I ever told you that before. But, back in 2019, I knew I would never meet you or John..........Well, I thought I knew." She said lowering her head. "Its such a big deal."