Anna Kelly has been eyeing him since she moved to Liverpool in the summer of 1957. A mutual obsession with rock n' roll and their big dreams bring them together on the top level of the Number 5 bus. A relationship is forged through the ups and downs of their teenage years. Friends come and go, opportunities arise and fade away. Both struggle to find themselves and follow their own dreams while maintaining their romance amidst the transition from the buttoned-up 50s into the looser 1960s. As life forces them apart, will they be able to rekindle the fire they once had while still finding success by their own metrics? Or will they forever be in the wrong place at the wrong time? **This story contains: swearing, sexually explicit content, drug and alcohol use, sexual assault, and situations of mild verbal and emotional abuse. Please proceed with caution and know that this is a work of fiction. **Events and characters in this story are heavily derived from real-life situations and people but any depiction of events and people in this story are fictionalized. I do not own the rights to any images included, any music referenced, or The Beatles or other artists mentioned.

- Bien, que ellos decidan -gritó mamá- John, Annie -nos llamó. Miré a mi hermano unos segundos, para luego acercamos hasta ella. - ¿Con quién quieren quedarse? -preguntó papá con una voz mucho más tranquila- ¿Con quién de los dos quieren vivir?. Miré de nuevo a John, no sabíamos muy bien de qué hablaba, aún así simplemente apunté a papá.

Hamburg, 1960. Willa and Elsie March are on the run, and they find safety at the Bambi Kino in the red light district of Hamburg with five cocky, sometimes maddening, usually drunk, and bloody talented boys--the Beatles. Willa has never met anyone quite like John Lennon. He's everything she didn't know she'd been missing. "I thought about John, about our interactions and our late-night chats. He was without a doubt intense, and most definitely moody. He made me feel so many things--confused, annoyed, relieved, comfortable, content, and bloody irritated--but not nervous." And there's more to Elsie's relationship with Paul McCartney than she's willing to admit. This is their story filled with trust, betrayal, secrets, love, lies, hope, and the Beatles. ** Achievements 2025 Grand Winner - Fanficiton Category (The Nano Watt Awards) ** •Part One: 1960 (Chp 0 - Chp 17) Started: March 5, 2023 Completed: June 27, 2023 •Part Two: 1961 (Chp 18 - Chp 36) Started: Sept 24, 2023 Completed: June 16, 2024 •Part Three: 1962 (Chp 37 - Chp 53) Started: Sept 29, 2024 Completed: March 23, 2025 ** Thank you so much to the amazing @strange_daisies for creating the cover! ** [Just Like] Starting Over is a work of fiction. While many characters of the story bear the names of actual people, they and their actions have been imagined by the author. Some events depicted in this story are based on reality, but there are also many that have been modified or created purely by the author. I (obviously) do not own The Beatles, but I do own my original characters. ** Warnings: This is a mature story and as such there is swearing, shagging, violence, angst, drug references and use, death, and explicit adult situations. ** Comments, feedback, and votes are always very much appreciated. I will reply to you as quickly as I can! Thank you so much for reading! x ** [Just Like] Starting Over © NikSzabo (2023)

- hemos oído el demo, pero antes de empezar a hablar de ello queríamos preguntarles a ustedes ¿hay algo que no les guste? Los cuatro se miraron, hasta que uno se atrevió a hablar. - bueno... Podría empezar por tu corbata. El pánico apareció en el rostro del representante y los otros 3 integrantes, sin embargo desapareció una vez se hizo presente la risa de la joven. - desde que entré al estudio pensé lo mismo. Admitió la rubia cambiando por completo su semblante profesional a uno mucho más adecuado para su edad. - ¿cuál es tu nombre? Preguntó la chica entre risas. - Harrison, George Harrison. Respondió. - muy buena vista Harrison.