𝘍𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢 𝘛𝘸𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘮 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘢 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘭. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 𝘓𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘯, 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘧, 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘳. 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘨𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘭 - 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺? 𝘍𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘬-𝘯-𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘴. 𝘔𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘓𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥... ------- Begun on December 6, 2020 Finished on April 10, 2022 𝘙𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘴, 𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘩𝘰𝘭, 𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘹.

Celia Pooley has always disliked her classmate, John Lennon. He's arrogant. Obnoxious. A loudmouth. A prankster beyond belief- and for five years, she's had to put up with every irritating part of him. When sixteen-year-old Celia and John find themselves forced into each other's company, they slowly become drawn to each other in a way that seems to confuse them both and slowly but surely, their affection for each other flourishes and their lives begin to change in a way neither of them expected. 'Growing Up Beside You' follows Celia and John's life through their rebellious and adventurous rock n roll teenage years, to the hardships of young adulthood where the decision to follow their head or heart takes its toll on love. What does fate have in store for John and Celia and will the two of them always have each other, or will something or someone stand in the way? A coming-of-age, romance story, following the journey of new friendships, sorrows, first loves and all the joys and complications that come with it. ** FYI: •This is a SLOW BURN story. •The other Beatle lads will eventually appear but it will be much later on in the timeline! ** Beatle focus: John Year: 1957 onwards Genre: Romance, Bildungsroman Warnings: Bad Language, violence, explicit adult situations, angst. There are a few conscious changes to real life events and places in the timeline of this story which have been changed for narrative purposes. *I DO NOT take credit for the artwork. Image is not my own.* *This is a work of fiction. As such, it should not be read as a factual account of events or biography. While many characters bear the names of actual people- they and their actions and works have been imagined by me, the author, and posted here for entertainment purposes only.* I hope you enjoy it! Feedback, votes and comments are much appreciated! Peace and Love xo