Kaleidoscope Eyes (A Beatles Short Story)

"I thought it was exactly what I wanted; to be like them, to be a little more normal. But as I kept trying, it didn't work. He helped me consider that maybe all of this wasn't really what I wanted to have all along. Maybe it was only what they wanted for me, or only what I wanted since everyone else seemed to have it."

The year is 1964. The hottest new girl group, the Rosettas, managed to get the opportunity to be the opening act for the Beatles one summer night. Twenty-year-old Cora Thomas, the most overlooked and unnoticed member of the Rosettas, is definitely the outsider -- and she's been the black sheep in most situations long before she started singing. An unusual yet successful performance as well as a date with a Beatle after the show gives her a small sense of hope that maybe she isn't as repulsive as she thinks, but a few turns down the wrong roads ruins her even more, causing her to question everything about her life. But when no one else is willing to support Cora when she reaches her breaking point, a different Beatle -- Ringo Starr, to be exact -- lets her know that she isn't the only one who feels like an outcast. He helps her realize that it's okay to be different sometimes, that it's okay to have kaleidoscope eyes.