The Day Begins

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John walks towards the rusty, barely standing and not to mention ugly dock under a sky that matched his sorrowful mood but he was to melancholy to realize it had begun to rain on him.

As he approached the dock, he flopped down hard on the damp, decaying wood. A lioness roar of thunder growled from one end of the sky to the other which, considering how deep in the he was it managed to snatch John away from his somber thoughts. "Why me?, WHYYYYYYYYY??!!, I was just getting to know her and now she's gone, SHE'S FUCKING GONE" He screamed and sobbed  It was his 18th birthday he shouldn't be celebrating it like this, he should be having fun in the Cavern Club with friends and family but here he was sat on the dock in Liverpool on the verge of crying again.

Suddenly he heard a voice, it was Paul McCartney his best friend and band mate. John turned around to face him "hey Paul" he sighs sadly before turning back to face the Mersey. It was quiet before Paul spoke up, "I know it's hard but sitting like this isn't the way to deal with it John" "isn't it Paul!" he snapped at the bassist before feeling guilty and apologising to him "I'm sorry Paul, I just don't know what to do anymore" he cries into Paul's shoulder. "I know it's hard but yer gonna have to try and get through it" the bassist says with tears welling up in his eyes as he comforts a devastated John

Two months ago something heartbreaking happened in his life at the hands of a drunk driver, leaving his mother Julia dead and the love of his life fighting for her life in hospital, will she pull through?.

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