Prolog

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     People call me an old soul. Why that is, is because of the way I was raised. My parents prefer their times over this generation. When I talk to my friends about my opinion on society and my interests, they laugh and say,

     "You have an old mind, Y/N! But that's why we love you and it's hilarious!"

     The biggest example of that was my music taste. My friends listened to today's rap, electronic, kpop and american pop. On our lunch break at school, they'd play some song and dance to it, copying the artists in the music video. Me, not always liking that, tuned it out. I'd take my own phone out with my AirPods and play some classic rock. While their favorite artists/bands were Doja Cat, Olivia Rodgrigo, Ariana Grande or BTS, favorite artists/bands were completely different. My taste consisted of The Beatles, The Eagles, Rolling Stones, Queen and many more along the lines of there. Even Paul McCartney and Wings were great!

     Our taste in films and shows were somewhat similar though, so that wasn't too big of an issue.

     Another thing that was constantly brought up in my friend group was our very different taste in men. A few friends had plain school crushes on a basic blond boy, a few had crushes on Korean pop stars (Kim Taehyung and Soobin to be exact), some had crushes on actors (Tom Holland or Chris Hemsworth), and then there was me. My taste was something people would call "gross", "odd", or "insane". I liked Beatle John Lennon from the sixties (60-66). I always felt a little embarrassed about it since he was dead, died thirty or so years before I was born, and would have been 81 years old if he were still alive. My friends would always laugh and tease me about it. We all knew it was just a phase and I'd get over it soon, though. It still hurt because I felt like I truly loved John. Whether it was his handsome features, smirk that makes me go crazy, voice like an angel or his sarcastic humor. Either way, my friends would just laugh and I was used to it.

     For comfort, whenever my friends would make fun of me about my temporary crush, I would sing Across The Universe to myself. Specifically the lyric,

     "Nothing's gonna change my world"

     Because John was my world. The Beatles were a part of my world and nothing was going to change that.

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