Author's note: So I know that I started on my insanely weird story with the switch up. I'll be working on that one over time but it's not really getting a whole lot of feedback. Also I'm getting writer's block. So this story Is a crossover… A really good one I promise!!! Anyways it's the movie Across the Universe crossed over with Twilight. If you haven't seen Across the Universe… do it. It's a beautiful movie and I know you guys would absolutely love itttt. Or maybe not lol. Anyways. Please review review review so that I am encouraged to finish this one. Btw I've taken a lot of time to surf around and read you guys' stuff. You all are some amazing writers!! Alright so here goes. A character chart so that you know from the get go what's to be expected.

Edward- Jude (mmmm)

Emmett- Max

Bella- Lucy

Alice- Sadie

Jasper- Jojo (Hendrix style Jasper… super mmmm)

Rosalie- Prudence (Also I'm not making Prudence a lesbian in this one. Sorry guys, I'm focusing this more on Twilight)

Also if you just dig Beatles music and the sixties, please read I promise you'll enjoy this!!

Chapter 1

Girl

Is there anybody going to listen to my story
all about the girl who came to stay.
She's the kind of girl you want so bad it makes you sorry
still you love her anyway.
A girl

(Edward POV)

The beaches of England were cold, and definitely not something I was going to miss when I left for America. I watched the flat horizon and the dull, lifeless grey clouds that floated across it. My messy bronze hair was starting to become a bit of a nuisance. I brushed it from my eyes and sighed. Somewhere, out across this ocean, my father was in America. I was determined to meet him. I guess that was my premise for leaving England in the first place. Maybe not though. Working in the shipyard wasn't exactly rewarding, not to mention most of my friends had moved on from this place long ago.

I met up with Tanya outside the pub early in the night. The large frown on her face was a common sight. I reached out and grabbed her arm. She scowled up at me. 'Nice' I thought rolling my eyes.

"What's wrong?" I pulled her into a hug and she swatted at my chest. I chuckled, a little amused by her eager frustration.

"You know exactly what's wrong, Edward Masen." Tanya shoved her lower lip out in a pout and I kissed the corner of her mouth. "Why are you leavin'?" she narrowed her eyebrows at me and I sighed. I wasn't explaining this to her yet again.

"I need this, Tanya. You know that." I stroked the side of her face carefully and she looked down to the cobblestone path beneath her feet. "I'll write home everyday" I promised and she let a small smile tug at the corner of her mouth.

"You better" she threatened before letting me engulf her in a kiss.

Despite Tanya's often bitter attitude, she was this best thing in Liverpool. She really was a great girl and I understood where her frustration stemmed from, I just felt as though she expected so much more from me than I could really ever give.

"Come see me off tomorrow, alright, love?" I ran my fingers through her hair and she nodded sadly before ducking behind a wooden gate into her house.

I looked towards the night sky, eager for what came with the sunrise.

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(Bella POV)

I sat on the edge of Mike's bed and tugged at a strand of my brown hair. I studied the letter in my lap carefully. The words became slowly indistinguishable from behind the tears as the letter slowly just became, "Mr. Newton, the U.S Army is proud to have you serve in Vietnam *huge messy black ink and tear mixture*"

"Sweetheart, please don't cry" Mike knelt in front of me, his uniform set neatly on his body. He pulled me into his chest and stroked my hair. I let a small sob escape my lips and Mike kissed my forehead. "Listen to me, Bells. I'm serving our country, and for that we should be proud" he smiled reassuringly at me. Mike was so positive about being in this war. I nodded my head and forced a grin. "That's my girl" He pulled me to my feet and draped his dog tags around his neck.

I heard the muffled sound of a car horn outside and I knew that it was Mike's taxi. I shuffled down the stairs behind Mike and grimaced at the vehicle promising to take my man away from me. Everything felt like it was on mute. I heard nothing, only the hollow sound of silence. I kissed Mike goodbye one last time, and trotted hopelessly after his car down the sidewalk for a moment, stumbling for a moment. I buried my face in my hands and cried once more.

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(Rosalie POV)

I tossed my pom poms onto the sidelines and tossed my long blonde hair over my shoulder before pushing through some of the other cheerleaders to go sit on the bleachers. Her I was, Rosalie Hale, the most popular girl in school and head cheerleader, sulking on a bench like some nobody. I watched the football players throw each other around idly and wrinkled my nose. Idiots. That's all they were to me.

I wanted out of this town. I wanted freedom and to be an individual. I wanted to see the world and hear music and experience art. I wanted to be nobody. The more I thought about the more exhilarating the idea became. When I heard the whistle blow and all the cheerleaders and football players start heading in I put on my pretty-without-a-thought-in-the-world face and slid from the bleachers.

"Hey, Rosalie, need a ride home?" Tyler Crowley snuck up next to me and I tried to hold my breath against the overwhelming smell of sweat.

"No thank you, I think I'm going to walk today. I don't live that far anyway" I managed in one gasp of air. Tyler nodded, clearly disappointed. I didn't even bother to change out of my cheer outfit as I made my way down the sidewalk towards my house.

That night I threw as many clothes as I could into a duffle bag and layered myself as much as possible, before shoving my long golden hair up under a hat. Tonight I was going to leave this town and I was no longer going to be Rosalie Hale, cheerleader beauty queen. I was going to be Rose, another girl in New York City.

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A/N: So I'm trying to keep this super Twilight based so that all of you who haven't seen Across the Universe aren't in the dark completely. Anyways next chapter I'm going to of course introduce Emmett and quite possibly Alice. Depends when they get to New York. Also Edward is going to meet Bella at that fateful Thanksgiving. And of course I'm adding the "I've just seen a face" scene!!