this has to be because of my obsession with the sound of music.
beatles music
and WW2.
but mainly beatles music.
DISCLAIMER: Ha.
-nothings gonna change my world-
-nothings gonna change my world-
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"Do you feel it?"
"Feel what?" I shifted, so that my head was no longer resting on his shoulder; my brows knit as I waited for him to elaborate.
"The longing," Kemp said sadly, looking towards the opposite end of the cabin, at the opposite end of the world.
"The only thing you want is the one thing you can never get a hold of…"
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it's the most dangerous time of the century
All eight of us gathered around the beat-up radio in Alicia's dorm. The blinds were closed; the lights were turned off. We could all hear the planes outside the building, and their familiar buzzing was enough to drive any of us mad. Still we waited in silence, because whose side they were on, we didn't know.
"And…" The announcer's voice came back on the radio.
"We're clear."
a time when your closest friend can turn on you in the blink of an eye
"Where's Dempsey?" Dylan asked as she sat down in her usual seat next to Kori.
Kristen sent a warning glance to Dylan, but Dylan was too oblivious to comprehend that bringing up the subject of Dempsey was a bad idea. Still, Kori's face twisted with pain in response to Dylan's curiousity.
"He's gone, Dyl." Kori's voice was hollow. "Joined the army."
"How noble of him," Dylan mused. Kristen sent another glare in Dylan's direction.
"Not our army."
welcome to liverpool,
the liverpool preparatory academy, 1942
Plovert picked at the strings on his Gibson, sweet notes flowing from the guitar as his voice flowed in sync with them. "…but to love you," he hummed, his brows furrowing in frustation as he tried to get the chords just right. He didn't notice me walk into his, Derrick, and Cam's dorm.
"And the way you look, tonight," I belted out, totally killing the mood of his sweet acoustic and startling him.
"Thanks." Plovert rolled his eyes sarcastically. I could tell he was teasing. "Get back to your dorm, Massie."
your job is to keep your head held high
"This coat is gorgeous." Alicia browsed through the racks of Burberry coats in the season's new plaids. She picked up a navy peacoat with plaid trim and held it up to her body. "What do you think?"
"I think people would kill to have what you wear, Leesh," I assured her, looking at a pair of patent leather pumps. Claire nodded in agreement.
"I think it's gonna show the girls at LPA that we're not 'slipping,'" She made air quotes, clearly referring to Kori Gedman's remark earlier this morning. "We're gonna show them that we have everything they want, and everything they can't have."
keep your friends close
"I love us!" Claire cheered, jingling her charm bracelet in the air. "You're brilliant for picking these out. They're amazing," she gushed. Alicia giggled in support.
"We're pretty much…" I grinned. "Awe-some."
but keep your enemies closer
"Massie, Alicia, and Claire are just a bunch of back-stabbing bitches!" Dylan hissed, and with each name she pronounced, she brushed an angry red paint mark on the door to their dorm.
"'Massie Block is a slutbag.'" Kristen read the words Dylan was so vehemently painting.
"Original," Kori noted.
because you never know when the real enemies could knock on your door
Big, loud, ground-shaking booms and blasts were heard—and felt—from where I was standing by the librarian's desk. The dangling lights were swiftly swaying back and forth from the ceiling. The ground was shaking under my feet, and I felt woozy.
I dropped the receiver, never hearing the frightened calls of, "Massie?" coming from the phone, dangling by it's cord, in my dad's voice.
After that, it was a blur. Out of the corner of my eye I saw my friends frantically get up from the table where we were studying and scramble out the door.
From that point on, the only thing that I was focused on was getting the hell out of there. So I did.
That was when I blacked out.
you never know when you could leave everything behind
They didn't trust me enough not to jump out of the ship, so I wasn't allowed to stand by the edge. So for the moment, Kemp and Todd had a firm grip on my arms as I watched the boat pull out of the harbor.
I watched the plumes of smoke rise up from the buildings as a cloud of dust and rubble formed at the skyline. I watched as that dock where we were—where he was—slowly faded into the distance.
"I don't think we're coming back," Todd murmured.
and find a whole new world when you least expect it
"You like it here?" Josh asked, lighting up his cigarette.
I shrugged. "Not particularly."
He nodded, removing the cigarette from his full lips and knocking the ash off the end. "I'm not a big fan of starting over. But I think once you get over what happened, you'll find out that change isn't all that bad."
whether you want to or not
"God, Massie!" Alicia shouted, hastily gathering her clothes and throwing them in a suitcase. "It's been two years! You'd think if he's still alive he would have written back by now," she said, exasperated.
Her once-pristine bun fell in a messy heap on her shoulders as she zipped up her suitcase.
"Let's be realistic here, Massie. He's dead."
I stood motionless at the foot of the bed, blinking back tears, as Alicia's mouth widened in horror at what she just said.
starring massie block
I stopped dead in my tracks, whirling around to see what my ears couldn't believe. Those lyrics… That guitar… That song…
Here? It couldn't be.
alicia rivera
"Get away from my boyfriend!" Olivia screeched.
Alicia momentarily pulled away from the brunet she was snogging to glance Olivia's way and smirk. "You know what they say, Liv," she purred.
"It's a free country."
josh hotz
"I think it's time for us to show some Brooklyn hospitality." Josh grinned slyly, swinging on the ladder of the fire escape. "What do you think, O?"
derrick harrington
"It's the life, D," Josh grinned. "The land of the free…"
"And the home of the brave!" Derrick slurred, raising his glass of whiskey out to the sky from his position on the rooftops. "Cheers to that, mate!"
and other people, like kempcamoliviatoddclairedylankoridannygriffinkristen
but who really cares about them, anyways?
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ACROSS.the.UNIVERSE
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january 2009.
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Nothings gonna change my world…
I felt like I needed a trailer for this one, so this has replaced chapter one.
im re-posting that after a few edits, and then we'll be back on track :D
and this gives you some insight on whats gonna happen in Amer-i-ca (:
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