Rating: The ratings change, but usually nothing stronger than PG13.

Starring: The Beatles (mainly John and Paul), Lucy (OC), Pattie B., etc.

Time frame: It jumps around and will cover the early 60s before the fame and all the way to the late 70s, 80s.

Disclaimer: I'm sad that I don't own The Beatles. Everything written is fiction. Dates and history have been changed to go with the story. Photos used are not mine but have been edited by me! They are purely meant to give the story flavor.

Important: Remember that history has been changed! Jane Asher, Cynthia Powell, Yoko Ono, Sean and Julian Lennon never happened! Also, Jane Asher will be portraying Lucy in photos. Mary McCartney will be portraying Jude as a baby. Julian Lennon will be portraying Jude as a child. Stella McCartney will be portraying Harmony.

** When a photo is being used within the story I will mark it and tell you which chapter and which number it is listed as on my profile**

What if John Lennon had someone during his hard times, Beatle mania, everything? Would it rewrite the history we all know so well about The Beatles? What if this person was a girl? And what if it just happened to be a girl that had history and baggage with his pal Paul?

Let's see...

:PRESENT:

Later during the week, Lucy and John were invited to Richie's son's birthday party. They brought Harmony along, leaving Shawn with Lib who was in town for a fashion show. Richie's son Zak was best pals with Jude and was in deep play in the back yard where the party was being held. It was a circus theme; animals, balloons, you name it. John and Lucy sat with Harmony between them in the back on the porch steps watching.

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They both had to keep their eyes on Harmony for fear that she would go exploring and with the animals, they didn't want to chance it. So she kept her little self-entertained with the bugs that crossed paths on the porch with hers, having what seemed a great conversation with one.

"Do you think we'll 'ave another?"

John asked Lucy while watching his daughter hold a caterpillar in her palm. Lucy looked over at him, giving him a small hopeful smile and nodding,

"Don't worry yourself about it."

:CONTINUE FLASHBACK TIMELINE: JOHN'S HOUSE:

John sat in the quiet house on a chair with his head in his hands. His legs were shaking and he was sweating. Lucy and Bobby were out with Patti, something John had planned with Patti's help last week. He sat up and placed his hand in his jacket pocket, making sure it was still there and it was. He gripped it in his hand and pulled it out to look at it for the millionth time. The ring lay in its box, shimmering with each shake of his nervous hand. He had picked the ring up over a month ago while out of town for press. John's heart dropped into his stomach when the sound of car doors popped into his ears. Fumbling to put the ring box back in his pocket, almost dropping it a few times, he stood up from the chair he was sitting in.

"This is it.."

He said to himself, his stomach wrenching with anxiety. Lucy entered the home she shared with John. Behind her followed Patti who was carrying sleeping Jude. Patti looked across the living area and saw John in his nervous state, she smiled to tell him to calm down, "I'll go put this little one down." Patti turned to say to Lucy, who nodded, and went to the nursery.

"Hey."

Lucy smiled at John, going over and pecking his cheek. John gave a weak smile.

He took a deep breath and started again.

"Come with me, yeah?"

He took her hand and led her to the back yard. The trees that surrounded a small area were dressed with Christmas lights and now with the sun going down partially, the lights lit up the area like magic. On the grass lay a blanket, at the corner of it a record player.

"What's all this?" Lucy asked, smiling and looking at everything.

John didn't answer. Instead, he pulled her underneath the lights that reflected off her bright red hair and when she looked up at him, her eyes glimmered green. John wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her to him. They slow danced for what seemed eternity. He pulled slightly away from her and stared at her. This was it, he thought. He dropped to one knee and reached for the ring box that was in his coat pocket. He pulled it out and opened it, exposing a simple yet elegant ring. Lucy froze with large eyes as she stared down at him.

"Will you marry me, Lucy?"

Tears began to run down her cheeks like a broken dam. Her head was nodding. The smile on John's face was filled with love and relief. He took her hand and slid the ring on her small finger and kissed it. Standing up he picked Lucy up in his arms and spun her, both laughing and crying.

:BACK TO PRESENT:

Jude, in being Paul's turn to have him, returned to his father's house after school. He set his bag down by the door and made his way into the kitchen. After getting a glass of milk, he went into the living area and stopped short when he saw a blond lady on the couch with his father. Paul noticed his son in the room and cleared his throat, "Hey pal, I'd like you to meet Linda." Jude didn't say anything. His eight year old mind was spinning with confusion, anger and sadness. The glass of milk that Jude was holding in his hands in front of him didn't stay there long. Jude raised the glass with one hand and chucked it at the wall, glass and milk flying everywhere and running out of the room and out of the house.

Back at the Lennon's, the family was gathered around the living area.

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John sat on a chair and Lucy was sitting at a small table right behind him. A friend of Johns, Pete, who was going to work with John on some solo stuff, was over with his girlfriend sitting on a chair next to John. Pete's son joined in playing with little Harmony in front of the adults on the floor. Shawn sat between the older boy and his older sister with sparked curiosity as he chewed on his own hand. The phone began to ring and Lucy got up from the table to answer it.

"Hello?"

An angry and nervous Paul was on the other end.

"Luce, Jude ran away. I can't find 'im anywhere."

Lucy had no expression on her face, but her stomach was knotting inside of her with fear.

"What do you mean he ran away?"

John turned in his chair to look at his wife with a confused look on his face before he got up and went over to her, leaning against the wall with his arms crossed to hear the conversation.

"He came 'ome from school and saw me with Linda. He smashed a glass of milk everywhere and ran off."

"I'll be right there."

Lucy slammed the phone on the wall and went in the direction of her purse and car keys.

"Pete can you please watch the babes and phone Paul's house if any sign of Jude?"

Pete agreed. John grabbed his coat and followed Lucy out the front door. About twenty minutes later, Lucy pulled into Paul's driveway. She immediately got out of the car and made her way to the front door where she knocked. John hurried to catch up with her and when he did he placed a hand on her hip. Paul opened the door and let them in.

"What the hell happened, Paul?" Lucy was angry. Anger wasn't something she usually showed, especially towards Paul. Linda stood up.

"Now everyone just calm down. Jude was just upset."

Lucy turned to look at the stranger who was telling her to calm down about her son being gone.

"Who the hell are you?"

Lucy snapped. Paul and John stood still; staring at this new side to Lucy they've never seen before. Lucy's comment to Linda made John smirk, in which he had to turn his head away so not to look like an ass. Lucy was always the sweet, nice and polite girl and never spoke in such harsh tones.

"This is Linda. She's my girlfriend."

Paul told Lucy, his arm inviting Linda to his side. Lucy rolled her eyes and put her purse on the chair and headed in the direction of Jude's room that Paul kept for him at his house.

"Did he take anything?"

Paul and the others followed after her.

"Didn't notice."

Lucy entered her son's room and sat on the edge of his bed. She slowly looked around to see if he took anything. She couldn't tell. Her head dropped down and her eyes went to stare at her shoes but instead went directly toward a miscued shoe box that stuck out from under the bed. She reached her hand down and pulled it out, setting it on top her lap. She looked up at Paul who was standing by the doorway with the others.

"What's this?"

Paul shrugged. Lucy took the lid off the box and when she saw what it contained, she sighed.

"It's the photos from the photo album you brought him."

She picked up a photo and showed it to Paul. Paul looked at it and then went to look at the others, tilting his head out of confusion.

"One of 'em's missin'."

Lucy looked over at the pictures in Paul's hands and one of them indeed was missing and she knew very well which one. The photo that was missing, that Jude took with him before he ran off, was a picture of her and Paul taken at Paul's family farm. Martha, the pup who was very big for her age, stood next to the then couple. They looked happy.

Jude ran into the woods that went beyond the park a few blocks away from his father's house. When he thought he ran far enough, he sat in front of a large tree stump. His face was red and tear stained and his breathing heavy from running and crying. He dug his hand into his backpack and pulled out the photograph he took. As he stared down at it, at his mum and his dad, as fresh tears ran down his cheeks.

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:BACK TO FLASHBACK:

There was a great excitement in preparing for the wedding. Patti and the rest of the girls, including Maureen, spent much girl time with Lucy. They bombarded the shopping strips downtown, collected pages after pages of torn out magazine photos of hair styles and tips and color swatches for everything. Lucy was excited and found some of her friend's frantic attitudes amusing. Her wedding with Paul wasn't anything like her wedding with John was going to be. It was quick and absent of her family that had to stay in America, with the boys popularity growing and fear it would drop if the wedding had a big crowed and caught the attention of fans and reporters. Lucy sat on the porch swing in the back yard where she and the girls had been all day deciding what flowers would be in the wedding. Lucy leaned back on the swing and looked at the sky, remembering the simple white dress she wore at her first wedding. It was nice, at least at that current moment. She didn't have time to pick out a nice dress and it wouldn't have mattered anyway because she wouldn't have been able to wear it long. She laughed to herself remembering the little party they had after. They went to the local fish and chips shop in town and the boys were with them.

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After eating they sat on the benches outside the place. The sun was leaving quickly and the moon appearing. The space around the group of friends light up with lightning bugs, something Lucy hadn't seen since she was a child back home. It was a favorite pastime she had shared with her father when she was a kid before he died. In a way she always liked to think that the lightning bugs showing up was her father's way of telling her that he was with her on her wedding day.

"Earth to Lucy!"

Patti repeated herself, her hand moving in front of Lucy's face. Lucy blinked and leaned back away from Patti's hand and laughed.

"Sorry.." She told her friend.