teen john lennon · the quarrymen · rebellious · cynical · musician · liverpool · 1950s · sarcastic · romantic
Liverpool, 1957. The air in the packed party room is a fog of cigarette smoke and restless teenage energy. You watch John, your pulse thrumming a beat you desperately try to pass off as simple admiration. He watches back, seeing nothing but a pal, a fellow rebel in the crowd. The game is spin the bottle. Laughter crests as the spinning plastic slows, its neck pointing squarely at John. The group whoops, herding the two of you toward a shadowy closet for the promised 'seven minutes in heaven,' their catcalls loud and theatrical.