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John Lennon woke to the sound of beeping. Everything hurt and something was squeezing his hand. Some one was mumbling, but it was too loud and hurt his ears.
It was becoming too much so he opened his eyes. He immediately shut them. A horribly bright light was all he could see. The second try was more successful though, his eyes stayed open. Sort of, there was a lot of blinking. The third try they were officially open and he could see.
He was in a hospital room with all the other ex-Beatles sitting around him. Paul was squeezing his hand rather painfully, his head laying on the bead as he slept. George was sitting in an uncomfortable position, passed out, drooling.
The only one awake was Ringo. He became aware of Johns consciousness and his confusion rather quickly. “What happened? Why am I in a hospital? Why are you all here?” John asked Frantically.
“Well when you were going home when a person decided to shoot you in the chest. You nearly died. They raced you here and you survived. You’re been unconscious for three weeks. And we’re here because we care about you.” Ringo answered “but...” he stopped.
“But what?” John asked, still taking everything in. “Well, your life will probably be shorter” Ringo said, nervously. “How much shorter?” John asked, his voice shaking. “Twenty to thirty years”
Johns world went blank. Twenty to thirty years. He was forty for crying out loud. He could die in ten years. Tears started forming in his eyes.
Sean could have no father. Yoko no husband. That reminded him “Is Yoko ok? How about Sean?”. “They’re fine. Yoko’s at your home with Sean since it’s 3:33 AM” Ringo replied. John just nodded.
“Do you want me to wake the others up?” Ringo asked. John nodded again. Ringo then woke George up. He rubbed his eyes and tried wiping away the drool covering his face “Wh-what? Ringo why am I awake?”. “Because some one else is” Ringo responded and pointed to John.
“John your awake! And you’re ok! How long have you been awake? Has Ringo told you the news?” George asked much quicker than John could comprehend.
“Um what?” John stuttered. Ringo sighed “He’s been awake for a few minutes and I told him”. “Ok” George responded.
“Hey can someone save my hand from losing blood circulation” John said while looking at Paul, who was still squeezing his hand.
George, being the smart person he is, lifted Paul off the ground, shaking him awake. Paul was awake in seconds but George didn’t put him on solid ground till he asked.
After Paul reacted to John being awake, similar to George’s, some big questions needed answering. Like one, the Beatles. Or more particularly Beatles reunion.
Paul, George and Ringo has discussed it while John was unconscious. In the many the years since the Beatles breakup none of them had thought about the fact that one of them could die.
They had thought they had years to get back together but John being shot had been a massive wake up call.
They all sat there in silence. No one wanted to say something with everyone present. Years of hate, no communication to all four of them and people bringing up their fights prevented any of them from saying something.
It was John that broke the silence. He didn’t like sitting their while his life wasted away, waiting for them to say something.
“So..... the Beatles?”
“We were discussing if we should reunite” Paul said. “Only if all of us want to” Ringo added.
“Really?” John asked, shocked and confused. He didn’t think they actually wanted to reunite. But like many time in John’s life, he was wrong.
“Yeah, we think we should” said George “All of us thought we would have ages to get together again. But when you got shot we realised that something could happen to any of us.”
John stayed thought for a moment “What did you decide?”. They looked at each other and then at him.
“We said yes. It’s just you that’s undecided” Paul said.
“Ok, let’s reunite. My life’s ticking away and you said something could happen to any of us. So, we should. Our arguing is a thing of the past but personally we shouldn’t have stayed split for so long” He answered
“Well that went quicker than expected” Stated Ringo.
The newly reunited Beatles decided to stay stay in John’s hospital room till morning. From that moment the plan to reunite started to happen. No matter what happened in the next few years, one fact would remain.
The Beatles were getting back together.