When Edu and I starting writing to each other, little did we know what the future had in store for us. How could we have imagined that we would meet the guys that less than a year after meeting them would take the whole world by storm? Moreover, we could have never imagined that we would be part of history and that we would inspired most of the songs these amazing guys would write and that would become instant hits.

And this is how it was. Edu saw an advertising of mine in a musical magazine we both were buying in those days and where we were updated with the latest musical news. I wrote to the magazine saying I wanted to keep in touch with other music lovers and surprisingly, one day, I received a letter from her.

We became instant friends. She was from Barcelona, in the north of Spain, and I was from Valencia, in the east, but even so we knew that some day we would meet in the flesh.

Our letters were full of our musical tastes. We both loved Buddy Holly. I personally thought his songs were amazing, full of feeling, and I also thought he had a sexy voice. I had always dreamt of someone in love with me singing them softly in my ear. I loved "Words of Love", for instance. Ah! It should be so romantic to have someone sing that song to you... Elvis was also one of our favourites. I particularly found him incredibly sexy. My parents used to forgive me see him on the television because of his swinging hips. And I went to the record stores to see if any had a television and so see him.

Our letters came and went for a period of a year and a half. We started writing each other in 1962 and by the beginning of 1963 Edu gave me a lovely surprise. She told me she had some days off at Easter and that she was going to Torremolinos for a short vacation. She wrote me a quick letter letting me know of her plans:

I thought it was perfect. Easter was a long holiday at college and I wouldn’t mind losing a few days if the reason was this lovely. I was studying English at University. I was in my third year, and since I hadn’t failed any of my subjects from previous years, I was only 20 years old. Edu was 19. So, I made up my mind and wrote back to Edu telling her I was going to Torremolinos too. I wrote a telegram with my phone number and at the beginning of April I received a phone call from her.

• "Vicky? Hi this is Edu. How are you?"
• "Edu, dear! What a lovely surprise!! I’m fine, thanks. Everything alright?"
• "Oh, yeah, I’m just phoning you to tell you we could meet by the end of April somewhere in Torremolinos and then reserve a hotel together or something".
• "Yeah, that’s a great idea. Do you know any good hotels around there?
• "Well, I have no idea, actually. We’d better get round there and see. What do you say?"

I had to admit the idea was quite tempting. EDU and I alone having some fun away from the watchful eyes of my parents, getting some refreshing energies to go back to school and face the upcoming exams.

• "Great! Just tell me the exact day and time you’ll meet me at the station".

Then she told me. She was travelling on Friday the 26^th, so I’d do the same. I was travelling by train, so the best thing we could do was meeting at the station at, say, 10.00 p.m.?

• "Perfect, Vicky! See you there! Oh, I’m looking so forward to meeting you!"
• "Likewise, Edu, I’m sure we’ll have a very great time together: Take care until then. See you"

We hung up. And as soon as I started rummaging the idea, I started to get really excited about the trip. I went to the travel’s agency and got the tickets for the train. We were only going to stay for a few days, so I left the return ticket open so I could choose the exact day of my returning.

I also went shopping. I loved going shopping, especially for clothes. I bought everything new: skirts, tops, high boots, jeans, trousers, long skirts... I also wanted to buy some music. After all, music was what had brought Edu and me together, so I imagined we could spend some time listening to the hits of the moment. I almost had to ask my parents for some extra money! But it was going to be worthy. I knew it!

So, as the day of my exciting trip came nearer, more excited I felt. Strange thoughts came also to my head. I trusted Edu, and knew she wouldn’t let me down, but even so I started thinking what would happen if she finally didn’t turn up at the station. I would find myself alone in a strange place. Oh, I’d better not think that!

My parents didn’t like the idea at all. They were worried for my welfare and they were also worried because they thought I was dropping out of school. I spent a lot of time trying to convince them that it was only going to be a short vacation and that I would be back in less than two weeks (lie! I didn’t know when I was coming back, actually. The only thing I did know was that I wanted to take all my final exams). That made them happier.

And finally, Friday the 26 arrived. I was so excited that I almost dropped getting out of bed. I took a shower singing one of my favourites, "Hit the Road, Jack", as that summed up exactly what I was going to do. Then I made up a little bit, grabbed my bags and said my farewell to my parents.

When I arrived at the station, I decided to buy a couple of magazines to read on the train. They were going to be musical magazines, of course. After all, music was my life. When I was already comfortably seated on the train, and it started moving, I had a look at them.

They showed the musical news of the moment. They were quite Spanish, but there were some sections of American and British music. I always went for that, I wasn’t very interested in Spanish music, it didn’t sound right to me. But American and, especially, British music, made me feel special. They were usually full of the latest news about Cliff Richards and the Shadows, who I didn’t like at all.

I moved to the rest of the articles. But they weren’t so interesting as the previous one, so I closed the magazine and decided to look out of the window.

Thankfully, I was alone in my department, which it’s perfect by me. I don’t like being watched by someone sitting in front of you. So, I started watching the blue Spanish sky and the sunny day, and the lyrics to "Words of Love" came to my head:

Oh, How I loved that song! The sun filtering through the window pane, and the love song in my head, made me drift to a sweet slumber.

It woke me up someone shaking me:

• "Hey, young lady! I think this is your stop!"

I woke up in a sudden jump and looked out of the window. There were lots of people on the platform but I couldn’t see if it was day or night, as the station was covered by a high ceiling. I looked at my watch and saw it was 9.30 p.m. Well, too soon for Edu be waiting me. I stepped out of the train and went directly to a little café to clear up my mind.

At 10.00 I went out of the café and started looking for Edu. We hadn’t sent any pictures of ourselves to each other, so it was going to be quite difficult to recognise each other. I looked like frenzy for about five minutes when I happened to notice a very pretty girl all surrounded by bags standing in front of the toilets door. Will that be Edu? Shall I ask? Oh, come on, Vicky! If you don’t ask her, you’ll never know! And it’s getting dark, so you’d better move your ass and introduce yourself!.

I went towards her and quite softly I asked her:

• "Edu?"
• "Yes, Vicky?"
• "Yes!", and soon we found ourselves embracing each other like mad and jumping to and front, so happy we were at the fact of finally being together.
• "I’m so glad to finally meeting you. How’s everything?", she asked me.
• "Fine, likewise, Edu. Oh, we’re gonna have a good time. Mm, we’d better hurry to find a hotel ‘cos it’s getting darker by minutes. Any idea?"
• "No, shall we ask somebody?"

That’s what we did. We asked at the station and someone directed us towards a very nice hotel, a little bit expensive, but it was worthy. We wanted our rooms together, so we would share the bill. We took a taxi and hopefully there were empty rooms when we got there. We were lucky, there were available rooms.

As soon as we had the keys in our hands, we went up to our room. The first thing we did when we opened the door was jumping to the bed and start hopping like frenzy, shouting that we were finally together.

• "Oh, I’m first for a shower!", I shouted, but then Edu went down the bed like a ray and enter the bathroom closing the door behind her. I heard her laugh inside the bathroom.
• "Too late!", she giggled. I rolled my eyes and starting unpacking my case. I had brought so many things... Then, I suddenly remembered the magazine and the news in it. I was desperate to ask Edu but didn’t want to wait till she came out of the bathroom, so I knocked on the door and asked her:
• "Edu, can I ask you something?", I could hear the water dripping from the shower. I had no reply from her, so I decided to rise my voce. "Edu, You there?", still no answer. But then the noise of the water stopped and I heard Edu singing. Now she could hear me. "Edu?"
• "Yes?"
• "There’s something I’d like to ask you, but I need you to look at it too". She then opened the door and I saw her wrapped in a towel. She looked at me puzzled and I showed her the magazine and the news. "Did you know anything about this group?"
• "The Beatles? Yes, something I’ve heard. They seem to be quite good but I haven’t listened to them. I think they have no records in our market still. We’ll have to wait".
• "And what have you heard?"
• "Well, a friend from university is studying in England, but she came a couple of weeks ago and I came across her in the street. She says They’re very nice and had a couple of lovely songs. She has a crush on one of them, actually. She told me who but I can remember!"
• "Oh!", that was all I could say. Edu went to her case and starting looking for her vanity case. So I decided to have my turn in the bathroom. "Edu, are we doing anything tonight?"
• "Well, I’m a bit tired, you see. I’d rather sleep and load energy for tomorrow".

I thought that was a perfect idea, so I took a shower still thinking of the news of this Beatles and when I went out, Edu had already ordered the dinner. How lovely of her! After eating our meal, we went straight to bed yet unaware of what the future had in store for us.