Poprocks & Coke (a JFK / Lee Harvey Oswald Fanfic)

20: 5 Going on 15

After an hour or so after Harvey's 'stroppy teenager' like tantrums towards his younger brother and the threat of no presents on his birthday, he then apologised to LJ despite the fact that he was still annoyed at him as a result of his jealousy towards the three year old. Harvey then took LJ up to his room to show him his toy rockets so the pair of them could play nicely (if that was achievable).

"So, what do you want to be when you grow up, LJ? I want to be an astronaut or a guitarist,"

"I was thinking maybe either a astronaut or something to do with how you run the country,"

"So, you're saying you want to go to into politics or be a lawyer? That's cool but also a bit boring if you ask me. But we're both young the now, so when we get into high-school we might change our mind of what we want to do once we leave school, either go to college or university, but we've got plenty of years ahead to think about what we want to do, so don't worry about it, alright?"

"So, you were saying you're wanting to be a guitarist? Do you have a guitar anywhere?"

"No, I don't but I would like to get one,"

"Which one would you like to get?"

"Either a Rickenbacker, the same one that John from The Beatles has or a Fender Stratocaster, cause those are pretty cool,"

"If you were to get a guitar, which colour would you want?"

"I'm not sure, maybe red or something. What about you, what instrument would you want to play?"

"Maybe bass guitar or drums,"

"Oh, no not drums! Those are really noisy!"

"Shut up, so is an electric guitar once it's plugged into the amp,"

"Why, thank you Mr Instrument Genius!" Harvey said sarcastically

"So, speaking hypothetically, say we got the instrument we wanted, would you ever consider us joining a band or us forming a band of our own?" Harvey asked

"Probably forming a band ourselves, but that's just me,"

"So, where did you put your rockets that you were going to show me?" Asked LJ scanning his older brother's room in search of the miniature toy rockets that he was promised to play with his older brother.

"They're over on my window sill," replied Harvey as he went over to grab his rockets, he then set them on the floor and motioned to LJ to sit next to him so they could play with them.

"What are we going to use as a launch pad though?"

"I don't know, I don't think we're going to be launching them up in the air or towards the ceiling, because what if we don't know where it's going to land or if we get hit when it's coming down or if someone steps on one of them, then it'll obviously be sore to be stood on," explained Harvey to the younger boy

"Oh, okay I was just wondering,"

"That's alright. It's alright to be curious and ask questions, you're allowed to ask questions. You have to question everything, well that's what I've been told, and I encourage you to do the same, little brother,"

"Alright. That would be cool if we had our instruments, wouldn't it?"

"Yeah, it would be. That's another thing I'm wanting for my birthday! Is a guitar,"

"Well, I hope you get it. When is your birthday, Harvey?"

"The 31st of this month, so just over two weeks. When is yours?"

"Mines is the 27th November, so 2 days after John and Caroline's,"

"Cool. So, if you were to hypothetically get a bass guitar or a drum kit, what colour would you want them to be?"

"Either blue or silver, I think that'll look cool,". After the pair of them talked about instruments and little about rockets, they sat bickering on which musician to listen to on Harvey's record player. Of course the older boy was rooting for the likes of The Beatles, Elvis, and Eddie Cochran, whereas the younger one was wanting Buddy Holly & The Crickets, Ritchie Valens or The Beach Boys or The Monkees.