BOOK #1 of ROGER SERIES
BOOK #1 of BORHAP SERIES
BORHAP/ROCKETMAN CROSSOVER
SETTING: 1969 - 1971
"Life in the future might never come to pass, you know
The good times are now"
Maya grew up in constant awe of her older brother, both adm...
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"You know, you could help us out with dinner." Maya deliberately climbed from behind the couch and over on top of Freddie to vex him as she made her way over to sit beside him.
"Sod off." Freddie muttered, instinctively moving the remote out of her reach before she could wrestle him for it.
John made his way over next to them, after everything in the oven was set up. "Thirty minutes." He sighed, dropping himself next to Maya.
Freddie was fixated on the television, and was able to tune out Maya and John as they had a muted conversation. Where's Tim? John mouthed silently. Maya replied with a shrug and a nervous cringe.
"So." Freddie, though his eyes were still trained on the television, broke the silence. "You two shag yet?"
Maya's eyes widened. John bit down on his lip, holding in a chuckle.
"Is that what you were meaning to tell me? Because if so, I have only one thing to say, darling, and that is - I called it. Called it from the beginning."
Maya let out a breath she didn't know she was holding in, realising he was talking about John. And in that moment, she realised how nervous she was about being involved with Tim. It would be much easier if it was John she had been shagging. One, it would ease Freddie's mind to know that it was a pure sweetheart like John and two, Freddie had been playing matchmaker with both of them since they became friends.
Freddie frowned at the snickers escaping Maya and John. "So that's a no, then." He tutted as he took a drag from his cigarette. "Shame."
"Sorry to disappoint, my dear." Maya laughed as she leaned her head on Freddie's shoulder.
The three of them sat there in comfortable silence as they watched TV. Maya wasn't really paying attention to what was on. Really, she was just glad to pass the time with Freddie. It occurred to her then that they hadn't actually spent much quality time together. In fact, the two of them hadn't spent much time together since Freddie moved out of their parents' house, and that was a couple years ago.
It was difficult to describe Freddie and Maya's bond at this point in time. The two of them managed to be thick as thieves and complete strangers at the same time. They were bound together by their whimsical nature, each in their own way, with the same passion and lust for life and music. When Freddie moved out, he was reborn, changing his name and having the first tastes of who he wanted to be. That meant leaving behind a bit of who he was when he was at home. And Maya, being too young at the time to embark on this journey with him, was also left behind. They remained close, yet distant in certain regards.
Now that Maya was finishing school, she was eager to remedy that and follow in his footsteps. She was very slowly getting to know his world. Although Freddie hadn't let her into his life completely just yet, he would hear stories from Tim about the wild antics Freddie would get up to with him and his band mates. Soon enough, Maya would meet "Brian, the absolute genius" and "Roger, the man child to steer clear of" and at last put faces to the stories she heard.
