Disclaimer: Don't own Bones, nor will I ever will.
Story on B&B's son Harry. Harry has dyslexia and this is about how his family and friends try to help him but Harry's reluctance and drive to do it himself is making him push them away. The title came from the novel by Sapphire but none of the contents of the book is featured.
I've already done a story for Parker and B&B's first daughter, Katy and I'm doing one on their second daughter, Izzie, as well that is still in progress. This is the first time I have written in first person so this is unmarked territory for me. But not in a form of a diary though. Just thoughts mainly.
Set in 2029 so Harry is in 7th grade. First chapter is mainly introductions.
My name is Harry J. Booth. Booth like a phone booth or the ones you find in restaurants or diners. Harry isn't short for anything. It was the name I was born with. Just plain Harry
I'm 11 years old and in 7th grade. I am the youngest child of Dr Temperance Brennan and Special Agent Seeley Booth. My older siblings are Parker, Kaitlyn and Isabel and I was named after my great-grand father Hank and my father's best friend, Jack. I'm an uncle; my sister Katy had a baby, Leah, last October, albeit a bit young (ok, a lot young), but in doing that she took some of the attention away from me. Not that I mind. I get agitated when everyone hovers over me like a helicopter.
I have something called dyslexia. It makes me struggle to read and understand words and letters. It can affect any area of learning. Mine just so happened to be words. I can read. It just takes time to fully process the words in my head until I can understand what the text is about. Like learning a new language only this is the language I speak natively. I am really good at science and maths though which is how I managed to get passed elementary school. As much as I love my family and friends I hate them trying to help me. I can do it on my own. At first I thought it was okay. I was 6 when I was diagnosed so the help was much appreciated but as I got older I needed to become more independent.
I haven't really talked about my friends much so here we go.
Jordan Linder-Saroyan is in the grade above me. He is generally the older brother to the three of us (well Molly still needs to get into the 7th grade since she is the baby of the four us- though she don't act it- and still in 6th grade). We go to him for everything. If a kid is troubling us then Jordon will sort it out. He has spiked black hair and is one of the coolest kids you will ever meet which makes me wonder why he hangs out with me: the geek who likes Leo Da Vinci. His mom is my mother's boss though that is really debatable since my mom generally is in charge of the lab. His dad's a baby doctor ( I cannot pronounce the actually word - it actually gets confused in my head which I find weird considering that I managed to pronounce polyommatus icarus aged three) who gave me a proper doctor's kit for my 8th birthday, which I still have.
Alexandra Sweets or just Allie. Her dad's a psychologist who works with my dad and he is rather cool; her mom is one of my mother's cousins from Minnesota. I'm not sure whether my mom agreed with the idea since she had issues with Uncle Lance before but according to Dad there was no problem. Allie has bright red hair and a few freckles on her face. She is quite cool but has a tendency to be a little nosy but that is something she inherited. Allie can be smart when she wants to be, it's just put into schemes.
This moves me onto Molly Bray. Possibly the most mischievous and rebellious 11 year old I have ever met (I say she is the same age as I am but like I said she's in 6th. I was born in August and she was just a few weeks shy of New Year's Day and the school system says that to be in the 7th grade this year, you have to be born between September 2016 and August 2017). Molly is really clever and I think that is the reason she is so rebellious. They always say that about kids who are really clever. The boredom of having an 8th grader's brain and in a class that is designed for 6th grade students causes them to misbehave. She only gets away with it because all she has to do is bat her blue eyes and everything is forgotten. Honestly she is my best friend. Like me she has an older brother who is a lot older than she is. Her mom wasn't that much older than Katy when she had him but that hasn't stopped her from achieving a lot in life. Her father was one of my mother's interns and he is cool but still a little protective over both her mom and Molly.
That is our group, crew whatever. You can see what an odd bunch we are but somehow we seem to fit. Like our parents and their friends.
That is pretty much my life. However today I found out I'm getting this new helper at school. Even though I was told I was improving in terms of my reading but they thought I needed the extra boost. In other words, another person who will hover over me. Just what I need.
Ok, that was a basic introduction to Harry's POV. This was mainly about his friends, who we will meet soon and I'll see how he interacts with them and his family.