The memoirs of Jasmine Cooke

1st January 2013

YAY it's finally a new year!!!

But obviously at midnight no boy kissed me.

This is the time when people make those resolutions like going to the gym or eat less chocolate. These are mostly discarded in the first couple of weeks.

My new year resolution was to spend more time with my family as obviously the past few years ive been quite the busy bee.

So I invited my family to come to my flat for new years day.

My big sister Maia brought her boyfriend Harry.

My twin brother Henry brought his cat which is unusually called Rabbit.

I don't know why either.

My parents came.

Also the Grandma who typically smells fusty and uses a walking frame.

Somehow they amazingly managed to fit in my tiny flat in the outskirts of London.

As soon as I brought the food up to the table, my mother brought up the awkward and lonely subject of my love life.

My first and only boyfriend Nathan Woods was in high school. He was like me. A super geek or nerd as some people call it. He was my first kiss. That was over 5 years ago.

Anyway I narrowly squinted my eyes at her and she finally got the message.

My love life was and still is a taboo subject. Just like kissing in public. You just don't do it for the sake of others.

A few minutes later and the silence and awkwardness began to drift away.

Maia lifted up her cheap ikea wine glass filled with my Lidl red wine.

But hey what can I say I'm post graduate. I have my Student debts.

Looking around nervously at everyone especially my parents. She announced that she was expecting.

The whole room erupted in excitement.

Well except from my parents. They are or lets say have Christian beliefs.

They both gave a stare to the happy couple. With a look saying we'll talk about this later.

The rest of the day went without a hitch.

Grandma wanted to play Monopoly. She tells me and Henry that it was one of the first editions after being in the family for quite some time.

Therefore meaning....

Money!!

No student debt.

We both gave each other a wink and Grandma sighed when we got our twin moments.

Maia and Harry went home. Closely followed by mum and dad. Me and Henry dropped Grandma off at her bungalow.

While driving back Henry asked me a very strange question. One that I was not entirely happy about.

WHY DONT YOU HAVE A BOYFRIEND?

I was clearly offended by this question. As he knew the answer.

He is the complete opposite to me. But we are completely similar. Brown hair. Hazel eyes. Yet he was the jock, athletic and muscular. He probably is in every girls diary. Their secret crush.

Henry and Rabbit were crashing at my place.

In other words it meant sleepover!!!!

Build a den

Watch Marvel movies

and basically trashing the place.

As soon as I stepped into the flat, me and Henry looked at each other

and ran.

PS: Did you know that there are no penguins in the North Pole.