It's All About You

June 12th 2015

June 12th 2015

"Hello everyone! It's me again!" Meri started to the camera. Joe laughed.

"Who else would it be?" he asked her; putting his arm around her.

"Shh," Meri giggled. "Today I'm here with Joe. Also known as ThatcherJoe. Also known as my boyfriend. And we decided that the time has come for us to do –"

"The boyfriend tag!" Joe finished.

"The boyfriend tag! So, people have been asking us to do this for ages," Meri started. Joe started to laugh. "Stop," Meri giggled. "We are filming a video presentation Joseph, we need to be serious," and then she burst into fits of giggles. Joe put his nose on Meri's cheek and kissed her lightly. "What are you doing? Why are you smelling me?"

"I wasn't!" he laughed. But then he sniffed loudly. "Ooh, the sweet smell of..." Joe kissed Meri on the lips and she pushed his face away. "Watermelon gum,"

"Joe! Concentrate," Meri snapped jokingly.

"But you sniff nice," Joe tried. Meri and Joe both laughed. "Sniff nice? Ooh, Meri, you're so good at sniffing," Joe joked. "I just love your technique," Meri laughed silently and opened her mouth widely. "You alright? You look like the bloody wide-mouthed frog," Joe stuck his finger in her mouth and she closed it. "Oi!" he laughed.

"Okay, come on: boyfriend tag. First question: where did we meet?" Meri asked.

"Wasn't it at Alfie's house?" Joe asked.

"Yep. Jim, Tan and I went to Alfie's and you and Zo were there too. It was October 20th 2012. I think there's actually a you now that we did on YouTube somewhere," Meri added.

"How do you remember the date?" Joe asked.

"Because it was the first time I met Zoe and Alfie," Meri replied seriously. Joe pouted. "And you. Right, where was your first date?" she asked. "I know that. You can answer it,"

"Are we counting that time Zoe invited you over to set us up and she abandoned us in the snow?" Joe asked.

"That wasn't a date, Joe," Meri sighed. "That was an outing, a shopping trip,"

"Okay, erm... was it the week after when I asked you to go to the cinema with me and there was a fire alarm in the middle of it and we never ended up getting our money back?" Joe suggested. Meri nodded and smiled. "Yes!"

"What was your first impression of me?"

"Hmm... I thought that you had a nice name and I remember that you were sooo shy," Joe replied. "But I thought that was cute,"

"Aww, you thought I was cute? Was it love at first sight?" Meri teased.

"No. It wasn't love at first sight. But I did think you were really pretty. And I think what happened was in the YouNow, someone asked like how old are we? And you said you were eighteen and I was like: crap, you know? You're just a kid. And then you said you'd finished school and I was like, okay, that's not so bad," Joe explained.

"I remember that. I remember thinking you were really old. And also, I can remember feeling really sad because when we were doing the YouNow, your leg was touching me – this is so embarrassing – and then I said I was eighteen and you lifted your leg onto the sofa, and I thought that I had, like, zero chance with you," Meri said. "I bet if you watched that broadcast you can see that exact moment," she said. "And look where we are now," she joked. "When did you meet my family?"

"Well, I met Jim the same day as I met you. And I met your sisters before that at a Gleam thing, so... yeah," Joe said.

Meri looked down at the piece of paper with the questions on. "I think that question is for people with parents..." she mumbled. "Okay, well, same, I met Zoe the same day I met you, and I met your dad on Christmas day because Jim and Tan went to Tan's parents and you didn't want me to be alone. And then I don't think I met your mum until, like, January or February 2013. Do I have any obsessions?"