Tommy After the chat, we watched The Martian. It did cross my mind what the law would be on Mars. I had read the book before the film was made, after picking it up cheap in a supermarket. It had a fascinating journey. Publishers not wanting it at first, s...
Tommy As I came to, I could feel Laura moving. It took a moment to understand what was happening. I could feel my morning glory, but there was pressure around it and movement on it. Laura’s arse was moving back and forth, slow to start, but the pace was i...
Laura It was around five in the afternoon when there was a knock at the door, which I answered why would I not? The smiling face that was there, when I opened the door, was the reason why not. “Hello Laura,” he said, as he pushed the door wide and stepped...
Tommy For the third morning, I woke up and Laura was there with me. The first obvious thing was Laura sprawled across me again and as the fog cleared, a couple of other things became apparent. The morning glory feeling was there, but there was also downwa...
Laura I know I shouldn’t laugh, but it was with great satisfaction that I left the bathroom, having walked in on Tommy. I was right this morning, he had grown up to be quite a big lad. At six-foot two-inches, he was seven inches taller than I was. From wh...
Tommy “Tommy, thank you.” “For being your baby brother? It’s my honour and privilege.” “Thank you for seeing what I couldn’t or refused to. Thank you for being there when my eyes opened.” “Laura, it’s what we do for each other. We look out for the other w...
Tommy I guess it all started at our parents’ funeral. Probably, the roots grew in the decade before as teenagers and the seeds sown even earlier as young children. Like all teenagers, we thought our parents were stupid, we thought we had the upper hand. A...
Luke The week before Easter and the two weeks after, the university was involved in Sevens rugby tournaments. Given that Sevens is a game of speed and style, grace and skill, I felt lucky to get into the third team of four entered for each. For those that...
Luke “A twelve-week placement starting twentieth June, finishing on ninth September. You have to register at the halls, at the Laurea University of Applied Sciences in Espoo, Finland over the weekend before. “Espoo, Finland?” Tina asked. “Finland? You got...
Luke “Never. There that was simple, wasn’t it? Want me to expand?” Tina nodded. I pulled the duvet around us and we snuggled into each other more, “Sam’s my sister, but it’s not about morals or legalities, sure they are stoppers, but they are inconsequent...
Tina “Ooh, Luke you can sing. Luke here, he can sing.” Too late, Luke turned to quieten her, but the person calling it came over, “You sure, Luke? I just thought being with your family and all…” “Nah, Luke’s good, aren’t you mate?” Said Rob. Sam had tears...
Tina “Ah good, that makes it easy,” said the person at the door. “You’re coming with me,” he said, stepping forward and reaching for me. Luke stepped out of the door and across the front of me so he was in his way, “No she’s not and you need to leave righ...
Luke I had been downstairs at least twenty minutes before Tina appeared in the doorway. In the meantime, I had found out that Cara, Andy and Rob had come prepared, knowing that many places require, at least, smart dress on New Year’s Eve. Rob had run Dian...
Luke “What are you two ugly bastards doing here?” I turned to the person approaching from the car, “Sorry, Cara, I am, truly, that you had to share a car with these two.” “We were passing and we thought, well, we wondered what you were doing for New Year....
Luke It’s funny how quickly you can get used to something, how quickly you can get used to someone new in your life. When you just seem to click with that someone, everything feels comfortable with them. It is so easy to get used to little things, like ha...
