Chapter43:

My eyes fluttered open groggily as the sun spilt into the room, illuminating the dark blue walls and cream coloured bedding. My eyes flew open with a start as I realised that this was not my bedroom and that the back which faced me did not belong to my giant teddy bear which frequently shares my bed with me. It took me a few moments to realise that I was lying on my brother’s bed and that the back actually belonged to Nik. The previous night had been an utter blast complete with lots of delicious food, plenty of dancing and crazy uncles singing drunkenly to some Greek band from the eighties. We had got home late but Nik and I were far from tired so we decided to catch up on everything he’s missed out. I guess I was more tired than I thought because the last thing I remember was jumping onto Nik’s bed and telling him to tell me about the girls in Greece. When I was younger, Nik would have carried me back to my bedroom and tucked me into my own bed. In fact, even now he would have woken