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I haven’t been over to the cemetery for days. I’ve hardly been home. John had a few days off work and I’ve been over at his house almost every day. He and his sister are so fun. They’re always thinking of fun things to do. One day it was hot and they put a sprinkler under their trampoline and we all got drenched, jumping fully dressed. Another day he took me out to his uncle’s to groom his uncle’s horses. Then we played every board game they owned. It took all day.

I wonder why I never have fun like that with my brother.

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I’m so glad you had fun visiting. We had fun, too. You should come over this Saturday and hang out again.

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Trista

John was working so Kerry was home. She was cleaning her room. She didn’t realize it had gotten so gross and she didn’t want Trista or John to see it like that.

She made several trips out to the kitchen as she worked – one for dirty dishes and another one for trash. Aaron was lying on the couch watching a game show. Was he sleeping? She snuck up behind him.

“What’s up?” he asked lazily.

“I’m cleaning my room.”

“Fascinating,” he remarked, though he was totally bored.

Kerry was about to walk away from him when she remembered her blog entry. Why didn’t she ever have fun with her brother? Was it because of her or because of him? She thought about the time that he asked her to watch a movie with him. He didn’t care what he watched. He probably asked because he was lonely, too. It was strange, but that thought had never entered her head before.

She was still standing next to him chewing on that idea when he suddenly asked, “Do you want to sit down?”

She sat.

“Do you want some cheesies?” he offered, passing her the bowl.

She took them and bit into one. She hadn’t eaten these in years and was shocked by how good they tasted.

It wasn’t her style, but she stretched out on the other couch and watched the game show. Towards the end, she was even commenting on the contestants.

“I think that guy with the blond guy should have won,” she said afterward as she dropped the empty bowl in the kitchen sink.

“No. No. No,” Aaron said, following her. “Jesse clearly deserved to win.”

“But he was so arrogant.”

“So? You have to be aggressive if you want to win that game.”

Kerry shrugged her shoulders and poured herself a glass of water when the thought occurred to her. Maybe she had been the one who didn’t want to have fun all along.