CHAPTER TWO

My little brother David is REALLY annoying.

He’s not just annoying in the way that ALL brothers and sisters are.

He’s COMPLETELY annoying.

He deliberately messes around in front of the screen when I’m at a difficult bit in a computer game.

He turns the lights on and off all the time and shouts, ‘Disco!’

He says the word ‘cool’ all the time like it’s the most hilarious thing ever.

And he ALWAYS has a cold.

Mum NEVER wants to know.

So I have to keep listening to his horrible sniffles.

Mum never thinks David does anything wrong.

One day, I tried to take my mind off things by playing my bowling computer game.

It was going really well. I’d scored eleven strikes in a row.

Just one more and I’d have bowled a PERFECT GAME for the FIRST TIME EVER.

I got my player into position, put just the right amount of spin on the ball, and . . .