"Em"
"Em"
"EM"
Jeremy's calls became more strident and urgent.
Emma thought they were just becoming louder. They were irritating her. Just a little. About two of ten. Jeremy could reach ten out of ten sometimes. Even twelve, especially on Mondays.
"What??" she murmured, not losing concentration.
"What are you doing?"
"Something".
Not a helpful reply thought Jeremy. Why can't big sisters simply say the right thing, he thought, not for the first time that week, or indeed that day, or hour.
"What something are you doing?"
"I'm working on a very important project on the internet". Emma paused just before saying "on the internet" to make it sound very important and so important that Jeremy would simply shut up and stop pestering her.
It didn't work.
"Oh, OK, Are you in outlook or hotmail or word?" asked Jeremy who sometimes surprised everyone with his knowledge of the internet. He got very annoyed if parents and big sisters forgot he was the computer whizz kid in the house. They did that very often. It was so unfair.
"I'm setting up a blog" said Emma realising that it would be better to be honest and open and keep Jeremy happy, and quiet.
"what for?" asked Jeremy, who already had two blogs, a myspace and took his avatar into a Second Life most days.
"To write down my adventures" Emma replied. She saw her dreams of a wonderful space for adventures, for visits to strange places to meet interesting people who didn't have younger brothers who were really good on the internet being dashed by Jeremy's takeover.
"Can I come as well? I promise to be nice and quiet and to follow you!"
Emma thought for a while. Quite a long while. Just to annoy Jeremy. And then said "of course".
And this is their story.
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