I was sitting in my room listening to music when I heard the knock at the door. I got up, turned the volume down and opened the door.
My cousin flung her arms around my neck as she greeted me. After greeting her back I pulled her arms off my neck. She put her bags on the single bed closest to the window and sat down. "So, how have you been?" she asked, looking up at me.
"I've been great, thanks, I'm in desperate need of this break. How are you?" was my reply.
"I'm fine," she said while looking around the room. "I'm glad to be finished with school."
"You're glad now but just wait. In a few months you'll wish you could go back." I switched the radio off and asked her if she'd like to join me in the kitchen.
We continued talking about school and life after school for a while. I found out that she wasn't going to join a university and that she decided to find a job instead. She was a pretty girl, with brown shoulder length hair, brown eyes and a good body. Her mother wanted her to try out modeling but she wants to do something different.
My brother came home from work at about 5:30 pm. He was surprised to see our cousin there so early.
"I thought you were only coming tomorrow," he said as he greeted her with a hug.
My brother and I live together in a two-bedroom flat that our parents bought us. Luckily we don't have to pay rent or anything, our parents pay for everything. My brother works in the same town that I go to university in so he moved in with me. My parents thought it would be a great idea if we could share the flat. Their exact words were "You won't be so alone and your brother can keep an eye on you."
I decided not to go home for the short holiday, my parents were away on business anyway. My brother was happy to have me at the flat for the holiday and when we heard that my cousin was going to visit us it turned out to be great timing because that way, we wouldn't be alone either.
We sat in the living room enjoying the pizza we ordered for supper. My brother got up when he finished his pizza and went to his room. He returned with a towel in his hand.
"So who is going to join me in the pool?" he asked looking at us.
"I am so there," Bianca said and got up to fetch her towel.
I also got up and went to get my towel and my swim shorts on. When I got to the pool they were already splashing each other and laughing out loud. I jumped in and joined the fun.
We stayed in the pool until about nine before we went back up to the flat. My brother said that he's taking the first shower because he'd had a very long day.
Bianca and I went to my room. We listened to music while chatting about what we still want to do while she's there. The conversation somehow changed from plans we have, to relationships. She told me that she broke up with her boyfriend two weeks before her last exam. I asked why they broke up and heard that she found sexual messages from other girls on his phone.
"How has your love life been?" she asked.
"What's that?" I asked with a sarcastic tone in my voice.