My Story so far

Hi, I'm Brooke.  Brooke Grant.  I'd like to introduce you to my story so far.

This is me, your typical teenager. Interested in boys, gossip, music and art. Not necessarily in that order.

Dad says I'm a lot like my mom. Her name was River McIrish before she married Dad.  I wish I remembered her but she died when I was still a baby. She caught on fire at my first birthday party

and died.

I kind of remember Dad being really sad for a while

but he eventually managed to move on. I was just too young to know there was anything to be sad about.

So now I have a step-mom and a baby brother

Oh, all right, he's not really THAT much of a baby now.

His full name is John Edward but Dad calls him Johnny. Unless Dad is mad, then the full John Edward Grant rings out through the house. My twerpy little brother.


Art flows through the family. Dad is a writer.

Mom loved to paint. She was working on this the day she died.

Dad has kept it even though she never finished.

Even my step-mom is artistic. She loves to paint and play guitar.

I haven't really tried writing yet. But I love painting

And Dad bought me a guitar so I can learn music too. Dad is encouraging me to be an artist of some description, he says it's the family tradition.

So I've covered my interest in art and music. Gossip is just a given. But boys, I have just discovered boys. In particular, Hans Cusack-Montgomery.

We got to be friends in school and I suddenly felt that this was one boy I wanted to kiss.  So we met in the park and flirted for a bit.  I could tell that he liked me, I wonder if he's just been too shy to talk to me.

He's good at this.  Does he feels the same way about me?  It was getting dark, I decided I better head for home.  I wonder if he'll get on with Dad?  I hope so, I really hope so.