JANUARY Lights on: pink glow. Close up: razor blades.

FEBRUARY Shhhhhhhhhhhhh

MARCH A tender touch… He says: Yeah, I try and stay positive. Being negative isn't good for my personality. It's like a dark cloud. "Uh oh, here we go," and have to snap out of it.

APRIL Crash & burn & kiss & yearn 

MAY Music cue: techno, loud. I watched my dad think about this. He looked like he was going to suggest that we have something for breakfast that you do not need milk for, like sausages, but then he looked like he remembered that, without milk, he couldn't have his…

JUNE How to make a meringue: beat 4 egg whites, a pinch of salt, a teaspoon of rosewater and a cup of powdered sugar until glossy peaks have formed. Squeeze onto baking paper with a piping bag. Bake overnight in a hot oven turned off.

Licking the knife, she jagged her tongue.

JULY […The extra fluffed his only line…]

AUGUST Stop, swim.

SEPTEMBER A lot of things I don't do well. I don't do warm and fuzzy well. She chuckles at him, and forces his hand into hers.

OCTOBER The taste had a metallic tang.

NOVEMBER He tries again: |'m not wanting to throw people any curves. (Fling but a stone, the giant dies.)

DECEMBER Whatever, I love you.