Jasmine gave a clearly sarcastic gasp. "Oh, look! Mr Smarty-pants isn't studying! Tut, tut!"
She gave her brother a friendly poke on the snout. He groaned and rolled over onto his side, obviously fed up.
Axel lay on his bed, trying not to cry as he thought about what had previously happened between him and Sapphire.
"Or…is King Nerd off his studying because he can't stop thinking about his girlfriend?"
"Leave me alone, Jasmine!" Axel said burying his face in his pillow.
Jasmine stopped fooling about. She could hear the crack in Axel's voice, she knew something was wrong.
"Axie? Are you OK?"
"Go away, I don't want to talk about it," came the muffled reply.
"Is something up?"
Axel nodded.
"Is it…about Sapphire?"
Axel nodded again.
"Oh, God, is she alright?"
"She's fine." Axel sounded frustrated. "How was your day with Mr Perfect?"
Jasmine nibbled her lip. "Not great," she admitted taking a seat next to Axel on the bed.
"What?" Axel rolled over to look at his sister in surprise.
From what he had heard about Ebony, he expected Jasmine to babble on about how flawlessly amazing he was. Her reaction was not expected.
"He thinks I'm a 'very sweet girl' but…it didn't work out. He turned me down."
Axel sat up and put his arm around Jasmine.
"I'm sorry," he said. "I didn't know. You know, Saph did the same thing to me, too."
Jasmine looked at him disbelievingly.
"No, really. And it's not fair, because she obviously likes me, she thinks the world of me, but she says she's 'not ready for a boyfriend yet.' What do I have to do?"
Jasmine shrugged. Axel sighed and leaned on his sister's shoulder lightly.
"You know, we have a habit of running into drama," Axel said. "I'm not sure I like it."
"Well, we're Muppets. We take adventure with us, wherever we go."
The two kids thought that, since they had been dumped, that their story was over. However, this was not the case. Little did they both know, their adventure had only just begun…
Ooh, how gripping. Make sure you going me next time when the plot REALLY kicks off!