Hey guys, I’m Nicola Lavoie, and this is my first blog post! My dad will be posting still, but he has arthritis in his hands now and that makes writing these things a little bit more tough for him. But, there’s another reason I’m doing this instead of him.

Mina and I are at university!

That’s right! We’re already here, and jeez does it have its ups and downs. But it’s the best thing I’ve ever done, and I’m sure Mina agrees too. I’ll get her to do the next one, but for now, this is my entry.

Because we did so well in high school, we were sent to our guidance counselor’s office, where he asked us if we wanted to go. We said yes, and he said that all we had to do was talk to our parents and then take an aptitude test that would be delivered.

A couple of days after we graduated, a University Mascot delivered a package. The mascot was a llama. I felt really sorry for the guy underneath. It must be stupidly hot under there. Anyway. We did our tests, and we passed! But…not by too much. University was going to be hard. Mina had chosen Science and Medicine, what with her wanting to be a surgeon and all, and I decided to go for Technology, because it looked cool. I’m still not sure what i want to do. I think I want to do everything, really.

So off we went to university! We had a wonderful last night with the guys. Mom cooked, we played video games, Leo played guitar for us, and Dad cried. Dad always cries. But it’s only because he loves us. In the morning, the moving van arrived. We put our stuff inside, got in, and were driven away.

We were staying at a halls of residence. A cheap place for our first year. Three floors, mixed gender, with a study, living room, kitchen and dining room. It was nice. We got there quite early, so we had enough time to pick a room and get settled before we headed to the student’s union for meet and greet. We were asked if we wanted to share a room again.

Of course!

We’re twins. I’m closer to her than anybody else in the entire world. We’re sharing a room until we get serious boyfriends. That’s what we’ve said to each other ever since we were kids.

We were meeting our housemates, and I met someone really really nice.

His name’s Kaz Nasari, and he’s really hot. I don’t know what it is about him, but it makes me feel all shy and junk. I;ve never been shy. But I was looking down and twiddling my thumbs and i just didn’t know what to do. It was a good thing Mina called me to go to meet and Greet with her before i did anything dumb.

I met a guy called Jeffrey Dean there. he was really cute, too. I like guys in leather…but

Mina introduced herself after me. And it was like some cheesy film meet-cute. Their eyes met across the crowded room, she shook his hand, and they both got all goo-goo-eyed. Ah well! Like I’d ever think about competing with my sister for a guy she really liked. We wouldn’t want a repeat of Sean Vidal.

But the weird thing is…he’s a rebel! A really rebelly rebel! And Mina is…well, she’s a bit of a nerd. I was attracted to the rebels straight away, and she was attracted to the nerds. Her falling for someone so high up in the Rebel social circle was a bit weird, but she doesn’t seem to care.

University got into session, and I went to classes as well as getting involved in the protest movement. I stood on boxes, and shouted at people with a megaphone! If this was a job, this is what I’d be great at, but unfortunately, there isn’t such a thing as a professional protester.

I talked with Kaz a bit more, too, and I really thought he was starting to like me too.

Turns out not.

I apologised, and we went dumpster diving together in silence.

Mina was getting a lot more luck, however. She’d been on her phone texting Jeffrey all the time, meeting him for coffee, and he’d been inviting her to all the exclusive parties. She came home every day all blushy and giggly.

“I really like him, Nicola.” She said to me one night.

I told her I was happy for her, but inside I was burning with jealousy. She had someone she was so close with in hardly any time at all. Sh never had luck with boys! That was always me! And the one person I really, really liked didn’t want to know who I was.

I organised a party. A kegger. It was loud and stupid and drunk, and so was I. I tried to kiss Kaz again and he pushed me away. After that, I just didn’t care. I drank more and I tried to kiss Jeffrey. Not that I liked him or anything, but in my stupid, juice filled brain, I thought that maybe, that would break him and Mina up, and then she would be alone and miserable like me. But he pushed me back. Of course he did.

I feel so stupid, and so guilty. Mina found me, and Jeffrey told her what I did, but instead of them both being angry at me like they should have, they took me up to bed and wound down the party together. I’m glad he loves her. He hasn’t said it, but I can tell he does. And she loves him. I’m so glad I have a sister like her. in the morning, she just gave me a hug, made us breakfast and went to class. Jeffrey had better know just how lucky he is to have her. I certainly do.