Secrets

Chapter Twelve

"Whew!" Kariann exhaled and plopped down on her new bed.

She closed her eyes for a moment, trying to calm down from the excitement of the day.

It was move-in day at Kimby's and her college. Their parents had left just a few minutes earlier, having taken the twins to Chapel Hill by car with all their luggage and helped them get everything into their respective dorm rooms on the third floor of the building. Saying goodbye to their parents had been emotional, but she had been way too overwhelmed by her new environment to process anything properly. The twins had purposely chosen not to share a room in order to be able to adjust to their new lives better individually. Their rooms were across from each other however, so they would still have plenty of chances to see each other.

Kariann was glad that her roommate wasn't there at the moment, though the girl had already moved in a while ago. All she knew was the girl's name and that she was on the varsity soccer team, which was why she was already here as pre-season training had already started. The room had been extremely clean and tidy when Kariann had come in, and she wanted to clean up her belongings before her roommate came back to not make a bad impression. She giggled when she remembered what Kimby's new room had looked like. Her twin's roommate wasn't there right now as well, but the room had been a mess and a half. She was glad she had gotten the tidier roommate.

When she was almost finished, the door suddenly opened and someone entered the room. Kariann turned around and saw a tan girl with long black hair and green eyes standing in the doorframe, a sports bag over her shoulder and wearing a white t-shirt and light blue shorts with the university's logo on it.

The girl smiled at her warmly and outstretched her hand.

"Hey, you must be Kariann! It's nice to meet you. Welcome to UNC! I'm Christen!" she said with a friendly voice.

Kariann shook her hand.

"Hey Christen, I'm Kariann. It's nice to meet you too. I just got here, I'm trying to tidy up my stuff" she said, relieved that her new roommate seemed nice.

"No worries. I just got back from soccer practice, so I will be hanging out here a bit. If I can help with anything, let me know."

"Thank you" Kariann said and smiled at the girl.

After Kariann had stored away her belongings as well as possible for now, the two girls sat on their beds at the opposite ends of the small room, making small talk and getting to know each other. Kariann learned that Christen was a freshman as well, wanted to major in communications and was originally from California, and hoped to play soccer professionally one day. Kariann didn't know much about how all of the soccer stuff worked with drafts and national team camps and whatnot, but she figured she would learn about it sooner or later by talking to Christen. Just as she was telling Christen about her sisters, there was a knock on the door.

"Come in!" Christen shouted.

Inside came Kimby and a brunette girl who Kariann didn't know.

"Tobin!" Christen said excitedly.

The girl named Tobin smiled at Christen, but then turned towards Kariann to introduce herself.

"Hi, I'm Tobin. I'm Christen's teammate and Kimby's roommate. You must be her sister?" she drawled out the words.

"Yeah, I'm Kariann. We're twins. Nice to meet you" she responded and shook Tobin's hand.

Then she introduced Kimby and Christen.

"You two don't even look alike" Tobin stated.

The twins just grinned in response, being used to this statement.