Finishing her stew, Nia drank some of her apple juice and had a look at the possibilities for pudding. As she did so, she thought about what Elan had been saying about her twin. Putting a muffin on her plate, so turned back to her friend.

"Perhaps...moreso clingy though, I suppose. I was the independent one - in terms knowing what I wanted to do, and then going ahead and doing it. Theo always hung around at our parent's feet, so if we were visiting people I guess he was just in their presence more." She tilted her head thoughtfully. "His 'cute' looks were a huge part of that though too...no one ever seemed to find it a problem that he was always there..."

She shrugged. She knew in the long run she had been the one far better off, and had enough self confidence to know so. It made compliments about her work and so on now so much more rewarding. And Elan's comments, well they made her tummy go all funny still.

"That's not the only reason," Nia said quickly, her eyes widening. "I mean, I wouldn't just be doing it for the revision and extra practice..."