Kevin browsed the stacks in the library, trying to find books for the research paper his professor had assigned. Two of his classmates were doing the same thing, he noticed, so he approached them.
"Any luck?" he asked.
The guy, Charlie, nodded. "There's not much, though. I think the others beat us to it."
"Here we go," the girl who was with him said, pulling out two books to show them. "Now what we should do is check these out, and then trade off reading them."
Kevin trailed a finger along the spines of the remaining books and took out another one. "Three books, three of us. I mean if…" He shrugged.
"Sure, that works for me. You okay with it, Sue?"
"Oh yeah. What girl wouldn't be okay with studying with a couple of cute guys?" She grinned at them both. "We can do it here, or go to the coffee house, or one of our apartments."
Kevin felt a swell of elation. While he knew most of the people in the class, he didn't really 'know' them. Maybe with luck he'd be able to make friends with these two.
"My place is out," Kevin admitted. "It's hardly big enough for me."
"Same here," Sue said. "Charlie?"
"You know I have two roommates, Sue, so maybe it'd be better to stay here. Or like you said, go to the coffeehouse."
Sue made the choice for them. "Beans and Brew it is then. We can't really talk too much in here."
"Says the girl who's been rattling on for the last five minutes," Charlie commented with a grin.
"Have not," she huffed. "Just for that, you get to check the books out and carry them."
Kevin watched the interplay and asked, "Are you two, you know…?"
Charlie snickered. "Not hardly. She's my twin, believe it or not."
"Oh, right. I guess I should have figured that out, seeing as how you're both named Jones."
"It's okay," Sue told him. "Most people just think it's a common enough last name and don't make the connection, since we don't look like each other at all."
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