This idea has been in my head for a while now, so here goes. Enjoy…

EVIE'S POV:

Today was the day I was leaving Summer Bay for university in the city. I was going to be studying media, creative arts and communications. Taking one last look around my bedroom, sighing heavily as I saw it was pretty much bare, all my stuff packed up in boxes and packed into my Auntie Hannah's car, I made my way out of the room, shutting the door behind me…

"How you doing?" Hannah questioned as I walked into the hallway

"Not bad," I replied, smiling at her warmly "just nervous."

"You'll be absolutely fine." she assured me, wrapping her arm around my shoulder

"I'm just gonna miss you…" I admitted "and Uncle Zac, and Oscar."

"We're gonna miss you too, but we're either a phone call or a short bus ride away." she informed me "It's not as if you're gonna be a million miles away."

"I suppose," I sighed "promise me you'll keep me up to date on how you're going? I don't wanna miss a thing with this little one."

"I promise." she assured me "This one is gonna know and love you, trust me."

"Car's all packed." Uncle Zac informed us as he and Oscar made their way back inside "You two okay?"

Auntie Hannah and I both nodded our heads…

"We'd better get on the road then," Hannah proclaimed "if we're going to beat the traffic."

"Come here…" Oscar sighed, moving over to me, hugging me tightly "I'm gonna miss you!"

"I'll miss you more. Who else am I gonna bully and wind up?" I questioned, raising an eyebrow at him

"There'll be someone, I'm sure." he replied "I'll text you when I finish work, see how you're going."

"How about you phone instead?" I suggested

"Okay, I'll phone." he informed me, chuckling softly "Good luck!"

"Thank you." I replied as Auntie Hannah, Uncle Zac and I made our way out of the front door

Not long after Auntie Hannah and Uncle Zac had left me after we'd found my dorm room, my roommate arrived, the door banging against the wall as she made her way in. Moving into the hallway, I inhaled and exhaled a breath as she looked up…

"Stupid traffic!" she proclaimed as she dumped her stuff by the door

"Do you need a hand?" I questioned

"No, I'm good." she assured me "Thanks though. I'm Maddy, and you are?"

"Evie." I informed her "Evie Macguire. Nice to meet you."

"Maddy Osborne, nice to meet you too." she greeted me, shaking my outstretched hand "So which room's mine?"

Smiling at her warmly, I made my way down the corridor and pushed open a door… "This one."

"Not a patch on my room back at home." she admitted

"I'm sure once you've got all your stuff in and unpacked, it'll feel a bit more like home." I replied

"Yeah, maybe," she sighed "sorry for being such a downer, I was pretty much forced into coming."

"It's fine," I assured her "what did you want to do?"

"I wanted to stay where I was living, working where I was working, seeing my friends every day, but it's something that my boyfriend's here too." she replied "You'll be meeting him later by the way; he's just getting settled into his room."

"Looking forward to it." I informed her "Can I get you a tea?"

"Yes please." she stated "So what about you?"

"What about me?" I asked as she followed me into the kitchen

"Are you in a relationship?" she inquired, jumping up onto the worktop

"No," I informed her "and I'm not looking either. I want to focus on my studies."

"What course are you taking?" she asked

"Media, creative arts and communications," I replied "you?"

"Sport," she informed me "I want to get my personal trainer's qualification, and then maybe open my own gym one day."

I smiled at her warmly as she finished speaking… "Milk?"

"No thanks. Just one sugar." she replied

Handing her the mug a minute later, I leant against the worktop and took a sip of my own drink… "So I guess this is home for the next year then."

"Yep…" she sighed "So we need to make the most of it and make it ours."

So Maddy is Evie's roommate, and I bet you can all guess who her boyfriend's going to be, right?