"Sure, I can bring some chips or something," Mallory said agreeably.
"I haven't really," she added, in response to his question. "I still talk to Jessi sometimes - though not as much as we used to - and I try to talk to Elise as much as I can, too .. though we haven't had a good conversation in forever. Oh, and I became pretty good friends with Laura Aronsen and Josh Rocker in North Carolina. But other than those guys .. not really..." she trailed off.
She wished, more than anything, that she had kept in touch with Benson. Sure, it would have been hard to talk to him knowing she couldn't be with him ... but had it been any easier missing him in North Carolina? The answer to that was no, and in hindsight Mallory thought that they hadn't needed to cut off all communication.