"But I don't want to go to college here. I don't even know how I ended up here. I just want to go home," Elizabeth crumpled to the ground and cried. "And you know what's worse? What even is home? Is it in my past, or my future?" Her broken heart and confusion were making her feel almost delirious.
"I'm glad you're here, Jess. Really, I am," she said a few seconds later, forcing herself up and pulling herself together. "But I'm going to need some time to process all this. Maybe we can meet up in a few days at whatever this town's version of the Dairi Burger is? Or maybe at my apartment down the way? Where are you living, anyway?"