she's living in the area for 24 years so that's plenty of time for us to play with if you want to say they've known each other a while! and if you're interested, i've always had it in mind that she used to be the ringleader of a midnight society-inspired group who'd go into the woods, drink it up, tell ghost stories, etc. they were forced to stop hanging out by their parents after a round of urban spelunking went wrong and someone among their group was seriously injured. the old gang hasn't started hanging out again until recently, but there's a lot of fun history there.