"I grew up in Atlanta, or 'Hotlanta' as we called it back home." Izzy smiled and shrugged. "It was a good three hours to the nearest beach for me, had to make do with the local community pool. Not as nice as the beach but we loved it."
She listened to Jessica talk about her friends and nodded. Did the girl ever travel outside of Sweet Valley in her life? It was likely unfair of Izzy to make the assumption based on a two minute conversation but she couldn't help it. Still Jessica seemed to have a sweet personality and that made up for a lot. "I graduated from Georgia tech myself, what were you studying at Sweet Valley U?"
It was bound to be a surprise, but then Izzy still barely knew anything about Jessica yet.