Cressida winced at the self-proclaimed title and then shook her head once, "No. You don't have to resign yourself to anything, Alicia." It was upsetting to hear that she thought that's what she had to fall back on. She understood the feeling of drifting and wanting connection though, but she didn't handle it the same way. Still, she didn't want Alicia thinking that sleeping around was somehow going to help things. It wasn't. It was a distraction from feelings she wasn't allowing herself to express. Cressida was often viewed as an ice queen because of her reserved demeanor, but she knew how to express herself.
"Are you happy with it though? Because I get a feeling that you don't want to be St. Margaret's resident, slutty lesbian, or even Oxford's for that matter," she continued, "But I know what its like to love someone and then be disappointed. Disappointed so much that you feel estranged from everything and you try to find ways to distract yourself from the pain."