Elaine gently took the slip from Patricia, smiling and nodding. She headed over to the International Office door first as it was the closest one to the desk. She gave a soft knock before entering the room. Moments later, she would reappear and head inside the Enrollment Office door.<br/><br/>Jackson smiled. Her enthusiasm was quite endearing, really. "It's okay." He assured her. "I'm just not used to... Such enthusiasm where I'm from." He explained, laughing to himself. His smile quickly faded though, at the thought of back home. He missed his parents and his brothers. He definitely didn't miss anyone else. Now, when he thought of home, it was just tainted with bad memories.<br/><br/>The wound was still open for Jackson. Some days he thought he was over it, the next he felt he needed more time. He couldn't wait for new friends to distract him from old ones. Patricia had already done that for him today, in the last 10 minutes. It was the downtime that really got to him. The time between social interactions and distractions.<br/><br/>"So," he finally piped up, trying to shake the thoughts from his head. "Are you living on campus this year?"