Jillian sighed in relief when Anastasia at least promised to call her before next Friday. At the very least, she had time to get her act together and come up with something to say that would help reassure Anastasia about seeing Jillian. As she got dressed quickly, Jillian turned back towards her, speaking once again in a soft voice. "You know I didn't... I..." Before the entire sentence was out of her mouth, she tripped on her tongue, lost her words, and was hopeless again. "Urgh... I'll just leave you alone now." With that, Jillian turned and left, feeling as terrible and ashamed of herself as she ever had been before.