There's not so much sobbing as there is huffing as she leans against her friend. Oh god, she was going to ruin some name brand, wasn't she? "I'm... I kept away at first because of the medication. And then..." Deep breath, "Yeah, kept away because of Nicholas. Because he's... seems exactly like those horrible guys I tell you to don't take shit from."

Nicholas would always have that association with Sieben, the guy that Zoe should never take shit from and she never did. And that mess by the river. The stupid river. It all came to that. "I... didn't want you to think bad of me for doing something..." She can't bring herself to call it stupid. "Not me." But it was her. That's why it was all so hard.

"And then it was the challenge and I was overwhelmed with that and all the festivals and events." If she wasn't falling with deep affections for a complicated man or if there hadn't been a zillion events or the challenge, things would have been easier.

Or maybe the fact she needs to learn how to take time for herself in a healthy way.