It’s been more than two years since they’ve seen each other, and three since Victoria graduated from college and got caught up in real life — a job, with just two weeks vacation a year. No money to fly around.
-- Narrator (Prologue paragraph 15)

Importance: Vix thinks that Caitlin doesn’t understand that she doesn’t have life as easy as Caitlin does. It isn’t as easy for her to drop what she’s doing and go on a last minute trip as it is for Caitlin. A difference between the friends is also noted in this quote as Victoria is working a job to support herself while Caitlin has money to travel where she’d like.

Once Victoria gets a taste of another way of life, once she spends a summer with a girl like Caitlin Somers, she’ll be lost to them, sure as a dog chews a bone. She knows...
-- Narrator (Chapter 1 paragraph 66)