The encounter with George Allison happened during a volunteer cleaning event at a nursing home.
She was receiving a state scholarship, which required her to fulfill a certain amount of community service hours. The school occasionally organized some off-campus volunteer activities.
Since not many people signed up for these especially strenuous activities, the volunteering hours earned would be doubled. She was particularly willing to participate because working hard once saved her time she couldn't spend in the library.
On that occasion, she was accompanied by several classmates she knew through volunteering.
On the subway ride to the nursing home, Ivy Price found a stable spot to stand and looked at study materials on her phone. She didn't notice the person standing beside her, nor did she notice the classmates she knew gazing admiringly and chatting about the person next to her.
