She went to Grinnell. She went to Art School. They kept in touch. It's been almost half a year since Ellie planted a kiss on Aster Flores' lips before she rode off into the sunset with her bike. They both knew what "see you in a couple of years" truly meant, it was part of their nonverbal understanding of one another...
The ending to The Half of It was amazing, but also wanted to give Ellie and Aster a happy ending together in an alternate universe :) Ellie comes home from college to reunite with Aster for Christmas break after being a year into their long distance relationship. Lots of fluff and some young adult existentialism. Also...