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Alex came back to the room when I was asleep. I know because I had woken up a bit when he pulled me into his arms. But when I woke up the next morning, he was gone from my side.

Last night's events put me in a gloomy mood this morning, and as if to mock me, it had been raining heavily since the last hour. I haven't come out of my room after waking up and washing my face. All I've been doing since earlier is just sitting by the window watching the rain fall. I just opened a small gap in the window so that the fresh, wet scent could enter this room.

Embracing the blanket that covered my whole body I stared at the dark weather outside. Even though it was still ten in the morning, the atmosphere outside was rather dark, in fact it almost looked like six in the afternoon.

How many hours left? I thought while trying to count.

Eighty five hours.

And I wasted precious time shutting myself in my room. Instead of cajoling Alex into letting me go, I got into a fight with him. Again. Maybe Alex h