NINETY FOUR

THIRD PERSON’S POV

“Well there’s still time to think about where you’d like to go”. He said. “Continuous assessments are starting soon, aren’t they?”.

She nodded.

“Great, and soon enough there’ll be the end of semester exams”. He said. “And then the break. I’m sure you would have decided by then”.

She let out a breath before nodding once more.

She felt a bit better now; there was no rush, no pressure, it was all good. She let out a breath she didn’t know she had been holding.

“Come on, have your dinner and get some rest”. He said to her.

She nodded simply.

“You’ll eat too, right?”. She asked him.

He let out a resigned breath before picking up his fork.

“I will”. He said. “You worry too much”.

She was aware of that, yet she found she couldn’t do anything about it.

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The weekend had come and gone, and Alexa once again found herself stepping out of the car and into the parking space of Greyman’s College. It had rained a lot the previous night and the grounds were still wet, it w