Now then… I 33B

One week they said. Seven days to be exact and Hannah had been waiting. In fact, on the seventh day, every time she was leaving the hostel, she checked to see if his key was gone, asked if he had come back. And every time she got the same answer. Anticipation always gave way to disappointment. It made no sense. How is he? Why isn’t he back yet? Did he change schools or something? Okay that part was ridiculous and if so, they would have heard. By they, she meant his friends. So that wasn’t the case.

Her heart was pounding as it always did when she made the move to check. She was coming back from her last class of the day, the sun was going down, she didn’t want to be disappointed again but she couldn’t help herself. She went to the lady who was in charge for the day and asked her for the fourth time that day. The lady didn’t let her finish her question. The lady was upset even. To be fair she had been to her desk more times than most students.