She grabbed her phone and called him again, feeling hot tears roll down her cheeks as she cried. She needed to hear from him.
She needed him to tell her that this wasn't real. When his phone went to voicemail, she waited for the beep.
"Elias? Where did you go? Your apartment is empty, and you won't talk to me. Did I do something wrong? Please call me. Please…" she cried into the phone before hanging up.
She couldn't stop the sobs that racked her body. She hadn't ever felt so alone before, and she knew the feeling would never go away until she saw Elias again. If she ever did.
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Tomorrow was graduation day. There would be parties and celebrations. There would be pride and joy.
There would be happiness. Now, all of that seemed so far away, so impossible to Alyssa as she laid on her bed in her dorm room.
She stared up at the ceiling. Her eyes were sore from crying so much.
