Alexandra twisted and turned on the cold, lonely mattress. She hugged her knees to her chest as she tried to control her shivering. She picked up the blanket and covered her body with it, but barely two minutes later did it feel like her body had just been thrown into a furnace of fire.
She kicked the blanket away from her body and soon her body returned to a shivering mess. Her eyes felt heavy and itchy as she lifted her torso off the comfy bed. She focused her attention on the door situated directly before her. She did not know how long she continued to stare at it, as though waiting for someone to come in. But after many minutes of staring, she released a sigh of defeat before swinging her legs off the bed.
