Richard’s Pov I woke up to the continuous ringing of the alarm clock, my eyes struggled to adjust to the morning light and my muscles ached from sleeping in the wrong position. Panic enveloped me as I glanced at the wall clock and realized it was a few minutes past 8. I was almost late for school, and this was because of last night. Last night, sleep eluded me, and leaving Mia, made it worse. I kept thinking about her, what it would feel like to spend my nights with her, and wake up with her in my arms. So after I left her apartment, I spent the most most of the night tossing and turning in bed and finally got some sleep in the early hours of the morning. In a hurry, I scrambled out of bed, took a quick shower, and, opted to put on my work clothes. The clock ticked relentlessly,