Jess stared at the door for a while after Alister left, her spirit sunk low. Each time she had encountered him since the day she left him, he hadn't experienced any progress at all and he still wouldn't show the slightest hint of whatever feelings he held deep in time. Each time she saw him, it seemed more concrete to her that what they used to have was now over and she couldn't hold out hope that he would one day come back and try to stop hiding his heart away from her. Looking down at the desk, she held the edge of it and bit her lip as she tried to maintain her composure against the incredible frustration and sadness, not wanting to let those old feelings overtake her anymore.<br/><br/>Once she was well enough again, she took out her phone and ran through a number of ideas of what she could text Mira before settling on just "I'm sorry about this." She hoped she wouldn't hate her for this.