Suddenly the wind hissed through their emergency roofing and the rain hit Alexandra and Jonathan full force.
They hadn't noticed that it had kept on raining the whole time and they also hadn't noticed the weather had gotten worse. The sudden wind and the heavy rain assailed them and the shock separated Alexandra and Jonathan out of their embrace and their kiss.
"Damn! The weather's gotten worse!", Jonathan shouted, trying to protect his face with his arm from the lashing rain.
"What shall we do?", Alexandra yelled back and grabbed the books, which were starting to move across over the bench because of the heavy wind.
"We've got to get away from here!", yelled Jonathan and grabbed the rest of the books on the bench.
It seemed like the sky would fall down, the rain lashed so heavily and the wind roared. Alexandra and Jonathan were having trouble trying to not get blown away.
"Come on!", Jonathan shouted and grabbed Alexandra's hand. "There is a cabin nearby, we can stay there!"
"What!" Alexandra couldn't understand anything Jonathan said.
"Come on! Let's go!", he yelled and pulled at Alexandra's hand.
With the books in their hands and trying to protect themselves against the rain, they both started to run. The rain was turning into hail now and rattled down on them without mercy. Alexandra didn't know where Jonathan wanted to go, he just kept her hand in his, running along a small path leading to the forest.The ground was slippery and wet because of the rain and Alexandra was having trouble following and keeping up with Jonathan.
"We're almost there!", he shouted and moved from the path to a even narrower one, whose condition was even worse than the first one.
Alexandra didn't know this path at all and she wondered if Jonathan was really sure he was going the right way. Suddenly Alexandra twisted her foot, lost her balance and fell down into the mud. The books fell out of her hand into the mud, too. Jonathan, holding her hand all the time, stopped abruptly because of her tumble.
"Oh shit, damn it!", Alexandra yelled and touched her right ankle.
"Are you hurt?", Jonathan shouted and tried to help her to get to her feet again.
"It's my ankle!"
"Wait, let me help you. Don't give up ..there're only a few more meters left!"
Alexandra picked up the books, and Jonathan placed her arm around his neck. They continued running and limping. Alexandra cursed and swore out of anger and pain. Nevertheless Jonathan was right. Just a few meters ahead was a cabin, right at the edge of the forest, in a corner, barely to be seen.