Neither knew what time it was.
They made themselves comfortable on the bed and started to talk about everything while the storm outside kept on raging. They especially talked about the political situation in Europe. Of course, there was a lot of stuff going on in Gotham to worry about, but at least to Alexandra, those things had receded into a distant memory.
There had been an altercation within the European Union and now it looked like the union was about to break in two. Alexandra's father had tried a lot of times to explain what was going on to her, but she didn't understand everything - she even didn't want to. The only thing she knew was that Germany and France had made an agreement, that the United States had stepped into the whole conflict and that Germany and France weren't willing to fulfil the US' demands nor support them in their intervention into Inner European matters'. Now for a few weeks, the whole situation had been very tense. Alexandra's father tried not to show concern and to play the whole thing down, but his facial expressions often spoke another language. Of course, he was a diplomat and due to his role he had some special privileges and diplomatic immunity, and as did his wife and his two children – but what would happen in case of a war? What would happen to them?
Alexandra didn't know how to behave. She tried to live her life as she usually did: she went to school, she hung out with her friends, she hung out with Jonathan – but the political situation had left its mark on her. Jonathan could sense how worried she was about it and tried to help her, to console her and to support her as much as possible.
"Don't worry.", he always said. "I'm sure everything will be okay soon." But he had to confess to himself that he could be wrong and that he just said this to calm himself down. Every time he thought about being separated from Alexandra, he shuddered – especially now, after having discovered feelings for her, so new and exciting. He had never felt so strongly about another person. He knew he loved her and he knew he didn't want to lose her.
Could this thing in Europe pass by, just like this storm? Could they just stay in this cabin and wait until everything was over!'
Jonathan imagined the cabin like a fortress, him and Alexandra against the rest of the world.
They couldn't find us here, they couldn't harm us here.'
Alexandra pressed Jonathan's hand and cuddled into his arms. They closed their eyes… and fell asleep.