Time to find out

Elizabeth whacked her alarm clock drowsily as she sat up, staring at the digital numbers as she stretched. Shaking herself awake, she got out of bed and quickly set about her morning routine. The young Veterinary student gave a slight moan as she did her stretches in the kitchen of her small flat, before heading out on her usual morning jog. As she ran, she let her mind go blank; all the stresses of her internship to the Zoo melt away as she felt the hard tarmac beneath her sneakers and the cold morning air burning in her lungs. Stopping, she leant over to catch her breath, stretching again as she looked around the area she had stopped in today.

"Oh no," she whispered as she stared up at the familiar set of semi-detached houses, her face beginning to go bright red with embarrassment instead of exertion. Spinning on her heel, she raced away as quickly as she could.

She gasped as she burst into her apartment again, slamming the door behind her as she battled to breath, stumbling forwards to her bathroom as she stripped the sweaty running gear off of her body. Tossing it into her washing hamper, she turned on the shower to full blast, immediately jumping into the stream of water despite how cold it was. Shaking her head, she leant back against the wall as she tried to calm down.

Why did I run away like that? She wondered as she stood in the shower, closing her eyes as she let her mind stray back to the previous day.