Idriss Loudiyi, Kenitra. 10 am. Leila wakes up on her fiancé's text "Good morning lover, I hope you're doing alright. This quarantine can’t make me stop thinking about us." Because of her blurry vision and usual morning headache, she couldn't well process what she had read. She took a shower, made her bed, got dressed for the day and went down, as usual, to have breakfast with her parents. Walking downstairs, her parents sighted her school clothes, "Sweety, I don't think you got the news," said her father while eating his breakfast. "What happened?" said Leila, sipping her morning coffee. "No work for today my dear," replied her mother while turning on the TV for her, "Such good news sweety isn’t it?" she added. Leila, instantly, saw the breaking news scrolling bar on the screen saying the government had declared a state of medical emergency, therefore, lockdown for the country because of an emerging epidemic. "So, no work for how many days?" desperately asking her parents, her eyes fixated on the screen, "Nobody knows" replied her dad. Back at the table, "You didn’t answer me, Leila," her mother said, "isn’t it good news?" she asked her daughter once again. "Yeah," mumbled Leila, casting her mind back to the text she had got earlier that day. She immediately took her phone, "I just got the news, I can’t believe it happened on our anniversary, " she texted him, "Me neither, " he instantly replied. She grabbed her laptop, closed the door and headed back upstairs to her bed. Up there, she could talk with her fiancé freely. After a bit, the video call sound rang. "Hey" both said at the same time in a soft indistinct utterance. "You seem sick Idris!" She said. "I woke up with a sore throat -he coughs- maybe I got the flu," he replied. "Nothing serious?" Leila reluctantly asked. He nodded, "Don’t worry". "So, you heard about the lockdown?" He shook his head yes "The flu that was killing people in China got to our country" he replied. “You took any medicines, didn’t you?” She asked. 24 | P a g e
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