Short story 1 As midterm break rolled around, **** spends his days cooped up in his 11x3 without doing anything. The date quickly changed to July to bemoan his boredom, signifying the coming end of his break. Feeling regretful over not creating a single worthwhile memory with so much time, he awaken at the dead of night precisely at one AM which much to his jubilee the clock hand would not advance further.