Over the next few weeks, Rheya and Kelvin pretend that they will travel back to Earth and have a life together, and they plan the minutia of their future without really believing that it will happen.
One night, Kelvin wakes up and overhears Rheya getting out of bed and talking quietly with someone in the hall. When she comes back, Kelvin pretends to be asleep. The next day, Kelvin asks Rheya who she was talking to, and she tells him that he must have been dreaming.
The next night, Rheya gives Kelvin some juice to drink before he goes to bed, and it tastes bitter. He experiences a drugged feeling before falling asleep, and his head feels funny when he wakes up. He realizes that Rheya is gone and rampages through the station looking.....
