Way too long

Evie woke up from that dream and she immediately buried her face into her palms.

She stayed sitting in that position for a long while as she breathed in and out many times and tried to calm herself. These dreams again! Every time she had them, it always threw her heart into havoc and her plans would waver as she would be so very tempted to drop everything and go chasing after him. However, she knew better than to do that. Thus, after calming herself down, she would be able to reorientate her mind and focus on what she needed to do instead of what she wanted to do.