Start the Day

The dim grey light leaked through the window pain as she churned under the soft covers.

"Make it stop!" she mooned lazily as the sharp, "bleeet, bleeet, bleeet, of the alarm echoed through the room.

She flipped over, turing herself away from the window light as she scrambled to find the wretched noise maker. "That's that happens when you fall asleep with your alarm in your bed stupid!" she thought angrily.

Finally, she grasped the little thing and jammed her finger on the "stop" button. "Awe, peace at last."

But something else wasn't right. She felt the covers soft against her skin and some hard, small object dug into her side. Eden looked up, "what the..." Sometime in her sleep, she must have become a stripper? Maybe in a dream?

Her shirt, watch, socks, and bracelets were strewn in all directions. "Huh," she thought feeling around for more loose materials. "What in the hell was I dreaming about!?" she racked her brain, but nothing came. It wouldn't have been the first time she'd done something strange in her sleep.

"Ugh," she groaned kicking her feet out against the heavy comforter. "What the hell!?" she screamed out loud.

Wet. Her foot was wet. Eden clambered out of bed, still dazed and confused. The rain fell heavy on her window pain. Even in the dim grey light she could see the thick droplets platter down.. And there, above her head.. They fell from her ceiling too.

"Ahhhhh!" the groan came from her throat like she were some kind of sick animal. It wasn't that the ceiling hadn't been leaking, or that it hadn't been raining for the last three straight days, but now, as her eyes adjusted to the light, she realized the true impact of the outside storm.

Where the leak had been, had grown remarkably. Ceiling plaster littered her floor and water dropped all across the crack, right above the foot of her bed. Groggy, angry, and now very wet, Eden made her way to the kitchen to gather more drip catching devices.

"What a great way to start the day!" she thought. And went straight to the cupboard where she hid her emergency chocolate supply.