Her mom was already up and finishing her breakfast. The smell of coffee assailed Carol's nose as she entered the kitchen. She could take care of everything else after she'd gotten something to eat. She quickly changed into a t-shirt and some shorts and pulled her hair up into a loose ponytail. She thought.Ĭarol threw off the sheets of her bed to reveal her light blue pajamas. Her stomach growled loudly and Caroled realized she was starving. She'd slept in! Why hadn't her alarm clock woke her up?Īs the young woman looked around her room, eyes blinking in the clear, early morning light, she suddenly remembered she had school off today, and had turned off her alarm the night before, so she could sleep in.Ĭarol lay back down on the bed, trying to decide whether or not she should get up, or try to go back to sleep.
Suddenly, with a start, the teenage girl sat up in her bed. Bright, early morning sunlight streamed through the open blinds of the window in Carol's bedroom.
