Here we go again?

MONDAY.

18 SEPTEMBER.

9 AM.

BIRTHDAY.

The clock in the quad chimed 9 am (again), and Tree bolts awake. The bright light coming through the window blinded her as she tried to get her bearings. Her head was pounding, her body was numb. As her eyes slowly focused, she realized she was not in her room at the sorority house.

''Thank god," Tree whispered falling back into the bed, "It was just a nightmare."

"Hey, you're up! Yeah, I wasn't sure you wanted to sleep in or not..." a lanky figure suddenly stood and greeted her.

Tree eyed the person for a moment. They seemed tall. As her eyes saw their face, she couldn't help but feel a pang of familiarity. She couldn't remember the night before and she had likely "Spent the night" with him. Yet she felt like she had seen his face a lot lately.

"I'm...in your dorm room?" Tree asked.

"Uh, yep." The person replied.

Tree remained quiet for a minute. Had she woken up earlier then fallen back asleep? She stared at this random guy expecting him to suddenly explain something to her. She was about to finally ask him what was happening when...

Yeeeeaahh, it's my birthday! And I ain't gotta pick up the phone!

Tree's alarm went off, playing a very familiar song. She stared at her phone for a second as though it were some horrible monster then slowly reached over and picked it up to check the time.

9:01 am.

Tree swallowed. That was the time it had been in her dreams. The ones where she was... Tree looked down at the blanket draped over her body. She carefully grabbed the edge of the blanket and slowly lifted it off of her and revealed her body naked as the day she was born. Tree Gasped in shock and draped the blanket back over herself before looking up at the guy standing over her.

"Yeah, not sure you remember my name. Uh, pretty wasted last night." They said, noting Tree's necklace on the desk, not wanting to give it back yet. He politely turned around and averted his eyes from the naked girl.

"Where are my clothes?!" She spat.

"Yeah...about that." Carter began.