Startled Awake

“Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!” A monotonous robot echoed. Mel groaned, as she slowly exited the realm of dreams and came to reality. The annoying beeping was likely her alarm, so Mel began stretching her arm out to instinctively slap the snooze button.

Only, no matter how many times she hit it, it never seemed to work. Three, five, fifteen times. The beeping continued, and got louder. With a loud groan born from sleep-deprived rage, Mel opened her eyes to figure out the problem.

Instead of light streaming through the window, Mel could only see hazy darkness and the red numbers on her clock. “5:15” the clock read. “What the fuck...” Mel said to herself, as she rubbed her eyes. She reached to throw off her blanket, only to touch her bare mattress. It was then Mel realized she felt bare mattress all over her bare skin, and looked around in confusion.

Mel looked down, and saw her bare flesh uncovered. Her comforter, sheets, pillows, not even her shirt or underwear were anywhere to be seen. Mel looked down again as she sat up, and instinctively covered her breasts as she began to blush. “I don’t remember going to bed naked...” she thought to herself.

Then, a loud commotion began to unfold outside her bedroom door. She heard a loud sound as the door to the next room over suddenly was thrown open. “Get up! There’s a fire in the laundry room! We have to get out now!” Her roommate Jane yelled. Mel couldn’t make out exactly what her roommate said, but it sounded tired and depressed.

It was then that it occurred Jane might burst into her room next. There weren’t any locks on the doors, so she’d be greeted by the sight of Mel in all her naked glory. Her eyes went wide, and a knot formed in her stomach. “I’ve got to find something to wear!” She thought to herself.