Waking Up Anew

The night stood still as you and your family walked out from the local gourmet restaurant. The sound of crickets filled your ears along with the subtle _pitter patter _of you and your family’s shoes on the concrete road. As you get into your father’s car, the sounds quickly fade away as his kind of music, “dad rock” according to your sister”, floods your eardrums.

As you converse with your sister about her latest boyfriend, you roll your eyes. She always seemed to have trouble with her relationships and you just wished she would find the right person who would properly meet her needs. About 20 minutes later, you finally make it back to the family home. Ever since you were born, you’ve lived in that same 3-bedroom-2-bathroom-house.

11:00. You lay in your bed, thinking about everything you’ve accomplished during the day. Another day of good hard work at a restaurant that was only a walk away from the family home. You fantasy booked for your professional wrestling roleplay with your online buddies. Overall, a very successful day if you said so yourself.

Your eyes slowly close as you drift into a slumber.

Before the morning sun can catch your eye, you hear a scream in the distance. “What’s going on?!” You yell. You clutch your throat, noticing the massive difference in tone and timbre.

Something’s wrong. Something’s really wrong. You look down and notice that your chest is different. You put a hand down in your underpants and…