"He'll... a bet... than half the..." Fiona giggles, her words largely
failing to reach me over the building in intensity of the ringing int
my ears. The blurring of my vision soon begins to turn to a blanketing
darkness, the room swimming in a gloomy haze as the two women continue
their typing.
"Yeah... could... Program or some..." Gracie chirps,
eager to finally have the older woman on the same page as her. "Can...
sure he... lyzed?" She quickly inquiries, a sudden squeal filling the
room as she notices something.
The two women scream at something
as I soon find the piercing tone consume my senses entirely, the gloomy
fog encompassing my entire vision. For a split second I feel as though
I'm falling, my lurch inside my gut sending my heart into my throat as
feeling rapidly returns to my body all at once.
With a snap the ringing in my ears is soon replaced with the loud 'Beep beep beep' of a cheap alarm clock right beside me, the noise immediately causing my head to ache. Each sharp electronic chirp pierces into my skull, a low and tired groan escaping my lips as I try to force my eyes open.
The sound leaves something amiss in my mind, a faint sense that something is off as I lazily reach out towards the source of the noise. With a loud slap I bring my hand down on the flimsy plastic device, the speakers shutting off mid-chirp as my eyes flutter open.
"I don't have..." I wheeze out groggily, a hacking cough soon erupting from my throat as I try to clear it. My voice is off, higher pitched yet with a slightly husky undertone leaving it with a hint of deepness. With each hacking splutter I feel my chest jiggling, a set of subtle weights shifting beneath my shirt as I feel a nights worth of sweat causing the slight mounds to stick together.
My breath quickly grows ragged, with huffing gasp for air dragging in the strands of hair hanging about my face and glued to my lips. With one final gasp I heave myself up, the bed springs squeaking obnoxiously as I lurch about on the cheap mattress.