Bright rays of sunlight intruded my sleep from through my window. Shoving my head farther under my pillow, I wished there was some way to shut up the birds outside. To make matters worse, I could hear my wake up call headed down the hallway. Thankfully, it was now officially Friday.
"Wake up sleepy-head!" My mother chirped cheerfully. I mumbled something unintelligible but didn't look up. "Bethany." Her tone changed to more of a warning.
I lifted my head. "All right, all right, I'm up!" I snapped at her, which was quite normal for me in the morning. Did I by any chance mention that I'm not much of a morning person?
As usual, she gave me the look that clearly read, 'I-know-you'll-be-asleep-in-five-minutes,' but she left my doorway. Not wanting to disappoint her, I laid my head back down on my pillow and closed my eyes.
"Goooooooooooooooooooooooood morning Bethany! This is your Turtle wake up call! Time to rise and shine!"
"Go 'way, Mikey," I muttered. My eyes snapped open as I realized what I was saying. I turned my head so I could see over the side of my bunk. Grinning wildly, the orange masked turtle looked up at me. His brothers were with him.
"Remember us?" Raph asked, crossing his arms and staring expectantly up at me.
I thought back. "Yeah, I do," I replied after a moment, "and no, I don't think it was a dream. I do actually remember it happening."
(Are you sure you didn't think it was a dream? After all, we are unbelievable!)
(Michelangelo, let her tell the story.)
('Sides, you'd be more'f a nightmare, Mikey.)
"Good," Leo replied, "now we can get on to why we've come."
"Hold on," I interrupted him. "We'd better talk about this later. I have to go log in to school or I'm in trouble. My mom'll kill me and then I won't be able to….do whatever it is that you need me to. Obviously you guys had a purpose for coming here."
The leader nodded. "We'll be around here when you're finished."
That's what I was afraid of.
