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     Beep! Beep! Beep! The alarm went off at 6:30am; Tina jerked up out of bed. She grunted to herself; and switched the alarm off. I must have switched it on with out realizing it…she thought to herself. She yawned and stretched her arms out; then plopped back down on her pillow. There was no way she was waking up early on her day off from classes. She closed her eyes and what seemed like only seconds later; she herd Alice calling her name. “Tina…..oh Tina…” Alice quietly whispered. When the blonde didn’t respond she yelled. “Tina!” Tina’s eyes opened wide; she looked up at Alice. “What?!” Alice laughed; “It’s close to noon; you going to stay in bed all day?” Noon? God it felt like I was only sleeping for two seconds…Tina pushed the covers off herself. She slowly got out of bed.

     Tina walked into the kitchen. Alice was rushing around; late as usual. “Sorry the coffee’s cold; if you want you can make a new pot.” Tina sat down at the table and picked up the newspaper. “It’s okay; I’m just going to have juice. Where are you off to?” Alice grabbed her jacket and purse. “Dana and I are having lunch; I was supposed to be there fifteen minutes ago.” Just before Alice left she grabbed her keys. “Ah ha! I remembered my keys. You want to do something later?” Tina looked up form reading the paper. “Oh I can’t; I meeting up with Bette later.” Alice smiled. “That’s cool.” She looked down at her watch. “Shit! Got to run!” she was out the door in a matter of seconds. Tina just laughed and continued to read the paper.

       Around 3:00; Tina was spread out on the couch flicking through the channels on TV when the phone rang. She muted the TV and reached over on the coffee table and answered the phone. “Hello?” “Tina? It’s mom.” “Hi mom; how are you?” Tina asked. “I’m fine darling. We haven’t herd for you in awhile; I thought I would call and check up on you.” “I’m sorry; I’ve been a little busy these past few weeks.” “Oh I see; so how is school? Have you made any new friends?” “School is fine; and yes I have made a few new friends. In fact mom I wish I could stay on the phone longer but I am supposed to be meeting someone in an hour and I need to get ready.” “I see; does this person happen to be a young man? You need a whole hour to get ready before meeting him?” Tina rolled her eyes. “No mom; I need an hour because I am still in my pajamas and I am still not used to getting around the city with out getting lost.” Tina’s mom laughed. “Oh sweetie I’m just teasing; besides you’re still in a relationship with Doug right?” “Not really; look mom I’ll call you later okay?” “Okay talk to you later darling.” “Bye mom.” Tina hung up the phone. She rushed into her bedroom to decide what she was going to wear. It’s a bit chilly out today…I guess this black turtle neck will due…and jeans. She tossed the clothes onto her bed and went into the bathroom to take a quick shower. She turned the facets and let the water heat up for a few minutes.