The sound of ringing in her right ear woke Mai up. She quickly reached for the phone and turned off the first alarm of the day, as she had done a thousand times. However, unlike her usual self she did not rest her head on her pillow, allowing the bed to embrace her as she snoozed a while longer.
'Waking up with the first alarm, now that is an achievement.' Mai thought to herself.
She couldn't help it, afraid that going back to sleep would mean returning back to that dream-like future world. Everything still felt so vivid and she could still remember everything as if she had actually experienced it. Everything except for exactly what had been the trigger for her to wake up.
Was it just the alarm or had she done something to make it happen?
