Shriek in terror, hurdle over your sleeping neighbour and sprint up the stairs

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This is just too much - you've only been awake five minutes, the sun's not even up and already you're having one of the worst days of the past few months of your life. You also really need to pee. You can't deal with this right now. Your mind goes completely blank and instinct takes over.

Your ear-shattering, high-pitched scream shatters the quiet morning, probably waking the whole neighbourhood and sending dogs scampering everywhere. The two burly thugs your landlord brought along cover their ears and run for shelter.

Now in a state of total panic, you whirl around and sprint towards your bedroom, hurdling the sizable obstacle that is your obese neighbour with your trademark agility. As you bound up the steps three at a time, you hear the stomp of boots and angry shouts echoing below you. In your haste to get away, you realize that you forgot even to shut the door and buy yourself a few extra seconds. Just great. It's those little practical details you can never quite remember, and they always seem to be ruining your life in one way or another.

You leap into your bedroom and screech to a halt. The loud (and filthy) swearing echoing up the staircase suggests that tubby neighbour is presenting an obstacle to your landlord and his henchmen, but you know that nonetheless they'll be upon you in a matter of seconds.

With the fear of God in your heart and only moments to spare, you decide to:

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