“Run Tris”, a blurry voice said with a face I could not see, “I need you to run”. And so I tried, I tried to run but I couldn’t. My feet refused to move. “Tris”, the voice called out again. Why couldn’t I see the face behind this voice?  Why couldn't I hear the voice more clearly? I tried to run again, unsure of why I needed to, but it didn’t work. I was stuck. “Tris”, this voice sounded more familiar, “Tris, wake up”, the voice said. “Tris, you are late for work”, Ash yelled out.

“Woman, its 11:45, you are late”, Ash said when I finally opened my eyes. “Oh ”, I said jumping out of bed and hopping into the shower. “Jihyo called now”, Ash said through the shower curtain, “she asked if you were okay, because she tried calling the store and there was no answer. I told her you were not feeling well but you will be there soon”.

“Thanks Ash, I don’t know how I didn’t hear any of my alarms”, I said. “You were talking in your sleep again”, Ash said, “I couldn’t make out most of what you were saying but you seemed afraid, were you having a bad dream?”, she asked. “I don’t know, it was one of those dreams where you need to do something but you can’t . Except, it didn’t feel like I couldn’t, because I was dreaming. It felt like I was in a situation where I physically couldn’t, because something had happened to me”, I said. “Well was there at least a hot guy present to save the day?”, Ash asked. “No, surprisingly my reality has the hot guys nowadays, not that they are saving me in anyway but at least I got to see some eye candy”, I said.

“Hey has hot Ong still not called?”, Ash asked. She and Lala had been calling him 'hot Ong' ever since Tris told them about him. “No”, I said sadly, “I mean it’s not like I’m staring at my phone pining for him but I don’t know, I thought maybe he was actually interested in me”. “And you still haven’t seen him around campus after that day?”, Ash asked. “No I haven’t”, I said wondering if I really did meet hot Ong or I just dreamt the whole thing. “What about resting face?”, Ash asked. “I haven’t seen him either, I never saw either of them before or after I met them”, I said, “I will be seeing at least one of them today though. He works the night shifts at the store so he will come in when I am leaving today”. The thought made me happy. I had been fighting the urge to visit the bookstore all week just to catch a glimpse of him. There had been another attack a few days ago, so everyone was becoming more wary. Another girl was found b