[ WP ] Your entire life has theme music . Every day up until now it has been upbeat and melodic , today you wake up and it is sad and ominous .

My hand, almost of its own volition, swings over to hit the alarm clock. *THWUNK! * Ouch! Did it again. Same spot too. The red veins in my eyes are the only indication of the stress I've been under lately. Why should anyone else know? It wo n't make them happy knowing that I'm not. The bruise on my arm throbs a bit. I sit up, looking at the empty spot on my nightstand where the alarm used to be. Do n't need it any more. 
 
 Every morning, without fail, at *exactly* 6:45 A.M., the music starts. Ever see that movie Matilda? Remember the scene where she's making breakfast, and that song by Rusted Root plays? Yeah. That's the one. Please do n't get me wrong, it's a great song. But this is the 529th time I've woken up to it. At least, it would have been. Today is different. 
 
 I do n't hear the familiar twangy guitar. Gone is the steady, four on the floor, kick drum. Not even the gentle flute is there to wake me from my slumber. No. For some reason, *today* it is different. Dark. Eerie. Really hard to describe. Nothing I've ever heard before. Maybe I have, maybe it's just something I'm digging out of my subconscious mind. I do n't know. I do n't know where the hell this music comes from. I just know it's there. 
 
 Whatever. I still have to go to work. So, I stretch my legs, get up out of bed, and stand for a moment before moving towards the bathroom. *RING RING* Who is calling me at a quarter to 7 in the morning? *RING RING* 
 
 `` Hello?'' 
 
 `` He..o su.je.t 247.'' 
 
 `` Subject what? Who is this?'' 
 
 *CLICK* 
 
 Silence. No caller ID. 
 
 *BEEP* * 
 
 *BEEP* 6 
 
 *BEEP* 9 
 
 *BEEEEP* 
 
 *BEEEEEEEEP* 
 
 `` We're sorry, your call request can not be processed at this time.'' 
 
 *CLICK* 
 
 Damn. Oh well, probably just some prankster. Better get going. The dark music faded into silence just as the call ended. The theme song from Happy Days starts playing. So cliché. Back to the regularly scheduled broadcast, I guess. 
 
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 *Edit: Spelling, grammar, and minor story changes. *
