[ WP ] Write a story about waking up , and not having one of your senses .

***Braaaaaaang***. The sound of the alarm clock wakes me from my sleep with a start. I set it to something entirely obnoxious and loud because I've always had trouble waking up. Needless to say, this one had been doing the trick. The room is too dark to see so I blindly reach to the light and switch it on. Still the room stays shrouded in darkness. *Huh, the power must be out*. I think to myself. With care not to trip over the my clothes from yesterday that lie in the floor I push myself out of bed and stumble over to the window. With one quick movement, like ripping off a bandage, I fling the curtains open and brace myself to be blinded. Yet, I stare on into the darkness like I had not opened the window at all. I can feel the heat sun on my face though so I know the room should be bright by now. 
 
 “ Shit. ” I curse, panic rising in my voice. I wave my hands in front of my eyes even going so far as you forcibly peel my eyelids open and press a finger to my eyeball. Still, nothing but darkness. I stumble backwards toward the bed and trip over my clothes. My back meets the floor sending sharp pain through my body but I hardly care at this point. I hear my girlfriend, April, rushing through the house toward our room. 
 
 “ Danny? Are you okay? ” She asks obviously worried about me. I sit for a minute in silence and I feel her stop at the door and stair at me sitting in the floor. “ Danny? ” I can hear the tears forming in her eyes by the way her breath catches in her throat. 
 
 “ How bright is it in here? ” I ask without turning toward her. 
 
 “ Da-what do you mean? What's wrong Danny? ” I hear her take a step toward me and I let go of my temper for just a moment. 
 
 “ Goddamn it April! How bright is it in here? ” There is rage in my voice that I've never heard. Of course I am not angry at her, just the situation, but I hear the floorboard outside the door creak as she takes a step back. 
 
 “ It's really bright... ” She mumbles, obviously trying to keep control of herself. “ Danny, you're scaring me. ” Follows with a small sob coming after. 
 
 “ That's what I thought. ” I let out a sigh and began to cry. I pull my knees to my chest and bury my face in them. Slowly, tentatively, I hear her socks slide on the hardwood as she makes her way toward me. I feel her presence beside me as she lowers herself down to my level. 
 
 “ Honey, what's wrong? ” She's crying now, openly. I felt a tear hit my arm. I take a moment to gather my breath and force the lump from my throat. 
 
 “ I ca n't see. ” I stammer out, she goes to speak but I stop her. “ I ca n't fucking see, April, I'm blind. I ca n't even see the sunlight when I'm standing in front of the window! ” My body is shaking now, my sobs transmitting from me to her as I feel her shaking hands on my face. She lifts my head to look at her and I open my eyes but still I sit in darkness. I hear her breath come short and I know that it is bad. 
 
 “ Danny, yo... your eyes. They're white Danny, completely white, no color at all! ” She begins to panic more, I can almost feel the emotion building in her. I reach up and I hold her face, pulling her forehead down to meet my own. 
 
 “ Sh, sh, calm down. Take deep breaths honey. ” I can almost feel her begin to calm as she breathes like I tell her too. Then I swear she begins to exude sadness. That is when I realize that I can feel these things. Her emotions switch so quickly from one to another, dancing across the spectrum with such speed and reckless abandon. I can feel our dogs, Percy and Bubbles, enter the room with worry in there hearts. I can sense the anger between our neighbors above us as they argue. I ca n't hear them arguing but I know they are. All of this new information starts flooding in faster and in greater power as I realize what's happening. 
 
 I may have lost my sight but I have gained true sight in it's place. Suddenly, I'm not so sad anymore. Suddenly, I see the world open before me like never before.
