[center][color=#6d00ff][h3]Laura Tilney[/h3][/color][/center][color=#6d00ff][right]Her dorm, Chroma Knight base
December 19, 2016 - 6:10 am[/right][/color]Eyes opening to gaze out at the darkness that was her dorm room, Laura reached up a hand to turn on her lamp mounted on the wall. Blinking as light suddenly flooded the room, she checked the time on her alarm clock: 6:10. She frowned at the time. She had set her clock to ring at six when she went to bed last night, but now had no recollection of switching the alarm off. She had overslept by ten minutes, which was unfortunate but unchangeable. At least she hadn't overslept longer.

Reaching across to grab her phone from the dresser top, she turned it on and checked for any messages. There was one from her mother asking her if she had received her grades from her finals yet, but after scanning through the message Laura decided to ignore it for the time being. Seeing a notification for a text from her brother, she immediately smiled and clicked on it. Last night, she and Sebastian had added more than 100 texts to their message history together. She had stayed up late "talking" to him, which was probably part of the reason why she had had overslept. 

It read:
[i]L, I know u won't see this till tomm morning, which is part of the reason I'm texting you. If you're reading this and it's not yet 7, get back to bed. I mean it.[/i]

Laura rolled her eyes, leaning back in bed. They had exchanged photos last night, and the picture of her had revealed dark smudges beneath her eyes from the cramming she had done while studying. Still, his advice -or maybe she should think of it as an order- was enticing. Setting her phone to ring at ten to seven, she switched off the light and was soon asleep. 

The sound of her phone buzzing and playing a tune woke her, and she quickly shut it off. With that bit of extra sleep, she felt better. Getting out of her bed, she began to get dressed. She had already set out clothes to wear last night, so it didn't take her long to change. An elbow length soft gray shirt and a pair of yoga pants went on first, followed by a tight fitting dark blue sweater. It had long extended sleeves, with holes for her thumbs to fit through so part of her hands were covered. Giving her hair a quick brush, she decided for once to let her red waves of hair fall loosely around her.

Now that she was done with her morning preparation, next would be... her eyes fell on the still open book on her desk. That would be next. But before doing so, she grabbed her phone once more and sent a quick text to her brother. 

[color=#6d00ff][i]Slept till 6:50, happy now? Still woke a little earlier than you wanted, but who says I have to listen to you? XD[/i][/color]

He would see it when he woke up, probably in three or so hours due to their time difference. 

Walking over in socked feet to her desk, she sat down and bent over her book. No, it wasn't fiction. It was yet another of her textbooks. Just because she had a break from classes didn't mean that she would slack off. Absentmindedly twirling a lock of hair with her left hand, she began to read, mouthing the words silently.

Some time later, she became aware of the scents that were wafting into her room through the small crack under her door. She hadn't thought that she was hungry before, but now she definitely thought she was. A muted call soon accompanied the smells, recognized as Amelie's voice. With a soft sigh of satisfaction, she dog-eared the page and closed the book before unlocking her room door and stepping out, making sure to lock it behind her as well.

Then, she headed down the hall towards the kitchen. Standing in the doorway that stood between the hall and kitchen, she looked over to where Amelie stood at the stove. [color=#6d00ff]"Need any help?"[/color]

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