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Shawni can\'t afford to be late for work one more time so she gets an alarm clock so loud she isn\'t the only one it wakes...
Rude Awakening by Rob Fields
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Shawni Jerral never had a problem getting to bed on time. In fact, she was usually in bed by eleven when she had to work the next morning. When she didn\\u2019t have to work, she would stay up late, which meant sleeping in late.
But today wasn\\u2019t one of those days . . .
Shawni smiled softly, no doubt having an exciting dream. But her smile faded when she finally heard her smartphone ringing.
She opened her eyes slowly, sat up, grabbed her phone, and muttered, \\u201cWhoever is calling me better have a good reason for it.\\u201d
\\u201cHello!\\u201d she snapped.
\\u201cShawni, get in here!\\u201d a female voice said quickly on the other end.
\\u201cBev?\\u201d Shawni asked.
\\u201cGet in here!\\u201d Bev repeated. \\u201cYou\\u2019re an hour late for work!\\u201d\\xa0
Shawni gasped. \\u201cAn hour late?\\u201d\\xa0
\\u201cYes!\\u201d Bev confirmed. \\u201cHurry! Get in here! Brent\\u2019s pissed!\\u201d
\\u201cJust a second, Bev,\\u201d Shawni muttered.
Shawni looked down at her clock. It was almost noon. She pressed the Alarm Check button. The display read ten a.m., just the way it should have.
This was the second day in a row her alarm clock had refused to cooperate.\\xa0
\\u201cTell Brent I\\u2019ll be right in\\u201d Shawni muttered.
Shawni walked into the mall\\u2019s bookstore where she worked. When Bev saw her, she quickly motioned for her to come to the checkout counter.
\\u201cBrent wants to see you \\u2013 stat!\\u201d Bev said. \\u201cHe\\u2019s really pissed.\\u201d
\\u201cShawni Jerral!\\u201d a masculine voice called out.
The two girls turned to see a man in his mid-twenties standing near the back room entrance. His eyes seemingly burned right through Shawni.\\xa0
\\u201cHi, Brent,\\u201d Shawni weakly murmured.
He held up a hand to silence her. \\u201cIn my office! Now!\\u201d
Bev gave Shawni a look that wished her luck.\\xa0
After work, Shawni pulled her car up to the closest plaza from her house.\\xa0
She quickly parked the car, got out, Bev in tow, and pulled on the doors of the department store, but found them locked!
\\u201cFuck!\\u201d Shawni turned and leaned against one of the doors. \\u201cThis sucks! I should\\u2019ve been watching the time. Fuck!\\u201d
\\u201cAren\\u2019t there other places nearby that sell clocks?\\u201d Bev asked.\\xa0
\\u201cYeah, but they\\u2019re closed by now,\\u201d Shawni muttered. \\u201cAnd I don\\u2019t want some cheap piece of shit. I need a good clock. And loud!\\u201d
\\u201cYou say you\\u2019re looking for a loud alarm clock?\\u201d a voice called out nearby.
The girls turned to see a man in his late forties standing in the doorway of a store next door. The man had graying hair and looked pleasant enough. But there was something about him that just didn\\u2019t feel right. Shawni couldn\\u2019t say anything to Bev about it right then, but she wasn\\u2019t about to turn down the possibility for getting a working alarm clock \\u2013 tonight.\\xa0
\\u201cYeah,\\u201d Shawni answered. \\u201cI need one that\\u2019ll wake me up and it\\u2019s gotta be loud.\\u201d
\\u201cWhy don\\u2019t you step inside for a little bit?\\u201d the man suggested. \\u201cI think I can help you.\\u201d
As the girls walked toward the store, they looked up and saw the sign above the door: Tinker\\u2019s. The man motioned for them to enter as he held the door open.
The store was filled with what appeared to be many used electronic items.
\\u201cI\\u2019ve never seen this place before,\\u201d Bev said.
\\u201cMe neither,\\u201d Shawni agreed.
\\u201cBecause people don\\u2019t think to look here for things when they need them,\\u201d the man said. \\u201cI have an alarm clock in the back that I think you might be interested in.\\u201d
\\u201cSure,\\u201d Shawni answered.
\\xa0
He turned and walked into the back room. Seconds later, he returned with a small electronic clock.
\\u201cWould you like to examine it?\\u201d Tinker asked.
\\u201cSure,\\u201d Shawni answered.
Tinker handed the alarm clock to her. It appeared to be a standard GE brand electronic alarm clock.\\xa0
\\u201cIf you wish to buy this one, I can make you a really good deal,\\u201d Tinker offered.\\xa0
\\u201cWhat kind of a deal?\\u201d\\xa0
\\u201cI\\u2019ll sell it to you for five dollars.\\u201d
\\u201cI\\u2019ll take it!\\u201d
\\u201cExcellent!\\u201d Tinker motioned to the register to ring up the purchase.\\xa0
Tinker saw the girls to the door. Once they were out and returning to their car, he closed his shop.
At eight o\\u2019clock the next morning, the alarm on her new clock kicked on. The repeated blaring woke Shawni up immediately. She quickly turned and pushed the Alarm Stop button.
Shawni stared at the clock for a moment. Then she took a deep breath and smiled. She got out of bed, grabbed her work clothes, and headed to the bathroom to get ready.
Shawni walked in through the employee entrance to the bookstore with a good fifteen minutes to spare.\\xa0
\\u201cHi, Brent,\\u201d Shawni murmured.
\\u201cWell, look who\\u2019s here!\\u201d he exclaimed. \\u201cLooks like you get to keep your job.\\u201d Then he added jokingly, \\u201cFor at least another day . . ..\\u201d
It seemed Eight o\\u2019clock came almost immediately after she fell asleep that night. Shawni shrieked and suddenly sat bolt upright in bed. She quickly reached over and shut the alarm off. The alarm had all but scared her half to death.\\xa0
After she collected herself, she got out of bed and looked at the clock.
\\u201cYou seem louder today than you were yesterday,\\u201d she said to the clock.
She picked it up and found the Volume Control knob. It was still where she had set it. She turned the volume down slightly and put the clock back down.\\xa0
Thursday morning came. When Shawni\\u2019s alarm went off, it was so loud that she shot right awake . . . and fell out of bed trying to slap the Alarm Stop button.
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When Shawni stepped out of the house, she heard the front door of her neighbor\\u2019s house open. Mr. Sizemore stepped outside and glared at her with the most hateful eyes.
\\u201cYou the one making all that racket this early in the God damn morning?\\u201d he snapped accusingly.
\\u201cWhat racket?\\u201d Shawni answered, confused.
\\u201cWhat racket?\\u201d He pointed sharply up to her bedroom window. \\u201cThat fucking racket you\\u2019ve been making at eight every morning since Tuesday.\\u201d
\\u201cI don\\u2019t know what you\\u2019re talking about, Mr. Sizemore. The only sound that\\u2019s been going off at around that time is my clock. Now, if you\\u2019ll excuse me, I don\\u2019t want to be late for work.\\u201d
Mr. Sizemore pointed sharply at her. \\u201cI shouldn\\u2019t have to hear all that shit every day like that\\u2026 especially this early in the God damn morning.\\u201d He stormed back into his house and slammed the door shut.
Shawni rolled her eyes as she stepped off the porch. \\u201cWhatever . . .\\u201d She got into her car and headed off to work.
The next day\\u2019s alarm was so loud that Shawni screamed from fright. But this time, the alarm wasn\\u2019t sounding off in continuous blares. It was one continuing blare.
She reached over to the clock and pressed the Alarm Stop button. The alarm did not shut off.\\xa0
\\u201cShut up!\\u201d she screamed, pressing the button again. \\u201cShut up!\\u201d
She pressed the Alarm Stop button one more time. Finally, there was silence.
As soon as she walked outside, she was greeted by an unfriendly, familiar voice.
\\u201cI warned you about that fucking racket, young lady,\\u201d Mr. Sizemore snapped.\\xa0
\\u201cBut I didn\\u2019t do it!\\u201d Shawni almost shouted.
Just then her other neighbor, an elderly woman, came out onto her porch and shouted at her, \\u201cListen, you! If I have to put up with that loud racket at this time of the morning one more time, I\\u2019m going to call the police!\\u201d
\\u201cBut it wasn\\u2019t me!\\u201d Shawni protested.
The old woman ignored her and stormed back into her house, slamming the door shut behind her. Shawni then realized that some of the other neighbors were looking over at her house, probably for the same reason. She also realized there was only one thing that could have possibly been making all the noise.\\xa0
Her new alarm clock.
She turned and walked back into the house, walked back upstairs and into her bedroom. She went to the alarm clock and unplugged it from the wall outlet. She needed to return it to Tinker\\u2019s and get a refund.\\xa0
As the girls were shelving the new books that came in, Shawni told Bev about her clock and how her neighbors had complained or stared at her. Bev just looked at her.
\\u201cI\\u2019m not making this up!\\u201d Shawni exclaimed. \\u201cThat new clock is loud enough to wake up the whole neighborhood.\\u201d
\\u201cShawni, I\\u2019ve got a suggestion.\\u201d Bev held up her index finger. \\u201cWhy don\\u2019t you just turn the alarm volume down?\\u201d
\\u201cI did \\u2013 two days in a row.\\u201d Shawni was frustrated. \\u201cBut when the alarm went off this morning, it was so loud I woke up \\u2013 just like that. And both of my next door neighbors gave me hell about it.\\u201d
Bev\\u2019s face then lit up. \\u201cLet\\u2019s take it back to that store and tell Tinker about it\\u2026 but first, I have to hear it!\\u201d
\\u201cOh\\u2026 I don\\u2019t know Bev\\u2026 \\u201c
\\u201cC\\u2019mon\\u2026 bring it over tonight, the girls are coming over, we can annoy them too!\\u201d
\\u201cO-okay\\u2026 \\u201c Shawni said reluctantly.
That night, the girls gathered at Bev\\u2019s house. Bev lived in a large house just outside of town. Her closest neighbors were in the graveyard right across the road.\\xa0
In addition to Shawni, Bev had invited two other close friends to her sleepover. The first was Mary Deekins, a slender, geeky girl who was always game for anything exciting. And then there was Pam Westly, a girl who lived on the mischievous side.\\xa0
\\u201cYour clock really wakes up your neighbors?\\u201d Pam asked Shawni.
\\u201cUh-huh,\\u201d Shawni answered.
\\u201cWell\\u2026 \\u201c Bev motioned at the clock.
Shawni looked at the device, shrugged and set the alarm to go off in a minute\\u2019s time\\u2026 and it did\\u2026 louder than ever before.
\\u201cShawni, your alarm clock really rules!\\u201d Pam cheered.
\\u201cShut up!!\\u201d a voice shouted, seemingly coming from nowhere.
\\u201cCan\\u2019t a guy get any sleep around here?!\\u201d another voice, a raspy one, called out.
\\u201cTurn that blasted thing off!!\\u201d another voice shouted.
The girls started in fright. Mary rose and went to the nearest window.
\\u201cHoly shit!\\u201d Mary screamed.
Shawni saw that Mary was frantically pointing to the graveyard across the street. An'