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To snooze or not to snooze?<br />

From beneath the covers I hear my room door burst open and<br />

smack against the wall.<br />

“Turn that awful thing off!” Stella shouts.<br />

Flopping a corner of the comforter back, I force one eye open<br />

and squint at her. I don’t say anything at first—partly because I’m<br />

surprised that she could hear my alarm all the way down in the<br />

slimy dungeon I’ve pictured her sleeping in and partly because I’m<br />

trying not to laugh. She looks like a pint of mint chocolate chip<br />

exploded on her face.<br />

“Did you fall asleep in a bowl of pistachio pudding?”<br />

She scowls and jabs her finger at the still-blaring clock.<br />

Nothing happens.<br />

“Aargh!”<br />

I smile. Maybe I can get Stella grounded for the entire year—at<br />

least then I’d be safe.<br />

If her face weren’t covered in green I know she would be turning<br />

red.<br />

When she stomps in my direction, I fling my arm out and smack<br />

the top of the clock. I don’t want her getting any of the green goop<br />

on my fluffy white comforter. “Forget it,” I say, sitting up and swinging<br />

my legs out of bed. “I’m getting up anyway.”<br />

For a moment she looks like she wants to continue her attack,<br />

but then turns and stomps back to her room.<br />

<strong>My</strong> brain is waking up—no turning back now.<br />

I grab a pair of track pants, a T-shirt, and a pair of white socks<br />

out of the dresser, pull them on in a matter of seconds, splash some<br />

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