Facing Reality

It was a little before dawn when Tippa’s eyes popped open! Her heart froze when, through clearly open eyes, she saw a man sleeping next to her bed! Tippa found the strength, out of sheer shock, to yell from a sore throat of inactivity.

"Who are you? What are you doing in my house!?" She began to scream, though painful, at the top of her lungs!

"Burglar! Intruder! Help me! Someone help me!" Tippa yells vigorously.

Surely, Ross woke up to the hysterics of her screaming. He quickly hopped up from the chair where he had slept with his mask on his face, which he had practiced wearing every night since the beginning of the pandemic. Ross's heart was racing and filled with fear. He looked over at her with his mind in a hazy fog as he became fully awake, realizing she was no longer unconscious.

Tippa's upper half of her body shot up in a sitting position instantly. Adrenaline flooded her very being as she was filled with fear. Unable to recall what had happened to her previous nights. Her c