“Mr. Patrick.”

“_Yes_, Kristy?”

“My mommy says that babies come from storks, but yesterday I saw a baby come from my mommy’s stomach. So I wanna know how the storks put the baby in my mommy.”

I’m busy taking the crayons from Billy so he’ll stop eating them, so it takes me a moment to answer her. Everyone—all the kindergarteners in my class, there are fifteen of them—is sitting at their tables, ...

I open my eyes and see a wall. A wall? Oh no. The wall! Mattress beneath me, wall in front of me, headboard above me. I’m on the wrong side of the bed! This is not good!

Usually saying you woke up on the wrong side of the bed is just a figure of speech. For my family: it means you literally have woke up on the wrong side of the bed and had a bad day.

Today was going to be rough....

August awoke in a fury, his sweat dripping down his nose, into the surface above him. A faint hum played in the background. The area was dimly lit and he could distinguish dark planks above. But something seemed eerily off about them.

As his mind began to clear, he felt the tight pull of something wrapped around his chest. As he attempted to reach the object, he realized his hands were al...

I woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. But I’ve been doing that every morning since you passed. The bed is too big now and I feel swallowed by it every night. Pulled into the depths of the sheets and comforter melting into darkness.

I make the bed just the way you liked it, with all 7 pillows placed precisely at the head of the bed. At the opposite end I fold the extra blanket lon...

The problem of a bad mood when you have superpowers is the tendency for things to go very wrong, very quickly.

And Nigella wasn't even a bad person. In fact, she counted herself among the few decent souls in the city. Except for a small number - not even enough to be called a handful - of days when she woke up on the wrong side of the bed.

Like today, for instance.

It was the noise that woke...

“Oh, aren’t you grouchy today! Wake up on the wrong side of the bed?”

“Wrong side? I didn’t even wake up in the bed! I was studying all night! The last time I remember, it was 4:37 AM. I fell asleep, on the floor, in a puddle of my own drool, surrounded by notes! My laptop had died in the night and I woke up 15 minutes late… Yes! I am grouchy! I’ve got a sore hip and a crick in my neck! There’s n...

I was writing a whole story, but my sister closed my tab. I don’t really feel like continuing it at the moment, but I will probably edit this tomorrow and write it....

He had been in a deep sleep. However, he was jolted awake by the sounds of the local oldies radio station. He opened his eyes and realized he wasn’t facing his clock radio as he usually was. He frowned, then yawned.

Larry rolled over to face the offending alarm clock. He glared at it, hazel eyes narrowing to slits. He sat up, leaving the radio playing. He ran a hand through his curls, then scrat...

I had the feeling that the day wouldn’t be a good one the moment I spilled my hot coffee over my lap as I was reading the newspaper. I’m not the clumsy type, up until today I have no idea how that cup slipped from my hand and burned my thighs. As I cleaned myself with a bunch of napkins, I realised I wouldn’t have the chance to go home and change before lunch time. So I spent the whole morning wit...

It’s a cool morning and I haven’t slept well at all. Without opening my eyes I roll to you but I’m met with a *thud* I groan “ouch” I pout I look around how did I fall off of the bed? I ask myself. I get up and I look around I see a blue post-it note on your bedside table. “Good morning my love don’t be mad, I didn’t want to wake you but I was called into work early. I love you you x” I smile at t...