**Part 2: Hunger**
**Laura**
The knock on the door eventually woke Laura up. Really, the knock had become more of a banging. Laura opened her eyes and was struck with how sore her body was; the back of her throat, her arm, and her abs all … ached.
“Holy shit,” she croaked. “I’ve got the flu.”
She tried to sit up, but the room spun around her. She gripped the side of her head and fell back into her comfy bed. Yes, the bed was safe.
The banging on the door continued.
“Laura?” squeaked someone from behind the door. “Are you alive?”
“Barely,” said Laura. Her voice was strained and cracking.
Laura lurched to the side and grabbed her cell phone. It was almost noon. “Holy shit,” she muttered. “The day’s almost over.”
More banging. “Laura? It’s Angelica. Can I come in?”
“Come in,” shouted Laura as loud as she could—apparently ‘as loud as she could’ was something like a smoker cough.
The door turned and Angelica came in, her hair was fairly messy. And was she out of breath? “Good morning, sleepyhead.”