Sound Sleepers - Nothing wakes them
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750 Word Project 2025
story. There are 750 words below this line. ++++++
Cindy lay in bed lonely without her new husband Kurt. They'd been married for two months. His company sent him on a business trip; she wanted him next to her. Once she was asleep, it would be OK. She took "sleeping soundly" to the extreme. In college, nothing woke her. Her roommates always pushed her to see just how soundly she slept. They would write things on her, put shaving cream on her boobs, and dress her in funny clothes, to see if she would stay asleep. Her roommates protected her and kept guys away when she slept. Loud sharp noises were the only thing that roused her. She slept with earbuds that played loud music instead of an ear-piercing alarm so that she wouldn't scare the crap out of others in her room and next door.
Kurt was the same way. In college, he could sleep through anything, even fraternity parties. His brothers played pranks on him. One morning he woke up in a dress, makeup, a wig, and women's underwear courtesy of his fraternity brothers. His brothers would send pledges in to wake him up and some screamed he was dead, and they blamed the pledges for his death.
The only thing that woke him was bright lights and he wore a sleep mask that kept the light out but had a bright flashing light inside he used as an alarm.