Brennan awoke slowly to the sound of her doorbell ringing. With any luck, they would stop and just go away. Who comes to someone's house at 6:00 AM? She was NOT answering the door, not today of all days. She put her pillow over her ears and fell back to sleep.
Now, who could be knocking at her door? Couldn't they get the hint? It took a second to realize that she was lucky; the knocking had stopped, and whoever it was had gone away. After looking at the alarm clock…ugh 8:00 A.M….she rolled over and went back to sleep.
A couple of hours later, she woke up, and turned to look at the clock again. Only 10:30? She'd been hoping she'd slept at least past noon. Why could she never find time in the day when she needed it, but on this day, the hours were just creeping by?
By this time she realized she wasn't going to get anymore sleep, and went to the kitchen to make some breakfast. She was surprised to see her answering machine light beeping.
"Hey, sweetie…Happy Birthday. Look. I know you want to hide away today, but do me a favor and at least look outside your door, okay? This is the last time I'll call you today, I promise. Okay, Bren…call me if you need anything."
Angela was a good friend, but it still took Brennan another 30 minutes to go look outside her door. What she saw surprised her.
A card, a cup of coffee, and a daffodil.