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// Shift It. 
// Story: CYOA: The Athlete 
// by Forward Slash 
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As you reluctantly shuffle atop your warm, heavenly mattress, a less-than-catchy melody flows into your ears, signalling the start of another mind-numbingly dull Monday morning. Mondays were never your thing and this is why. Having to pry yourself from the weekend of relaxation is a cruel bucket of cold water splashed on your otherwise comfortable and lazy self

Peering up at your phone, you attempt to silence its desperate wake-up call by blindly dragging your thumb along the screen, but in doing this, you knock it off of your bedside table, and it falls to the ground with a thump. The tune persists, filling the room with unwelcome noise.

With a groan, you hoist yourself up from the soft haven of your pillow to retrieve the device and silence it for good.

As you rub your eyes to banish the blurriness of sleep, your familiar bedroom comes into view, much like many other mornings before this.

Onwards.