Chapter 5“Claire? Claire please wake up!” the insistent voice called.
Claire opened her eyes to find Beth looking down on her with an expression approaching panic. The little brunette was shaking her violently.
“What the…?”
“Thank god you’re awake! Are you all right?”
Claire looked around and realized she was lying on the floor in the kitchen of her apartment. She sat up slowly, tuning out the frantic questions Beth was asking.
“How did I get here?” she asked at last.
“I don’t know. Professor Roberts stopped me in the cafeteria and asked if you were all right. He said you got up in the middle of his lecture this morning and walked out of class in some kind of trance. I was worried sick,”
“I am all right,” Claire said getting shakily to her feet.
“Are you sure?”
“Yes, I just need t
