My eyelids stuck together as I tried to open them. Yawning, I rubbed them as I sat up and looked around the room. Sarah was nowhere to be seen, and the entire apartment was pitch black. How long had I been sleeping? I raised my arms above my head and stretched with a groan before stepping out of bed and turning on the lamp. Or, I tried to, but instead of the room being illuminated, I heard only the click of the lamp switch. I tried several more times, but with no luck. Annoyed, I stumbled my way through the room and to the bedroom doorway to flip the ceiling light on… only to have a similar result as before. Was the power out?
"Sarah?" I called out, peeking my head out of the room in search of her or any form of light in the apartment. The only light I could see came from around the door
