Can't Wake Up

I am aware that my roommate has woken up and is moving around. This seems normal from somewhere within my sleep-consciousness. As I drift deeper and see images moving I hear more noises. I start to become concerned that it is not him and that there might be a genuine danger in my house.

I try to open my eyes. They won't open. I try again.

I open my eyes, get up, and go into the hallway. No one is there. But there is also no furniture or art on the wall. This is not right. I didn't wake-up, I'm still dreaming and somewhere I still hear the noise.

Everything is black again. Again, I try to force open my eyelids but everything remains dark. I see myself suddenly in my room at my dresser. Unconcerned or unconscious of anything before. I don't know why I'm looking in my dresser drawer. This isn't right. Something...I was trying to wake up!

Back to black. Still the noise - somewhere far away. Again, I try to open my eyes and they wont come open, or they will flash open briefly but I am not "in" my room or "in" myself and I know it. I start to actually panic. I can hear my heart start to beat faster.

I wake up suddenly, without knowing 'how' I finally managed it, to the sound of John locking the front door on his way out.