He blinked a few times, thinking at first that he was dreaming, but he sat up and the voices didn't go away.  It took him a moment to realize that the voices weren't driving him mad.<em>What's going on?  What do I do?  I can't tell my parents, what would I say?  "Hi mom, hi dad, I'm hearing thousands of voices but I'm fine."?</em>He rubbed his eyes and shook his head, trying to clear the last vestiges of sleep.