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Coffee shop au

A/N I don't know much about coffee because I don't drink it very often and also it's slightly different in America so I tried my best going off research.

I wipe down the counter with a sigh, this was not what I planned to be doing after college but the acting career was a hard career and I hadn't landed any jobs in months, so in order to keep afloat I had taken up a job as a barista in a small coffee shop close to my old campus. It wasn't very big and the only customers we would get would be college students on their way to and from classes, we did have a few regular customers that didn't go to college though.

Today was the first day back for the college students so we were going to have a very long day compared to previous days where we only got about max ten customers. Because of this my boss had me and my work colleague/ roommate Jaime in at 5am. We were both very tired and bored, no people were in the shop so we had been wiping tables and sitting around almost falling asleep.

I sit there at the register my elbow on the counter and my head in my hand, the jingle of the bell signifying the shops door being open snaps me up and I stand up "hi what can I get you" I say as brightly as I can looking up into his eyes, he had to be at least a head taller than me. "Could I get a medium latte with a double shot of espresso please" he asks sounding quite rushed, I nod punching in the order onto the machine "is that all?" I ask and he replies with a "yes," "alright that will be four fifty" I say and he hands over the cash, in his rush a few coins fall down but he walks away to the other side of the counter where a few minutes later Jaime hands him his drink, he takes it and leaves in as much as a hurry as he came in with, not even saying a thank you.

I roll my eyes "well he was rude" I say over to Jaime who nods "yes he was." After he had left a few minutes later a trickle of college students had entered and madness erupted as order after order was placed and Jaime and I drowned in the workload.

Hours later we sat around doing nothing as the store only had about 3 customers who sat around working occasionally ordering a refill. The door opened again and I looked up to see another customer entering, I take his order, he pays then moves over to the pick up area, behind him in line walks up the same customer from earlier, "oh you again, what do you want?" I ask trying to put on my best server voice but it comes out more of scowl. "Look I'm sorry about earlier, I was in a rush and I'm sorry I was in a mood" he stammers out, I look up at him and notice the cute stubble on his crooked chin, wait cute did I just think he was cute, I suddenly realise I was staring and blush, "so what do you want?" I stammer out looking down at the counter avoiding his eyes that I could feel on me.

"What's your coffee order?" He asks and I look up at him confused, "medium flat white with almond milk, why?" I ask not quite sure why I told him in the first place it was kind of odd of him to ask that, "I'll get one of those and a medium latte with a double shot of espresso please" he says and I'm even more confused, I look up at him confused "I'm going to buy you a coffee, it doesn't completely make up for me being a dick but if you like you can come join me-" he asks trailing off, I blush "sure, I get off in a few minutes anyway" I don't know why I say that but something inside me tells me I will regret it if I don't go with him. "Ok that will be nine fifty" I say and he hands over the cash way more gently this time, as I put the cash in the register he places a note in the tip jar "thanks" I say noticing him do it he nods and the corners of his mouth turns up to a smile, he begins to walk over to the pick up counter but I stop him "go find somewhere to sit and I'll bring them over" I say smiling to him, he nods and walks away, I turn around to see Jaime smiling "well look at this, somebody's crushing" she says teasingly I smack her arm "he's just making up for earlier, nothing else" I say unconvincingly, "sure" she says smiling "why did you agree then, you didn't have to" she adds, I shrug "I don't know I just did."

She smiles "well go get ready, I'll get your coffees," I smile and run into the back room, I take off my apron and smooth back my hair slightly. I walk back out and pick up the cups sitting on the counter "thanks Jaime" I call out, "have fun" she calls back and though my back is turned from her I can tell she's smirking and watching on intrigued, I walk over to a small table where Joey sits looking out the window, he turns his head to me as I place the cups down on the table and I take the seat opposite him, "thanks" he says and I nod taking a sip of my drink, "sorry again about earlier" he says placing his drink down, I do the same "it's okay I understand, where were you going anyway?" I ask, "I had swimming, first day back and I'm late, typical" he says laughing slightly to himself.

"So you go to U of M?" I ask and he nods "sophomore" I nod also "I just graduated" I say. "What did you major in?" He asks, I sigh "theatre, you can see how that's going" I say sadly. "No way, I'm doing theatre" he says and I look up at him and smile, I don't know why but something about him makes me smile, "I'm Joey by the way" he says breaking me out of my trance, "Lauren" I say smiling.