Coffee// A.I.

Chapter Six: Two Versions Of Us

I always seem to notice
How different people like
Their coffee.
Some like it sweet,
Some like it black.

You can tell a lot about a person by what coffee they drink...Or at least you can with my friends.

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Vanessa's POV:

It was Friday, which meant hanging out with Evelyn, Jessie, and Matt. I invited Ashton along, because we have been hanging out for almost everyday this week. There were no huge signs of Kat. She kept quiet. But I feared she would soon take over... Again.

My friends knew of all my problems, and I am so lucky and happy that they accept me...

But Ashton doesn't know.

My friends didn't know about my most recent attempt...

But Ashton did.

I just hoped we all didn't get into deep conversation about this stuff.

We were going to the movies, then we were just gonna walk around town. There wasn't much to do here, especially in November.

We went to see this movie called Big Hero 6, and it was really good. Matt bawled his eyes out... Twice. I wasn't too far from crying myself. Evelyn kept asking me if I liked Ashton, because apparently we would be "perfect together". Honestly, I wasn't sure if I really liked him or not.

Jessie on the other hand, was worried about other things. Like the trouble she had gotten into. She didn't trust Ashton, mostly because he might've heard us when we were talking about the police...

Ashton and I sat next to each other, and I couldn't help but noticed him staring at me several times throughout the movie. I'd look at him, and he'd just smile, making me smile back.

Okay... Maybe I did like him. But I couldn't. I couldn't take this poor innocent boy and turn him into something like me. I couldn't get him all caught up in my mess. He'd be happier without me.

-

After the movie, we walked around town, but it eventually got too cold and dark, so we went to get coffee. At the coffee shop.

When we walked inside, I felt a blast of warmth on my cold face, and the familiar scent of sweet coffee. To sit down, we had to put two tables together, because the coffee shop was small and didn't have much room for big tables.

We all sat down and took off our jackets, revealing our cold red cheeks and messy hair. Matt and Ashton were getting along extremely well, and were talking about bands and music and stuff. Matt was in a band as well.

I admitted to Evelyn that I maybe-liked Ashton, and she has been making faces at us all night long. We were talking about some guy we saw walking down the street that looked exactly like Jensen Ackles...

Jessie on the other hand, was sitting at the corner of the table quietly looking in her phone.

"Jess, you okay?" I asked.

She looked up at me, and then Ashton and laughed.

"Am I ever okay Vanessa?"

I smiled. "Nope".

A tall blonde boy came to take our orders, and Ashton greeted him.

"Hey Luke!"

"Heyyy. What can I get for you guys?"

"I'll have a black coffee", Jessie said.

Luke began writing the orders.

"Iced coffee please, even though it's like -2 degrees outside", Matt joked.