Passion (H.S)

Chapter 1

Elizabeth's p.o.v
I woke up to the sound of cars driving and birds chirping outside. I stretched my legs and ruffled my hands through my hair as I yawned. I laid in my bed for a minute letting my eyes adjust to the lighting streaming through my curtains, as I looked at my clock on the bedside table I realised I had better start getting dressed and ready for work.

I worked in a cafe near by called 'Tina's'. My shift started at 9 and ended at 9:30pm. I have to say I was pretty lucky because I didn't have to get up at 6 or 7 but the nightmares keep me up at night so I miss two hours of sleep anyway. It's always the same nightmare too so when I go to sleep I know what coming, so I set myself a glass of water and sleeping tablets in the kitchen every night so try to get as much sleep as possible.

I turned the handle of the shower on and let the water run of a minute so it gets to the right temperature for my body, I get in the shower and wash my hair with my vanilla shampoo and conditioner, I then shave my legs and wash my body with my strawberry body wash. Once I'm done in the shower I walked over the the sink, wiped the mirror and grabbed my toothbrush.

"Eww" I groaned at my reflection. I had bags under my eyes and my skin looked pale and ugly, the only two things I liked about my self was my dark blue crystal eyes and my hair. My hair went down my back and ended a few inches after where your bra strap would be. When I was 19 I got dyed highlights which were a dark red and and went really nice with my mousey brown hair.

I brushed my teeth and walked back into my bedroom, I decided to wear my grey washed out jeans with a dark blue clingy long sleeve blouse and my dark blue converse. I sat down at my desk and applied some make up to my face, i swiped on a bit of mascara then foundation just to cover up the bags under my eyes and then put on my lip gloss and eyeliner.

I took out my special bracelet that my parents got me when I was 8, the bracelet was silver with little diamond charms attached to it. They got me 1 charm for every birthday I had until after my 19th. I'm missing three charms to complete my bracelet but I feel like if I get them for myself then I've broken the little tradition they had, I'd rather Have them given to me.

I know that sounds as if I was spoiled bitch but I'm not I promise! I just like that excitement you get before opening the box to see which charm it is! I'm weird I know.

But anyway I walked in too my kitchen grabbed my bag and my coat and walked out the door of my apartment. I walked into the elevator and pressed the ground floor button. The elevation dinged and I walked towards the glass doors.

I pushed the door open and the cold air hit my body sending chills down my spine, typical winter London weather... I walked over to my car which was a black and white mini and got in my car, I slid the keys in ignition and turned up the heat. Once my car was warmed up and running I switched on my favourite radio station capital and drove to Tina's cafe.

I pulled up into the car park and took my usual space near the entrance. I got out my car and locked it, I pulled on the handle of my car to check that it was locked and then made my way inside. The smell of coffee and sweet cake filled my nose as I walked though the door. To be honest I don't even drink coffee or tea, I don't like it but I just love the idea of working in a small cozy cafe with nice customers and colleges. Like I said, yeah I'm weird.

"Hello Lizzie. How are you today?" Tina said as I went to put on my apron.

"I'm good, thanks. How are you Tina?" I replied

"I'm absolutely wonderful " She said cheerfully.

"Why are you so happy today, boss?" I joked "Your usually usually in your office too."

"Well I just found out yesterday that I'm...I'm pregnant!" She said with a little jump.

"Oh my god! Congratulations Tina!" I ran over and hugged her, "You'll make a wonderful mother." We pulled apart and grinned at each other before she said,

"Well I must get on with work now! So much to do!"

She began to walk into the back room which lead to her office.

"Take it easy Tina. Don't over work yourself!" I called out.

"Oh don't worry dear! I can handle it!" She called back. I quietly let out a laugh and began to serve the customers that had come in.

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I had about half an hour before my shift ended, I was getting pretty tired. There were a lot of customers today and it's only a Wednesday. Usually it's Monday when it gets really busy like it did today. At the moment there were for customers here, a couple in the corner and the other to people here sitting in different booths. My day dreaming was interrupted when I heard the bell ring signalling that someone has come in.

When I look over to see who it was I was surprised to see a every attractive man walk in and sit in front of the bar on a stool. He had a mop of curls on top of his head with a bandanna holding all the hair out his face but a few lock of curls had slipped out sitting on his forehead.

The next feature I noticed was his piercing emerald green eyes hiding under his long eye lashes, they were beautiful...like really beautiful! If you stared at them long enough you'd probably get lost in them. But what I did see in his eyes was sorrow and sadness, but it's non of my business so I shouldn't care.

"Um hey," his eyes scanned over the menu above my head "Can I just get a plain coffee?"

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This is my first fan fiction thing...so sorry if I'm crap at writing.
And if you do read this then thanks It means a lot :)
Let me know if I've made mistakes.

~C