Winters Pansies

Chapter Three- Cafe

Chapter three- Cafe
    When we walked into the cafe it wasn't that busy yet I bet this place though during the school year would get super busy. Classes don’t start for a few days so not everyone is on campus yet. Ally and I get some coffee and breakfast sandwiches. I got a hot mocha. It's a fancy hot chocolate. Ally gets some outrageous fancy; cutesy drink that looks gross but seems to be enjoying it. We found a seat in the back near a window. Outside there’s a pretty fountain. I pull out my sketchbook to draw the shape of it; I'll properly paint it when I get home but it doesn't hurt to stretch out the wrist.
    “Why did you get such a fancy drink? Do you know if it tastes good?” I say while sipping on mine, Ally didn't talk much since we sat down so I felt like I needed to say something to break the silence.
    “Oh well I have a specific drink I usually get at home but they didn’t have anything like that here so I wanted to try something new. If I'm being honest this one is meh I think next time we come I'll try the mint mocha they had.”
    Ally on the outside seemed nice and excited but her vibe was saying something else underneath. I'm not sure what but it seems sad. After around an hour of drawing, talking, and eating we saw a group of people enter the cafe. The only reason we noticed them was that they were super loud and before that the cafe was more of murmurs. The last guy to come into the cafe was this tallish guy. Pause here's the thing I'm 5’9, and Ally is 5’3 ok back to the guy. I mean he looks kinda like a bad boy with a scar on his lower lip. Though he seemed like he was a part of that group but was more to the side not interacting with the group.
    “Ohhhh that girl is cute” Ally says It takes me out from staring at the guy.
    “O-oh really”
    “Yes really gosh who were you looking at hmm”
    “N-no one doesn’t matter”
    “Mkay babes, we should start heading back tomorrow we have freshman orientation week where they let us look around and stuff. I want to be fresh for it.”
I pick up all my stuff and so does Ally when we start to head out back to the dorms. I realized I left my special ring. I took it off when I was painting and got distracted by that guy. I told Ally she should walk back, that I'll be fine. When I walked into the cafe I realized that the guy I was staring at, sat at the table we were at. Which meant I’d have to talk to him which I hated, I was already drained by hanging out with someone new the whole day.
    I took a breath and used the techniques my mom gave me. they work 50 percent of the time. When I got near him I realized he had the ring in his hands looking at the emblem. Shit. shit. I tapped on his shoulder then said
“H-hey um I need that ring”
Dammit why am I stuttering so annoying.
“Hmm oh hello is this your ring or something”
He looked at me, dancing up close. He's hotter than far away.
“Yes”
    Come on, Ender use more words than that.
    “It’s a pretty cool ring this emblem is from an old book series right The holy stars was pretty good sucks that the dude who made it died”
    “Yepppp can I have it back”
    “Please” I add gosh my social skills have gone out of the window though they weren't there in the first place.
    “Yeah sure sorry it’s a really cool piece that looks nice. Have a good day”
After he said that he put out his hand for me to grab the ring his hand was warm, and so was the ring. I didn’t say anything else, I just rushed out of there trying to freak out. What if he didn't give the ring back would I have to prove it was mine. What if he didn’t care and was a super fan. He probably thinks I was acting so weird.
When I get out of my thoughts I realize I got myself lost. Crap of course just my luck god why did I leave home I could have stayed home and gone to school at home with mom. I felt something wet on my face, I looked up to see if it was raining and it wasn't hot outside. I’m crying on my first official day of being on campus. I went to sit down on a bench trying to calm myself down the best I could, this whole time I hadn't put my ring back on so I put it on and started fidgeting with it waiting to calm down. Afterward, I pulled my phone out. Gosh It’s been almost 45 mins since I was with Ally. She must be worried.
When I get back to the dorm it’s not my home yet probably won't be. I'll most likely drop out and go back home. Ally isn't in the dorm. She sent a text saying a fellow classmate she knew from home asked her if she wanted to hang out. I was ok with the alone time I was exhausted from the day my makeup was ruined and I looked like crap. I got into my pj’s and just laid in bed thinking about mom and how she’s probably alone and sad like me. God, why did I leave, I thought before passing out.