coffee; a novel

two

It's now February, ah yes of course the month of love, part of me part of me has always despised the thought of Valentine's Day, I mean if this person is so special to you why only have one day to show it? Surely if I had that special someone I would make sure that they felt special every damn day. Although something I constantly wonder during february is what happens to the kids born on the 29th? But anyways, it was 7:36am and I looked outside and what I saw really took me by surprise as the grass was lightly covered in white, it was snow! I thought to myself. I used to be able to see snow every late winter at least a few inches deep but then after moving halfway across the world to Oregon where it usually only ever rains, let alone snow. I couldn't remember he last time I even had the chance to
make a snow angel.

I rushed and put on my faded denim blue jeans and my black, baggy hoodie and ran downstairs. I don't live with my parents as of a few months ago I reached my 18th birthday; of course what is the first thing they do? instantly take their first opportunity to kick me out of the house and help me pay rent until I'm 'on my feet' which is almost impossible to do when I'm still in my last months of high school. I swear if it was legal for my parents to kick me out any younger, they would've done it already. Not the fact I was ever a bad kid, just the fact they were always so stressed out due to both their jobs and working late so I basically raised myself to some extent, but hey I didn't turn out that bad.

I run through my kitchen to get to my shoe closet and slip on my favorite pair of beige uggs, usually I'm not this excited for something like snow but since I now live alone I can act like a total child without being judged. I unlocked my back door and I hopped outside into my snowy backyard and almost completely fell into the thousands of snowflakes laying on the ground. I almost didn't realize how deep it actually was until my dog Ambrotious was basically just a floating head in the snow. Knowing my dog, he would be a puppy-popsicle in no time. I sat up and removed him from the snow, unzipped my jacket and slipped him in there.

Walking back into my house I clicked on the screen of my phone to see what time it was:
8:04am it read, if today wasn't a Saturday nor was I not going to school for a month due to the snow, I'd already be late for school. I then grabbed out some of ambrotious's dog food and fed him for the morning then put him on a leash and we both headed out the front door to walk to my favorite coffee shop.

The walk was never really long as I lived in a small town, not too far from Portland. I had my headphones on whilst listening to Vampire Werkend as currently seemed to be my current favorite band, the song that was playing was 'One (Blake's Got A New Face)' which I found really catchy.

The coffee shop, was called La Vie En Rose since my best friend Crystal owns it and she knew that La Vie En Rose was one of my favorite love songs. It means 'Life In Pink' if I hadn't mentioned that before.

Finally I pushed open the door to the café and I always loved hearing the sweet little chime of the bell ringing as I walked in. The interior of the café was so comforting, the tables were polished dark wood and the walls were made of the washed out red bricks ever so neatly stacked upon one another. It wasn't really a place you would call 'fancy' as it never intended to be some huge coffee brand like Starbucks or whatever. I just adored the atmosphere and I'm pretty sure everyone else did too.
"Hey Vi! you're a bit early today." Crystal greeted me as I reached over the counter to give her a hug.
"Yeah I know but I woke up since it was so fr exist outside, I felt like I needed something to warm me up." I replied whilst trying to stop myself from shivering.
"So do you want your usual I'm guessing? and don't worry I still have treats for Ambrotious in the back." She yelled as she headed towards the back door where she kept the majority of her supplies. I had only just realized how busy it was this morning as there was about 15-20 people sipping away at their coffee, usually there's only around 5-10 people in here so this was sort of surprising.