Tia's P.O.V.
*beep beep beep*
Jesus Christ. I hate my alarm clock.
"TIA! GET UP! IT'S QUARTER AFTER!"
Ugh mom. At least it isn't the weekend when I have to deal with dad waking me up. He left for work at like 3am.
"TIA GET UP!"
Ughhhhh. Why does my mom even wake me up? I'm homeschooled so it's not like I can be late to school.
I roll out of bed, wrapped in my covers. The soft fuzzy carpet underneath my feet makes me drop the blanket. I walk over into my bathroom and look in the mirror. "Just another day of looking like trash." I gesture to my reflection. My bright blonde hair, all tangled up in a mess. My blue eyes are just blue. They are just... blue. My complexion is terrible. I have small acne all over my face. It isn't that bad, but with makeup it's hardly noticeable.
I start brushing out my hair then when it's done I tie it up in a somewhat nice bun. Then I move on to my makeup.
I've finished in the bathroom after that and just throw on some random jeans, bra and hoodie. I don't give a crap about my appearance. Nobody else cares either. Everybody says that I could even make a trash bag work.
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I get in my car and head out to Starbucks. I always do this every morning. Get ready, go out to Starbucks, come back home, and do schoolwork for a few hours, then chill the rest of the day.
I pull into the Starbucks parking lot and get out of my car. Even the air outside smells like coffee. I like it.
I walk inside and see the regulars, at their regular tables too. I never knew their names but they are always here. But, there was this new guy, he was here yesterday but I haven't seen him before till then. He walked in right behind me.
I get in line right behind a teenage girl and the guy walks in line behind me. I order a Venti Carmel Chai Tea Latte. Same as everyday. Sometimes people think my order is weird but, I like it.
The guy looked at me. "Is that good?" He laughed at me. It sounded sexy. I looked close at his face. He looks like he might be like twenty. He is kind of hot. Okay um, really hot. Eh, no, more like a, FUCK ME DADDY OR MY OVARIES WILL BURST INTO A MILLION PIECES! Yeah. That's it.
"Uh-um, y-yeah I think it's good y-yeah." I blush so hard I look like a fucking tomato. He giggled at me and ordered one too.
I walked over and started paying but he interrupted me. "Umm mam? May I pay for her drink please?" The dude gestured to me. Jesus help me. This man is hot and a gentleman?
"Umm sir, you don't have to do that." I blush. The cashier eyes us both.
"Please, call me Grayson. Grayson Dolan. And yes I am paying for your drink." He giggles again.
Th cashier gets kind of irritated. "Who is paying exactly?"
He quickly jumps to answer. "Me! I am." He squeals. I giggle. After he pays he picks up my drink for me. He quickly examines my lable where it has Tia written on it. "So your name is Tia?" He asks while grabbing his drink and sitting down at a both in the corner. He gestures for me to sit with him.
"Y-yeah. My name is Tia Anderson." I can't stop studdering, it's so embarrassing, but he seems to think it's cute because every time I do he starts giggling and blushes.
He licks his lips. Hmmm. That looked really hot. "Well who are you Tia?" He says with a big smile.
I don't really know what to say. "Uh I-I am homeschooled, I do online schooling. I also play on multiple travel sports teams. I am the captain of the Fontana Fury volleyball team. I have had my artwork in the newspaper like what... four times?" I blush and focus back on my drink and have some.
Grayson still hasn't touched his.
He started talking in his low husky tone again. "Well you sound perfect," he takes his hand, reaches across the table and brings the hair that was falling in my face behind my ear. "but that's not how it really is. Is it?"
Finally somebody who understands me.
A/N: Well, this is my new book! 😬 How do you like it so far? 🙏🏼
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