Short Stories

The Coffee Shop

It was a warm sunny day in New York.

On the corner of a not particularly busy road lay a small average coffee shop.

The hum of coffee machines added to the clash of cups, plates and the overall drone of coffee drinker's helped create the peaceful ambiance that worn out tourists were looking for to relax after a long day of sight-seeing.

People lined up to grab a cup of the slightly over-priced coffee they craved as they called to their friends to grab them seats and what they wanted to order, leaning over people in order to keep their friends in their eye- range.

There was nothing unusual about this coffee shop.

Every time someone walked in, the door rang signalling their arrival.

So, as I said nothing unusual about this specific day, it was just the same as every other day.

However things started to change when a young man walked in holding his iPhone above his head directed towards his face and surroundings.

Some people noticed, nudging their friends giggling a little at this strange man.

Others tutted passing him off as another selfie-taker.

However no one guessed what happened next.

The man screamed at the top of his lungs causing the entire coffee shop to go silent.

Having a completely straight face the whole time, he then continues to walk out of the coffee shop and disappears into the crowds.

Some people nervously laugh whilst others are too confused to even speak.

Many get their phones out and text their friends about the strange event that just occurred.

Slowly the hum of the coffee shop returned and people started to forget about the man as new people came and went .

It was only the day after that some people that were in the coffee shop logged onto their vine accounts and one of the top new vines was clearly what the strange man had filmed.

And in the moment those few people realized.

He was doing it for the vine.

THE END