And We'll Go From There(Anastasia College AU)

Coffee

09/14

"It's only been a week. I can manage college, everything is going ok-"

Anya quickly snapped her notebook shut, cutting herself off mid thought. She pressed the notebook down on the table and sighed heavily. She anxiously checked the time, only a minute had passed. Still an hour to her shift and the book store. Then after three hours of that, it would be thirty minutes and then to the bar. Everything like perfect clock work. The way that Anya liked it.

The click of her nails against the journal was calming to Anya, it took her mind off of the tiredness creeping in. Yes! Caffeine! That was why she was there in the little coffee shop squeezed between some expensive clothing store and a comic book shop. Anya stood up and made her way up to the counter.

There were two people behind the counter. A woman with turquoise streaks in her hair and a lip piercing, then a young man with what Anya could only describe as mischievous eyes. The man was standing at the counter so Anya addressed him, she glanced at his name tag before speaking.

"Um, Dmitry?" Dmitry turned his gaze to Anya in silent acknowledgment. Anya proceeded to order the most caffeinated beverage on their menu. Dmitry smirked at her while typing up her order at the register.

"College student?" Dmitry quirked an eyebrow as he looked back up from the register.

"Yes, I go to the university in town. I'm majoring in history." Anya wasn't normally the type to strike up a conversation with a stranger but Dmitry seemed easy to talk to and Anya hadn't had a conversation with anyone her age in several days.

"So you're a bookish girl then." Anya scoffed slightly but nodded.

"I suppose I do spend a lot of time with my nose in a book." Dmitry laughed at this then turned to the girl working with him to relay Anya's order. The girl got busy with preparing the drink. Anya turned back to Dmitry when she realized that there were no other customers waiting to order, "So are you in school?"

Dmitry looked slightly caught off guard, he considered the question for a solid twenty seconds before nodding slowly, "Yeah, the university. Um...I'm a business student." Anya smiled sweetly before taking the drink from the girl offering it to her from across the counter.

"I'll see you tomorrow Dmitry!" Dmitry smiled and gave Anya a small wave as she collected her things and left. She meant it, she would be returning to that place.