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"chris hemsworth is one fine piece of ass."

i just nodded, even though i didn't hear a word she said, continuing to scan my eyes over the screen in search of a good movie to watch on netflix.

this is challenging when you've seen every film it offers worth watching at least a million times.

"we could always ju-" i interrupted jacqlyn before she even finished her sentence, shooting down her idea of watching 'masterminds' for the hundreth time that week.

"i like that movie just as much as you do, and yes i still nearly piss myself laughing from watching it, but if i watch it one more time this week i will definitely rip my head off."

eventually we settled on some random movie that she fell asleep halfway through anyways. i just looked online for the textbooks i needed for next semester, still shocked at how expensive they were.

that's college, i suppose.

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jacqlyn and i made our way downtown, cutting across 3rd st. and briskly entering the infamous coffee shop we visited nearly every morning.

"i love this time of year because christmas and we get off school for a bit, but holy hell its freezing outside." jac's complaints continued on as i ordered my usual. we settled at a booth in the corner of the cafe as i set up my laptop to take advantage of their surprisingly functional free wifi.

"how many books do you need this semester?" i asked jacqlyn.

"i don't even know. my mom said she would look online and order anything i needed, and she said if you needed any money for anything to just let her know." i shook my head.

"tell your mother i love her to death, but she isn't buying me anything. i can manage, but i probably won't be eating anything except boxed mac and cheese for three months."

i would soon be heading into the second semester of my junior year in college, and let me just tell you: life is kicking my ass. i got into college on a scholarship which pays for majority of my tuition and provides housing, but i have to pay for all of my books and other things needed for any of my classes. my parents aren't much help, considering my mom died of heart disease when i was entering middle school and my dad hasn't ever really been around much. my aunt does what she can to take care of me, but if we're being honest, she's not all that well off. she's doing her best though, and i love her for that. luckily, i met jacqlyn when we moved into our dorm together, and her mom is constantly offering to help with whatever she can.

"hey, maybe you should just get a sugar daddy. i bet you could pay for all of your books with a single handjob, babe." jacqlyn shrugged and took a bite of her donut.

"yes, and who would i find around here who first of all, is attractive enough for me to actually be able to put up with, and second of all, has the money for that? most 'sugar daddies' are well over 50 years old, and my age cap would probably be 40." i crumpled up my straw wrapper and threw it at her, watching it deflect off her forehead as she flinched.

"chris hemsworth."

"first of all, i said around here. i don't see chris hemsworth regularly walking the streets of new york." my eyes almost rolled out of my head. "and second of all, what is with you and your obsession over men with accents? they're not that attractive."

"you're entitled to your own opinions, and im entitled to mine, thank you very much." she threw it back at me.

"i'd like a large coffee, extra cream please." a strong, deep british accent rang through the air.

"well hell, speak of the devil." jac turned around to look at the man who was ordering at the register. "i can't see his face. whistle or something, maybe he'll look over here."

"i am not whistling at him. he would probably think i'm a creep. i've gotta finish this article that i was gonna finish last night before you made me watch a movie that you passed out in the middle of." i drank some of my coffee, turning my eyes back to my laptop screen.

"holy shit he's beautiful." her voice was laced with excitement at she patted me on the hand, nearly bouncing out of her shoes. "cal, he turned around. look!"

"keep your pants on, jac."

"callie, you've gotta look at this dude. you and him would look great together, by the way. i like the accent, but he's not really my type, i'm more into-"

"let me guess. chris hemsworth?" my eyes still hadn't left my computer as i continued typing about the complex systems of human anatomy.

"callie, look!" i looked up, right as the man looked over at our booth.

she wasn't wrong. he was an overwhelmingly pretty dude.

he shot a grin in our direction, before grabbing his to-go coffee and making his way out of the doors.

next thing i know, jacqlyn is pushing me out of the booth and urging me to go get his number. "callie, you saw the way he looked at you. go already, you whore." she is always so kind.

i slowly made my way out of the cafe, looking both ways on the sidewalk, trying to find him in the traffic of people. i made my way going left, which seemed like a good start considering i saw him nowhere and had no idea where to find him. he could've been gone by then.

"looking for someone, darling?" that accent nearly scared me as i heard it. i was about halfway down the line of insanely abundant consecutive gift shops and cafes when i noticed him. he was leaned up against a brick wall, sipping his coffee and looking rather fine while he was doing it.

a newfound confidence made its way into my next sentence. "do i need to be?" i stepped closer to him, making my way out of the busy part of the sidewalk.

"well certainly not anymore, considering you've just found me." his words were dripping in sarcasm as he flashed a toothy grin. "what's your name, love?"

"maybe you can find out over coffee sometime," i teased, shrugging my shoulders.

"technically, i believe we were both already having coffee, so why don't i just follow you right back inside and i can figure it out sooner, rather than later." my gaze fell to my feet as i smiled to myself. "i'll take that as a yes. i suppose your friend will just have to deal with us, won't she?"

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this is going up 2 days later than i hoped it would because i'm a FLOP and this chapter sucks anyways, but the next one should definitely be better (and it won't take much)

thank you for reading, i would love if you would vote for this chapter or leave me a comment about what you thought :)

-c