"An iced coffee with six pumps of creamer, seven sugars and a shot of vanilla please," Adriana says sweetly to the girl behind the counter. The girl smiles and nods as she takes down her order and looks at Phil for his order.
"Oh just...I guess the same as her. Minus the vanilla- thanks," the girl nods and glances over at Adri before blushing and turning around to make their drinks.
The two walk to the other end of the counter and he nudges her lightly, "shes s o hitting on you," Adriana turns bright red as she glances up to the punk beside her then at the pretty girl behind the counter.
"S-she was?" She plays with her fingers as the girl behind the counter glances up at her again then quickly looks down when they make eye contact.
"Definitely, you should get her number," Phil says pulling out his phone and pressing decline to the spam call that is on screen. He slips it back into his pocket before noticing Adri's hands shaking slightly.
"You okay?"
The girl nods and blushes darker, "yeah...she's just really cute.."
Phil smiles and looks up to see the girl turning to bring them their coffees. Adriana stiffens beside him and he chuckles lightly before stepping up to take their cups from the girl.
When he touches the cup he nods at her and motions for Adri to come closer, she steps up and smiles at the girl with a red face.
Phil smiles, "hey uh...what time does your shift end today? Asking for a friend...." the shifted his eyes at the now ruby faced girl beside him.
The girl smiles and bites the inside of her cheek, "uh...in about...thirty minutes actually."
Phil nudges Adriana and the girl snaps out of the trance she was in- just by staring at the girl in front of her, "oh uh...do you want to y'know..maybe like..grab a cup? Of coffee? Or it doesnt have to be coffee I mean tea is good too, I just said coffee be cause that's what people say in romance movies...I don't do this often I jus-"
"Oh my god please answer the girl before she has a heart attack," Phil laughs out loud and the girl behind the counter smiles bigger.
"Y-yeah sure...uh...can you guys like..stick around maybe?"
Adriana nods quickly before smiling and turning to go to a table in the corner of the shop.
When Phil walks over she glares at him from her side of the table,"...what?"
"You can't just ask people out on dates for me, what!!" She whispers and he laughs- gaining the attention of the cute girl.
"I helped you! You wouldnt have dont it!" Phil said, without trying to lower his voice- he sips his coffee and smiles, "hey she makes great coffee....it could be nice to wake up to...." he smirks suggestively making Adri put her head in her hands.
"Stooooooop phillllll," she groans, making him want to keep teasing her.
"Imagine waking up to that, shes gorgeous. If I wasnt gay and like..10 years too old for her I'd date her."
"Ew stoP!! I dont want to think of us dating the same person ewwie," she rubs her face and he laughs.
"You have ten more minutes til you meet your soulmate, are you nervous?" He chuckles, drinking his coffee again.
"Ugh stop! I'm scared, shes so pretty and I'm not and I'm worried she wont like me an-," she starts rambling and Phil sets his drink down.
"Wait what?! Not pretty? Adri, you're beautiful. Dont think that you're not," he says pulling her hands away from her face.
She gives him a small smile and she nods, before finally sipping her coffee, "holy shit this is good enough to wake up to."
Which sends Phil into a laughing fit, he can't remember the last time he was actually happy without any source of alcohol affecting his mood.
Their conversation continues for a bit until the girl walks up slowly and coughs lightly, "uhm...sorry..uh. Hi," she smiles down at Adri and Adri returns the smile.
"Hey! We never introduced ourselves, I'm Adriana- you can call me Adri if you want though. Everyone else does," she pushes her hand out into the open air in front of both them, and her hand was filled with the girls smaller hands.
"I'm Chelsea...you can call me Chelsea until you figure something else out," Chelsea smiles.
Phil stands up, "well uh I'll let you guys hang out for a bit. I'm gonna go to a shop down the street, I'll pick you up when I'm done?"
Adri nods and Chelsea replaces Phil, so shes sitting in fron of the younger Howell.
Phil walks out of the shop and makes his way down the street, on foot, and swirls his coffee around. He finds himself in front of the funeral home he was supossed to be at in five minutes. He sighs and pulls the doors open to be greeted with a skinny old man whos skin looked more gray than anything.
"Uh hi, I'm meeting a Mr. Carter for my...mother," Phil said sipping his coffe nonchalantly.
"That's me, let's walk. Are you looking more for a coffin or are you wanting her cremated?" Mr. Carter says, with a deep raspy voice.
"Whichever is faster."
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After a couple hours of planning a funeral, that Phil couldn't care less about, he walks out and heads back to the coffee shop he left Adri at earlier.
He opened the door to see a smiling Adri and Chelsea's hand laying on top of hers. He smiles and walks over to the girls, stopping beside their table, "hey guys, you ready Adri?"
The smaller Howell nodded and looked over at Chelsea, "so uh. I'll text you later?"
Chelsea smiles and nods, while biting her lip, "yeah for sure...see you later cutie." She stands up and winks before going to the back of the shop.
Adriana turns to watch her leave and once shes out of sight she jumps up and wraps her arms around Phil's neck, "holy shit Phil shes amazing ahhHhhh," she squeals into his neck and he chuckles.
"Alright alright, let's go home yeah?"
Adriana nods, "yeah! Uh...do you want to come in this time? Dan's probably asleep right now."
Phil's heart skips and nods, "uh yeah sure. Why not? Let's go,Adri "
She nods and walks in front of him out of the shop and to his car. Phil cant help but slow his walk, even though he believes Adri when she says that Dan's passed out. Hes just worried. Is this going to mess him up again?
This is the first day in months...no years. That he's been sober. And he can't help but feel like this is him just walking back into his own personal hell, but...its Adriana. And he cant say no to her, who can?
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I sure as hell cant say no to Adri lmao
SO! It's been a while lmao, how do you guys feel about this? Let me knoooow!!!!
Stay safe guys
🖤- kam
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FanfictionPhil Lester has been a mess since he left his home town, his star quarterback days are long gone- leading him to find some sort of peace at the bottom of a bottle. But when his mother dies, he finds himself back where he grew up- wanting to be his o...
