[Highest Ranking #4 in short story] Valerie was just cleaning up after her usual shift. Soon, she would go home and relax. Tyler had an emergency. He had to get chocolate pastries for his little sister if he wanted to escape her wrath. But he had again forgotten about it. And so he came inside the café, even after the sign read "CLOSED". ******** Copyright © 2016 All rights reserved. Images and gifs belong to Internet. Edits made by friend. Thanks to dorky_work for the cover :)

❝I’ll tell you about my demons and you tell me about yours. Maybe they’ll get along well enough to fall in love and leave us alone.❞

Meet Julia: small town girl, always content with her friends and family, and never had much luck in the love department. But, when Julia meets Alex at a small cafe, she automatically wants to know more about the mysterious, musical, and beautiful boy. Will fate bring Julia and Alex together? Or will it let them go their separate ways?

"I hate coffee." I tell him. "Hate is such a strong word." he claims. I roll my eyes. "Fine. I have a strong dislike for coffee. Better?" "Still bad but yes." he answered. "I tasted it before and I don't like the taste." I explained as I looked in my cup. "Maybe that's because you haven't tasted it like this." he said. "Like wha-" I didn't get to finish my sentence because suddenly his lips were on mine.

Books and coffee. Two things that can never go wrong in a girls life. But it all goes spiralling when she finds herself an unwanted distraction.

Krysta Blackwell has been going through a rough patch after losing her parents in a car accident and she has to live with her older brother. Her brother is very strict about Krysta's life like the people she hangs out with and her education. But when Krysta meets this special guy at her ordinary coffee shop, she tries to expect the unexpected. cover by: @dimplesncheeks

❝And I don't want the world to see me 'Cause I don't think that they'd understand When everything's made to be broken I just want you to know who I am.❞ { 2 0 1 4 © josie nicholson short story. all rights reserved. } edited by the great @iprobablyateit! myself and my readers can never thank you enough.

Two people. Two cups of coffee. Two lives suddenly intertwined. 2014 © All Rights Reserved [Short Story #550, 7.23.14]

[✓] Can a boy really consist of so much coffee, that you fall in love with him. Mocha believes so, she is just not sure if he is returning the favor. Ranked #137 in Poetry & #239 in Short Story