Coffee & Cigarettes
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Ongoing24m
Last published Sun, Dec 13, 2015
"I walked into Joe's, and the barista Mike, whom was an old time friend that I went to school with, but never talked to unless I was at Joe's.He would ask stuff like how I was doing, how the family was doing, just small talk, and sometimes no talking at all , just coffee and cigarettes."
Harley is difficult, her life was somewhat difficult as well. She's always isolated in her room and forced to do things with her best and only friend. And then he comes along, ruining her snooping at a party she was forced to go too. She was never the type to fall in love so quickly, she already knew the consequences to that, and she never believed in true love at first sight. She was strong and independent, she wasn't in need of saving, she already had her coffee and cigarettes to help her. Harley did not need a knight in shining armor. . . Or did she?
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