It had been a slow day at the dim quite place known as the coffee shop. The shop was still and almost frozen the only sound to be heard was the sound of rain pattering on the windows and the occasional car passing by the shop. There behind the counter stood a tall sad looking red crimson bird. She tapped her pen on the counter and sighed. No one had entered the coffee shop that day. She wondered why she was even there, she should be studying and preparing for college and be doing better things. She sighed and looked back down at the counter only to hear the sound of wind, door creak open and a bell chime signaling that a customer had entered. There stood a large tall blue jay who was unbuttoning his jacket and leaving it on the conveniently placed coat rack.
The blue jay then turned around and walked to a near by table. He sat down and scooted himself closer towards the wall. The red bird otherwise known as Margaret, judging by her name tag, walked over towards his table. She put on a fake smile and looked down at him.
"What will it be?" she asked trying to sound as perky and happy as possible. He looked up into her eyes and replied.
"Can I get a vanilla frappuccino please."
"Coming right up sir." she replied and walked back behind the counter to prepare his drink. The blue jay still stared at his menu with an occasional looking up behind the counter at the lovely looking waitress. All the blue jay could think of was her and yet he had no idea who she was. He was astonished by her appearance it seemed like the more he stared at her the more beautiful she became. She stopped and turned on the blender covering it with a lid. She looked back up from the counter and at the blue jay. Se caught the young bird looking at her only for a glimpse before he turned away. The blue jay ducked down into his menu obviously embarrassed from staring at her. He waited until he heard the blender stop and then put his gaze back to where she was only to find her gone from the counter. He got up a little looking for her to see where she had gone when suddenly a faint voice peeped up behind him.
"um... Sir, your drink is ready." she smiled and set the drink down on the table in front of him. The blue jay sat back down and started to blush at his actions.
"thank you." he nodded. The blue jay then took a sip from his drink only to realize she was still standing behind him. She put her arm out on the side of the booth and leaned on it. She crossed one leg and if the blue jay could speak body language he would've known that meant something. The red bird sighed and then spoke up.
"We don't get much company around here, you know?" she said.
"really." the blue bird replied and added a little chuckle to make it less awkward.
"Yea, it gets lonely in here sometimes." she trailed off and almost whispered the last part of the sentence. The blue jay could tell what she was hinting at.
"Why don't you sit here and keep me company." he smiled at her. The red bird reluctantly sat down next to him. She put her elbows on the table and stroked her eyes with the balls of her wrist. The blue jay could tell she was exhausted.
"how's life?" he asked her.
"crummy." she replied almost instantly.
"whys that?" the blue jay asked her.
"it's just boring you know." she said depressingly. "it seems like every days the same." she added.
"I know how you feel." he replied looking back down at the table.
"really?" she asked.
"yes I do, all my life I've been wanting to do something, something spectacular, go on adventures and see and explore the world." he said sadly, "but...that never happened." he added.
"what stopped you?" she replied concerned.
"just... Never got around to it you know."
"I know exactly what you mean." the red bird replied. "I've always wanted to go on adventures to." she looked back up at him. "I've been stuck in this god awful place my whole life." she looked back down in utter defeat. She was disgusted with herself. How could she let this happen to herself. She was sad and confused. She started to cry. She crammed her hands into fist and cried into them. The blue jay just stared at her. He felt bad for her. The blue jay carefully put his arm on her back and rubbed it making shushing noises to try and calm her. Margaret eventually stopped crying and was left with sniffs and the occasional tear falling from her eye. She looked back up at the blue jay who was still rubbing her back. He stopped and looked at her. The red bird stared at his features for a while. The red bird looked straight into his eyes only to see the most beautiful looking eyes shes ever seen. His eyes were aqua blue colored with shades of royal blue scattered around his iris. Margaret thought he was handsome and quite toned.
"thanks for comforting me... I-I needed that." she smiled, but this wasn't a fake smile either this was a real smile a smile that could only be brought fowarth by none other then the blue jay himself.
"no problem I don't like seeing you sad." he replied.
"we'll thanks... By the way the names Margaret." she extended a hand only to be shook by him.
"Mordecai." he replied smiling at her.
After a long awkward pause she spoke up, "do you think we could both help each other out with this problem?" she asked him grinning.
"I don't see why not." Mordecai said astonished that she wanted to be friends with him.
"what do you say we explore the world together and do daring things that we never thought of doing?" she replied mysteriously and then added a chuckle.
"id like that, a lot!" he replied. "what do you say we meet up again?" he then added.
"I'd like that to." Margaret said happily.
"what do you say tomorrow night at 8 I meet you here, pick you up and we begin our journey?" he said almost laughing to himself. He thought he sounded ridiculous but Margaret took him seriously.
"sounds great!" she said as she got up. She waved at him and gave him a wink and then left to go behind the counter. He's adorable, she thought laughing to herself. Shes adorable, he thought to himself he smiled, got up and payed the bill and then left, only to realize his journey had just begun.
To be continued...