Hey guys! I'm back! So this is my new story! Yes, I'm writting again. I know. I stopped writing because i wasn't really getting any good response about my previous story. So i kinda improved my writing skills (hopeully, you think so too). But i appreciate all the support that i got for my previous story and thank you so much for those wonderful reviews. So i read the Divergent series probably a year back and was really obsessed with it, but at that time i was writing. But then late, i developed some modern day Divergent stories which had absolutely nothing to the with the book. So here i am with on eof those stories that i had in mind. I hope you like it! Please review! ;)
Thank God For Starbucks
I prepared the Starbucks special order for my best friend, Christina, who comes to Starbucks almost every alternate day probably because we give her a discount on her every order. She smiled at me as I gave her favourite Starbucks coffee, the legendary S'mores Frappuccino Blended Coffee. It was her all time favourite. She was tall and had a dark chocolate complexion with strong brown eyes and chin-length, dark brown hair. She was a fashion designer in one of the top clothing company. She had always been diva, but not the arrogant and bossy type. She was pretty straight forward, but not in the rude way.
"If you don't mind, can you wait until my shift gets over? It's just half-an-hour and then we can leave." I asked her.
"Oh take your time, Tris. I have my coffee to attend so it might even take more than half-an-hour for me to finish." She said laughing.
"Okay then. Hey! Do you want coffee cake?" I asked. Christina absolutely loved the coffee cake in Starbucks. Probably even more than her Frappaccino. She seemed to consider her options for a while.
"I think I'll survive without coffee cake today." She said winking while I laughed at her. She just couldn't live even one day without coffee cake. Even if she didn't come to Starbucks personally she would ask me to get the cake for her.
I worked at the Starbucks shop as a part time job. I had morning shifts every weekday. But I actually worked as assistant editor for a local newspaper company. It's not that it wasn't something that was interesting. I actually loved writing. It was my childhood dream and is still my dream today. But newspaper editing was not what I was exactly looking for. My friend, Tori, was the manager of Starbucks so I asked her if I could work at the shop. The shop had just opened a new branch near the area where I lived. Tori was searching for employees to work at the shop so she accepted immediately. Also, she was my friend after all. I work in the mornings at Starbucks and in the afternoons I work at Newspaper company as assistant editor. And since I was Assistant Editor there wasn't lots of work to do. I shared an apartment with Christina who was my friend since we were in college. We had never left each other's side since then. I had known her for more than six years and we were always there for each other.
My parents had died in a car crash when I was in college. It was my brother, Caleb, who had shut me out for more than a year since my parents passed away. He wouldn't talk to anyone. He would just shut himself in his room and avoided me as much as he could. It wasn't easy for me then because I had no one else other than Caleb. He was the only family I had left. I went through depression and my grades down drastically. But it wasn't my brother who helped me out. It was Christina. She was the one who helped me through school and I finally found myself again and moved on. Caleb finally noticed his mistake and apologized one day. But I didn't forgive him right away, but we finally went back to brother and sister mode and my problems were all gone. My dad worked for the newspaper for years till the accident and so the company offered me the same job years later because my Dad was very dedicated to the job, and they wanted to give me a chance too. But I did prove myself worth for the company and hence I ended up with a huge salary and loads of respect; not only because of my father but with my own dedication towards my job. With Christina, my job and Caleb back I was happy once more.
I smiled to myself as I saw Christina peacefully drinking her coffee, thoroughly enjoying it; like every day. As I prepared more orders for the customers in line, I suddenly heard someone shout,
"Trissy-poo!"
I whipped my head to the person standing at the door. There was one person in this world who calls me Trissy-Poo.
Uriah.
There he stood. Grinning like a douchebag. My best friend in college.
"No way." I gasped.
"Urine." I said in awe.
"Yeah. It's me! The legendary, Urine! Wait, what? Hey!" He said walking towards me. I laughed at his stupidness. He gave me a huge bear hug and ruffled my hair like he always used to. Uriah was like another brother when Caleb wasn't very supportive during college. But I'll tell you, he's a much better brother than Caleb.
"It's been so long, douchebag. Like how long? Four years?" And then I suddenly noticed. He was ginger. Ginger. I bursted out laughing.
"You…. You're….. Ginger…." I said in between laughs.
"Christina! Come here, fast!" I called out to her. She came running towards me,
"Tris what? What hap- " She stopped abruptly as she noticed Urine.
"Uriah?" She asked in awe.
"Yup. Finally someone calls me by my name." He mumbled.
"Oh. Yeah. I meant Urine. My apologies." She said smirking.
"Great." He said sarcastically.
"Christina! He's ginger! Are you blind or something?!" I said frustrated that she still didn't notice.
"Oh my god." She says as she starts laughing. I smirk at Urine.
"Why the bloody hell are you ginger? You look like Crookshanks!" I say comparing him to Hermoine's cat in Harry Potter. What? Like that's the first thing that came to my mind! I can't help it.
Christina asks, finally recovering from her laughter and clutching her stomach, "Can we sit somewhere?"
"Yeah. Oh and this is my friend, Four." He said nodding towards the man standing next him. He was definitely not our age. Probably a good two years older than us. He was tall and built up, his eyes were a striking dark blue in colour with a hint of green in them. They were dark, but had a shine to them.
"Sorry. We didn't quite notice you. Probably since Urine looks so dashing today." I said smirking Uriah.
"Hey!", said Uriah whinning.
"Yeah. He definitely looks quite….. Weasely." He said smirking. With that we burst out laughing. And by we, I meant Four and I. The others gave us weird looks because they didn't quite understand the joke as they don't read books at all. Like not even one single book.
"Can we stop talking about my hair?! It happened under certain, um, circumstances. I can explain." Uriah said. I finally felt sad for him and decided that I would spare him till we get ourselves something to eat.
"So, what you guys want?" I said nodding towards Uriah and Four.
"Oh! I'll have the S'mores Frappuccino! It's my favourite in Starbucks!" Uriah said excitedly. Christina and Uriah had been friends even before I came into picture. And when I became friends with Christina, I automatically became friends with Uriah. Because well he's Uriah. He can become friends with anyone. As welcoming as he is, I adjusted in school pretty fast because of him. He had a pretty huge circle of friends but he never forgot about Christina. They had been friends since they were toddlers and they had known the most embarrassing secrets of each other. They could literally read each other's minds. They were like brother and sisters. Uriah moved to California a year ago, so we both lost contact with him.
"What about you, Four?" I ask smiling at him.
"Uh, I don't quite know. What's best here?" He said looking at me.
"Uh, it depends. Do you want something to eat or drink? Because we have Coffee Cake." I said smiling.
"Ph, trust me. The coffee cake is the best. Try it!" , Christina said excitedly.
"Yeah. I'll have the coffee cake. Thank you." He said smiling.
"Christina? Do you want something?" I asked her.
"Maybe….. coffee cake. I'll pay full amount! You don't have to give me a discount on it!" She said shyly.
"Don't worry, Christina. It's okay. I'll give you the discount. It was our deal, remember?"
Christina and I once made a deal that if she allowed me to stay at her apartment for one day, I would give her a discount on the coffee she bought the next day. But it became a habit of mine after a while and Tori also didn't mind because even Christina was her friend.
"Yeah. Thanks."
I go and get their order and just as I get my wallet out Tori says, "Tris, it's okay. It's a treat from me. Looks like their your close friends." I smiled at her for her kindness.
"Can I skip this shift for today? I'll work extra for tomorrow. I promise."
"Sure. Sure. Now go! They're waiting for you!"
"Thank you, Tori." I said smiling at her.
"Tori paid for them?" asks Christina, as I reach our table. I smile, "Yeah. She did. Says it's a treat from her."
"Tori? She's here?" asks Uriah, clearly excited.
"Yeah. Now tell us why you're here, Urine!" I demand. Uriah sighs.
"Okay. First you all know Zeke lives here in New York. So Mom forced me to come here since my stupid annoying brother is having 'difficult times' so I have to stay here for about three to four months! She was literally eating my head for more than a month so I finally gave in because I couldn't bare her torture anymore! And Four here, Zeke's best friend, said he'd show me the new branch of Starbucks that opened recently, so here I am!" He said grinning toothily.
"Now my second question. Why are you ginger?" I said smirking at him. He sighs.
"And here I was thinking that you'd forget." He mumbles.
"Come on Urine, I don't have all day." I said impatiently.
"Okay, fine. I was playing Truth or Dare with Zeke and Four and I had a dare but-"
He spoke quickly before I could interrupt,
"-which I am not going to tell you. So I couldn't do the dare. I just missed it by-"
Four interrupted and said, "He failed miserably and Zeke told him to dye his hair blonde, but it ended up becoming that." , pointing to Uriah's hair.
"I did not fail miserably! I just couldn't do the last part if the dare!"
"Can anyone tell me what the dare was?", I asked.
"He had to-", said Four, but Uriah interrupted
"I had to do absolutely nothing, okay? Can we talk about something else? What are you guys doing anyway?"
I narrowed my eyes slightly, wondering what the dare was about.
"I work at Starbucks only for an hour every day, but for the rest of the day I work as an editor for The New York Times.", I said.
"That's where your dad worked, right?" he asked me softly. I nodded. I was over it. The fact that my parents aren't here anymore didn't trouble me as much as they did before. I don't burst into tears whenever someone mentions my parents.
"What about you, Four?"
"Oh, I'm training to become a police officer."
Oh. Wow. That was not what I was expecting.
I suddenly looked at my watch and noticed that it was already 11 a.m. I cursed inwardly.
"Guys, I gotta go! I'm already 10 minutes late." I said gathering all my stuff and removing my Starbucks apron. I had to go home, take a shower because I smell like coffee and change into work appropriate clothes. Not that it's a bad thing but still.
"Bye Urine. I'll call you after work or something. Okay?" I say smiling at him. He gets up and gives me another bear hug.
"It was nice meeting you, Four." I said shaking his hand.
"Likewise." He said smiling.
"Bye Chris." I call out as I walk out of the shop, not really waiting for her to reply, because, boy, I was late.
I sigh inwardly. I have long day ahead of me.
Being an editor was pretty tough. We always have a lot of work and deadlines and lots of editing, which was really annoying.
As I drive home, I think about the man, Four, I met at Starbucks. Four was a pretty strange name. I wonder what it means. And thank god for Starbucks. If I wasn't working there, I wouldn't have met Uriah again after 3 years.
I reached home, took a shower and left for work. Operation Survive the Day of Work, let's get going.
So that's it my lovelies! I hope you liked it! If you want more this story and lot more of humour click dat review button. One Love Superwoman! I don't why i just said that... so random... nevermind... Teehee!
P.S. Who else are fans of Superwoman, Ryan Higa and Connor Franta and o fthe legendary Pewdiepie! If you love them, REVIEW!
Geez, I'm literally blackmailing you. But trust i don't intend to.
And if guys want some awesome sauce songs from the Divergent soundtrack, hhere are some:
1. Beating Heart- Ellie Goulding
2. My Blood- Ellie Gouling (I'm not really sure if this is in the Divergent series, but just listen to it! It's amazing!)
3. Find You- Zedd ft. Mathew Koma and Miriam Bryant
If you want more songs then i will be there for you!
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