She stepped over the threshold. The intoxicating aroma of brewing coffee sweetly stung her nostrils as she inhaled the sufficient fragrance into her lungs, causing her skin to lightly prickle and attitude to mellow down. Starbucks was the only place she could truly chill out , not only because of their free Wi-Fi but their great service as well.
"Hello Ms. Medrano. I'm assuming you want the usual?" one of the employees with sunset yellow and black dyed hair welcomed then surmised.
"You know it." Karen assertively replied, planting herself in one of the cushioned, swiveling stools by the 'Pick up' area.
The brunette retreated into her ebony, long strap purse and extracted a ball blue, leather cased tablet from her bag. She lifted the magnetic seal right up and pressed the power button, revealing a bright screen with the words 'Karen's Kindle' in the top left corner. Tapping the clear glass so she could commence to input her passcode, a memorable voice abruptly disturbed her.
"Why am I not surprised seeing you here?" another employee with lenses rhetorically questioned.
"What's up Will? Karen greeted her friend on the other side of the counter but still her brown eyes were focused on her device.
"You sound a little more pumped up that usual. Care to explain?" Will's emerald orbs peeked over at the girl as he proceeded to cleanse the caramel mocha covered blender in the sink.
"Pierce the Veil has tickets going on sale today, online at 10:00am sharp. You don't know how long I've wanted to go to one of their concerts." Karen proclaimed while she finished up typing her numeral password.
"Good luck, it's 9:49," the dark haired male announced, glancing down at his silver wrist watch. "You're gonna need it."
"Here you go milady, your double chocolate chip frappuccino with extra choco syrup drizzled on the whip cream. Enjoy." the worker with a cowlick winked.
"Thanks Ronald" Karen said, placing the grassy green straw between her lips and sipped the divine beverage.
The digital timepiece on her tablet struck 9:55. She hastily got on .com, for it was told the passes would be sold on there, and being the somewhat prepared person she was, she had her credit card out, locked and loaded. All this fan needed to do was wait.
Watching the arrows move sluggishly on the wall clock caused the brunette to grow impatient. 'How slower could time go?' she thought, only realizing a minute had gone by. Karen rubbed her eyes with her thumb and index finger since she peered at the numbers for what seemed like an eternity, and then fixed her glasses.
The time set 9:58 on every widget there was. Ronald and Will stared at Karen from afar, noticing the pensive expression she wore as she gazed intensively at the gadget in her palms. And for the moment of truth, the clock hit 10:00.
The female with cocoa brown pupils hurriedly danced her fingers across the high tech keyboard of her kindle. All the hard work of fast texting and rapid reading paid off, not only did she land a ticket but got a free bonus sweatshirt too. It took just 10 minutes for them to be sold out completely.
"You guys, I did it!" Karen acclaimed, swinging both her fist up in victory.
"You did get it after all." Will nudged his black, squared frames and smirked.
"congrats K.M!" Ronald gave her a dual high five. "When's the concert?"
"Tomorrow night" She exclaimed then finished her drink and pulled out a five dollar bill.
"No, it's on the house." Will declared, sending the money back to it's owner.
"Alright then" she slightly smiled
"Crap, my class starts in 12 minutes." the young adult hopped off her spin chair and headed towards the exit.
"Sayonara mother f-"
The door closed shut before she could end her farewell.
T.B.C