"Hey did you like the movie?" asked a girl with long, black hair named Kelsey McAcly to another with also black past-the-shoulder length hair named Alexis Veida. "Of course I liked it! It's Civil War! I just regretted not watching it in IMAX, even if I have to wear 3D glasses over my normal glasses." Veida replied. "Well, I don't wear glasses, so I don't know your struggle." Kelsey shrugged when Veida started glaring at her. "Come on, our mom's are waiting for us in some café downstairs. They nagged us to 'immediately come meet us once the movies over or you will never watch without us accompanying you again!'" said Veida to her cousin, mimicking her mother's voice." "Then we best get going." Kelsey said and motioned for Veida to come and follow.
Earlier that day, before the two cousins went to watch Civil War, Kelsey had told Veida she'll be staying over the next weekend because exams will be over by then, and she had punched her in the arm when Veida snickered and started laughing at her because she was already starting her holidays. But even after seeing her half an hour ago, Veida already felt empty and missed her. "Mom, where are we going?"
"To NATIVE."
"Oh, that coffee shop? Are we gonna meet your friends?"
"Yes. So be polite!"
"Nooo, I hate your friends…"
The moment Veida entered the coffee shop, the whiff of coffee, chocolate and garlic bread hit her. She had a good look around, and she realized the whole place had a vintage-ish feel to it. Rusted car plates were stuck on the wall, along with some old time posters. One caught her eye, it said 'Dream as if MIRACLES could happen.'. "Right." She thought. "If what that poster said was true, I'd be in the MARVEL world by now. But that ain't gonna happen." Then she was called back to reality with her mom asking her what she wants to drink. "Chocolate milk, please."
After surviving a whole TWO hours filled with 'juicy' gossip, boring talks about the best brand of mascara and lipstick, pretty bad jokes and annoying, fake, high-pitched laughs, Veida felt pretty ready to go home, take a shower, annoy her dog and watch TV. And that was exactly what she did. Except for what happened right before she went to sleep.