A/n: "Oh the cow in the meadow goes moo..."
Have you guys read my other stories yet, I've got 2 others on the go you should really check out, 'A Tale of Two Brothers' and 'Since Childhood' I've just finished 'Entisment' so thats worth a read!
Anyways please check them out! Enjoy this story and please review! xxx


Hunter's POV

"Mum?" (a/n: yes he still has the sexy English accent... and he know's he was adopted) "Could you pass the milk please" My mother passed me the small jug containing milk across the breakfast table, I poured a drop into my tea and stirred lightly with the teaspoon.

It was 8am, our family were all morning birds, always up at the crack of dawn, Mary K, my little sister was sat beside me as we had our breakfast, "Jaycee's mom is out of town, do you think you could pick her up on the way to school to please Hunter?" she asked me sweetly, whilest battering her eyelids,since I left school, I've been saving my money for university in Oxford, I had been accepted which is brilliant but the bad thing is I had to wait another year to go beacuse of travel expenses, accomodation expenses and not forgetting tuition fees, so I'll be a late starter at 21. I had also apparently become Mary K's personal taxi service.

I nodded, "Sure, but text her and let her know I'll be early because I have to go straight to work" Mary K nodded and whipped out her phone,

I worked in this little coffee shop, it was also a book shop, called 'Books and Beans' I discovered the place a year after I came over to live in America, andit became like my second home, I loved to read and soak up all information I can about anything,when I left school, the manager and now owner, Holly Greene, who's a good friend of mine offered me a job knowing I needed one desperately.

About being adopted, I was 12, my parents and my brother and sister died, they were murdered, so I was sent over here for more like a witness relocation thing more than anything I guess, they thought I may have been a target too, but other than that I just don't remember my life before America at all, it's strange and I don't really want to dig up the past, I believe that I had no memory of it for a reason, like my subconscious mind was letting me live in peace without having the trauma of it in my head, I remember feelings, closeness with my family, love and then anguish from their deaths and for some reason, disapointment at my brother, but I have a new family that love me andbesidesI was looking forward to my future.

I was happy with my family, the Rowlands' and America is now my home, here in Widow's Vale, it is kinda like England, it's quaint and quite picturesque, I guess I'm scared of returning to England in case that guy who killed my family finds me, but I have a different last name now, whoever did it won't be able to find me.

At half 8 Mary K and I grabbed our coats "Bye Kids" my father, Sean Rowlands called from his place at the table smiling at us as he looked up from his newspaper, mum walked us to the door and hugged us goodbye,

We got into my car, an old green ford fiesta, or old faithful as I called it, Mary K lovingly dubbed it "Rustbucket" "Jaycee's?" I asked before starting the engine, Mary K nodded and I sped off down the road.

After I dropped them off at school I headed to work, the bell above the door jingled, Holly smiled at me from behind the counter as she was changing the filters at the coffee machines, I put on my apron and went in the back to clock in, I brought outa tray of muffin's and pastries with me and started putting them into the display case.

"Morning Hunter," Holly said smiling at me, "Morning, how are we today?" I asked, Holly smiled, "I'm okay thank you, Hunter, did you have a nice day off?" she asked I nodded, "Yeah, I begun to read some book by a professor at Oxford, it was really interesting" Holly knew about my facination with science, I had hopes of becoming a doctor, I couldn't wait to finally be over with Oxford and to go into medical school, "He'll be my biology professor when I start Oxford" Holly smiled, "Nice one Hunter,"

Holly wasn't that much older than me, she was 22, the business was opened by her uncle who passed away last year in a horrific car accident, they were really close and so it was left to her in his will. I found her really pretty and even though we had been out a couple of times, we didn't label them as 'dates'. She was about 5"4 with long dark hair and the bluest eyes I'd ever seen, I'd secretly had a crush on her since I met her, weird thing is she knew it. Holly was the kind of girl whos beauty was obvious both outside and in, she had a heart of gold and would do anything for anyone.

I walked out from behind the counter and started cleaning tables, half of the shop was laid out like the typical coffee shop, a few booths, the middle section filled with round tables and non of the chairs matched but at the same time they all fit perfectly together. Then to the left of a store was steps leading upto a large archway which went into the bookshop half of the shop.

The bell above the door jangled and Bree Warren and her best friend Robbie Gurevitch walked in. They are seniors in the high school here in Widow's Vale, Bree worked here on a saturday and a sunday evening and Robbie was a regular customer, I used tohang round withthem at school last year when I was a senior.

"What's up Bree?" Holly greeted her, "Robbie?" "Hey Holly!" Robbie smiled, "Hey, just another monday morning" Bree said smoothly, Holly then went out back to empty yesterday's bins that Bree hadn't taken out.

Bree Warren was another really obvious pretty girl, with a chic fashion style and coffee coloured eyes, she was a bit taller than Holly and she was more curvy and had a slightly bigger chest, but the difference between Holly and Bree was that Bree knew she was beautiful and she used it normally to get what she wants, like the typical spoilt rich girl, she had always been given what she wanted because her mother up and left and her father is never around, When I first came to town it was me that she once wanted, we went on one date then became just friends.

Robbie was the most loyal, but comedic guy I had ever met, he had a face covered with acne and the thickest glasses I'd seen, without all that I bet the guy would be really good looking but he wasn't usually noticed by the girls, but he didn't seem to mind, I could tell there was only one person he pined for and that was Bree.

"We're on our way to school, thought we'd grab a cappuccino and a muffin for breakfast to endure the heathly lifestyle" said Robbie with a grin plastered on his face, I smiled

"Coming up" I said, pouring the cappuccino's into paper cups.

"Hunter I need you to do me a favour!" Bree said, "I have a date on saturday with the most hottest guy in schoolChris Collins you so have to cover for me!"

Holly came from round the back, "Oh no way Bree, Hunter works 6 days a week, this saturday is his only day off, ask the one of the girls" she told her, "Already did!" Bree pouted, "Ally has a cheerleading tournament and Rebecca is out of town with her parents, please, please, please Hunter!"

I rolled my eyes, how many times were I going to cover for her, for one of her 'dates'

"Do I really have to, Bree, I had plans on saturday" Bree looked unconvinced, "You do?" I nodded "yes, actually I do" I lied again, I wasn't going to give in, Bree couldn't get her way with me all the time, Holly told me I was a push over and this time I stood my ground.

"Hey Robbie, want a saturday job?" Holly asked, Robbie nodded, "Yeah, okay then, I was looking for a job" "good," Holly said, "You start Saturday covering Bree's shift 9am - 3pm" Bree squealed a little and hugged Robbie and kissed his cheek, "OOH I love you!" she cried.

I noticed Robbie touching his cheek where Bree had just kissed him and he blushed a little, I really wish there was something I could do for the poor guy, like if I could just get rid of his acne and his poor eye sight, I bet Bree would be all over him then.

"Right I'll catch you later, Hunter, Holly" Bree said, "Bye" Robbie called on their way out after I'd finished serving them.

All day the cafe wasn't busy, but just after lunchtime I couple came in that made me turn my head.

The guy, tall golden eyes shaggy brown hair, lean body, wearing black jeans and ablack t-shirtand the girl... breathtaking, but not in an obvious way, as I was carrying my tray I nearly tripped over, be cool, I told myself, she was wearing a full length crimson red skirt and a white peasant top, she didn't have a curvy figure nor a big chest but she wore clothes perfectly accomadated to her shape, she had long brown hair that was twisted into a braid falling all the way down her back.

I noticed Holly watching the way I looked at her, with a confused expression,

I walked over to theirbooth with a pad "Can I get you anything?" I asked, the girl just stared at me, focused on me with her deep brown eyes that were captivating.

I looked and the guy looked from the girl to me and his eyes changed from a look of jealousy to oneofrealisation. They then glanced each other wordlessly communicating.

"Sorry," the girl said eventually, "Where's our manners, we're new to town, I'm Morgan and this is Cal," she said, "Hi, I'm Hunter" I said again they looked at each other, silently communicating, Morgan and Cal both turned back to me, "I'll have a de-caff" Cal said shortly, "And a fudge brownie" Morgan looked at the menu then looked at me and smiled, "Can I just get a diet coke and a choc chip cookie, please?" she asked

I noted it on my pad, "Coming up" I said as I turned to head back to the counter, "Oh, err Hunter" Morgan called after me, "Yeah?" I turned back around, "How much do we owe you?" she grinned "Oh err..." I said mentally working it out, "$4.95," Morgan handed me a 5 dollar bill and Iturnedback around again andwent behind the counter to sort their order and put their order through the till,

Holly appeared at my side, "What's wrong with you?" she asked softly, "We don't take orders here, they come to the counter and order""We do?" I said dumbly, "Err yeah! How long have you been coming in here?" she asked, I didn't answer. I just looked at her.