Tuesday morning, 8:45AM
The air was thick with the scent of coffee when Alyss entered the coffeeshop. Pauline, her boss and mentor, had allowed her to catch up on some sleep, but she still didn't like to be extremely late. The line at this point of the day wasn't so long, and it took only a few minutes before it was her turn to order.
"Hi Jenny, can I please get a regular creme frappuccino plus three -
"- pumps of caramel syrup, three pumps of toffee nut syrup, and a caramel drizzel on top. After two years, I know your order, Alyss." Jenny smiled as she reached under the counter and revealed a steaming to-go cup of coffee. "Someone else did too, apparently."
"What do you mean?" Alyss was confused, especially when Jenny didn't accept the payment she tried to offer her.
"Remember that handsome young man you met yesterday?"
"You mean, the man that I bumped into, then spilled coffee over his snowwhite shirt?" Alyss groaned and put her hands in front of her face. "How could I forget?"
"Well, his name's Will and -" Alyss instantly lowered her hands. "Wait, Jenny, you know him?"
"Sure do, he's been getting coffee here thrice a day for the past, four years? Anyways, he was here this morning and asked if you'd gotten your coffee already, so I said that I hadn't seen you yet, and he then proceeded to order it for you."
"He did? Wow. You'd think that I was the one who got her coffee spilled on her shirt." It was the sweetest thing that a stranger had ever done for her, she thought. Jenny interrupted her thinking.
"Alyss? Be here at 7:30 tomorrow, will you?"
Alyss shook her head but smiled at her friend.
"Sure, Jenny, whatever you want."