Chapter 1:
Daisy sighed as she looked at the pile of work she still had left to do. Being a post graduate in medicine was a dream come true for her, but never did she imagine she would have to sacrifice her whole social life for it. She just got off the phone with her best mate Sarah and felt bad for declining yet another party invation.
It was Friday and normally Daisy would jump at any chance of going out and getting wasted, but looking at the stack of papers she realized that that wasn't going to happen tonight. Luckily Sarah understood and told her there would be many more fridays to go out but that didn't stop Daisy from feeling bad. It had been weeks since she had a proper date with her best mate and she started to miss her.
Being a born and raised Dutch girl, Daisy moved from Holland to the UK five years ago. After her mother died and her dad started drinking, the choice of moving abroad was quickly made. Having no siblings or any other close family she decided that London would be her new home and enrolled in Uni as soon as she arrived. She had always been a straight A student, with a particular intrest in history aswell as medicine. She decided the latter will be her future and enrolled herself at the Imperial College of London using the money she inheriated from her mom's will.
Being a foreign student meant she got a place offered at campus. Nothing big, just a one bedroom appartment but rent was low and that was something unheard of in London. Knowing life in London is expensive she went looking for a job almost instantly. She ended up finding a job in a small coffee house just around the corner from campus.
The place called Notes was small and intimate which Daisy loved. The owner, miss Lucy Stanford was a older woman. She had the warmest smile anyone could have and made Daisy feel at home as soon as she walked through the door. Losing her mother at the age of 5, Daisy never had a mother figure in her life. Miss Lucy unknowninly filled that void and Daisy felt blessed with having her in her life.
Sarah became her best friend almost instantly when they first met. Ten minutes after Daisy started her first shift at the coffee house the doors bursted open and in came a whirlwind of hair. Looking up from the menu she was reading Daisy smiled as she looked at her obviously late colleague. The girl swept her hair out of her face and looked into the direction of Miss Lucy. Smiling coyly she said " I'm sorry Miss Lucy .. blame it on the early traffic " Miss Lucy could only smile at the girl " Late night again huh? " The girl blushed as she replied " You know me too well " Miss Lucy laughed and turned around continuing cleaning the tables. The girl turned around and for the first time noticed Daisy standing behind the cash register. " I see you already have the replacement in " She said directing her voice at Miss Lucy. " Good job " She smiled and walked towards Daisy. " Hi you, my name is Sarah Danks, you're lovely new co worker " she smiled as she extended her hand. Daisy beamed up to her, already feeling like this would work out just fine. Shaking her hand Daisy introduced herself aswell " My name is Daisy.. Daisy Verhoef ". From that moment om the two instantly clicked. Sarah was fun, bubbly and stubborn. Qualities Daisy felt very similiar to. The two became inseperable and now 5 years later the two were more like sisters, trusting each other with their lives.
Daisy sighed again and looked outside of the libary's window. The busy streets of London were hustling by, people rushing to get on the tube before peak hour started. The thoughts of coffee made her stomach grumble and she decided it wouldn't do any harm taking a break from studying to get a quick coffee and maybe a bagel. She stood up and streched. Sitting on a chair for hours didn't do her back muscles any good and she groaned. She made a mental note to herself to treat herself to a massage as soon as she finished studying for her exams next week.
She looked around herself and noticed most students already left, probably on their way to the local pub to start the weekend. How much she would give for a beer right now.. She tought as she zipped up her bag and slung it over her shoulders. She started to walk towards the exit when all of the sudden she got knocked down to the floor. She felt the air leave her lungs for a second when she hit the floor and yelped. " I'm so sorry, I didn't watch where I was going " She heard the stranger say above her. " You can say that again " She mumbled to herself as she tried to lift herself of the floor. Taking a look at her new sneakers and seeing the scratches on the front she grunted, great she thought another pair of sneakers down the drain. " 'ere, lemme help ye " She heard him say again and for the first time looked up. She saw him extending his hand and gratefully accepted it, her back really protesting now. " Don't worry about it, it h.. " She started to say as he helped her up but as soon as she starred into those blue dephts they call eyes her breath got stuck in her throat. " Hi.. I'm Pete " The stranger said smiling down at her..