Author's Notes: For the Discoveries challenge.
Starbucks Smile
Melissa laughs at the guy's joke.
She's not sure who he is, but she doesn't care, because they're going out for coffee. And he's cute.
Over the years she's become a caffeine freak. Just the thought of a shot of espresso, or a sip of mocha, makes her grin. Her friends call it her "Starbucks Smile". It also makes her forget. Forget the nights she clings to Fluffer like a baby. Forget that her parents aren't going to change back, and no one else gets that anything's wrong. But, she's discovered, they never will.
The Starbucks Smile slips a little.