Chapter 2: Scene 2 : A Cup Of Coffee
(Let's fly back 5 years)
It is a routine and a busy winter morning in the city of Walster. Since it is a common habit for everyone to wake up late on winter mornings, people are in a hurry to get to their works on time.
People are striding across the streets with their hands dug into their sweaters' and jackets' pockets.
And then there is this girl. At the corner of Patrick's street.
A street, which is usually as busy as any other commercial business street.
She is in a costly black leather jacket. Hands dug in her pockets. Three inch black heels.
Her hair is so smooth and silky, that someone would want to get a mattress made out of her incredibly smooth hair, and sleep on it like there is nothing more important to do in their life.
She has got two beautiful blue eyes.
Blue eyes are actually pretty rare.
And the combination of a pretty face, with pretty rare blue eyes and pretty smooth hair is a deadly one.
There is no much make-up on her face.
Just some foundation and a matte finish maroon gloss on her rose petal lips.
She is striding down the aisle, towards a usually busy coffee shop in the street.
The coffee store is packed with people.
She looks around for an empty chair to sit.
She has noticed four men, who almost finished their coffee and are about to leave.
She walks up to the table and occupies the chair, right after the four men get up to leave.
She puts her handbag on the table.
She takes out her Motorola flip phone and checks if she have any missed calls or unread messages. She puts the phone back in the bag and takes out her project diary and a Mont Blanc pen, to finish the work she left undone, the previous night.
Since she is already late for work, her frustration levels are off charts.
It is not even a minute, since she has come to the store, she is already frustrated that no one has come to her to take the order.
There is a waiter walking past her table.
She got up from her chair furiously, "Don't you people have minimum common sense that people are getting late for their work..?? What are you doing without taking orders from the people who have been waiting for so long..?? You are just simply walking past me. Didn't you see me..?? How long I shall have to wait for you to take my order..??"
She starts to yell at the waiter.
The waiter has turned to stone. He is just looking at her, with a coffee tray in his hand, that he is about to serve to the table next to her, who have already ordered and are waiting impatiently as she is interrupting the waiter from coming to them.
"What..?? Are you deaf and dumb..?? Didn't you hear what I just said..?? Speak something out..", she yells again at him.
This time, the waiter builds himself some courage to speak to the raging volcanic lady in black, and says, "Ma'am it is less than a minute since you entered the shop. And I'm just gonna come to you, right after I deliver the order, to the table right next to you.."
He has mumbled out of fear.
And the raging volcanic lady in black has erupted.
She hit the tray in his hands so hard, that the coffee cups on it, fly in the air and the coffee gets spilled on the waiters face and her costly leather jacket.
"Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhh... You ruined my day.. The hell with youuuuu...", She yells at him.
She furiously takes her handbag, and pushes the waiter aside, to make way for her to get out.
As she pushes him hard on his chest, he loses his balance and falls down on the floor on his back.
She doesn't even look back.
She simply walks out of the store angrily.
Some of the customers around, helps him get up.
He is so embarrassed.
He feels humiliated in front of so many people there.
His eyes starts to get wet.
"No office, no work..
The heck with everything..."
She comes back to her apartment infuriated.
Throws her handbag away on to the couch. Takes off her jacket and slips it into the washing machine.
She goes to the kitchen, takes a big mug and a kettle from the coffee maker machine, and fills her mug with black coffee.
She goes to her bedroom, slams the door and lays down on the bed.
She is still enraged.
Trying to cool herself down, she takes a sip of the coffee, with her eyes close, enjoying the taste and aroma of it. And the next moment, she drinks the coffee like it is just water and nothing else. Big gulps.
*Gulp* *gulp* *gulp* and done.
She is surely some raging volcanic mysterious lady.
She puts the mug on the table beside her bed and slowly falls asleep.
After a while, when she is in a deep sleep, she starts to have a dream. A nightmare to be precise.
The Dream :
She is running.
Running away from someone/something.
She looks so scared.
She keeps on turning back while running, to see if that someone/something is approaching her quick.
It is an unknown place.
A calm and gravely path.
The path is leading somewhere.
She runs faster and what appears in front of her is a forest.
A forest with tall trees.
That is where the path leads to.
She has no time to think.
She is already scared.
Her heart is pounding harder and faster.
Sweat dripping down her forehead.
She looks back again and she seems to feel even more scared.
Maybe the someone/something have gotten pretty close to her.
Finally she picks up her pace and runs into the woods.
She keeps on running and running and running, until she confirms that the thing, that is chasing her, is off her sight.
She is panting heavily.
She has come so far into the woods.
Now she is lost.
She looks around.
Everything looks the same.
Tall trees everywhere.
She sees some light coming from a little far.
She walks towards the light.
Still sweating and panting.
As she approaches the light, it keeps getting brighter.
Finally she comes to the end.
It is a grassland.
There is someone standing in a distance from her.
That person is facing the other side.
She is only able to see that person from behind. She is only able to see his broad back.
She is not sure who that person is.
That person is in a total black attire.
She walks up to that person and says,
"Excuse me, I am lost in the woods. Can you please help me get out of here.."
"Well well dear.., I can take you to where you really belong.."
The person turns back and looks at her.
That person's eyes are shining white. The rest of the face is dark. It is just like that person is some kind of a living shadowy creature.
That shadowy person looks at her and smiles evilly.
"Why.. why are you doing this to me.. please go away.. I beg you.. please.."
She quickly takes few steps back from that person, out of fear.
"Darling, don't be afraid..
I'm not a bad person..
I'm not who you think I am..
There is no escape now..
Let me take you to where you belong..."
That shadowy person runs close to her, grabs her by her shoulders.
"Look into my eyes you puny creature..
You know who I am..?!
You know it..?!
Haaa..
And now you are gonna be what I am.."
And she opens her eyes wide, out of intense fear, and looks straight into the eyes of that person and slowly everything starts to collapse. Everything becomes dark.
She shouts, "Nooooooooooooo....."
"Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhh.....", She shouts, as she wakes up from her nightmare.
Her head feels so heavy. She holds the sides of her head hard, like trying to squeeze the heaviness out.
"Ding.. dong..", her doorbell rings.
She picks herself up. Shakes her head and the heaviness off.
She goes to the door and opens it.
She is surprised to see the person standing at her door.
It is the waiter from the coffee shop, who she has humiliated and yelled at.
The reason for her surprisal is about how he has come to her apartment..?!
Has he been following her from the coffee shop to her apartment..??
She stands there speechless.
"Ma'am, actually....", He is about to say something. She interrupts him, "I am sorry for what I have done. I was in a hurry to the office and yelled at you out of frustration. Now just go away".
She is about to slam the door on his face.
"No ma'am, I am not here for your apology. Actually...", She again interrupts him, not letting him finish his statement.
"Then, why..??
Why did you come..??
You want money..??
Money for spilling coffee on you and humiliating you in front of all the customers..??"
She starts to yell at him again.
"Ma'am please.., don't get furious. Please listen to what I say. Let me finish my sentence..", his voice is low and it is like more of a request.
She calms herself down and nods, signalling him to speak.
"Actually ma'am, you forgot your diary at the coffee shop. I found your name and address on it and brought it to you.."
He takes out the diary from his bag and shows it to her.
"Oww.. thank you. Thank you very much. It is a very important diary. It has all my important contacts and client details.
Thank you so much for returning it to me, despite how I treated you this morning. I'm very sorry..", her apology now, is a true one and out of her heart.
He gives her a lifeless smile, "Ok ma'am, I'll get going. Bye.".
He nods goodbye and starts to leave.
"Hey, wait..
Get in. Let's have a cup of coffee.."
She smiles at him and goes in, to place the diary on her desk.
He comes in and sits on the couch.
She comes out of her bedroom, looks at him, smiles again, and goes to the kitchen to make some coffee.
She puts water and coffee powder in the kettle and places it on the coffee maker.
She then reaches for the top shelf and takes out a small crystal glass bottle.
She serves coffee in two big mugs. She then adds a few drops of the liquid, that looks like honey, from the crystal bottle in his mug.
"Here you go.."
She hands the mug over to him.
"Thank you ma'am.."
He takes the cup.
"Ma'am..??
You said you saw my details on my diary. You must have noticed my name too. Call me by my name"
She sits on the couch, in front, facing him.
"Umm.., thank you Miss Forrest.."
"Miss Forrest..??
Really..??"
She lifts her eyebrows up, making it a point that she is not happy with that way of calling either.
"Ummm, thank you Miss Jenny.."
"Jenny is enough. Call me Jenny. And you are..??"
"I am Michael Storm.." he gives a lifeless smile again.
He takes a sip of the coffee.
"Hmm, it tastes so different and strange. Yet it feels so good. What did you add in the coffee..??"
"Nothing much.., just water, coffee powder and a few drops of snake venom..."
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