Damn Good Coffee

[tiny_dancer81]

Theresa had taken to hanging out at Cool Beans even when Maddy wasn't behind the counter. They served good espresso, and their pastries didn't get stale from sitting in the glassed-in case for ages. A small portion of her paycheck was going into the register at Page Turners, providing her with paperbacks. She had a major crush on Jackie Collins' Lucky Santangelo.

The vampire was currently taking up space on one of the couches near the back of the establishment. There was a book in her lap and two empty cups on the table to her left. The plate that accompanied the cups was sprinkled with crumbs from a blueberry scone. Even though she couldn't really taste food anymore, she liked the play-acting that eating involved.

The bell above the shop's door jingled, and Theresa glanced up from Lucky's adventures in the mob to see if she knew who had just stepped inside.

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Damn Good Coffee

[melodymagic]

Another double shift at the magic shop had Melody buzzing with excitement. She had finally perfected a potion she had been trying and the timing had finally all come together. Some of the buzz was also from her growing addiction to the caffeine in the coffee she was regularly getting from Cool Beans and she was heading in there for one now, in celebration.

As she entered she looked around and saw the girl sitting on the couch, reading, and headed to the counter to order her usual. She looked around again and back to the girl on the couch as the milk was heated. She was kind of disappointed Maddy wasn't there, as she could have told her all about the potion, and how it had finally come out the exact colour it was supposed to be. Now all she had to do was test it, and she really did want Maddie to be around for that, just for safety. The idea of testing it on herself didn't scare her, unless it went terribly wrong, or even more so, terribly right! She looked across at the girl and wondered for a brief moment if she could possibly be a potential test subject, but chided herself that she should wait for Maddy.

"Is that a good book?" she asked instead. She didn't read a lot of novels, but friends at school had always been reading one author or another. Melody had always preferred reading the books she managed to get from the store she now worked in, but didn't tell any of her friends about them.

[tiny_dancer81]

They'd had more scones in the case, but Theresa had decided against it. Pretending to need food was one thing, but there was no point in wasting good money on it. The vampire was about to make some remark in response to Melody's comments when she noticed the way the mortal was looking at the plate glass window of the shop. The place where her diminutive form wasn't reflected.

Shit. Shit, fuck, shit.

"Don't yell."

Her voice was mild when she spoke, but she'd thrown a look over her shoulder before she said it. If the counter guy had noticed it too, she might very well be screwed. And not in a positive way.

"Just...I can explain. Really."

[tiny_dancer81]

"We feel stuff. It's kind of like a funhouse reflection of the way humans feel things, but we do have emotions. They're just...directed at what others would consider wrong."

Now Theresa was thinking of Maddy, who she'd gotten temporarily fixated on, and Valerie, who for those few minutes her mouth had been attached to the blonde's wrist had been the hottest thing she'd seen in ages. The first thing seemed to have faded, probably from lack of exposure to the other brunette, and she'd backed off from actively hitting on the Slayer because she wasn't sure it hadn't been the ingestion of megawatt blood talking. And she definitely wasn't going to explain any of that to Melody.

"Not all of us kill for fun," she said, lowering her voice. "Yeah, we're kinda few and far between, but it does happen."