Coffee Shop Page #3

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Good, I hope he would be back then.

He'll be back.

Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

Wait a minute!

Do, do I know you?

What is the odd?

The fellow New Yorker.

Benjamin Carson, the playwright.

I love your work.

I love it. You see.

What's a guy like you

doing in a town like this?

- I was actually...

- Wait, wait, wait.

Let me guess, let me guess.

Research for your next big hit.

Listen, investment banking

is just my day job.

I am a playwright too.

I have the best idea for years.

Oh, uh, really?

I got to page 30-97,

that's it, I'm stuck.

But, you know,

it's been gesting ever since.

I'm like fine wine.

It's just getting better.

Is that right?

Who are those guys?

Nobody.

Is there something

you want to talk about?

Nope.

We should do lunch.

Yeah. Yeah, people, people got to eat.

Yeah, we should.

To be... to be good.

Excuse me, I have to take this.

Hey, it was a pleasure meeting you.

It's good to meet you as well.

Real, real treat.

Hello. Yeah.

Guess who I just met.

Benjamin Carson, the playwright.

Yeah, I just met him and you didn't.

- Wow! He's...

- Shitty.

Huh, definitely not the adjective

I was looking for.

Hi.

What can I get you?

Yeah, um... just gonna

check out the menu for a second.

So, you're from out of town?

Yeah, I just got here, actually.

Hmm.

Same town as your friend

you were talking to outside,

the one in the suit?

Actually, yeah.

- Yeah.

- Hmm.

Business partners?

Uh, no.

He has his way, we will be.

Right.

I will have a cup of the Darjeeling.

Donavan's coffee.

Mmm.

Ben's tea.

So, you have something against coffee?

Figures.

If you must know,

it can be a bit bitter for my taste.

Bitter?

I think the correct term is acidic, Ben.

No, I definitely meant bitter.

Do you need some help here?

I don't know, Ben.

Do I need help here?

I mean, you should know, right?

I'm gonna go ahead and say yes,

now I start by switching to decaf.

You city types are all the same.

- Arrogant.

- Seriously?

Seems like you're the one is all arrogant.

Expecting people to kiss

coffee grain you walk on?

Okay, you can have this one.

- What can I get you?

- Love some tea.

Some tea would be nice.

Okay.

Hey, big sister.

What are you doing?

You would not believe

the day I just had.

Uh, yeah.

Did you know that dodging squirrels

on the scooter is not safe?

- Yeah, me neither.

- Hey, Bex.

Can you hand me

those screwdrivers, please?

- Well, uh, what happened today?

What didn't happen?

Where, where are you?

I'm walking home.

What? Before closing time?

When the last time you did that?

I don't know.

Never.

- Talk to me.

- Hey, man. What are you up to?

Oh, uh, just fixing a scooter.

I just want to let you know

I'm here in town

at Donavan's place

you told me about.

No way.

You're here.

Your day was ruining

because a guy ordered tea?

No, not exactly.

Look, it's not that simple.

He uh...

He called me bitter, Becky.

Can you believe that?

Me, bitter?

No, not you.

Yeah, I suppose it has a great vibe.

Except for one of these employees.

Too much of espresso, I guess.

- Really?

- Yeah.

If not for the other girl and

the funny guy who works here,

I probably would have left already.

Oh, well.

What are you doing?

Uh, we are at the beach... dock.

Look, you wanna just kick back tonight?

Have dinner?

You, you wanna get together later?

Dinner tonight, Donavan?

I don't know.

Yes. At my place.

- Kevin says 7 O'clock at his place.

- Yeah.

- Bye.

- All right, we'll see you there.

Sounds good, man.

Talk to you later.

What are you so happy about?

- Who was that?

- That was my buddy, Ben, from college.

I love it when the plan comes together.

What?

A-team.

How's the tea?

Uh, it's good, actually.

I have expected that

the faint taste of arsenic.

Hey, don't mind Donavan.

She's actually pretty cool.

I think she's just having a bad day.

Oh, she hides it so well.

- Wait, that was the owner?

- Yeah.

No, her life sort of

reminds me of a movie.

Yeah, like a horror movie.

No, more like a romantic comedy.

But, I've never seen one quite

interesting as, as her dating life, though.

- Oh?

- Oh, yeah.

She did some research on the whole

"How to get the guy" thing,

Now, she has this theory that

you should just study for your date.

- Study, study what?

- the guy.

Everything about him,

his job, hobbies,

I guess, so she can talk about

everything he's into on the date.

But, what about what she's into?

I don't know.

Yeah.

- All right, I got to go.

- See you.

Can I help you?

- Ben?

- Becky?

Great to have finally

met you in person.

Yeah.

An unexpected pleasure.

Uh, come in.

Hey, there's the man.

- Good to see you.

- Good to see you.

All right, you met Becky already.

So, that's good

I feel like I already know you.

We are online friends.

Yet, I didn't see post me

anything about the visit.

I was uh surprise

even so much to myself.

Well, here, I can take this.

Can you excuse us for just a moment?

Yeah.

Okay, what are you up to?

Exactly what you asked me

to be up to.

What are you talking about?

Tonight was supposed to be a quiet

dinner with Donavan to cheer her up.

You asked me to help you find someone

for her, so she can be happy, right?

Ben's perfect. I thought this up myself.

He's funny, smart, creative.

Untucked, unshaved, and unneeded.

When I said that, I meant for you to help

me get her back together with Patrick.

Hey, you may have meant that,

but that certainly not what you said.

How did you not pick up with that?

Because you didn't say that.

Okay. So, what? They meet and

violin starts playing, is that your plan?

Maybe. Let's just see

what happened.

It's a good idea.

I had a good idea.

Well, I guess we're doing this.

I'll get that.

This isn't happening.

Please, tell me this isn't happening.

Donavan, this is...

- We've met.

- You have?

Yeah, this is the coffee lunatic

that almost flip me up.

You ruined my entire day.

By ordering tea?

You really need to get out more.

Hang on.

We, we can work this out.

You do that.

I need a Little Debbie.

Donavan, Ben was...

Oh, no. I, I know why he is here.

Do you?

I can't believe you actually

own that coffee shop.

How do you stay in business with

your particular brand of customer service?

Hey, that's my sister

you're talking about.

Your sister?

- This is her sister?

- Okay, I think we're done here.

Ben, do me a favor. Next time

you talk to your buddy Frank,

tell him, I hope

he chokes on his chai.

I should go after her.

Good job, honey.

You had a good idea.

Who's Frank?

Ben is a buddy of Kevin from college.

Not who I thought he was.

Really?

Who do you think he was?

Okay, we were just talking about you.

And glad you came back.

Took some coaching.

And suits my curiosity best of

my sense of self-preservation.

Um...

So, it seems that is possible, Ben,

that I may have uh...

jump to some conclusions

that were inaccurate

and I may have um...

uninvertedly treated you unfairly.

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