OCEANIC

2

Ambling out of her front door, Isla steps into a sudden cold snap of air whooshing across her pasty reflection, pulling her worn-out scarf across the bottom half of her face she begins to walk toward her car as Kaylee locks the door behind them.

She looks towards the sky as a fat blob of water trickles down her skin, the gloomy and bleak sky; full of dark clouds stationed above her, 'its funny how something as colourless as water could cause clouds to become so dark', she thought to herself whilst pulling the car door open before the sky let all its soldiers lose for battle.

"It's a hell of a spring morning isn't it?"
Kaylee jokes as she climbs into the driver's seat of the car
"You'd think the sun would be out after all it isn't winter no more"

Chuckling lightly Isla looks towards her friend with a confused look before speaking
"You do realise we live in Britain right? You know the place where it never stops raining?"

"Isla Louise Parker"
Kaylee begins with a playful tone in her voice
"Aren't you just the optimist".

Faintly scoffing under her breathe, Isla reverts her eyes to the window where she leans her head gently onto the glass, watching drops of rain softly splashing and hitting the car as they drive onwards. The overhung sky looks like a blanket of grey, so much so that she could barely tell the difference between the sky and clouds.

Isla deeply breathes in before releasing, the rain commonly calms her; it always has - she watches raindrops race down from windows and into the puddles on the ground as well as watching the occasional wave of a puddle, but she'd rather be outside in those puddles than stuck in this car and on the way to work.

***

"What can I get you?"
Isla asks for about the 600th time that day and like always the answer was either 'coffee' or 'Frappuccino'

"Tea please,"
the man said as he looked down, pulling money out of his brown and worn-out wallet

Lifting her head and curving her lips into a genuine smile she looks at the man, opening her mouth to say something but instead just tells him how much he owes her
"That'll be £3.20 please"

"There you go"
The man says passing her a £5 note
"Keep the change, Luv"

"Thank you"
She smiles at him before pointing to a counter
"If you want to wait over there, it'll be ready soon and I'll bring it you"

Walking over to one of her colleagues she tells them the order before returning back to the cash register, ready to repeat the same thing over and over again 'only another 20 minutes' she tells herself whilst gazing towards the clock across from her, which is hanging on a black wall with red pictures and writing upon it

"Isla"
one of the staff members calls, pulling Isla out of her thoughts and prompting her to pivot towards him
"The tea order"

"Oh god yeah"
She lightly chuckles, grabbing the cup and walking towards the counter which the man is standing.

Arriving at the counter she smiles at the man before catching his attention by whispering
"Sir, your tea" her words making him snap his head up to look at her before taking it and grinning back at her

"Thank you"

"You're very welcome, good choice by the way"
She answers him
"Most people choose coffee, clearly forgetting that tea is much better"

"I agree"
He utters back at her before walking away from her, as she watches him leave Isla notices Kaylee walking in; and with a ginormous smile on her peachy lips

"OH"
She begins leaning onto the counter
"MY GOD"

"What?"

"YOU JUST SERVED LOUIS TOMLINSON, LOUIS FUCKING TOMLINSON"

"No I didn't"
Isla scoffs, wiping the counter down

"Yes you did"
Kaylee insists with a wide smile
"I know what Louis looks like. Like hello I'm one of their biggest fans and that was Louis"

"no it wasn't"
Isla states
"Why would Louis come here?"

"Because he loves Starbucks, he's always in Starbucks"
Kaylee says looking at her friend who is staring at her in disbelief of what she was telling her
"Okay fine, did he order tea?"

"Well, yes"

Kaylees grin grows bigger, nearly from one side of her caramel skin to other as her pearly teeth begin to show
"Was his voice a cute British one with a beatiful tinge to it?"

Isla nods her head as she laughs at her best friend
"Okay maybe it's possible, though seriously if I didn't know better I would say you were madly in love with him and stalked him on a daily basis but I know that you're Harry's bias so you do that to him instead"

I haven't yet edited or corrected this so sorry if there are any small mistakes