RP: One More Cup of Coffee

[marie_oshea]

Date: January 18, 2011
Characters: Marie O'Shea, Ava Byrne
Location: Starbucks on West 7th
Status: Private
Summary: Ava and Marie meet for coffee
Completion: Complete

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[avabyrne]

Ava parked her bike in the rack outside of Starbucks just as she'd done last week and locked it, all the while humming to the music coming through her earbuds. Listening to an ipod while riding a bike wasn't the safest thing ever, but Ava often did it anyway. Music made the ride feel shorter, and today especially, it also helped her relax. She'd had an exhausting day being observed by the man who was her boss' direct superior. It was nerve-wracking trying to work with him around and evaluating her, and the most frustrating thing was that he hadn't even given her any feedback. He'd just... watched. Ominously.

A nice bike ride and some music had put her nerves at bay a little.

She checked the time on her phone as she went inside, pleased to see she wasn't quite late. Marie's hair was immediately noticeable; she was standing in line behind a bickering couple, which made Ava smile as she headed over, removing her earbuds.

"Hey," she said, hoping this didn't count as sneaking up on her or anything.

[marie_oshea]

Marie had been momentarily distracted by the sound of a girl whining in front of her. She supposed that the politically correct term would have been 'young woman' as the girl didn't look much younger than her, but she certainly sounded five with they way she was whining. The boyfriend got no sympathy from Marie either. He kept firing back with snarky comments that only made his girlfriend whine louder. For as much as she and Sean had fought towards the end of their relationship, at least they had kept it to themselves.

She was so involved in attempting not to glare at the bickering couple that she gave a little jump when she heard someone behind her. "Hey," she said happily when she turned around to find that Ava had been the source of the voice. "Sorry, I was distracted by the couple of the year," she said sarcastically in a quiet voice so that the couple in question would not overhear the comment.

[avabyrne]

Marie jumped at first, and Ava laughed a little. "I didn't mean to startle you," she said apologetically, then looked past Marie to the couple. "And I know, I spotted them when I came in. Pretty hard to miss."

Now she was closer, she could hear them better. They were certainly attracting attention. The guy had turned halfway away from the girl at this point, deliberately ignoring her (rude). The girl responded by hissing loudly at his shoulder, something like "well maybe you just take her this weekend". Ava looked at Marie and smiled bemusedly, lowering her voice. Not that they'd probably hear her anyway. "More like breakup of the year."

[marie_oshea]

"Yeah," Marie said blandly. "They're about as subtle as a flying brick." Marie's eyes widened when she heard the girl start to throw accusations about other women around. "This is worse than trashy daytime television."

As soon as Marie had said that she saw the girl bring her hand back in preparation. "Uh-oh," she said under her breath to Ava as the girl slapped the guy. From the looks of the angry red mark that was already showing on his face and the sound of the entire Starbucks going silent in shock, it had been a good one.

"FUCK YOU!" The girl screeched as she stormed past Marie and Ava and violently pushed open the doors. "I'm done with your shit!" Well, Marie thought, she definitely had her boyfriend's (or ex as of five seconds ago, if she wanted to be precise) attention now.

"Oooh my god," Marie said. She turned to look at Ava with wide eyes, mouth hanging slightly open in shock. "That really just happened. I can't even... just, wow."