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Everyday is the same, same old thing, same old boring thing. The only thing that had changed for Carmilla was the fact that it was a different century, day, and age. I mean of course, all of that was wiped away when she met Laura Hollis.
"Who's next," Carmilla says as she hovers over the register- she feels like she's anticipating for some great arrival, but the shop is fairly empty today. She's already peeved from her co-warker rambling about her cute girlfriend that is coming to visit her in work. Carmilla is beyond herself and just as she's about to get someone to run her shift after listening to the idiot's rambles, she is stopped dead in her tracks by the cutest girl she's ever laid eyes on.
"Well hello there cupcake." She's happy she didn't give away her shift to that brat-
"Oh um, I'll have a caramel cappuccino. And I was actually looking for Danny..."
"Danny?"
"Yes, Danny L-"
"Lawrence?"
And right on time, like a summoning spell or some shit, Lawrens comes out (no not out of the closet, but man is she gaaaaaaaaaaaay because she's got a cutie on her hands).
"I'm here," Danny mumbles and sticks a sickingly sweet kiss onto her girlfriend's face. "Fuck," Carmilla thinks. She probably made a wrong move, I mean, the girl is obviously taken, but then again, she did seem interested. Maybe it's in her head.
"I'm sorry, who're you again?" the girl asks.
Danny sighs and heaves a "Laura, don't worry about it."
"What, don't I get to know who you're working with?"
"No, no, it's just-"
Here is admittedly the best time to chime in, "Laura, hmmm. That's a nice name. It'd be better if I was moaning it though." She snickers a bit at the face the girl, Laura, makes when she says that. Obviously, undoubtedly, Laura is appalled but seems to like how straight forward Carmilla is. Before Carmilla can get even another look at the girl, Danny is shuffling her off into her car. Tsk, tsk. No fun. She can see Danny and her girlfriend arguing from here though. She can even hear their conversation.
"See, this is exactly why I did not want you coming to visit during work Laura-"
"No, no it's fine."
"What do you mean it's fine, you're not offended in the least about that leech's advance?"
"I am, but-"
"But?"
"Nothing, nothing, don't worry."
"Alright," Danny opens her door for her as she gets in the car, and pretends like nothing ever happened. I mean why would Laura, her Laura, ever fall for a creep like that.
The next morning Carmilla is lost in the brown swirling mixture of the tainted brown water of coffee. In fact, she's so lost she doesn't realize someone's talking to her until, Laura taps her shoulder unceremoniously with annoyance evident on her flawless face. But, Carmilla just isn't having it today, and she's actually grumpy despite Laura's outward irresistible bubbliness. And even though Laura has only met her yesterday, she seems to know something isn't right. And Laura is right about that, she was flirting with her yesterday just to make Dani mad, but now with Valentine's day coming around the corner- reality is setting in and the reality is that Danny Lawrence has a girlfriend and she doesn't.
"Are you going to being dramatic and staring into the distance now?" Laura asks.
That sobers up Carmilla, and she smiles as best she can and musters, "What can I get for you?"
"Um, a girlfriend," Laura says sheepishly.
"Ha ha. Real funny," Carmilla casts a side glance from where she stands, but looks around, "yeah, I don't know where Danny is. I don't think she's on shift today. Why are you here?"
"That's exactly why I'm here actually. I mean the thing is that her and I- we broke up."
Carmilla genuinely shocked, quickly adds, "Wait, what? Why?"
"Look," Laura says, "I just, I told my parents I had a girlfriend and now I don't so I kind of need a girlfriend to meet them like soon? And I was wondering if you could do that, even though we barely know each other- I mean I know I might be getting ahead of myself, but you tolerated Danny so you can't be that bad-"
"No, of course sure. I don't mind," Carmilla says, stopping Laura mid-ramble.
"Great."
"Okay."
"Okay," Laura says in a rush, jotting her phone number on a piece of paper and all of a sudden putting it into Carmilla's hands, "Well, I have a job to go to, and I don't want to be late, so I should get a move on."
Laura reluctantly waves as she exits the door, and maybe Carmilla's life isn't so bad after all.