The sound of heavy rain rather than the usual ringing of a bell announced the arrival of a customer in the small coffee shop.The two people sitting on tall stools behind the counter looked up to see who it was, stopping what they were doing. The woman smiled at the steam coming off the recently arrived man's hair and coat and greeted him cheerfully

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The ship sped along under the bright sun. The captain stood at the bow, shielding his eyes from the glare with his hand, and watched the horizon, with sand spraying up to hit the crew members' faces. One sailor frowned at this inconvenience and stopped what he was doing to look over the side of the boat.

"Cap'n, why are we in the desert?" He asked ( Read more... )

Nadia closed her eyes and relaxed back in the chair. Her feet rested on the seat in front of her, the small notebook lying forgotten in her lap with her hands absently holding it and a pen in place. Her full concentration was on the music now, and the tiny smile pulling at the edge of her lips indicated that she was enjoying it. Her head moved ( Read more... )

Amy's cheerful whistle died off as soon as she was Dom sitting on the front step of Agariste. She sat down next to him, dwarfed to a degree by his long legs that had been folded up, with his knees easily reaching his chin. She placed a hand on his leg and smiled awkwardly, hoping to encourage him to talk.

"Aunt Esme's sick." Dom bluntly stated, not ( Read more... )

Natalie watched in awe as her surroundings changed around her. Before her eyes the lights flashing around the room became brighter and more vibrant; they moved by themselves, creating intricate patterns in the air ( Read more... )

Andy looked up from cutting tomatoes to see the young man sitting on a stool on the other side of the bench. He paused for a moment before retuning his attention back to the job at hand. He slid a brown paper bag of mushrooms over to his friend, who began peeling them diligently ( Read more... )

Andy woke up slowly as the sun streamed through the window and onto his face. He turned his head to look at the old fashioned alarm clock on the bedside table, and though he tried, he couldn't quite work out which blurs on the clock face were which, so with his free hand he reached over and picked it up, bringing it closer until he could read the ( Read more... )

"Come on, you don't need tutoring for this." Said the 20-year-old, looking at the teenage girl sitting next to him. She looked up from what she was doing (filling a piece of paper with small circles drawn in green pen) and looked at him, a smug smile playing on her lips.

"I never said I needed tutoring." She commented. Turning her attention back to ( Read more... )

A roomful of teenagers sitting at their desks watched in silence as a man in his mid-twenties rushed out the door. A few minutes later a middle aged woman barged into the room and stood at the front of the class with her hands on her hips. She surveyed the rabble sitting in front of her, trying to intimidate them before she spoke.

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As the woman stepped inside the coffee shop, she realised that once again no one had noticed her. The door was already open, so there was no sound from the bell hanging off it; and the noise from the people's conversations coupled with the musicthat was playing washed over her ( Read more... )