Cafe Au Lait

Chapters 4-9 in Wake Up and Smell the Coffee 

Chapter 4 - Lansing
We pulled ourselves away form the river and tried to get warm, falling asleep in an abandoned warehouse (we scoped it out first). The next day, we made sure nothing in our packs were damaged, and made our way into town. We were running low on time so we chose to ride Greyhounds, for we could leave soonest.

In about an hour, we arrived in Lansing. Rejuvenated from the bus ride and sips of nectar, we didn’t bother to check into a hotel, instead walking into the first Biggby we found. “I’ll have a tall frozen hot chocolate please.” I said to the guy behind the counter.

“And a Caramel Marvel.” piped in Natalie.

“And a Cappuccino.” added Emma.

“And, uh, a hot chocolate.” said Rebecca.

“Two.” finished Seth.

We payed for our drinks and sat down. We watched for any signs of monsters, any signs of anything Greek. “Uggg,” I said while sipping my frozen hot chocolate, “at least at Starbucks they had good food.”

“I thought that you’d been drinking those ever since Starbucks.” said Rebecca.

“Well, yeah, but they’re bad. They don’t taste like hot chocolate and have a really weird aftertaste. It seemed like no coffee line was safe so I just went back to Starbucks.”

“Lemme taste.” said Natalie. I handed her my drink and she took a sip. “Eww.” she said, “Nasty.”

“I know, right?” Then I sighed, looking around, “I don’t notice anything guys. Should we just come back later?”

They all agreed so we left for now.

(to be continued)