Chapter 1 Beautiful Black Day

You wake up to a beautiful black and white sky. On top of you is a pile of books. You spent all night studying for your psychic class but fell asleep under the stars. Lucky for you it didn't rain last night. But you sure are late. You check your watch and it's already 10 o'clock. Yikes! You scramble up sending your books sprawling everywhere. You go to pick them up but realize there is no time. Unless you want to skip coffee this morning but skipping coffee is out of the question so you leave your books lying in the grass. And go through the back door of your house. You make your way through the hallway and all the way to the front door. You grab your coat off of the hook and put it on. You slide on your shoes. Reach for your keys and wallet on the desk. Once they're in your pocket you shout goodbye to your mother and head for the car. You jump in and shut the door. You place the key in place and start up the car. But before you pull out of the driveway you switch on the seat heaters. It's really cold outside. Beautiful. But cold. You pull out of the driveway and head straight for downtown to your favorite coffee shop. Michael's. Once there you find a spot right in front. It's your lucky day. You hop out of the car, lock the doors, and run to get coffee. Once inside you take a heavy breath to breathe in all the different scents of coffee. Hmmmmm..... home. You say. You place your cold hands in your coat pockets and walk to get in line. It seems like forever by the time you finally get up front. You tell them your order. The barista looks you up and down than behind you. You just stand where you are. They than ask you, "Is it just you today? No one else?" You sigh and reply," Yep, it's just me." The barista seems shocked than proceeds to punch in your order. You just stand there bumping your feet up and down to keep your blood flowing. You've never truly been in here long enough to notice how big this place was. From the outside it seemed so small. But it's huge. However you can't really tell the colors of this place. Suddenly the barista tells you your order is being made. You take a step towards the waiting line when suddenly the barista hollers for you to come back. You listen and ask them what's up. They reply, " So you are here alone." Already tired of this conversation you say, "Yes." They continue to pry, " So that explains your outfit combination than. It's absolutely disastrous." They smile and a couple of people laugh. You look around to see people smiling at you. Instead of trying to make a sly remark you brush it off and smile and laugh with them. But the barista still wants to continue the conversation, " How embarrassing. You look old and still haven't found your soulmate. How pitiful. You don't even know what your missing. Haha loser." The barista starts busting out laughing. You can't believe the nerve of them. Your grip tightens on your wallet and the other tightens into a fist. You watch as the barista pulls out three cups. You can tell they're three different colors but you don't know what colors they are. You get asked, "Which one is the blue one? Which one is the red one? Which one is green?" You look off to the side out of anger and frustration and bite down on your lip

because you can't tell what cup color is which and you don't want to make a scene. But the anger inside of you wins and you pull out your hand which is in a fist. Your about to throw a punch when suddenly someone steps in-front of you. They yell at the barista and everyone who was making fun of you. However they don't look at you. They act as if you aren't there. No one listens to them and continues laughing. You turn your head side to side watching this happen. When all of a sudden you feel a tight grip on your wrist. Your being pulled behind the person who stood up for you, all the way out of the coffee shop they pull you until you both are a couple blocks away. You quickly pull their grip off and stop. They stop in their tracks to look at you. Suddenly your heart breaks into a million pieces that metamorphosed into butterflies that flew everywhere inside you. It's a feeling like you've never felt before. The world slows down. The sky shines light on the beautiful person standing in-front of you. You immediately get sucked into their golden curly locks, tan skin, rosy lips, monochromatic black outfit, and blue eyes. Blue eyes. Blue eyes. Blue eyes. Color. You can see color.