a relaxing sip [open]

[Nicole Maurice]

••let it be

Nicole felt the sun beat on her back as she walked over the heated pavement. Even her gargantuan sun hat wasn't doing it's proper job of sheilding her from the intense light. luckily she saw a starbucks coming up on her left. It was the perfect refuge from the blinding light and heat that didn't seem to cease.

She loved the tingle of the bells on the door as she leaned against the door in an attempt to open it. It clearly needed to be oiled, but Nicoel wasn't even thinking about that, the only thoguht in her head was the orange mango banana vivanno that was waiting to be made.

She had first tasted the drink at a party in the Hamptons at the ofurth of july party she'd attended up there. Waiters had dolled out the thich drink in cool looking martini glasses. immidiately, Nicole had been hooked and all summer she'd been coming back for them. Part of her addictin may have been due to the amount of fun she'd had that night. It had been warm, but not humid and all of those girls had been together. Now the night was reduced to memories, pictures, and the vivanno she was about to order.

"One orange mango banana vivanno and a rainbow cookie." Nicole ordered and watched as the man went over to pick up her cookie. she knew it was juvinile, but she loved the way all the colors looked on the soft cookie.

She accepted her cookie in exchange for her platinum visa and waited patiently for the cashier to be dome with it. After pushing a number of buttons and a code that even the security camera wouldn't have been able to deceifer, he handed Nicole her card back. Nicole proceeded to a big comfy chair near the window and plopped down in it, waiting for them to announce that her drink was ready.

[Elle Perry]

Elle walked down the street feeling colorless. It may have been the fact that she was on her period or maybe because she hadn't been shopping in a while. She didn't know. As she strolled she looked across the street and saw the only thing that could possibly make her feel any better. Starbucks. She breathed a sigh of relief and walked across the cross walk and in to the store. The bells above the threshold slightly jingled and she smiled. It was such a small thing but it brought back many memories. As she walked in she spotted a flawless blond. "Nicky." She yelled excitedly, calling attention to herself. She didn't really care though. Her best friend was sitting right in front of her. She ran to hug her and sat down across from her. She saw the rainbow cookie sitting across from her and pulled a peice off so she could put it in her mouth. As she chewed she began to talk. "So how are you babe?"