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S.J. watched Mortll plop a seat down next to her and felt the usual dread that accompanied forced company. She figured she'd need at least two to three more minutes of casual conversation before she could politely pretend her phone had just vibrated in her jacket pocket. Making up some fake message that would allow her very real escape from this dreaded small talk, she'd finish her Roman reading on the book shop's ancient desktop.

Her slender fingers played with the edge of her coffee lid as she contemplated what to say. "Uh...Yes. I'm a student." The awkwardness in which she answered the question was not lost on her. As her inner self shriveled in embarrassment S.J. did her best to act as if she hadn't just answered a question with the question its self. The other hand slipped into her pocket as she consciously straightened her back and made her eyebrows frown quizzically. Out came her phone, which she of course opened and found her text messages. "Oh. It looks like my Grams needs me to help her with something." S.J. locked her phone, smiled, and pocketed it again. "I should get going." She stood and gathered her things. "Thanks for the coffee!"

S.J. exited the shop and took an immediate left. Opposite her home and the book shop.