Alex ran to the coffee shop close to his workplace the sign said "no coffee".
What was he going to, he was already late for work and can't enter the office without placing it on his boss table.
He looked around checking for an alternative forgetting he knows the environment very well.
He can only get it in the next street. He began to run fast to the coffee shop because there is always a long queue waiting to get their order.
He got there to meet the queue, he went straight to a lady that was close to getting her coffee and politely asked her to help him.
He pleaded with her, she agreed to help him.
He was so glad he summoned the courage to approach her.
Some minutes later he was already running to the office with the coffee. He was lucky to get there on time, placed the coffee on his boss table and left to do other things.
"please can you help me get this across to the manager" a soft voice said.
Alex heard the voice and it was familiar, he didn't turn back to see the person rather he continued with his work.
"please help me, this is my fourth time coming here" the voice came again.
Alex turned this time around to clarify his doubt. It was the lady that helped him that morning.
He went close introduced himself and offered to help her.
She was surprised to see him there.
"thank you very much" she said.
"no I should thank you more for helping me this morning, this is the little I can do in return"
"i owe you big time" Alex said smiling.
This short story is a five-minute freewrite inspired by the Sunday Freewrite prompt: "no coffee". Join the @freewritehouse community to receive daily prompts, hosted by @mariannewest