No light, no light

Have you heard about Sam? That’s probably the only thing, I guess.

Sam? No, I haven't. What happened to him? Is he okay?

The Lima Bean is going to be my savior today. Hopefully 2 cups will be enough to keep me awake…

We're always glad to keep students awake. It's somewhere in our slogan. I'm guessing you didn't get much sleep, right? 

I agree. And I’ve taken piano lessons half my life, so I’m okay at that, but not amazing. I’ve always wanted to pick up a guitar or something, but I don’t think the instrument would really suit me.

Piano? That's pretty cool, I'd like to hear that someday. And that's so not true, trust me, having the right instrument makes the whole difference, something that suits your style and personality. I just recently started taking guitar lessons and it's not very hard. 

Well what makes you angry?

I don't have anger issues, I just got angry at them because they were meddling where they shouldn't even after I tell them to stop. 

It’s just not to me, but I’m not going to tell someone not to believe in it. Did you really? That’s kind of adorable.

Yeah, that's the right thing to do, in my opinion. Well-- I was, i think. So do you play any instruments?

Oh wow, hadn’t thought of that one, Einstein.

You can't say I didn't try. 

Oh, not even remotely. God is kind of like…. The toothfairy for adults in my opinion. Or Santa Claus. People know he’s not real but it’s nice to believe in something I suppose. 

Yeah, I can see your point. I've never been too keen on believing either, but everyone has to have something to believe in, I guess, if it gives them peace of mind, well, whatever floats your boat, as long as they don't try to push their beliefs on others, things should be alright. I used to believe in Santa, though, one Christmas I asked him for a guitar because I wanted to be like Led Zeppelin. Ha. 

I have anger issues. It’s fun having anger issues.

Not so fun when you snap at others, to be honest. 

You know what, normally I wouldn’t indulge in going out with anyone I work with. But why not, I could really do with that scotch.

It's just a drink, you know? I'm not asking you to move in with me or anything like that. Anything's better with Scotch, even company, I guess. First round is on me.

Exactly! See, this is why we get along. And which: Heaven or coffee? Because while I do argue that the cost of coffee could be cheeper, it’s still less than heaven, since apparently the only way to get there is pretend you really care about it.

It was just a way of speaking. And I'll have to go with coffee since I'm not that religious, like, I respect beliefs and all, but it's been a while since I stopped believing in heaven, and even if it does exist I...--- I'm just not religious. From the way you're speaking, I guess you aren't either? 

Well, thank you then. I am pretty fantastic if I do say so myself. And it really should be: "coffee is affordable priced heaven, ya don't need to sell you soul to get a piece of this".

And whoever disagrees is just wrong. And yeah, you're right, I think you're right, it shouldn't cost as much as it does, 

Still no Scotch.

I could use some Scotch too. Wanna go grab a drink?

Fu- ...dge.

Say you didn't do it? 

We really should, I could give this entire school a fantastic face lift. You think I’m awesome? Well, that’s always nice to hear, and yes, coffee is literally heaven. Anyone who disagrees is wrong. Great! Just let me know when you finish, and the first cup is definitely on me, Elliot.

'Course I think you're awesome, I thought I've made that pretty clear. That's gonna be Lima Bean's next slogan and, sure, I could never say to no to free coffee.