Take a Deep Breath For Me

It was days like today where River wished she had a co-owner, or at least a manager of King Candy. Not that she’d every really be able to leave anyone else in control of her shop, but an extra set of hands would be helpful when it came to inventory and making sure the orders arrived. And arrived in one piece. She’d spent most of the morning on the phone trying to track down bits and pieces of her order, only having received three out of the ten expected packages. Her mind was in a million and one places as she left Cuppa Joes, coffee in hand, and hadn’t noticed the crack in the sidewalk before stepping in it; promptly sending her stumbling over as she swore and dropped the coffee. “You’ve gotta be shitting me” She couldn’t help but let out a short laugh. “This whole day is some sort of cosmic joke I swear..” she grumbled.

Slowly, Ronan found himself getting used to living in America, it was a big change from Ireland, but the biggest change was going from a big city to a small town, but he liked it here.  The quiet was nice, and being able to walk around with his baby in his arms and not having to worry about crowds was his favorite thing.  It was a nice, uneventful morning for him and he decided to get some coffee at Cuppa Joe before heading to a “Daddy and Me” class one of his patients has suggested he try.  He stepped aside to let someone through before going inside and he wanted to help her when she tripped, but there was no way to get her without dropping the baby, “I’m sorry,” he said, gently, “Are you alright? Let me get you another coffee, maybe I can make up for the universe a bit.” 

Rasha frowned as someone stepped into her light.  She had been sketching - alone and in silence - when someone, a shadow, disturbed her.  Without looking up, Rasha slid over and kept shading the piece.  “You are in my light.”  She said softly.  “Yes, I am drawing, and yes this is charcoal.”  Her therapist told her to be assertive so she was trying.  Finally, slowly, she looked up and stared at the person in front of her.  “May I help you?”

Ronan was distracted that day, he was distracted most days if he was honest, life had taken a turn in a direction he’d never expected and he was trying to figure it out.  He’d picked up his daughter from daycare and was looking for a place to sit for a little while and do some work, but he hadn’t been able to find a place, for such a small town, everywhere he found seemed to be full, so he’d stopped to look around and see if he could find a spot, he just hadn’t realized he was standing in someone’s way.  “Oh, I’m sorry, I was just looking for somewhere to sit, let me get out of your way,” he stepped aside for a moment and then sighed, “Do you mind if we just sit over here, I promise I won’t disrupt you, I’ve just got some paperwork to do and the baby should be asleep the whole time.”