The sound of a tuning guitar brought back memories. College.

Ashley was still college aged actually. She had attended for only a year before dropping out. It had been a mess. A waste of twenty grand.

Afterwards she was too embarrassed to move back home. She worked at a cafe near campus:...

"The next place I want to go is a coffee bar, but next door or is a tea place."

"You guys don't have to come." She felt like a tour guide. Even though Alan went here, he didn't really go to any of these spots.

"No, no its fun its an...

It was the first cold morning of the fall. The summer must be over for good, thought Carol as she tugged her shirt trying to keep warm. Usually she got hot easily. Was the one trying to turn the thermostat lower. But today she had not anticipated this chill. Had...

"Always nice to chat Ezekiel."

"And you Charles. Glad we see eye to eye."

They both laughed and Charles left at this. Was it a joke? Ezekiel always felt awkward with things like this. Why did we have to say anything. It wasn't even fucking funny. 

He felt jittery a bit, he...

One thing I rarely lacked in college was confidence. My best friend was an odd kind and I spent a lot of time with him. One of his more frequent obsessions was talking about how young some people were when they achieved a big thing: a common example being Bret...