sitting in a hotel coffee shop on a rainy day
There are 17 tables surrounding me. 5 of them are full. Two young 'professionals' sit directly across from me, I think they are sipping americanos and monitoring the stock markets. The one closer to me has an earring in his left ear and his stan smiths are a little scuffed. He doesn't have time to clean them I'm sure. The other is wearing a button-down, his shoes are bright white and his umbrella is large enough to cover both of them. He wouldn't move out of the way if you were walking toward him on the street. I bet they were Econ or business majors, messaging 19-year-olds on tinder to try and get them to come out with them tonight. They order bottle service at Ecole and try to promise women the best sex of their lives only to finish after 15 seconds. They will both get laid tonight. The table in the corner is a family of 4, in town to celebrate their older daughter's graduation. She's wearing a red gown with a green sash, I didn't think those were t...