Snippet #2076543

Kris stayed in his seat, still sipping his coffee. He watched as Alice poured 3 packets of sugar into her coffee. "Eww...", he thought to himself. He hated sugar in his coffee. He only liked black coffee. Well, black coffee and Mocha Frappuccinos. Those were his little indulgence.

"Ahh, I feel like something special is going to happen sometime in the near future, dear Pepper," Kris felt the small box in his pocket again as she said this. "Does she know?" thought Kris. "I'm gonna go to the restroom really quick." He slipped out of his seat and calmly walked into the men's restroom. He got into a stall and sat down on the toilet, leaving the stall door open. He wasn't actually using the toilet, he just needed some private. He pulled out the small box again and opened it, looking at what was inside. It was a golden ring with a 24 karat diamond on top. There was even an engraving saying, "I love you, Pepper." It cost him 2000 dollars, he had it custom made just for Pepper. He smiled lightly to himself until another man came into the restroom.

The man turned to Kris as he sat on the toilet, looking at his ring. The man was also eyeballing Kris's ring, and he slowly walked up to Kris. "Hey kid, how much can I buy that ring off of you for?"

Kris looked up at the man. "Nothing..."

The man chuckled. "Looks like this isn't going to work out then..." The man swiped the ring, box and all from Kris and started to run out of the door.

Kris was right on the man's tail, and before he could make it out of the bakery, Kris kicked the man in the back of the knee, dropping him and the ring. The box closed as it slid across the floor. It landed right at Pepper's feet. Kris was breathing pretty heavily. He wasn't used to running with his new knee. ".....I'm not getting robbed again...."