Alpha Adryan
twenty four

"Good Morning Jade.” Frank, the barista instantly chimes up uponseeing Jade wake in.

Frank was a chubby man in his early forties, he was one of the barista'sof the Cafe, also one of Scarlett's close friend. He had dark blonde hairand kind brown eyes, that were always shining brightly and made Jadefeel at home.

"Good Morning to you too Frank, having a good day so far?" Jade asksback, greeting him.

"Yes yes, you know it" he replies with a smile.

"Ah oh, who is this young man?” Frank suddenly asks playfully, his eyeson the tiny figure that now seemed to get suddenly shy, hiding behindhis mother's legs while staring at Frank.

"Oh come on kiddo, you don't want this?" Frank holds out a sprinkledcookie covered in a transparent paper in his hand, of course he knewabout her son's addiction to anything sweet related, and taking theadvantage of his weakness. Jade shakes her head. This was a normaloccurrence for her.

Frank crouches down in front of the small toddler, his one handextending the cookie towards the blue green eyes boy who looked atthe cookie like it was a piece of treasure, maybe to him it was indeedone.

Adonis extends his small hands taking the cookie in his own, and staresback at Frank who still had a smile on his face.

"What do you say after someone gives you something, Adonis?" Jadeasks as she closely watched them interact with a smile on her face."Thankyou" the small boy said, but it mostly came out as thanchu sincehe was still learning to pronounce things, and had difficulty inpronouncing certain words since be was a toddler after all.

Frank pats the little boys head and stands up from his crouched frame."Have you seen Scarlett? I haven't seen her around" She asks him, asJade looked around the bakery, which was also a part café. She couldn'tspot the brunette haired woman anywhere around here.

"You know her Jade, she's always baking something" Frank says in aplayful tone, with a playful roll of his eyes.

"Of course she would be, see you later Frank” she says, to which hereplies with a 'see you later’.

"Hey" Jade says, walking into the back kitchen only to stop dead in hertracks when she takes in the scene before her.

Her eyes take in the brunette haired older woman before her, who hada bit of flour present on her hair and face, while she rolled the doughprobably to bake another batch of cookies Jade had seen peopleoutside munching away at.

Jade's voice seems to capture Scarlett's attention, making her stoprolling the dough for a moment. A smile forms on her face, the slightlaugh lines appearing near the sides of her eyes and mouth.

Scarlett was a pleasant woman to be around. She always looked aroundothers and especially Jade. Scarlett treated her like her own daughter.Sadly Scarlett didn't have any children of her own but the woman neverseemed down or sad.

"Hey, when did you get here?”

"Just a few minutes ago, and you're still baking to death I see” Jadetakes in the sets of cookie laid out in the baking tray.

Scarlett glared at her playfully, her eyes move down and immediatelylights up as she takes in Adonis, as he munched on the cookie Frankhad offered him.

As soon as Adonis takes notice of the older woman, an ear splittingsmile forms on his face, running upto the older woman he gives her ahug, which she returns careful not to rub off the dough on him.

"Aww, that's my grandson” Scarlett cooes at him as she takes in thesmall toddler. Caressing his face lovingly and placing a soft kiss on hisforehead. Jade smiles at their interaction, her heart melts at their sweetinteraction.

Seeing them both interact with eachother reminded her of her ownparents, thinking how happy they would've been to see and play withtheir grandson, sadly they were taken away from this world too soonScarlett considered Adonis as her own grandson and treated him likeone too. Scarlett and her husband Joe, spoiled the boy every chancethey got.

"Scarlett, I'll be working outside. Call me if you need anything" Jadesays as she pulls on her apron over her dress, removing her jacket inthe process. Leaving Adonis with the older woman since he was used toJade's work routine.

Jade walks towards one of the tables situated at the corner of the caféwith a notepad and pen clutched in her hands.

She approached the table where one man seemed to sit, dressed in asuit.

"Hello, Good morning sir. What would you like to order?" She asks himpolitely, with a smile on her face.

Grayson looks up from his newspaper, his eyes widens a fraction as helooks at the woman that stood infront of him.

Jade's face scrunches a bit when he doesn't replies to her question.Now that she notices it, he was a werewolf. It wasn't uncommon forwolfs to be spotted around the small town. Many people crossedthrough to get to the city, often bringing in new people at the Cafe,who stop by to drink coffee or have some snacks during the day time.His presence didn't make her feel threatened or anything, she was usedto being a werewolves presence by now.

A clearing of the throat catches her attention.

"A black coffee please” he says and Jade nods her head.

"Anything else? Any pastries, cakes, croissants, cookies?" Jade lists offthe items from the menu by heart.

"A croissant would do" he replies with a small smile after thinking aboutit for a few moments.

"Sure, I'll be back in a moment with your coffee and croissant” with thatsaid she leaves him to get his order.

What she failed to notice was how his eyes followed her through outthe room.