Lacuna

Inside she thinks of herself as a superhero. Outside she orders a double soy latte with half shot vanilla and half shot almond. For the longest time she ordered a double soy latte with a shot of vanilla. But then a cute boy was in front of her. He complained to the girl behind the counter, the girl who has perky breasts and a knack of pointing them directly at her prey. He said that anybody who ordered just a vanilla shot is boring, You need more in your life than just vanilla.

The girl that thought of herself as a superhero considered this. She considered it from the aspect that perhaps her superhero powers derived from the double soy latte with a full shot of vanilla. She then thought she would never know unless she tried. If she left her drink what harm could it really do? Then she considered what would happen if her powers never came back.

But then the girl who thought of herself as a superhero saw one of the perky breasts wink at the cute boy in front of her. In that moment she determined she was willing to give up her superhero powers. That she would show that fucking bitch behind the counter. That the world might suffer, without her, and it would be all the girl with the perky breasts fault.

She didn't like the drink but now she drinks them all the time. She still doesn't know if it affected her superhero powers. She walked out of the coffee house and punched a bus. The bus didn't move, but that's never been her super power anyway.