Maria touched the off button on her alarm clock. Normally, she uses her cellphone as her alarm clock but instead started using an alarm clock she bought on eBay instead. It was in the shape of her favorite character, which was Pepé Le Pew. It cost her eighty dollars, plus shipping and handling.
She gets up and stumbles into the bathroom and relieves her bladder. After washing her hands and walking back out of the bathroom and back to her bedroom. She moves the curtain aside and notices it is snowing outside. The ground outside was already covered, and it sucked. “I hate snow.”
Maria hated winter, especially snow. Every time she and her cousins got together at their grandmother’s house. She would get attacked by snowballs from her cousins. They knew she hated the cold, but that never stopped them.
Maria was glad she had her robe and slippers on. She noticed that Vincent hadn’t started the coffee yet. She starts brewing some coffee for herself and Vincent. She grabs a box of blueberry muffin mix and a box of apple cinnamon muffin mix. She makes the blueberry first and the apple cinnamon afterwards.
Once the oven reaches the temperature that she set it for, she puts both muffin trays in the oven. It was a Saturday, so she didn’t have to go to work. Once the coffee was done brewing, Maria fixed herself a cup.
She checked the oven and saw that the muffins were doing well. She noticed Vincent’s bedroom door was shut when she passed it. She sits down at the dining room table and enjoys her coffee. By the time she finished her first cup of coffee, the muffins were ready to come out.
Maria takes the muffins out and lets them cool for a few minutes before grabbing one of each. She loves freshly made muffins. She learned how to cook from her grandmother, but Vincent was a better cook than her. His muffins and cookies tasted far better than anything she had had.
Maria is sitting and enjoying her muffins. A guy she doesn’t recognize comes walking into the dining room in just his boxers.
“Good morning.” Maria looks at the young man with light brown hair. He had a slight athletic build. He had to be at least a few years younger
than Vincent.
Brad turns and notices a young-looking woman looking at him. He notices she was wearing a pink house robe.
“Good morning, do I smell coffee in the air?” Brad came to the kitchen because of the smell of muffins and coffee.
“Help yourself. There are muffins as well.” Maria takes a bite from her muffin.
“Thanks.” Brad walks into the kitchen and looks for a cup/mug.
“The cabinet behind you.” Maria knew she should get up and help this guy, but the kitchen wasn’t very big.
“Thanks.” Brad turns around and opens the cabinet.
Inside, he spots four black coffee mugs and another set that had cartoon characters on them. He noticed that there was one with the skunk from Looney Tunes on it. He noticed that the woman he spoke to was drinking from a pink cup with the skunk on it. He wonders why she liked that cartoon character so much. He grabs a black coffee mug and fills it. He spots the sugar and wonders if they have any milk.
Brad turns to look at the young woman. “Do you have any milk or coffee creamer?”
“In the refrigerator.” Maria had finished eating her muffins and was just enjoying the last of her coffee.
“So, are you and Vincent a thing?” Maria knew Vincent didn’t have a boyfriend.
Brad fixes his coffee and grabs some muffins. He turns and walks towards the dining room. “I hope so. By the way, my name is Brad.” He holds his hand out to shake Maria’s after placing his coffee and muffins on the table.
“Maria, I’m Vincent’s roommate.” Maria shakes Brad’s hand.
“So, how long have the two of you been roommates?” Brad sits down at the dining room table.
“Since I graduated from college. I was looking for a roommate and placed an ad in the local gay paper.”
“I didn’t know we had a newspaper.” This was a first for Brad.
“Yeah, it’s called OutLife757.” Maria has been a subscriber since she was in high school.
Her grandparents didn’t mind her being gay. She didn’t know how her parents felt about it, because they never really spoke to each other. Sure, they called to check up on her with her grandparents, but it was more like an owner calling to check on their favorite pet.
“I didn’t know that. Do they have a website?”
“Yes. So, what is your and Vincent’s plan for today?” Maria gets up and walks into the kitchen to refill her coffee cup.
“Don’t know. If we do go out. I’ll need to go by my place to shower and change.”
“Well, you'd better plan on it snowing, because it is right now.” A slight smile appears on Maria’s face.
“You’re joking, right?” Brad examines Maria’s expression to see if she was joking.
“Nope! It’s snowing outside right now. I’m surprised that you didn’t see it when you woke up in Vincent’s bedroom.” Maria knew Vincent had a window in his bedroom that faced the back of the building where his car was parked.
“I had to use the bathroom.” Brad drinks some of his coffee.
“Well, take a look outside when you're done with your coffee and muffins.” Maria finishes her coffee and gets up from the table.
She walks into the kitchen and rinses her coffee cup out and places it in the dish rack to dry. She turns around and heads towards her bedroom to change out of her night clothes and into something warmer. She shuts her bedroom door to change.
Brad noticed how short Maria was when she stood up. He watches her clean her coffee cup in the sink and put it in the dish rack to dry. He wonders why Vincent was living with a normal woman.
After a while, Vincent joins Brad in the dining room. He needed some coffee to wake up.
“Vincent, did you notice it is snowing outside?”
Vincent looks towards Brad, “I’m not functional yet.”
“I can see that.” Brad finishes his coffee.
Maria changes out of her pajamas and into a pair of sweatpants and her favorite oversized t-shirt with Pepé Le Pew on it. He was kissing one of his victims he managed to capture. She walks back out into the living room and sits down on the recliner to read her Kindle.