Dominic rushed through the door and hurriedly grabbed a mug from the cabinet. The faucet squeaked as he turned the knob causing water to flow out of it, spilling into his mug.

Greedily, Dominic chugged the water. He was tipping the cup much faster than his mouth could swallow, causing multiple streams of excess water to trickle down his chin onto his shirt and the hardwood floor.

"Jeez, you're spilling so much I don't even know how much of that actually reached your mouth." Commented a woman in her early twenties sitting at the table nearby.

Her name was Maya. She was Dominic's roommate, as well as his best friend from high school. They decided to live together after finally graduating from college. Neither of them actually knowing where to go.

Dominic inhaled and exhaled sharply after emptying the mug, grinning at Maya.

"I just ran from the grocery store to the cafe!" Dominic exclaimed excitedly.

Maya didn't look at him, "Wow. That's neat. And clean up your mess, geez!"

Dominic looks down, realizing he's standing in a small puddle. His shoes were still on and were caked with mud. The mud though, was being softened by the water and seeping into it making a brown liquid-y mess.

"Oh yeah sure, I'll work on that. Do we even have a mop?"

"No, I suppose not. How long did it take?" Maya asked with curiosity, but not really. She was in the middle of a good part in her book and Dominic was just interrupting. The only reason she asked was to be nice, but she wouldn't tell him that.

"I think I got about four and a half seconds? My last score was five minutes, but that's only cause I had to wait for the light to change. So new high score!" His arms raise in victory, forgetting there was a mug in his hand, so he puts it in the sink. He suddenly starts looking around the kitchen for something to gorge himself on, ignoring the mess for now.

Maya glares at him, "You better not steal those muffins over there by the way, that's for the bake sale my friends and I are doing."

They were perfect blueberry muffins. Moist and spongy with ripe blueberries that had just the right amount of tart and sweet mixed with a sugary crumb topping. They were also baked perfectly to a golden perfection.

"But they look so good!" Dominic exclaims, dribbling slightly. "Can't I have just one?"

"No. Why don't you finish that half eaten cup of yogurt? It is SO you to not even be able to finish a single cup of yogurt." Maya grumbles.

"But... but muffins!"

"But no!" Maya says, stubbornly. "Unless you want to buy one you better keep your paws off."

"Buy one?? How much?" Dominic says while bouncing up and down excitedly.

"Two dollars each."

Dominic slaps down two dollars on the table Maya is reading at. It makes her close her eyes for a second then glare at Dominic for an extra dramatic effect.

"Go ahead."

Dominic almost immediately leaps for the tastiest looking muffin he can find on the plate and digs in. He is met with a delightful taste of the muffins with the soft sweet berries. His joy is met with a sudden choking of realization.

"I have a job! Aw crap!"

"Yes Dominic, yes you do."

"I gotta skedaddle!"

"Mkay."

Dominic rushes out the door with his face full of muffin, shutting the door abruptly before Maya sees him run past the window.

"Weirdo."

Her amusement is short lived when she sees the muddy puddle left on the kitchen floor, telling her she'll be the one to clean it up.