I shut my eyelids closed for a second, my chin propped up on my palm. I inhaled the scents of chocolate, mint and cookie dough. It relaxed me instantly and I felt each and every muscle in my body lose all its tension at once. The nights had become longer and longer for me, my thoughts between my mother and Ben splittinig the time of keeping me up. Last night I hadn’t fallen asleep until at least five in the morning, having to wake up in less than an hour after that. There was a ring at the door and I internally groaned, taking as much time as possible to open my eyes. At first, I thought it was an illusion but after focusing my eyes I realized that I was, in fact, not seeing things. Standing before me was the guy who had kept me up for hours on end the past week. "Hi," Ben said as he walked up to the counter, easily smiling at me in that way that melted me every time. I didn't understand how he managed to keep that devastating grin up the entire day without a fading effect on me. I straightened out. "Hey," I said turning around swiftly to quickly pat down my hair and rub my hands over my eyes in attempt to wake me up. I pretended to straighten out some cups on the back counter before turning again, plastering a smile on my face as I noticed for the first time that there was someone standing next to Ben. "Sawyer, right?" Marni asked, a little, mocking smile playing across her lips as if she just wanted to laugh me off like I were some clown or something. And in the polka <b>...</b>