What Would Jane Think?

Scene:

It's the week after Christmas.

A Farmboy, a Graduate and a Girl walk into Barns & Noble.

The Farmboy veers right, towards the magazine racks, to look for Farmboy crack.

{i.e., European car magazines}

The Graduate and the Girl continue forward.

Once near the back of the store The Graduate and the Girl split off-

one goes to find ancient history and the other, books on painting.

Fifteen minutes later the Girl feels an arm land across her shoulders and a book on one of the Caesars is thrust into her face.

{she has told him she will buy him a book, since Santa forgot to do his job properly}

Suddenly her phone beeps at her.  A text.

"Donde estas?"

"Arte.  Estas tu in cafe?"

{obviously she has no idea how to speak Spanish regardless of the 8 years she sat in a Pre-K Spanish class 5 days out of every week}

Despite her terrible attempt to answer him in another language, he understands what she is asking.

However, he chooses to ignore her subtle plea for a latte.

As the Girl and The Graduate wander out from the mystery section five minutes later, they meet the Farmboy.

His hands are hidden behind his back.

A smile spreads across her face and she claps her hands like a happy little child. 

She thinks he has brought her the life juice of her people- coffee.

She is wrong, but not disappointed, because he has instead brought her this...

Jane Austen's Northanger Abby.

In comic book form.

She now giggles when she reads it and wonders what Jane would think.