Jane followed Darius to the kitchen as he offered a place to sit. She glanced behind her at the couch and thought of the paint smell. "I'll sit at the counter, save myself a headache." She climbed up into a stool and waited for him to pour her a hot cup of coffee as she she took in the kitchen. It was much like hers with bland cabinets hung over a white counter tops with drawers and cupboards underneath. He had the same ceramic tile floor with the tiny diamond pattern in the laminate. She admired his new faucet with jealousy and wished she'd made enough money to upgrade her outdated apartment.<br/><br/>Darius set her coffee before her and offered her sugar and cream. She thanked him and scooped out several hearty spoonfuls of sugar and added the fresh cream. While she stirred, she said, "When I first moved in, my bathroom had this hideous sunflower wallpaper hung up. And all of the rooms were the same shade of mint green that clashed with the orange shag carpeting. It was very 70s and I had to dish out a good chunk of money to get it changed out. God, it was awful." She stirred her coffee until it went from black to light tan and set her spoon off to the side. She brought it to her lips and closed her eyes as she took a sip. "That's good coffee," she commented.