Jane smiled over the brim of her mug at his joke and brushed it off. She did have a sweet tooth and it got her into a lot of trouble with her dentist, and the bathroom scale. She had a bad habit of stocking up on little cakes and fruit pies to munch on in the middle of the night when she was feeling peckish. The sweet treats were beginning to leave their mark on her thighs and hips, and she had a feeling she would soon need a gym membership.<br/><br/>Setting down her cup, she dipped the spoon back into the coffee and began to stir it again. "If you like to grind your own coffee, then I suggest going to the East side of Brooklyn. There's a shop there that sells coffee beans by the pound and other essentials like grinders, makers, and yummy little Biscotti sticks to dip in your drink. They even offer hot samples if you're unsure about trying something new," she told him. "It's a mom and pop shop called Gloria's. I think its down on the corner of Broadway and Thirty-third street, only a fifteen minute drive from here."<br/><br/>Darius went on to tell her how he wrote crime novels and she checked asking him about his profession off her mental list. "A crime novelist, huh? Well that's pretty cool. Do you think I've read any of your works? I actually collect crime books."  It would be pretty neat if she owned a book he had written. The entertainment center in her living was made up of two tall book stands that connected with a double door cabinet over the top and on the bottom where the TV sat. Both side were packed full of paper back books with dog eared pages where she'd marked her favorite passages. She loved reading and spent many nights cuddled up on the couch with a blanket, a book and a hot cup of coffee.<br/><br/>"Could you pour me another?" she asked as she slid her cup across the counter. "As for what I do for a living, well, I am a journalist. And not a very good one. I am just starting out for a small company that prints local stories in a twenty-five cent paper. Its not very exciting, but it is a start. Between you and me, I wanna write stories about crime, but<i>real </i>crime, like a person robbed at gun point or a mob murder."