<div class="floatleft">(http://i52.tinypic.com/10rttts.jpg)</div><br/><br/><hr/><span class="bbc_u">ENTER</span><br/><strong>Name</strong>: Lily Kaufman<br/><strong>Time</strong>: Almost 10:00AM<br/><strong>Tags</strong>: Buffy?<br/><hr/><br/>The interior of Harry's was decorated gaudily with kitschy gold foil garland and red plastic bulb ornaments. This time of year, employees were encouraged to wear Santa hats or some such other festive headpiece. Lily's flair of choice was a somewhat less gaudy headband with a single plastic Poinsettia flower. When not on her head she left it hanging from a hook behind the espresso machine. She'd grab it if the owner made one of his all too rare appearances.<br/><br/>When she walked in she saw that the cook had beaten her here today, and there had already been a small paper bag waiting in the usual spot under her register. It contained a still warm frosted blueberry scone. She'd gobbled it up in two bites and yelled a thank you to her co-worker in the kitchen. She was sure he was still trying to sweeten her up to agree to a date, and even though she wasn't inclined to oblige him, she had no problem accepting his favors if they came in the form of scones.<br/><br/>Since she'd set foot behind the counter a steady stream of caffeine deprived zombies had descended upon the shop like moths to a flame. It always amused her to see the transformation from 'Caffeine Zombie' to 'Person ready for work.' Today though it seemed like there were more to-go orders and those that did stay, seemed more eager than usual to leave.  Lily chalked it up to the hustle and bustle of holiday season.  It wasn't quite ten yet, but Lily was getting impatient for the other barista to arrive so she could take her morning break.