What is Coffee?

TERRY P O V.

"Hey, Terry baby! come grandma's here." My eyes widen and run quickly inside the house, I am excited! my grandmother visits us seldomly. That I can even count on my fingers in each in every year!

"Grandma!" I jump and let grandma catch me.

" Oh easy dear, you might get bumped if I didn't catch you." I hug her tightly and whispered. " I miss you grandma, and your stories too."

I heard her laugh while caressing my hair.

"And I miss you too."

My grandma never fails to entertain me with her stories like aliens, space princes, and many more fantasy stories. I like how her story tells it so purely and realistic. She even tells me names and stuffs about it.

when I was young my parents are overly protective of me they let me go to private schools with bodyguards and even put me in a home school in the meantime, their reason?

"It's for your own good". I was confused back then, that is being isolated good for me? and being alone is good for me? was it really for my own good?

I was afraid to ask them and even asked myself Why?

My classmates are not like me. They have plenty of friends and don't have bodyguards with them every time!

One of the days when I'm in high school my grandma visit's us again. and I have the full courage to ask her about it.

but what confused me are her answer and her reaction.

She smiled calmly and caress my face,

"As what your parents told you it is for your own good." she patted my head and sighed.

I frowned as she gets something in her pocket.

"Here keep this you will need this in the future." I frowned.

" What is this for grandma?" she smiled and asked me. " Do you wanna go outside without a bodyguard? My eyes grew big and smiled widely "Of course I want to!" I heard her laugh a bit and then hold my hand.

letting go of the topic.

"let's go its time for you to know a little touch of the untold secret." I was so excited back then that did not even notice what my grandma saying.

It was so exciting But I'm nervous thinking about what will happen if we get caught?

But I trusted my grandma too well.

It was a long walk not until we reached the basement of the house which is the stock room, I frowned because what are we going to do inside the storage room? we Are supposed to escape right?

As my confusion went higher, we've reached the center of the storage room and grandma hit something on the floor using her wooden cane. I was surprised as I saw the floor slowly opening an entrance and its forming stairs inside!, I was overwhelmed and couldn't even make a world. I heard my grandma laugh lightly and grab my hand to walk downstairs.

I was silent the whole time watching my grandma click something again using her cane that makes the floor above closed. is that even real? I'm I dreaming?

I shake my head only to see my grandma smiling.

"Faster, Terry! we have to move fast!" I run toward her and when I reach where she is I frowned as she handed me her hand.

"Give me the ring that I give you terry." I was confused and unconsciously gave her the ring.

She put the ring inside the blinking blue hole light that made the door-no!- a wall slide open.

the shock was literally written on my face that time. and when that unknown-door- which looks like a freaki'n wall.

my grandma gets the ring in the hole and handed it to me. "Keep that alright don't ever lost that ring, ever," she said making me nod many times.

after we pass that wall-like door. I see darkness and after a sec. we reached a hard steel door and grandma clicks something to the door looks like it's a pin code consisting of four numbers.

After it 'ticked'- the sound of the finished typing of Pincode. She looks at me and smiled.

" The pin code is your birthday dear." I was startled and couldn't move just pure shock and confusion.

thinking that how can't I know this place for a long time now? and why it has a place like this in our basement?

I shake my head disregarding my thoughts.

"Let's go!" I look up and see the light and trees in the back of our house, but it's not actually at the back of our house we are lies away from the house! it looks like we walked through a tunnel!

Woah even if I'm confused and full of questions in my mind at that time I still have time to compliment the maker of that fantastic tunnel, a nice way to hide and escape.

I looked around, "where are we heading to grandma?" I asked suddenly making her stop walking.

"I'm the one who's supposed to ask you that. Where were you want to go without your bodyguard? " I smiled and hugged her. "Thank you, grandma, can we go to the park?" she nodded and guided me.

However, every happy and contented moment won't last long. When I graduated from high school and start my first semester in college which is Bachelor in science in the human body. My grandma died. pain, sorrow, and despair are what I feel at that time, and even feel hatred toward the person who kills her.

Based on the autopsy report which my dad made- well his a lawyer, while my mother is a Chairwoman a CEO to our company. He said that is a murder case, someone sneaks into grandma's house and kills her using a knife, a syringe, and a venomous chemical. it also stated that the persons' intention is not to steal money or things but to just kill grandma. and up until now. After five years still grandma hasn't been given justice, because the unknown culprit is nowhere to be found.

"Hey, wakey Terry!" I blink twice and saw Veronica's chubby face.

"What are you thinking again? Is it Mark? or Hiro? I rolled my eyes hearing the two boy's names, which a pure toxic, cause that two-man keeps on pestering me.

"I'm not thinking of them, Duh" I rolled my eyes and sip the coffee we ordered - Doppio. It is a double shot of Espresso, The Doppio is perfect for putting extra pep. She drank her Cappuccino and even burp, 'Neh that's gross'

"That's Gross." she just laughs lightly and caresses her tummy. I shook my head and stare at my cup of coffee.

I remember How my grandmother loves black coffee and red-eye coffee for her tiredness.

Suddenly Veronica snap her finger and look at me in the eyes, I frowned

'What is it this time?'

"What?" I raised my eyebrows

"I just wanna ask."

"Spill it."

"What is coffee?" I frowned and facepalmed.

" Talk to the hand, Veronica."

She pouted and slap the table making the other customer look at our table I shake my head and control my temper

"Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. All fruit must be further processed from raw material—the fruit and seed—into a stable, raw product; un-roasted, green coffee." She clapped like a child making me frown, ' This child-like woman' I just shake my head and drink my coffee.

"Woah you really are genius Terry, No wonder your a supreme to our ward."

I shake my head "I'm not genius Veronica, It's just a fruit of learning hard." She raised her eyebrow and then smiled sweetly, "You're a pure humble. Tsk."

"Is coffee essential in an acidic person?" She asked again out of nowhere I rolled my eyes losing my patient.

"Talk to the table you Freak, Google it maybe That app will help your unlimited questions."

I heard her laugh hard "Your a Short-tempered Terry, tempered loser. "

I just shook my head and waved my hand while walking outside.