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...d not break his titanium smile. You were frowning, he was smiling, the coffee was getting colder and time was passing.

Finally, he sighed. "You know," he began, "in less than one hundred years you and I will both be dead."

You nod, unsure of what he's getting at.

He laughs. "You and I will both be dead in less than one hundred years and it won't matter that you put cream and sugar in your coffee. First of all, coffee is unhealthy without cream and sugar, caffeine is addictive and it does things to blood pressure and your psychological functioning that you'd be better off without. Cream and sugar just makes the taste a little bit more mild. If you're going to kill yourself, you may as well do it a bit more gently, don't you think? And you can't tell me that you aren't a fan of fatty things and sugar, I saw you eyeing those donuts. I'm guessing you want two honey crullers, am I right? Or will you stick with your diet?"

Damn. Well, it's decision time again.

Accept that your coffee will have cream and sugar but make him understand that he is an arrogant bastard for second guessing you and trying to teach you a lesson.

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