The thick-or-thin friendship of the @ Cafe staff faces its first challenge when Dylan falls in love with Natalie, putting in question the staff rule to avoid personal relationships with each other

Meet the staff of @cafe: Natalie, Dylan, Blue, Sam, Tanya, and Jason. They run the hippest coffee shop in San Francisco—and they have the coolest site on the Internet. Dylan's aching to tell Natalie how much he loves her. But it's not the kind of thing he can say over the espresso machine. Unfortunately, while he's waiting for the perfect moment, his buddy Sam confides in him that "he's" in love with Natalie. Dylan's not the kind of guy who would betray a friend. He's not the type to walk away from what he wants, either. And now, the atmosphere at the cafe is even hotter than the coffee...

Meet the staff of @cafe: Natalie, Dylan, Blue, Sam, Tanya, and Jason. They run the hippest coffee shop in San Francisco—and they have the coolest site on the Internet. Dylan can't stand watching Natalie and Sam together for another minute—he needs to get away. Leaving Sam and Tanya in charge of the cafe, Dylan heads up to Portland to take care of some business. At the last minute he gets an unexpected passenger—Natalie. She insists she needs to go to Portland, too. Dylan knows he can trust Sam with the cafe, but can he trust himself with Natalie? The special of the day could turn out to be betrayal...

The rule among the staff of @cafe—San Francisco's hippest coffee shop-cum-Internet site—about not mixing business with love goes up in steam when Natalie starts dating Sam while Dylan pines away for her. Original.