"A train.....a lousy train," he thought in his head, over and over. "Why I decided to take a train to meet my client instead of flying, I'll never know." Tired of flying all the time for work, he decided to change things up a bit and take the train.
But he had not realized how unpleasant, uncomfortable and unbelievably slow this mode of transit was. "But, too late now...," he thought, defeated. Sitting in his uncomfortable seat, he stared out the train car window, watching the houses and pastures whizzing past at a rate that made it impossible to really see anything going by. He turned his gaze from the window and looked around the train car casually, eyeing the other passengers. A loud sigh escaped from his lips as he shifted in his seat, suddenly quite aware of his body's need to take a piss, he stood up and placed a magazine on his seat, society's odd way of "declaring" a space while momentarily unoccupied, he walked slowly to the washroom. He quickly finished, washed his hands and began walking down the isle to return to his seat. Looking up to note the row markers overhead to indicate his earlier seat choice, he saw he was almost there. "Another two rows and I'll be there," he thought. But what is this???
There, sitting where he had left his magazine, was a beautiful girl...reading his magazine. He froze immediately, staring at her, confused. She looked up at that very moment to notice his impromptu halt, a confused look washed over her face. "Is something wrong?" she asked softly. He noticed her small hands and well manicured red fingertips holding his magazine hostage. He smiled down at her, welcoming this refreshing departure from his otherwise painfully dull day. "No, not at all, I was just looking for a seat...," he said, sitting across from her, his smile did not fade. She smiled back at him, lifting the magazine up again to resume her reading.