He looked down at his ticket, seeing that his train would be the next. He folded the ticket gently as he looked around the train station and wondered how long it had been since he was home. He thought back to the last Christmas he spent with his family before he left for college and a better life. That was three years ago. He straightened his work suit from his new banking job and marvelled at the success he had gained over the past term. He was well on his way to a life of luxury and fulfillment.
His eyes rested upon a cute blond standing in another line. He held back his smile as his eyes took in her smooth tank top that covered her firm back. He instantly saw her athletic ass and wanted slide up behind her and hold her. It was the only thing missing from his life that he wanted dearly, someone to love him. Being a banker meant he was not as physically active as most young men and he spent most of his time when he wasn't working at the gym, making sure that he would be in top shape in case the right woman came. He watched the blonde walk to another line and his feet instantly followed her. He stepped in behind her and took in a breath, lightly taking in the smell of her hair. He sighed as once again his mind got the better of him. She used the same shampoo he did, a strong dandruff style that was nothing short of masculine instead of the feminine aromas that he craved. He still marvelled at her body and as she turned, he barely managed to lift his eyes from her shapely ass.
"Can I help you?" Her voice was short and direct, not what he was wanting as a first encounter. He looked into her blue eyes and saw the glint of anger and he instantly knew that he had been caught once again ogling over another woman.
"Dude, what the hell? You're in the wrong line. Yo Derrick over here." Derrick looked over at the call of his friend Jon and scratched his eye lid in embarrassment before his cheeks reddened. Derrick ran his hand through his short brown hair and smiled sheepishly before mustering an answer, before she screamed out for security.
"I was going to ask you where this line was heading, you look familiar." Derrick replied then kicked himself at the setup he just gave himself. He knew that he had been caught red handed and would be sentenced accordingly.
"Well I see your friend there knows where to go. So run along little boy." She replied coldly and turned around. Jon watched his friend nearly sulk over to him and chuckled as Derrick straightened his suit.
"Shut down again? Man you got the worst luck ever." Jon said keeping his laughter to himself. Derrick was certain that once Jon got a couple drinks in him that he wouldn't hear the end of it. "Besides you don't want that one, she's married and a bitch."
"How do you know these things?" Derrick replied and Jon pointed at her left hand. Derrick sighed as his eyes rested upon a large diamond ring, sparkling from the many incandescent lights that illuminated the train station.
"You got to watch for those things man. You just can't waltz up to any woman and expect the sparks to just happen. It takes a calculative mind to make the right steps. How to explain it in your bank men terms. It's like getting a mortgage. You just can't walk in and slap it down, you have to pursue and get all the stuff signed before you can open the doors to her." Jon added and Derrick could barely hold back his blushing as the topic of picking up a woman was reduced to banking terms.
"Once again Jon, I bask in your holy wisdom and wish that one day it will rub off on me." Derrick replied and Jon shook his head and smirked.
"I don't rub off on any man, it would make too much of a mess." Derrick pushed his friend away and Jon laughed at his joke before returning to the line up. "So why are you all of the sudden going back?"
"My parents demanded that I come back. I don't see why though. They never spend any time with me. I think it was Courtney that convinced them." Derrick replied and Jon shook his head and looked at the train that stopped in front of them. The doors swung open and the mass movements of people getting off and on the train began.
Derrick and Jon left the train and shivered slightly in the cold air. The line to get inside was quick and both were thankful when they reached the indoors. Derrick looked back and watched as the skies opened up and snow began to pour out from above. He shook his head as he took his bag from the pile.
"So how are you getting home?" Jon asked as they made their way to the doors. Derrick took in a deep breath and watched the familiar people he grew up with walk around him, oblivious to his presence. He could feel one set of eyes on him but as he looked around, he couldn't find them.
"My parents are supposed to be coming to get me, you?" Jon pointed to the car sitting outside the main doors. Derrick smirked as Jon's mother sat waiting in the car. Derrick watched as she fixed her short brown hair and straightened her dark green blouse. Jon's mother always liked to look good for anyone.
"Well now that she's preened herself you better get out there." Derrick replied and Jon snickered and patted his friend on the shoulder.
"Have a good Christmas man." Derrick nodded and waved to Jon's mom. Derrick leaned against the wall near the door and sighed.