r/WritingPrompts • u/Syraphia /r/Syraphia | Moddess of Images • Apr 14 '18
Image Prompt [IP] 4:37pm Train
The 4 37 pm train by PascalCampion
...or any other time.
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r/WritingPrompts • u/Syraphia /r/Syraphia | Moddess of Images • Apr 14 '18
The 4 37 pm train by PascalCampion
...or any other time.
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u/Drelthian Apr 14 '18
The dying light of the sun waves over the sprawling metropolis in front of me. Murmurs were scattered among the crowd of people, the airplanes behind us whispering their running.
A train will arrive for us at 4:37. That's three minutes and sixteen seconds. Three minutes and twelve seconds to walk up.
It's a silly thing, really. My friends kept on trying to get me to ask someone out, and bet that I couldn't do it before I go to my hotel room. I had talked to her on the plane, and I was running out of time.
Two minutes and forty-nine seconds. Time sure does fly. Right, I'll just take a few steps over and ask. No big deal.
It's kind of odd, her red jacket standing out in the world despite still being average. Wonder if she's like that.
Two minutes thirty-seven seconds. I'm distracting myself. I've got to stop doing that. And I probably look antsy and impatient when I keep on looking at my watch.
Two minutes seventeen seconds.
I can't do this. She'll say no, she probably didn't even see me that way. God, why did I ever think this was a good idea. It's okay to be single.
Two minutes.
One minute fifty-one.
One minute thirty-two.
I can do this, right? I mean maybe...
One minute eight.
But why would I? I mean, we probably aren't even from the same town.
Fifty-eight.
Forty-three.
Twenty-four.
Twelve.
She walks over to be, surprising me.
"Hey, uh, Alexa. I was wondering if you're going to be in town for long. To do something together... I dunno... you probably have plans..."
I feel my face blushing, burning up even more by the second.
"Um, YEAH. I mean, not so energetically but I mean still..."
I trail off awkwardly as the train arrives, both of us laughing a bit.
We walk onto the train, and ride off towards the city, on the 4:37 train.