The day had been long, busy and tiring. Adam's desk was a mess of papers, faxes and pens. Glancing at the clock on his desktop, he noticed not only had he worked late again, but he had missed the last express train home. That meant an additional twenty five minutes travel time. He sighed, unaware it was out loud and that it carried across the office. No matter, as there was not another person on the floor that would've heard, let alone cared.
Windows beeped its chirpy log off tone and as he switched his monitor off, he picked up his bag and pushed back his chair. These long days in the office would be worth it one day, but right now, they were wearing him thin. All he had time for was work these days and he wasn't sure he even had any friends left to spend time with, even if he had any spare.
The evening air was chill, and he pushed up his shirt collar as he started the 10 minute walk to the train station. Above all else, Adam hated trains. Hated that they were old, hated that they were never on time, hated that they were uncomfortable, hated that they were crowded, but most of all, hated that he had to rely on them. Parliament Station was almost completely void of people apart from a handful of dedicated professionals not unlike himself. He liked to think of it this way; it was preferable to acknowledging that they, like him, put work before anything else. Boarding the 7.55pm to Frankston he sat towards the back of the carriage facing the front of the train. There were only a few people seated already and only one other boarded with him.
As the train pulled out of the station, Adam put his head up against the cool glass, relieved that the day was over. The lights of cars also eager to get home flashed past as he stared out of the window. As station after station hindered his progress to his cosy home, the few passengers sharing his carriage dwindled until there were only 2 others sitting on the train with him. He glanced up at them for the first time now. An elderly looking man, very well groomed and presented sat 3 rows down reading a paper that was a few days old. He was totally engrossed in the day-before-yesterdays news none-the-less, and did1 not look up, or at his surrounds. Adam noticed his misshapen hat atop the sprinkling of grey hair. It looked out of place with his expensive suit and camel trench coat. It must have been a favourite or be of sentimental value, because it did not compliment the outfit at all. Adam smiled feebly wandering what the story was with the hat. There was little else to amuse oneself on these long train rides. The other passenger was a girl another 3 or 4 rows down. She had hair like spun gold. It was not blonde or light brown, but a crown of flowing gold. It was mesmerizing. She had a small oval face, faintly olive skin and large dark brown, almost black eyes. Her eyes cast downward, perhaps reading, Adam could see her long, black, thick eyelashes against her full cheeks. She was wearing no lipstick that Adam could see, but her lips were flushed natural crimson and perfectly formed. She was wearing a black top underneath a pale grey, woolen coat.
Adam could not take his eyes from her so intrigued he was. He couldn't fathom why. She wasn't particularly attractive save her mane of gold hair. Watching her for a few minutes he realised she was moving. Rocking from side to side ever so slightly. It was strange yet captivating and Adam continued to look. The rocking was almost in time with the train and Adam began wandering what the story was with the girl until finally it dawned on him. "Oh my god, she's not reading." he realised. "She needs to piss!" he thought......wished. The rocking had become a little more pronounced and the girls' eyes tracked up as she glanced anxiously around the nearly empty carriage. The train pulled into Richmond station, and Adam was willing the elderly man to get off. No such luck, and the train continued. He wanted this image of this poor girl desperate to empty her bladder and stuck in a compromising situation all to himself. He tried telepathically to force the old man off the train. He remained for 3 more slow and painful stops, and almost as though surrendering to Adams will, he disembarked at the next.