Two // Subway Boy

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by neptuning

by neptuning

After her last two classes, art and english she goes to the subway station. She sits down a bench, waiting for the subway to arrive. Again, the reading boy is here. It's probably a coincidence, right? She brushes the thought away from her mind and decides to take her beloved journal.

As she writes about her wonderland, the mysterious boy speaks up to her. "Umm... Umm yeah I think your subway train is here?" He says inquisitively. Riley looks up and he's right. The speaker even says so.

"Oh... yeah," she closes her journal and gets up.

The boy walks away into the train, she follows. Looks like the only seat is with him. "Do I mind if I sit next to you?" Riley ask the subway boy. The boy nodded and moved over. She sits down feeling awkward. The boy and her don't talk for the trip to her station. I could feel the awkward tension, Riley thinks to herself. It stays there until the train arrives to her station.

She walks away as quickly as possible, leaving the boy alone. Thank god! That was worse than the time I had to work with Missy Bradford! She races to her house. When she arrives in her place of residence no one is home. Her little brother was at daycare while her two parents were at work. She goes to the bay window in her room, Riley's sacred spot. Only friends were allowed to sit there. She relaxes for a while reading The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe while listening to 1989 by Taylor Swift. She fell asleep.

A tap on the window awokened her, she knew instantly who it was. "Farkle come in," she greeted him.

"Hey Riles, we were supposed to meet at the café downstairs," he reminded her. She makes an oval shape with her mouth. She quickly says a sorry and they head to the café together.

"She always beats me in all the debates we have against each other!" He exclaims talking about his enemy, Smackle. Riley and Farkle chat while doing their History homework.

Suddenly, Riley spots him again. Subway Boy. "Farkle, I know him!" she points over to the boy.

"Oh, that's the new kid in our school! He is joining my debate club as an after school activity." Farkle explains to her.

"Then why haven't I seen him before?" She asks.

"He's coming officially tomorrow, Billy showed him around today." Farkle answers. She makes another oval shape with her mouth.

The boy orders his drink and snack from the barista. He looks around the room finding nowhere to sit. Farkle calls him over. Riley makes a why'd you do that?! face to her only friend. Farkle moves over and taps the open seat next to him. The suspcious boy takes the seat. Riley checks her phone pretending to not notice the boy across from her.

"I didn't know people here did their homework by checking Instagram?" he joked, Riley looked up.

"You." she said to him as she gazed to those sparkling green eyes. "

Me," the boy mimiced the tone Riley did. She scoffed, annoyed with the boy. She rolls her eyes, ignoring him. Farkle and the boy chatted, but they not once did they mention the subway boy's name.