Oh God, Oh God, Oh God thought Charlotte in a panic, having checked her watch after waking up and realising that she had missed her stop. And what was worse was that there was a handsome stranger sat opposite her looking at her like she was completely mad. What the hell was she supposed to do now? Charlotte had caught the train back to Willingden from York where up until today, she went to University and as far as she knew there were no other trains tonight. Her parents were going to kill her!
Her parents? Yes, it was the only option, she'd have to call her Dad to pick her up from the next station. She took a deep breath. It was all going to be fine... Until she looked at her phone and noticed the battery had died. Shit, shit and double shit! She thought, careful not to swear out loud this time and embarrass herself further. Her phone charger was tucked away in one her bags, goodness knows where. She'd packed in rather a hurry. She couldn't go rummaging through all her bags to find it. Now was the one time where she wished she hadn't been a last minute person. There was no denying that of all the predicaments Charlotte had ever found herself in, this was bound to be one of the worse. Her eyes flicked back to the stranger who was still watching her with mild curiosity.
"Everything alright?" He asked, one eyebrow raised. His voice made her shiver slightly. It was deep and seductive. God – now was not the time to consider how attractive he was.
"Er... No, not really. Could you... could you tell me whereabouts we are please?" Charlotte asked, blushing from the embarrassment.
"We left Bristol ten minutes ago." He replied.
"Oh God!" She said falling back into the seat and closing her eyes briefly before looking back at him. "Do you know what the next stop is?" She asked.
"Sanditon, and not for about another hour." He said.
"An hour?" She said, mortified, her eyes wide and bright.
"Missed your stop?" He said, catching on.
She nodded and bit her lip, tears starting to prickle in the corners of her eyes, but she was determined not to cry about it. She took a deep breath to compose herself. "Have you seen a guard go by recently?"
"No, but they haven't checked tickets from Bristol yet, so I guess they'll be coming by soon."
"OK. Thanks." Charlotte replied, anxiously looking down the aisle to see if she could see anyone. "I'll think I'll go and see if I can find them." She attempted to get out of her seat and over all her luggage, her bare leg knocking Sidney's as she did so. "Sorry." She muttered, wondering if the situation could get any worse.
Sidney watched her walk down the aisle in her denim shorts which showed off her slim silky legs up to her mid-thigh. His leg was tingling from the skin to skin contact and he was still thinking about the delightful colour she had gone when she had first spoken to him, not to mention the innocent, yet teasing way she had bitten her lip. He wondered how on earth she would get out of this pickle. Hopefully she'd work it all out.
Charlotte made her way down the aisle in search of the guard and found her in the next carriage down the train. She spoke to her for a good five minutes, but she was told that there were no trains from Sanditon until 6am tomorrow morning. Defeated, Charlotte hung about in between carriages for a while as she contemplated her options, not wanting the dark handsome stranger to see her in a state. A few tears rolled down her cheeks as she tried to get it together and figure out what she was going to do.
Even if she borrowed a phone to ask her parents to pick her up from Sanditon, it was a good two hours' drive away. Her Dad would have had a long day on the farm as it was lambing season and would not be up for a four hour round trip. Plus it was Friday night so her siblings would be busy out on the town and probably had already started drinking so unable to drive. The only benefit of ringing her parents would be to tell them she was safe, which she wasn't entirely sure she was yet. Unless there was a cheap B&B nearly, she'd have to just camp out at the station until the morning train... And she couldn't tell her parents that's what she would do because they would be horrified!
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Sanditon Melodies
FanfictionSidney's train to Sanditon is delayed, and when it finally arrives, he is annoyed to find his reserved seat occupied. Who is this girl that has stolen his seat? And what is it about her that he finds so intriguing? Can he open himself up to the poss...
