I asked the assistant behind the desk for the cheapest ticket to the farthest place I could get, meaning that for five-hundred and five dollars, I was bound for Oregon. In total, it was a 36 hour-long train ride. I mustered up all of my courage and boarded the train bound for somewhere--Oregon City. 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJxOdHVnKcV
"All aboard!" The man in the blue coat yelled. I placed my bags in the over-head compartment of cubicle 221B and took my seat. The seat I had chosen was essentially a bench facing another velvet bench. A young man took his seat in front of me. He was dressed in a blue, gingham shirt with a blue blazer and a pink bow tie. He was way too classy to be in the coach section. I starred at him for a while until I lost interest. Slowly, the car filled up. Many of the people were just like me, but only at first glance. After overhearing some of their conversations, I realized they were all important business people. A woman joined the dapper man and I in our cubicle. The three of us sat in silence for a long while. The nicely dressed man spoke first.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFw1wBcUmX8
"Well, hello, ladies. My name's Thaddeus, but I respond to Tadd also." His smile beamed as if he was proud of some accomplishment. The young girl returned a short glance at Tadd. 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7xob3A62bE
"My name's Makenzi." She smiled, yet it lacked emotion. They looked at me eagerly. Their eyes pressured me to spill my information.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe8bGY2rhyL
"Jace. My name is Jace." The cubicle regained its awkward silence. I brought out my textbook and notepad.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsiGJXxPXC4
"What are you reading?" Tadd questioned.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN6tsFcDzun
"A history textbook. I have a major in Modern US History." It was not true, but he would never figure that out. 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzNkzj0of7I
"Oh," he nodded, "my degree is in enviromental engineering." He chuckled.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdMXbGsTd2A
"What?" 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOdC4nHvhJQ
"It pays well, but it doesn't help much with the ladies." He was right, I was not too impressed.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOVrusp4tRJ
"I think it is quite impressive. I'm a civil engineer." Makenzi looked up from her novel. Needless to say, they chatted with each other about their fields. It had been at least an hour when their flirting had been interupted. A gaurd of some sort escorted a young man into our compartment. 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM18AkAee4L
"Your compartment is the only one not occupied completly," Lie, I thought, "this stowaway will be kept in this compartment." With that, the gaurd left. The young man looked at us as if we had tattled on him. He nodded his head a little and lit his cigarette. I looked at him curiously, but then he swaped his glance from his lighter to me. 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5AxaUNkKE1
"What are you looking at, huh?" 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4bCZHFP5mt
"Nothing." I whispered. He nodded his head and closed his eyes. The three paying customers in the car just stared at him. 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2v39Gsatu2
"Why us?" Tadd rolled his eyes. "He's going to be tedious."540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWeyx0lFiYW
"We could just let him sleep for the next 35 hours. He wouldn't be considered a nusience." Makenzi suggested. She regetted it as soon as she had said it. The man's eyes opened and he looked between us.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXTvW0mAiGD
"Could y'all just shut-the-hell-up?" Tadd looked at the man, annoyed. 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXiWQXkEpX
"No, sir, I shant." Tadd puffed out his chest and crossed his arms. The man laughed.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Zd4WraWLy
"Okay, Shakespeare, you can try and look tough, but you're just a scrawny kid. So chill." 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHocnAX4BaU
"Kid? Kid?" Tadd was certainly offended. "I am not a child. You, sir, are the child." With that, the man to my left rose to his feet. Tadd beating his height by at least a foot. The man sunk down into the bench and looked around. 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe9acpbNOhR
"'Buncha freaks." He mumbled, shutting his eyes for another hour. By the time lunch came, Tadd had fallen asleep on Makenzi's shoulder and she on him. The man next to me woke up enough to eat his food. When we were both done, he spoke to me. 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiOIofi20S6
"My name's Beau. I'm sorry 'bout what happened earlier. I'm not usually that physical, or, that close to becoming physical." 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡutjywoeyhX
"It's alright, I just don't suggest you try it again." He smiled a little out of the corner of his mouth. "I'm Jace." He shook my hand. 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqQiM4QeS7
"That's a very pretty name for such a--"540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ1Q10kkLNd
"Could you please. Stop. Talking." Makenzi whispered. Beau scowled at the half asleep girl across from him.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGwckonk1nI
"Lovely lady." He finished. I felt my cheeks become red and flushed. 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwh1o8WI2xt
"Thank you very much." I glanced over his bare arms. Every so often while looking at him I would see a few, tasteful, tattoos. There was a beauty to the ink spread across his skin. He was a canvas, an artist, and the portrait all in one. I remember Helda yelling at me about my first tattoo. 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUvSS0tVzxw
It was distasteful, I'll give her that one.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKH1xVHGJFj
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