The Train Ride
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Gabriella has taken the same train for ages when she notices a new passenger. Troy is new to the area and has to take the train to work. Could there be love on the rails?
Chapter 1
The train station could be a haven or a hell. Depending on how busy it was, which depended on what time you took the train. 7 am to 9 am was packed as was 4pm to 7pm. The rush hours of a morning and night, all the hours in between were peaceful.
Gabriella Montez had been taking the 8 am train from Brooklyn into New York, 5 days a week, every week for the last year. The same people got it too, nearly always. It was busy but not very busy half way though the morning surge.
Gabriella's job started at 9am on the dot and she was always there by 8.45am. She would get off the train at 8.35, walk to the 2 minutes around the corner to Starbucks, get her morning coffee and then continue onto the building that housed the NYC magazine. She had a small column and had to write on whatever her editor told her to, from money to fashion, food to animals and sports to politics. Whatever the subject she loved it and not just because her name was in print she loved writing. She majored in English at NYC. And landed this job 2 weeks after graduation and been there ever since.
And in one month she could write about whatever she wanted.
But right now she was stuck on the train as it made its way across Brooklyn and into New York.
She always took this time to observe everyone else on the train.
Some people would be staring of into space or outside. Other's were reading case files or work for the day. You had the bunch of students doing homework. While you had other students chatting. There were the people who listened to music and other's who read and there was-.
A new guy in the corner he had never gotten this train before and he wasn't half bad looking, Gabriella settled in her seat to study him and figure him out.
In a suit so going to work. New to the area so maybe it's a new job. No wedding ring- commitment issues or maybe just not married, which doesn't indicate whether he is single or in a relationship. Looking slightly nervous first day of a new job.
When the train pulled into a stop, Gabriella stood up and walk across the train putting herself in the seat opposite the guy.
"Haven't seen you on this train before you new around here?" asks Gabriella
"Huh," says the guy snapping up out of his thoughts
"Sorry I'm Gabriella I'm a journalist at NYC Mag I'm very observant," explains Gabriella
"Yeah moved here a week ago first day new job today. The name's Troy," says Troy
"You can tell. You look nervous. Be cool and be calm and go and own it. Be fearless Troy. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger," says Gabriella getting up and getting of at her stop. Leaving Troy intrigued after her.
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