AN: I'm kinda living at the moment because my reviews are 55, follows are 33 and favourites are 22. But you know what would be better than these numbers... 100 yeah so go forth young ones and review.
also in my last AN i tried to put a picture in, and it looked like it worked but, when i posted it the picture wasn't there (it was a picture of the sponge bob meme i was on about) so WHOOPS i'm also not going to go back and edit or fix it because... do you really think I care that much? reallllly? really? reallllly no.
UGHHHH Christmas time who else ate their body weight times 12. There were so many kids UHHHH (JK i kinda love them) But like you had to wait a while for this chapter because I'm lazy and bacuase (NOT a spelling error) i'm lazy happy new year for 5 days ago (5 days from where i live k).
bye.
"Exactly where are we going?" I ask the group as they crawl through a hole in the train lines fence. The fence runs along a road and on the other side the ground steeps down and leads to a train line. Many trees were planted on the other side to act as a noise breaker.
"The train" Lynn says. Wow, informative. It's annoying being the only one who doesn't know what's going on but, it's kind of thrilling not knowing.
I bend down to force myself through the hole in the chain link fence, good thing I'm small. Off in the distance I hear the screech of wheels on the train tracks.
"Come on" Uriah says "or we're going to miss it"… Miss it?! I can't help but get a bad feeling.
The group picks up the pace jogging down the hills, weaving in and out of trees. I follow them, we come to a stop when we reach the tracks. The train hasn't arrived yet.
"Just follow our lead" Christina says standing to my left. "The first time I did this I face planted, so you probably can't do worse" I appreciate her support.
"Probably" Uriah chimes in "but you can try".
In retaliation I pick up a stick and throw it at him. "You still haven't told me just what I'll be doing".
The train sounds grow louder and looking down the tracks I can see the train lights light up the surroundings. I turn back around and the group has begun to jog down the train line. Seriously are we going to do what I think?
The sound grows and grows until its right behind me. I feel a rush of wind as the train passes me. There is no way we would be able to get on at this speed, I think, just as the train slows down, as if just for us.
We slow our pace to match the train, it looks like we're getting into the last carriage. Uriah who's at the front grabs onto a conveniently placed handle on the side of the door. There are two doors to this carriage. The end carriage looks different from the rest of the train. Its fully made out of metal and has a sleeker design, it also looks built for being jumped on. How have I never noticed this carriage?
Uriah pulls himself up onto the train and presses a button to open the door. He swings inside the carriage. Next goes Will, Marlene, Lynn, Christina and now it's my turn. I have to continually pump my little legs to keep up with train. It's at this point I realise just how unfit I am. I feel kind of shameful all of these people are so fit and strong.
I reach the opening and reach out to the handle. I grasp it with one hand and Christina pulls me into the carriage. After a few seconds the train picks up speed, I stand at the door way and feel the wind pull at me, my heart races filled with adrenaline.
"Unless you want to fall right back out of the train, you might want to come in some more" Uriah jokes. Inside the carriage it doesn't look much different from the outside, just plain metal. No seats with cushions or hand rails you'd find in a regular train. A dim light flickers above my head.
"That was fun" I say "but not as good as the zip line".
"No kidding" Lynn says, "we use this for transport, the zipline is for fun". Everything Lynn says sounds blunt, at first it seemed rude but, it seems like her shaved head and rough demeanour is all to sustain an air of 'toughness' and that I can respect.
"Yeah look here" Will says, he points to a map on the wall. It's a regular train map, yet new destinations have been added, they look like they've been written in with a sharpe. "At all these marked spots the train slows down, without fail, and we can jump on or off"
Wait what? "Jump off" I mutter almost terrified.
"Yeah you should have seen Christina's first time doing that" from the back Uriah chuckles which is flowed by a painful grunt, it seems Christina kicked him for that one.
"Yeah, but don't worry the train slows down enough to get off" Will responds.
"Who made these trains?" I ask.
"We don't actually know, nor do we know why they slow down, although I reckon it's been programmed into the train schedule" Says Will showing his intelligent side, "It's something a lot of the people at the pit use".
I look up to the schedule and locate my house, it's a few stops after the pit, which is labelled with a larger font. Most of the stops are in the middle of two stops. A green light starts to blink at the door and I can physically feel the train slow, we must be passing another 'stop'.
"Are you getting ready?" Uriah asks Marlene nudging her in the shoulder. She shrugs him off and looks in the opposite direction. Uriah just laughs, "A deals a deal, I hope you picked a good spot" his cheeky smile rises on his face.
Marlene who is has here back to Uriah leans her head back and lets out a painful sigh.
"What's going on there?" I discreetly whisper to Christina.
"Uri and Marlene?" She replies "We have a bet going on how long till we reckon they get together"
Interesting, "Surely no longer then two months" I whisper back.
Christina turns to full face me and grabs me by the shoulders "That's what I think". The whole gesture was very sudden and I almost jump back.
"Anyway, that's not what I'm asking, what is she 'getting ready' for?" I say hushed.
"Marlene lost a bet, and Uriah now gets to tattoo anything he wants on her, but she gets to pick the spot" Christina says turning back to face them. Uriah's still annoying her.
"Wow, must have been some bet" I reply, quite stunned that she would willingly get a tattoo.
"And It was!" Uriah interrupts from the other side of the carriage. Has he been listening this whole time? "Marlene foolishly though she could eat more pieces of school's chocolate cake, then me!" he announces to the whole car.
Schools cake uhh "I love that cake" I say mistakenly out loud.
"Wait, do you go to our school?" Christina asks besides me.
Damn
AN: hope you enjoyed the trash
