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. 492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLjhcXFUjN1
"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.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8IjfWLhEei
"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. 492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAACK4Wys4O
"My name's Makenzi." She smiled, yet it lacked emotion. They looked at me eagerly. Their eyes pressured me to spill my information.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdthyYylZMJ
"Jace. My name is Jace." The cubicle regained its awkward silence. I brought out my textbook and notepad.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoKwmR7vClV
"What are you reading?" Tadd questioned.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjwurqX1P9M
"A history textbook. I have a major in Modern US History." It was not true, but he would never figure that out. 492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJqGUyK7ZNO
"Oh," he nodded, "my degree is in enviromental engineering." He chuckled.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡboKimiuiGO
"What?" 492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFJXN3N7QOK
"It pays well, but it doesn't help much with the ladies." He was right, I was not too impressed.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfxYA87zpva
"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. 492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1aaH96oevf
"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. 492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHSYYi5DFfG
"What are you looking at, huh?" 492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq8jvP3YkFh
"Nothing." I whispered. He nodded his head and closed his eyes. The three paying customers in the car just stared at him. 492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoLTlvhXmOR
"Why us?" Tadd rolled his eyes. "He's going to be tedious."492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhydD5BT8f0
"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.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgiJOsuAPHa
"Could y'all just shut-the-hell-up?" Tadd looked at the man, annoyed. 492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS6vUVYPIFm
"No, sir, I shant." Tadd puffed out his chest and crossed his arms. The man laughed.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6ayoYmoGX
"Okay, Shakespeare, you can try and look tough, but you're just a scrawny kid. So chill." 492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJOmqjUJd3P
"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. 492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo1JLWaGjGU
"'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. 492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTBYbor2U0H
"My name's Beau. I'm sorry 'bout what happened earlier. I'm not usually that physical, or, that close to becoming physical." 492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡebI2dtBXnK
"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. 492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkFGVsMsvbu
"That's a very pretty name for such a--"492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDTdSHbwUtx
"Could you please. Stop. Talking." Makenzi whispered. Beau scowled at the half asleep girl across from him.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0iBHVtFNDI
"Lovely lady." He finished. I felt my cheeks become red and flushed. 492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6yPd3AzHQV
"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. 492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOPRjMC21FQ
It was distasteful, I'll give her that one.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9kT8Vqvq4
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