It was a cold night in April in Jamata, Thomas Kurt was sitting on a bench in Hog Park, also known as the Train Park.
His train was coming after 1 hour. He liked being in that Park. He's gonna really miss that.
It was his last night in this city, he was moving to Gerja, a city in the coast. It was a student city, with two excellent universities: Tark University and Jok University.
Thomas was enrolled at Tark University, and he's gonna study Bachelor Mathematics there.
The best thing about that park, was that it contained a good spot for sky observing. Thomas had always liked seeing the stars, that gave him the ambition to study physics but Mathematics is for life.
Gerja was too far from Jamata, the travel by train required at least 7 hours, that was why Thomas was prepared and bought a sandwich from the local Fast Food called the Shnib.
Shnib was a famous Fast food restaurant in Jamata, almost everyone in town buy from him. Thomas always liked the Shnib, he‘s gonna miss that too.
Still 40 minutes to go, Thomas needed to kill time, so he went to the Lake and watched the ducks and other birds swim.
He sat on a bench near the Lake to watch the ducks, at that moment he started remembering the Past: What he always did in this Park and in this Town, his secret Places, his Crush who he never expressed his love to her. But also he was thinking about the Future: what he‘s gonna study this semester, how he‘s gonna decorate his new room and what‘s the first thing he gonna do in Gerja. He starts fantasying about his Future, his neighbour, maybe she‘s a hot girl who will end up in his bed at the end of the day, or maybe a serial killer who is gonna kill him at the end of the day. Well the first option is too far from reality: he have social anxiety, if his neighbour is a hot girl, it‘s almost sure that he‘s not gonna speak with her for like a year.
There was a sound of someone running at the Park, it scared Thomas for a moment , but it was only someone he knew running . It was Jyra, Thomas‘s classmate last year.
She approached him and stared at him.
„Oh hello Thomas, I didn‘t know you go to the Park at night“
He looked at her eyes with a slight smile on his face
„Well, I usually don‘t, I‘m just waiting for the train.“
She looked down
„Ow, so the rumours are right? You are leaving the town?“
„Eh, Yep, I‘m moving to Gerja, I‘m gonna study there“
She looked at his eyes
„Nice, it‘s a cool city, full of students and stuff“
he nod up and down
„yeh“
They stared at each other for a moment.
„So you run every night?“
„Neh, only when I‘m bored at night and when I can‘t sleep, well I can‘t sleep at night, I‘m a night owl. I just love the Dark.“
He looked at her while pretending to be surprised
„Ow cool, me too, but I don‘t jock“
she said very quietly
„Ok,“
They stopped talking for a moment while both of them were looking down.
And then Tom looked at her
„Where are you gonna study?“
She replied while pretending to be happy
„ Jakery University, it‘s not too far, I may even not leave the town and go to the faculty with the train, it‘s only a 30 minutes trip.“
He seemed a little surprised and replied to her
„I thought you were gonna enroll at Tark or Jok.“
„I was, but then I didn‘t want to move too far.“
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„Understood“
„So when is your train?“
„after 20 minutes“
„It‘s 10 minutes walk to the station, you mind if I walk with you ?“
„Nah, let‘s go“
They started walking together to the station,Tom was carrying his Suitcase which was making a loud sound because of the floor, that was why they were silent for that moment but when the floor changed she said to him
“are you gonna visit us every week?”
“Hell no, the trip from Gertha to here is 7 hours, Maybe monthly but I’m not sure.”
“Hmm, OK”
“So, are you gonna live in a dorm or something else?”
“in a dorm, a mixed one.”
She look at his eyes and said with a smile that refer to a future regret.
“Nice, you may even get a girlfriend in the first day in Gerta”
he laughed hard
“I don’t think that would happen.”
“Why? You are cute and Pretty.”
“Thanks but still I don’t think I’m gonna get a girlfriend, I think, I don’t want that now.”
“hmm”
It was not very hidden, that she had crush on him, and Thomas really know that, but he didn’t care.
Even though she was a pretty and smart girl, but Thomas already had a crush and he didn’t have any feelings for any other girl beside his crush.
“Your train is after 10 minutes, I’m gonna leave you here, and continue running at the Park, good travel.”
“Thanks”
They hugged each other.
“Goodnight”
“Goodnight”
She distanced herself a little and start going away while starring at his eyes and she said very quietly “I’m gonna miss you”
He sat on a bench in the station waiting the train to come while Jyra was leaving the station looking to him with a smile on her face. She really wanted to tell him that she loved him but she just could not but that doesn’t mean that if she told him that would change something, he already know that she’s attracted to him.
The train comes.
„Train to Gerja is at Track 2 and it’s going to departure in 10 minutes, please all passengers who are willing to travel to Gerja or any Stop cities, enter the Train. Your Company Trackonito.”
Tom entered the train, his Ticket was valid in the Second Class, he could sit anywhere in that Class.
It was the very early morning Train so relatively it was a empty.
Tom found a good spot and sit there, opens his Laptop and start watching a movie, one movie won’t be enough to kill all the time he’s gonna spend in this Train, the Travel need approximately 7 hours, that was the time for atleast 3 movies.
Good thing he already downloaded 2 movies and 5 seasons of his favourite serie, that should cover more than 50 hours, It’s clearly that they weren’t only for this trip.
The plan was to watch movies and series until he arrive to destination but that wasn’t the case, he didn’t sleep all night and as the sun comes up, he got more sleepy, he always slept at that time of the day. He was very different from common people, The sun’s light drains his energy and made him tired and sleepy.
So he slept for more than 5 Hours after watching a 2 hours movie, the sum of the time was enough for the Train to arrive to Gerja.
“Final Stop, please everybody out!”
Tom packed his laptop and exited the Train.
It was a new city to him, the first thing he did was looking at the map.
He needed to either walk 2 kilometres to arrive to his new apartment or get a cab or take the Subway.
Again it was a new city to him, so he wanted to start his Journey with a walk Home.
At first, everything was fine and as soon as he entered his Block, he found a Robbery going on. Three dudes were robbing a Girl, they wanted to get her things from her, and to do that, they threatened her with a knife, but the Girl didn’t care about that.
Tom was looking at them scared, but suddenly the girl kicked the Dude with the knife in his balls and throwed his knife away. While the other guys want to grab her, she jumped and kicked them both in the chest with her feet, she knocked the first dude down and then the second and finally the third.
Tom was there watching, could not do anything, he was shocked.
The girl stared at him with a smile on her face and then she approached him and said while looking at his suitcase“ Welcome to the Neighbourhood”
Thomas went up to his apartment, before he could open his door, his neighbour approached him.
It was a girl in mid 20, she lives in the adjacent apartment. She knew that her new neighbour was coming today, so she prepared a welcome gift, it was just a salt jar, it’s a tradition in the country she came from.
“Hi new one” she said to him
“Hello” he said “ you live in the adjacent apartment?”
“well yeah, I’m your closest neighbour”
“Are you a serial killer?”
“I don’t think so”
“nice”
he opened the door and entered his apartment
“nice meeting you”
he intended to close the door but she stopped him “ this is for you as a welcome gift” she gave him the jar and then she said “ My name is Julie by the way”
“Ow sorry, thanks and my name is Thomas”
“Nice to meet you Thomas”
“Nice to meet you too Julie”
Yes the dialogue was awkward.
Thomas didn’t stay too much in his new apartment, he just put his suitcase on his bed and went down to eat at a nearby restaurant.
He wanted to make a tour in the city and buy some groceries but he was too tired, so he went to sleep just after eating.