I am looking at that wide green grass field beside me from inside the window. Imagining a face which somehow, as time goes by, starting to fade away.
It's difficult to remember it. I'm closing my eyes..
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"Mr. Bobby?"
That sound's ended my thought as I startled and looked at the barista's face in front of me.
"Your order, Caramel Machiato, low or regular sugar?"
"One regular please."
"Okay, please wait a second."
I waited on the line and looked around.
Then there's this pretty girl on the line beside me, waited for her coffee as well.
"Hey, hiking bag? Do you happened to go to climb Titlis as well?"
"Oh hi there, no I didn't. I'll climb the Alpen. Nice to meet you by the way."
She then pulled out the thing that I would considered to be the prettiest smile I've ever seen in the next several minutes later.
"Mr. Bobby, your machiato's ready."
"Oh yes, okay here's my money, take the changes." I suddenly felt so nervous, it's difficult for me to concentrate.
"Please move away if you have finished, so the people behind you can move forward." said the barista, reminded me of how much time has been spent as I stood there in front of cashier and did nothing.
"Okay, nice to meet you too." I said awkwardly to that girl and went out of the coffee shop.
I walked to my train gate then realized that it was my friend who bought and brought my ticket. I couldn't get through the gate, but then I decided to wait on the line anyway. The line was pretty long and if I had to wait for my friend to be here to start queuing, then I would have been left long way behind. A good decision though as --not long after that, I saw my friend came and he snuck up to join me on the line. As I turned my head behind, I saw that pretty girl far behind my line, waited for the same gate-- meant the same train.
What should I suppose to do!
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That green grass field is really wide. What a beautiful view! The kind of view you'll seldom see on a big city. Yes, I live in a big city, exactly at the center of Lucerne. I am bored to always see the city's skyscrapers so then I made a plan with some office mates to arrange a tour to conquer one of the highest mountain in Switzerland, mount Titlis. Yes, then I'm here, right at this train.
But my purpose has changed. That girl with a beautiful smile changes my head, changes the view.
The fact that we are in this exact same train is haunting my head. Was she that special till I should search the whole compartment? I don't even know her name.
I don't know what to do. Suddenly this whole beautiful view is fading away, like the way her face's starting to fade away right know.
I am closing my eyes.
God, please give me the second chance..
"Mr. Bobby?"
"Yeah?"
"Your machiato is ready."
I look beside me. She is here! I scratch my eyes, cannot believe of what I have just seen.
Hey! I cannot find a word. I start to panic.
"Please move away if you have finished, so the people behind you can move forward." says the barista.
"Okay nice to meet you too" what a dumb word to be said, I think that as I go outside the coffee shop.
But now I know, she will be on the line behind me in a few minutes. The new spirit starts to rise and moves my mind. The rush of endorphine fills up my head. My friend hasn't come yet, but I still queue in the train gate anyway. There he is! He sneaks up the line and give me my train ticket.
"Hey bro, wait a second."
I say it to my friend as I wait in the corner until that girl shows up in the line, moves forward passes me.
"Hey you again!" I smile to that girl, she looks like she doesn't realize that I am purposely there, wait for her.
"Hey you, the guy at the coffee shop! We meet again" She pulls out the same smile, over again. I feel like two smiles still isn't enough. I want more.
"Yeah, looks like we board on the same train, what a coincidence! What number on your train seat by the way?" I try to ask as cool as I can be.
"Well, I don't know, my friend held my ticket for me-- hey wait up!" She shouts to her friend who walks and leaves her behind.
"Sorry I must go." She points her friend then hurrying moves forward, walks faster to go after her friend.
I really am disappointed as I weakly walk to the train, watch her disappear into the crowd of other passengers. My second chance is over.
I am watching the train window, blankly seeing the landscape. The beautiful view that would have increased my enthusiasm before. But I don't see anything instead now.
The green wide grass field doesn't distract my mind out off her. I'm starting to imagine everything's fading away again and I'll get the third chance.
The third chance? I don't know.
I have blown off my first and second chance, why should I get another one?
It's difficult to remember it. I'm closing my eyes..
-----
"Mr. Bobby?"
That sound's ended my thought as I startled and looked at the barista's face in front of me.
"Your order, Caramel Machiato, low or regular sugar?"
"One regular please."
"Okay, please wait a second."
I waited on the line and looked around.
Then there's this pretty girl on the line beside me, waited for her coffee as well.
"Hey, hiking bag? Do you happened to go to climb Titlis as well?"
"Oh hi there, no I didn't. I'll climb the Alpen. Nice to meet you by the way."
She then pulled out the thing that I would considered to be the prettiest smile I've ever seen in the next several minutes later.
"Mr. Bobby, your machiato's ready."
"Oh yes, okay here's my money, take the changes." I suddenly felt so nervous, it's difficult for me to concentrate.
"Please move away if you have finished, so the people behind you can move forward." said the barista, reminded me of how much time has been spent as I stood there in front of cashier and did nothing.
"Okay, nice to meet you too." I said awkwardly to that girl and went out of the coffee shop.
I walked to my train gate then realized that it was my friend who bought and brought my ticket. I couldn't get through the gate, but then I decided to wait on the line anyway. The line was pretty long and if I had to wait for my friend to be here to start queuing, then I would have been left long way behind. A good decision though as --not long after that, I saw my friend came and he snuck up to join me on the line. As I turned my head behind, I saw that pretty girl far behind my line, waited for the same gate-- meant the same train.
What should I suppose to do!
-----
That green grass field is really wide. What a beautiful view! The kind of view you'll seldom see on a big city. Yes, I live in a big city, exactly at the center of Lucerne. I am bored to always see the city's skyscrapers so then I made a plan with some office mates to arrange a tour to conquer one of the highest mountain in Switzerland, mount Titlis. Yes, then I'm here, right at this train.
But my purpose has changed. That girl with a beautiful smile changes my head, changes the view.
The fact that we are in this exact same train is haunting my head. Was she that special till I should search the whole compartment? I don't even know her name.
I don't know what to do. Suddenly this whole beautiful view is fading away, like the way her face's starting to fade away right know.
I am closing my eyes.
God, please give me the second chance..
"Mr. Bobby?"
"Yeah?"
"Your machiato is ready."
I look beside me. She is here! I scratch my eyes, cannot believe of what I have just seen.
Hey! I cannot find a word. I start to panic.
"Please move away if you have finished, so the people behind you can move forward." says the barista.
"Okay nice to meet you too" what a dumb word to be said, I think that as I go outside the coffee shop.
But now I know, she will be on the line behind me in a few minutes. The new spirit starts to rise and moves my mind. The rush of endorphine fills up my head. My friend hasn't come yet, but I still queue in the train gate anyway. There he is! He sneaks up the line and give me my train ticket.
"Hey bro, wait a second."
I say it to my friend as I wait in the corner until that girl shows up in the line, moves forward passes me.
"Hey you again!" I smile to that girl, she looks like she doesn't realize that I am purposely there, wait for her.
"Hey you, the guy at the coffee shop! We meet again" She pulls out the same smile, over again. I feel like two smiles still isn't enough. I want more.
"Yeah, looks like we board on the same train, what a coincidence! What number on your train seat by the way?" I try to ask as cool as I can be.
"Well, I don't know, my friend held my ticket for me-- hey wait up!" She shouts to her friend who walks and leaves her behind.
"Sorry I must go." She points her friend then hurrying moves forward, walks faster to go after her friend.
I really am disappointed as I weakly walk to the train, watch her disappear into the crowd of other passengers. My second chance is over.
I am watching the train window, blankly seeing the landscape. The beautiful view that would have increased my enthusiasm before. But I don't see anything instead now.
The green wide grass field doesn't distract my mind out off her. I'm starting to imagine everything's fading away again and I'll get the third chance.
The third chance? I don't know.
I have blown off my first and second chance, why should I get another one?
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