Lewis had been on his feet all day. They were hot and they ached inside his shoes.
He could smell the sweat of strangers who crowded around him, bumping shoulders, waiting for their train with no regard for his personal space. He longed to be in his air conditioned car with the murmur of classical music soothing him all the way home, but instead he was standing on this crowded platform, clinging to his brief case lest some junkie or hooligan snatch it from him.
He looked ruefully at the nearest seat, which was taken by four young people, surely less than half his age. Two chatty girls, a slick young man in a suit and a skater brat with greasy blond hair peeking from under his cap. Lewis seethed as he looked up and down the boy's long, athletic legs. They looked tan and capable in baggy shorts, one foot propped on the opposite knee, shaking restlessly. The young man wasn't tired his body was buzzing with energy, yet he was happy to park his lazy butt in the last available seat while his elders stood around him, asleep on their feet.
He could smell the sweat of strangers who crowded around him, bumping shoulders, waiting for their train with no regard for his personal space. He longed to be in his air conditioned car with the murmur of classical music soothing him all the way home, but instead he was standing on this crowded platform, clinging to his brief case lest some junkie or hooligan snatch it from him.
He looked ruefully at the nearest seat, which was taken by four young people, surely less than half his age. Two chatty girls, a slick young man in a suit and a skater brat with greasy blond hair peeking from under his cap. Lewis seethed as he looked up and down the boy's long, athletic legs. They looked tan and capable in baggy shorts, one foot propped on the opposite knee, shaking restlessly. The young man wasn't tired his body was buzzing with energy, yet he was happy to park his lazy butt in the last available seat while his elders stood around him, asleep on their feet.