FLASH FICTION | Train Station

Written by: Summer Andrea Beatriz J. Ocoma

I was a very mysterious and quiet girl. My classmates never really talked to me. While

waiting for the train going to school, I saw a handsome boy wearing our school uniform. Maybe he was my schoolmate. He approached me and introduced himself as Jake. He also mentioned that we’re in the same class. I was shocked since I don’t seem to remember having a classmate as handsome as him before but soon I realized that I don’t really know my classmates, maybe that’s why. We got on the train and decided to walk to school together. We chat endlessly while walking. While walking to our school's hallway, people are staring at us, they just can’t believe that a boy like him will talk and get close to a girl like me. As soon as we arrived at our classroom, he invited me to his house to hang-out, gave me his address and told me to go to his house on Saturday and I totally said yes. We separated seats afterwards. It was finally Saturday. I went directly to their house and knocked on the door.

Surprisingly, an old woman opened the door. “Is Jake there?” I asked. “You’re looking for Jake?” she asked while her face was in full shock. “He was my son, he actually died a decade ago.”