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Subway Story: Stephanie

Subway Short Stories: Fictional stories written with characters inspired by riding on the New York City subway.

God I am so tired. Why did I stay up so late? I want to fall asleep right now but I’m stuck on this stupid train.

That guy is asleep, but how does he know when to wake up so he doesn’t miss his stop? I don’t want to be asleep when we pass Bushwick and end up God knows where. Probably end up in some train yard with a bunch of vagabonds eating half-eaten sandwiches talking about the Vietcong.

I just … wanna … sleeeee…. Whoa, wake up Stephanie, wake up. Come on, I can stay awake. I’m the Stephster, I pulled all-nighters in college all the time. I would stay up all night just talking Joshua–he was such a nice guy. I can’t believe he got all weird after I told him I just wanted to be friends so that it wouldn’t get weird and then he got all weird. Weird.

Oh look at that baby, it’s so cute, fast asleep in it’s stroller. I wish I could be pushed around in a stroller and sleep whenever I wanted. I bet Josh would’ve pushed me around.

… …. Oh God I just did that head drop thing. I’m awake though, I’m awake. I’ll just sing along to my iPod. “He’s got a big ego, I love his big ego.” Do you think shes talking about his naughty parts? I bet she is, but then she says she has a big ego… does Beyonce have a–oh nevermind.

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Oh God, did I fall asleep? How long was I out? What stop are we at? Oh, Williamsburg, I’m Ok. It’s Ok. I can’t believe I fell asleep, it’s not even all that late, it’s just been a really long week. I can’t believe I have to get coffee for Mr. Stevenson so often. I know I’m his secretary, but you can’t get your own coffee.

Wait, why is that guy staring at me? That creep was probably watching me sleep–sleezeball. He’s the type of guy that would stay on the train all the way to the end just to hang out with the decrepid weird people and sip beer from cans found in the trash.

I’m so tired.