I sat on the train staring out of the window as the rain raced past the window like a stampede. Another tiring day at College with assignments on my mind with plans to get through. Questions and stories were all racing through my mind simultaneously, but these thoughts broke as the announcer called out the next train station. I stared more as we passed houses, restaurants, and stopped at the next train station. Hearing the bell ring three times, I saw passengers get off and get on as though they were walking through a busy mall. The announcer called out the next station was my home station. When the doors closed, the train moved again. That was when I got out my mobile phone and phoned my parents:
“Hello?”
“Hey, Mum, it’s me!” I said quietly.
“ ‘ello, doll! What’s up?”
“Uh, I’m calling because I’ll be home in around 5 minutes…”
“…Riiiight…” My mum replied. “I’m afr