The train car swung back and forth as it exited the tunnel and entered into the yellow plains. I peered out the window at the large wheat fields. The wheat moved with the wind acting like a vast ocean with a few green trees sailing among it. I put pen to paper and recorded what I saw. I was nestled in a small table in the dining car. It looked like an old school diner had been sliced in half and crammed into a train car. A couple stools, a display tray, two waitress and one cook that was near the front of the car. Two men dressed in grey suits sat at the bar drinking coffee. One had his head down looking at some papers, while the other one flirted with one of the waitress’s behind the bar. Another man sat reading a newspaper on my left against the wall. I took a sip of coffee and picked up the book I was current digesting. “Wicked Soulless Things”, it was called. It was a mixture of vampires, werewolves fighting Frankenstein mosters. I loved the romantics, but sometimes a girl just needed unrelenting violence in her literature.
She came over prying herself from the man at the bar. “Would you like some more coffee dear?”
I smiled and nodded. “Looks like you might have a bit of trouble on your hands” My eyes darted at the young man and back at her.
“Oh, just a boy trying his best”
Her name tag said Sally. She had curly blonde hair that fell across her perfect breasts. I bit my lip.
“Well, he will get his due sometime. Sally, is it?” I tapped my pen on the notepad running my eyes from her slender legs back up to her blue eyes. She looked at something behind me then refocused.
“Yes ma’m, you can call on me if you need anything while your in the dining car” She smiled at me and I smiled back. I pulled out a compact and checked the mirror. It was just for show though. There was no reflection anyway.
“You know, I would love another slice of pie” I pushed my plate towards her. Her hand grabbed the plate and I could feel the blood pumping through her veins. Another slice of pie, indeed.
Inspired by Blue Plate Special by Jeff Lee Johnson