XKCD = Inspiration

So it turns out that XKCD is WONDERFUL inspiration for short stories. Here's my latest based on this one:

It's 4 o'clock in the morning. I'm sitting alone in the subway station, waiting for my train to arrive, my journal sitting in my lap. Man, this train always takes FOREVER, I think to myself. I slowly open my journal and take out a pen, preparing to write. At that moment, the train pulls into the station, and I close the journal. Looking inside, I see only a few other passengers on the train. I silently take my seat and watch as the train moves on to the next station. There is only a single person at this station as well. A shy redheaded girl, who seems to ride this train as frequently as I do. As she slowly takes her seat across from me, I open my journal, pen in hand.

Dear Journal, I write, it's 4 in the morning once again, and I'm on the train. She's sitting across from me again, and once more, I find myself speechless around her. I want to talk to her more than anything. But...I don't know, she seems so SHY. Almost as if a mere conversation would freak her out more than the apocalypse. But still, I want to say something to her, introduce myself, anything. She's the cutest girl I've ever seen, and her shyness is just unbelievably adorable. And it's so weird: whenever I'm not around her, I think of all these great conversation starters. But there's just something about her that snatches the words from my mind. God, I think I love this girl, and I know nothing about her.

I look up from my journal briefly, and look at her, only to find that she's looking at me as well. I blush, and close my journal, looking away.