You see, that means life...
- Why is that? I looked at her. She was a nice old lady. You could see that she wasn't used to talk too much about her.
- Because nobody asked me about what I was doing. It is not so interesting and after all no one actually cares.
- It is their business, but for me is impressive to find out that you worked 50 years at a train station. There must have been a few interesting stories.
I saw a spark in her eyes. I was happy to see that I could bring back to life some memories.
- Well, I saw a lot of people everyday. Coming, leaving. They were there to welcome someone ot to say goodbye. They were lonely people who took the train only to forget about problems, or couples who went on a surprise trip. Angry, happy, nervous, busy, lost people. I saw al kinds of them.
I even took part of a proposal. She was coming back from Paris where she had a scholarship for a few month. When she got off the train he was waiting at a table with a violonist and proposed her. She said yes, of course and the next day I saw them again buying some tickets and after that I have never seen them. Probably they went on a trip, or who knows maybe they moved to Paris. But I was so happy that I could see a part of the life and I even wanted to receive a proposal like that.
- And did you?
- You young people...you want to find out things too quickly. I will tell you, of course, but be patient.
- Sorry, sorry, but I told you it was interesting.
- After that, things were pretty the same, until I saw this boy, everyday, at the exact same hour, taking the same train. It didn't seem something unusual, but everything has an end. And one day he showed up at the station but he didn't take the train and he sat there until the next day. That was a thing that couldn't pass unnoticed so I went to him.
"Are you ok?"
"I'm sorry, I dind't want to..."He was practically asleep.
"Don't worry. It is nothing, but you spent the whole night here and I am pretty sure that it is not ok."
"No, no, I just...I will just go."
"Hey, easy, let me buy you a coffee."
"I don't want to bother you..."
"It's ok, I just finished my shift and you seem like you need a pretty good coffee."
- We went to the near shop and here we started to talk. He told me that his sister was sick and he was staying here and had to visit her everyday at the hospital. And that one day she passed away, but he still went to see her grave to talk to her. He felt like it was his responsability, until the other day when he couldn't do it anymore. He wanted so much to step on that train, but something didn't let him. It was time to let her go. I was so impressed by his story that I almost cried, but he didn't let me. He said that wasn't a sad story, it was actually a happy one because that was a sign that she finally found her peace. And since that day we were really close and saw each other almost everyday. And we became more than friends and one day my boss came to me with some news that made me to feel like everything was falling apart in my life for the first time.
"I received some bad news, your boyfriend was in an accident and he asked for you. You need to take this train right now."
I didn't need to think twice about it and I stepped on that train the next second. And there I saw it. From the entrance and through the whole hall there were a few persons with a rose in their hands. I followed them and there was him, in his knees with a little box in his hand and that was the second time I was so nervous.
"Will you marry me?"
- And you said yes!
- Will you let me tell my story?
- Sorry, sorry again.
"Yes, yes, of course" It was my dream proposal and he was there. "But we will talk home about the fact that I almost died today because of you."
"We will talk whatever you want."
And so we got married. And life went forward how it is supposed to be. We had a child. We watched him grow and we watched him leave and make a life on his own. That is how things work.
- Darling...I heard a voice and an old man entered into the room. Sorry to interrupt, but Sebastian called. He said he will come tomorrow with everybody.
- Thank you, my dear. It is ok, we are almost done...But you were right, that train station is a part of me. I welcomed people in my life there and I let them go. You see, that means life.
