This past Saturday I took the NJ Transit to NYC to see my cousin, who I hadn't seen in about 8 years. It's intriguing how much people change, and yet how little.
While I was riding on the train to Penn Station, back resting against the side of the train in order to spread my legs out a little towards the aisle, I looked up from my book, in my never-ending curiosity, to check out my fellow passengers. I noticed a cute brunette sitting on the the opposite side of the train, one seat back. She had on one of those old brown hats, somewhat similar to the one Jason Mraz wears in his music video for I'm Yours, and a black top. Very simple, but attractive. I noticed she was playing with and picking at her lips. In my hopeless romanticism, I imagined she was about to be re-united with some love she had been apart from for the past week. She was excited to press her lips against his, and in excited expectation was making sure her lips were perfect for the soft collision.
I looked up a short time later and noticed she was still playing with her lips, running her fingers along them and then picking at them with her fingernails. It was starting to get a little distracting and seemed to be a little more than just preparation for a long-desired kiss. As I looked up periodically throughout the rest of the hour-long train ride, I noticed she was continually touching her lips. By the end of the ride, I was somewhat disgusted with her lip obsession.
I hope the kiss was still great. But seriously, girl, give it a break! I hope he is less annoyed with your habit than I am. And think about it: you are riding on the NJ Transit, one of the dirtiest places known to man, sticking your hands all over your lips and mouth. Not exactly hygienic.
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Being quite the opposite of you, I have a different interpretation: Cute brunette just had a bad encounter involving a kiss. Utterly disgusted and wanting to remove her lips from her face entirely, the best she can do is contaminate herself with NYC subway germs while slowly picking away at herself.
Maybe her boyfriend just told her that he's thinking of becoming a woman. Maybe she found out her "girl"friend isn't really a girl and just a boy who likes to dress up as a girl. Maybe she just received news of infidelity. I just find it hard to believe that she would want to go into a long-awaited kiss with raw and bleeding lips.
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