Wait

Faith began to fiddle. Her foot started tapping then her hand reached up and smoothed down her hair. She had tied her hair back today, as she didnt have the time to wash it. But brushing and pulling it neatly into a ponytail cost her the time she could have eaten breakfast. She opened her handbag, rummaging around hoping to find some forgotten chocolate bar or other food source. An orange boiled lolly missing some of its wrapper looked appealing, even though some hair and bit of tissue accompanied it. She looked up and about her. No one else was around so Faith carefully unwrapped it, picked off the debris and put it in her mouth.

The sweetness was a shock, overpowering her senses. She rolled the lolly around, its furry surface offering a texture for her tongue to examine. It crashed into her teeth and bulged out her cheek. The lolly became a good distraction. She sucked it for a while before crunching down hard and breaking it into tiny pieces. She had never been able to suck lollies into thin slithers.

Faith looked at her watch. The second hand hardly seemed to be moving. Did it just go backwards? She shook her wrist then brought the watch up to her ear. 

"Tick tick tick' she heard the regular steady sound of a watch in working order. She flopped her hand back into her lap and sighed.

"Why is it taking so long?"

Earlier she had been in such a flurry, rushing to get here. Yet now she waited. And waited.

Faith smoothed out her skirt. It was the one she wore yesterday. No one would remember. She had to quickly pick up and wear the clothes she found on the floor to get here on time. But now she wished she had not rushed. She could have used this time to shower and select clean clothes.
'How long is it going to take?"

She stood up, walked forward, and longingly looked. Nothing.

As she sat down she saw another person walking to join her. His footsteps grew louder as he approached. He chose to stand to her left positioned slightly in front. She examined him from behind. He wore a dark red coat, had a scarf on and his hair was wet. She could see his white scalp through the tracks of combed hair. But then he looked at her and she had to quickly turn away.

A woman came into view. Faith recognised her as a regular. She was rushing, her whole body seemed to move up and then fall down with each of her hurried steps. Her hair flying out behind despite the still morning. This woman always wrote notes in a ring bound notebook. She scribbled away in pencil, occasionally stopping to collect her thoughts. The woman sat down next to her on the bench and offered a fresh perfumed scent with her presence.

Faith sat up straight and then slumped back down.

The three of them waited. Joined together in their common longing. There was silence, except for the shifting of their bodies as they adjusted position.

In the distance a mobile phone rang, they all looked in the direction of the offending noise. A female came into view and her voice surrounded them as it approached. Her shoes clopped along the pavement. She stood off to the side talking out aloud to no one.

"Yeah, I've just arrived, it looks like I'm in time" She glanced at the three of them, then turned away.
"So I'll see you soon"
"Yeah at the usual"
"Yes me too, can't wait"
"OK then"
"See you soon"
"Bye"

Silence filled the space.

The four of them waited together all wanting for the same thing.

Eventually the train arrived and broke their bond.