Semi Adult

So I’ve lived in New York for 6 years and I’ve always heard these mythical stories of people making friends on the subway. I never understood how this happened, if I ever accidentally make eye contact with someone on the subway, I walk to the opposite end of the car and get off at the next stop. Well it finally happened to me and I can honestly say it’s one of the weirdest fucking experiences I’ve ever had. So this guy asks me on the platform if the train goes to Penn Station, I tell him that’s where I’m going so he can just follow me. As far as I’m concerned our encounter is now over, I didn’t plan to hold his hand on the way there but we get on the train and he calls me over because he saved me a seat. Turns out we’re going to the same concert at the Meadowlands, this generates 2-3 minutes worth of conversation but then utter silence. Now its just completely awkward. I feel like I’m on a date and I need to keep talking. Which I do. But the whole time I”m thinking “shit, what happens when we get to Penn Station, do we separate? do I have to guide him to his destination? will he call me after?” So now I’m walking through the massive crowds at Penn Station awkwardly trying to not lose this stranger who I don’t know wondering if I should just hold his hand while crying on the inside about how awkward this is. To make a long story short, I ran into the friend I was meeting causing for an even more awkward moment where we abruptly had to part ways and I haven’t seen him since. Fortunately I’ve seen enough Sandra Bullock movies to know that we’ll run into each other again one day, either in a high speed car chase or on “The Net”.