Beth fumbled with her train pass. She quickly swiped the pass through the reader and bounded down the stairs. She was late. Again.

The doors were closing as she reached them. She scarcely made it shoving two people in the process. Beth’s apology and the mild irritation by those offended were common enough not to cause an incident. She felt the eyes of the passengers pass over her. She noticed one man staring at her chest and realized that her blouse button had opened revealing most of her right breast.

As nonchalant as she could, she covered up and laughed to herself. A similar thing had happened to her friend Mel, who handled it differently. Beth realized she hadn’t heard from Mel in a long time. She decided that when she got to work she would send an email and see how her friend was doing.

When she opened her Inbox, there was an email from Mel. Coincidence?

10 things that show your age. What was this? Oh no. Beth had been demoted to the Forward list.