Scenes from a Somerville bus

A lesbian couple boards the bus. Both have numerous facial and ear piercings and have their headphones in. They sit facing each other across the aisle. I'm sitting next to one of the women.

Now, on this particular day I wasn't too happy with life and it had nothing to do with lesbians. I had forgotten to charge my iPod and had to listen to the hum of humanity. (Sidenote: Humanity is not nearly as pleasing to the ear as an NPR podcast.)

At some point during the trip the woman sitting next to me says to her partner, "What do you want to do?"

The lady across the aisle gives her this great devilish look and mouths back, "Tie you up."