Riding quickest way to work

My brother bought a new bike while I’ve been away. A racer. And it is just as fast as it looks. He went away over the day so I immediately snitched it and took it for a test-drive to work this morning. Promised myself to go easy since I have very close to…hmmm… sweat. But the moment you get up on that saddle you zoom away and it’s a race with everyone, stoplights, cars, pedestrians, signs, your reflection in the mirrors (gotta be fast if you look fast) and traffic in general, zoom-zoom, that's how it sounded. And then you’re there. Before the bus. Drenched.