Tonight (25/2/26) at around 22:55 I got on the bus to go home from work since I had no money for other options and I have a free bus pass. I sat at the back of the bus, and the bus was mostly empty apart from a few men and one woman at the front. The bus driver was also a woman. 

Another man (confirmed to be 50), came onto the bus and sat at the back beside me and lit up a cigarette, which is illegal, but I didn’t say anything. I didn’t want the risk of confrontation with a man way bigger and older than me. So I just minded my business. Throughout the bus ride I would look out the corner of my eye and I’d see him look at me repeatedly. This on its own made me feel uncomfortable. 

Halfway through the bus ride he turned to me and asked if I was alright, which I said a simple “yes” to. He then asked “where are you going?” Which obviously I replied “I’m not going to tell you that.” And I told him I was underage. I don’t remember exactly how the conversation went but when I again said I wasn’t going to tell him where I was going, he said “oh aren’t you?” 

Soon after a woman sitting in front of us defends me,saying that he didn’t need to know where I was going and questioning him why he was asking. It escalated from there with the man and the woman but I just freeze when I’m scared. So I was silent 

The woman called him a nonce, and he got very angry. He was repeatedly saying he was just being friendly and was telling her to F off 

I am a minor in England and was harassed on the bus and don’t know what to expect from here