(short story)

Two best friends from childhood meet every week in a cafe. And now Alice calls her bestie Katya to invite her to the cafe again.

“Hello, my dear! Today, as always, at our favorite place near the cafe?”

“Sure thing! Let’s meet at 5 pm.”

Alice sighed and remembered how they had met at least 10 times in the past: Katya came an hour or two later, and Alice had to wait for her and at the same time listen to her “I’ll be there soon,”.

“I promise that I won’t be late this time,” Katya said after a short break and ended the conversation.

It seemed to Alice that her friend lied as usual, and she decided to come an hour later.

At 5 pm, Alice gets out of the shower and sees 3 missed calls from Katya.

“I’m already there as I promised. And where are you?”

Alice apologized and laughed,

“I thought that if I were an hour late, we would both arrive on time and no one would have to wait…”