Phone romance

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

Blessed is the one who invented the phone! And three times blessed is the one who made the telephone communication so unreliable, so unpredictable … Because when you dial the required number (you dial the right number, damn it !!!) and the sixth time you get to the wrong place, it may be fate.

… When a pleasant baritone for the umpteenth time asked if he could hear Marina, Natalia could not resist."

“And it’s true,” the invisible marine finder agreed with unexpected ease. - Am I really distracting you?

- From what? - Natasha, who was just tormented by boredom and idleness, was taken aback, thinking: whether to go shopping, or sit down for a term paper. There was no money for the shops, and the term paper, although it hung over it like a sword of Damocles, for some reason did not want to write at all.

- Well … you never know … maybe you need to cook dinner …

Dinner really had to be cooked. But laziness. Besides, the voice was definitely pleasant, I wanted to flirt a little, and …

- Well, what are you, not at all …

And they began to communicate. In the process of communication, it turned out that they like the same music, their views on life are surprisingly convergent, and in general these forty minutes flew by unnoticed (it's good that we don't have counters on our phones yet!).

- Can I call you tomorrow?

- Can. Write down the number … ("The main thing is not to run into this Marina," - a jealous thought flashed through her). He did not run into Marina. Their next conversation had been going on for an hour and a half. It was impossible for my parents to break through to the phone. And she, having just hung up the receiver, had already begun to wait for tomorrow - he promised to call again …

They stopped making Natalia laugh at the suffering of her girlfriends (if he calls, he won't call). She began to understand their reluctance to be away from the phone. Even going to the shower, she did not close the door - what if at that moment he decides to dial her number? Her day was divided into two parts: before his call and after. Moreover, both the first and the second part were not at all under the sign of writing a term paper: "When he does not call, I can not do anything, because he did not call. I am waiting. As soon as he called, I can not do anything again - because that he called! I walk around and remember forty times what he told me, with what intonation, I think he meant … "She left the house like this:" Well, I'll wait another fifteen minutes, and then I'll definitely go How, fifteen minutes have already passed? Well, now, I’ll count to ten … I counted something quickly, let’s slow down … Well, even until five … "In the end, already ugly late, she literally took herself with an iron hand by the collar and dragged out of the house. Already on the stairs, she was seized by an irresistible desire to return and wait a little longer. Natalya scolded herself with the last words and went to the library. Meetings with her friends were reduced to a minimum, and even those she tried to transfer to her territory, closer to the apparatus. Moreover, if he called once, this did not mean that there was nothing more to wait today. “Sorry, I already miss you,” she could hear these words four times a day. And every time she was glad that at least a week had passed since his last call. And, it would seem, everything has already been discussed - no, there was always something to talk about for a couple of hours.

The telephone romance is a romance of two voices. All that is superfluous leaves, only words and intonations remain. His voice is soft, velvety, and hers, ecstatic, shining with the spring sun. Although spring is still very far away … The most interesting thing is that they almost did not even want to meet in real life. More precisely, it was terrible to be disappointed. Therefore, Natalya reacted sluggishly to Andrey's proposals to see him somehow in the city, each time coming up with some valid reasons. She feared the collapse of illusions: what if he turns out to be completely different from what she imagined him to be? Or will he not like her? And then … would it make sense to call each other again? But without these conversations, none of them could imagine their existence. “I’m very comfortable,” her friend reasoned. “You don’t need to give gifts for the holidays (I called, congratulated, chatted - and you’re happy); hang around in the wet snow, waiting for you, when you’re late for dates, you don’t need to - sit warm at home and keep the phone in. You can eat, drink, scratch and watch TV at the same time. Although …

You don't have to always look pretty either. You don't need to spend either money or time on cosmetics, you don't have to dress up: a tattered robe and woolen socks - this is your evening dress; on the head line that - all the same it is not visible … Cool! I need to call someone. Maybe some … superman will turn up. Oh, I’ll call my cell phone right away, so I’m sure!”By the way, my friend’s adventure ended exactly as she had planned. True, at first she had to go through a huge number of numbers, and it was difficult to pretend that they had connected it incorrectly; but she was absolutely delighted: "Listen, this is just like a lottery! No win, no win, and then bam - and a lucky number! "But Natalya still calls back with her phone boyfriend. No personal meetings. That is, there were meetings, but everything seemed to be unsuccessful. turned out to be one to one the man of her dreams, and so was she. But all the time it turned out that there was nothing to talk about, and it was difficult to communicate …

After bad dates, disappointed, they came home … and their hands reached out to the phone. And then the necessary words and themes were found, and the stupid tension and heavy pauses disappeared. This "romance" is already three years old ("It would be a long time ago to get married and give birth to children," a friend commented, Natalya just brushed it off). He does not in the least interfere with Natalya's relationship with "real" boyfriends. Although it interferes, of course: after all, he has to be hidden (now the jealous men have gone …). And their pathetic attempts to "communicate cleverly" cannot be compared with their conversations with Andrey. So it looks like all this will continue for a long time. How it will end is unknown. "But actually, why should everything end with something? We are already fine," Natasha says carefreely. And, it seems, she is not lying. After all, the truth is good! The main thing is that there is always someone to talk to … And the rest will follow. Someday, somehow, it doesn't matter.

… After all, it really turns out - women love with their ears … And I am especially attracted by the opportunity to look casually and casually. One TV journalist once wrote: "Even in my youth, I realized that my face is perfect for working on the radio …" Decisively, it's time to go and call! What numbers will fate give us today?