Tea & Ice-cream

Chapter 1 : Summer is coming...

ASYA

Everything kept turning in life. Nothing stayed the same. Well, at least, not much. Three hours from now, even the sky won't be the same. Be it the clouds, the shadows, the light... Something would have changed.

It all kept turning.

Like the colorful windmills on the balconies, like the postcard turnstiles that tourists turned to decide what to pick to send their family and friends back home. Or the wheels of the cars passing down the street and sometimes, at the next bend, the most incredible thing could happen to you. What you never thought you needed, what you didn't think you wanted, here it was, yours for the taking.

Like I said, it all kept turning.

Turning like the clothes in this dryer I'd been staring at for the past ten minutes. I was sitting on the bench at the laundromat, staring at these colorful materials bouncing all over the place. Not that I was finding it fascinating but the smell of clean clothes perfumed the whole room and, apparently, had quite some calming effects on me.

I loved coming here, it wasn't a chore for me, it was relaxing, taking me to a place where it was easy to just be.

The buzzing of my phone got me out of my trance. I saw my friend's name and answered the video call.

"Hey girl, how you're doing ?"

That was Meliha. My best friend. My sister. Well, not biologically, but we were raised together. She loved vintage stuff, hated shopping and had quite a bit of a temper.

"A bit tired but fine, you ?"

"Don't ask", Meliha started and I could see her putting on her sunglasses while walking. "I went to talk to the boss about the productivity ideas I had. Remember?"

"Yeah and how did it go ?" I asked while taking out the last round of dry clothes.

"Nowhere. He didn't even want to hear me out."

"Ouch. Do we have to bury somebody ?"

"Not yet. I got your essential oils with me."

Pelin was calling now, I answered her video call too. Her smiling face glowed through my phone screen.

"Hey girls, what are you doing in this beautiful day ?"

That was Pelin. My other best friend, we met online. The complete opposite of Meliha. She was always so polite and sweet with everyone. She had a degree in art history and was always looking for more ways to protect the environment. Plus, she was a bookaholic. She may not always have a phone on her, but you could be sure she had a book.

"Laundry." I said, showing them the t-shirt I was folding.

"On my way there", Meliha said.

"Wait, Melo, how did work go?" Pelin asked.

"Very well".

"Cool."

Silence.

"Wait, that was ironic, right?"

"Yep."

"But you said you were gonna talk with your boss about that productivity thing ? Wait, did you get fired ?"

"No, why would you think that ? He just didn't want to hear my suggestions."

Another silence.

"Tell me you didn't kill anybody."

I smiled at Pelin's question. We both knew Meliha a little too well.

"Why ya'll talking like I'm a murderer or something ?"