Ops I did it again Britney Spears and the voices of two joyful women could be heard from behind the door. When Alice entered the apartment, no one was interested in her presence. The hall was in the style of the late socialistic Polish People's Republic, with wooden hangers along the entire length of the wall. Alice quietly walked to her room. She hung her wet coat on one hanger and her bag and umbrella on the other. She listened for a while. The joyful voices did not disappeared, and even switched to older hits and started singing Aretha Franklin. Alice sighed, tensed up, and walked out into the corridor. The steps to the kitchen seemed to take ages. As she opened the door, she put on an apologetic expression.
„Hey girls," she said almost in a whisper.
„Oh hey Alice!" Joy was delighted. „Come on, come on! Do you want wine?"
„Why do you offer it to her?" Betty said maliciously. "She's going to drink the whole bottle." Betty said it with such contempt that Alice immediately wanted to leave the kitchen.
„Hey, I never drunk out your wine." Alice tried to defend herself.
"But you must have drunk out someone. Just like you keep drink out our tea."
„Wait, we all pay our share for it..."
„But you take the most of it!" Betty replied quickly.
Alice sighed.
„Okay, I'll buy mine"
The characteristic first bars of the rock song Naive by The Kooks beat out in the loudspeakers.
„And what? Will you cut yourself off from us? What, you think we're thieves?"
„Well, you know how to make problems..."
Betty's face boiled but Joy distracted her by pouring more wine into her glass.
„Girls, what's going on here?" she asked warmly. „It's Sunday, we have wine, music. You'll be fighting vampires at work tomorrow. Save your energy for it. And you're not arguing over stupid tea..."
Betty felt offended.
„But she steals it!
„Not at all!" Alice protested.
Joy shook her head disapprovingly.
„Okay, this has to be resolved somehow. Alicja, sit down, Betty, pour her some wine." Both girls reluctantly followed Joy's command. Alice sat away from Betty, who poured her just a drop of wine. At that time, Joy went to her room. The girls sat in uncomfortable silence. It wasn't always like that. They lived together for almost a year, but in recent months something began to go wrong. Betty did not tolerate her new job well. She has changed. She became possessive, sharp-tongued and a terrible penny snatcher. She even accused her brother of stealing her time. Now, they were sitting next to each other, looking at two different sides of the room. Joy finally returned to the kitchen. She had a piece of paper and a pen in her hand.
„Okay, I have a solution. We will list what we buy together and divide it according to needs. If someone needs more, they will made it up." Betty squealed with joy and took a deep sip of wine. Hard negotiations began. Who uses how many spoons of sugar, how often the kettle can be used and who has the right to use the kitchen at what times. Betty tried to blame Alice that she uses everything twice as much as she does and should pay half her share. They argued for half an hour, and when it came to tea, the scales tipped. Alice couldn't stand it.
„I'm sick of it! I will buy mine and keep it in my room!"
„Rolls of crap tape too?" Betty laughed at her.
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The Crooked Mirror
General Fiction[Daily] Alice tries to break into the art world, but meets only refusals. Is it worth following your dreams or is it better to settle on what is within reach? Alice is just finishing her studies. She works in a cafe, goes out with her girlfriends an...
