Planes de fin de semana

The next day, on Friday, Giulia’s boss tells her that she has to work late on Saturday. Giulia feels a bit stressed. She doesn’t want to cancel, but she also doesn’t want to arrive late. Now she isn’t sure what to do.

At night, she writes to Emma again: “I’m sorry, I have to work longer on Saturday. Can we meet at six instead of five?” Emma replies quickly: “No problem! Six works for me. Don’t worry. We can still take a walk and maybe eat something.”

On Saturday, Giulia finishes work, hurries home, changes clothes, and takes the bus to the park. At six, Emma is already waiting at the entrance.

“Hi!” they say, and they hug. “I’m so happy to see you.” They start walking and talking about their week, their work, and small things.

Giulia feels happy. With only a few simple messages, they could plan the whole weekend meet-up, change the time, and still make it work.

After a while, they sit on a bench with their ice creams. They watch the people in the park and laugh at little funny things that happened during the week. Giulia feels that the stress from work is slowly going away.

Emma tells Giulia about a new movie she wants to see. Giulia says, “That sounds good! Maybe we can go together next weekend.” Emma nods and says, “Yes, let’s do it. I like making plans with you.”

When it starts to get a bit dark, they walk to the bus stop. They hug and say, “See you soon!” On the way home, Giulia smiles. She is tired, but she is also very happy that they could still see each other and spend time together.