Making Friends

"Last week I thought I saw your boyfriend on the metro," began Stefanie.

"Oh, yeah? Did you say hi?" I asked.

Stefanie did say hi. She spied the back of his head when she got on the train. Happy to see a friendly face (or, rather, a friendly back-of-the-head), she dropped into the seat behind him and greeted him warmly: "Hi! How was your weekend?"

He turned around. It was not my boyfriend. Laughing, she awkwardly explained herself: "Oh my goodness, I'm SO sorry... I thought you were someone else."

The guy answered, "It's okay. Hi! My weekend was great."


It makes me wonder if Stefanie is ever not making friends.