I am waiting on the platform and looking at the people inside the tram, that is about to depart in the other direction. Suddenly, a pretty girl, dressed in a “going out to have fun” outfit separates from her group and starts urgently knocking on the window, apparently trying to attract attention of someone on my side of the platform.

At first, I think that she merely noticed a friend of hers. But when one of the guys standing nearby notices her, I realize, from the deepening blush on her face and from how frantically she continues to wave her hand, that he is more than just a friend. Perhaps, she waited for him to call… she hoped that he would call tonight, but he didn’t… and this is why she now goes out with her friends… not with him

The young man’s reaction is far from cool – he starts shouting something to her, probably asking where she is going. Perhaps, this was only a misunderstanding – he didn’t call, because he did not expect that she wanted to go out with him tonight, immediately after the fantastic date that they had yesterday… or, possibly, he did not hope that she would ever want to see him again after the terrible fight that they had last week…

It is obvious that the girl is satisfied with his, far from calm, reaction – she quickly becomes more confident. She waves her phone, which in this context is supposed to mean: “I can’t hear you, better call.” But her body language betrays the feelings of an upset child: “Why didn’t you call???”

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