“If I pay you, will you please pretend to be my friend, just this week?”

“What?”

“Just this week.”

“Do I know you?”

“I don’t think so, but my name is Adam.”

“Wait. We don’t know eachother but you want me to be your friend?”

“All friends begin as strangers, right?”

“I mean, I guess, but we’re in a coffee shop, and we’re not friends.”

“You could just say no.”

“No, sorry.”

“Well, that’s not fair though. At least give me a chance.”

“A chance for what?”

“To be your friend. To make you want to be my friend for the week.”

“I don’t think so. I think I’ll leave.”

“I see you here all the time. You can go, but if you change your mind, I’ll be here, too.”