The Mixed-Up Meeting Place
A free A2-level English story for language learners, readable online in English, with an option to listen via the free Storyteller app.
Sam and Dana plan to meet for dinner, but a mix-up about which restaurant they mean leaves Sam guessing.
Sam and his friend Dana want to meet for dinner on Friday. Sam sends Dana a text. "Let's meet at the usual place, around seven," he writes.
Dana texts back quickly. "Sounds good! See you there."
Sam smiles at his phone, but then he stops. He and Dana have two usual places. One is a small pizza shop. The other is a noodle restaurant. They both call each spot "the usual place."
Sam sends another text. "Wait, which usual place do you mean? Pizza or noodles?"
He waits for an answer. Ten minutes pass. Then twenty. Dana does not reply.
Sam checks his phone again and again. There is still no new message. He needs to decide soon, or he will be late.
He thinks about the last few times they met. Dana ordered noodles both times. So Sam guesses she wants noodles again.
At seven o'clock, Sam walks into the noodle restaurant. He looks around the room, but he does not see Dana.
He waits by the door for a few minutes. His phone stays quiet. He starts to worry that he guessed wrong.
Then the door opens, and Dana walks in with a big smile.
"Sorry, my phone died earlier!" she says. "I just charged it at work."
"That's okay," Sam says. "I guessed noodles, and here you are!"
They both laugh and walk to a table by the window.
"Let's order," Dana says, picking up a menu.
