Can’t Hang Out With The Doppelgang

(I have had to miss out on catching up with friends due to a hockey tournament. While we aren’t playing, my phone rings.)

Me: “Hello?”

Friend: “Where’d you go?!”

Me: “What do you mean?”

Friend: “I just turned round and you’d vanished! And now everyone’s laughing.” *takes phone away from her mouth, but I can still hear her* “Is she hiding behind you?” *back to me* “Can you stop pratting about? Where are you?”

Me: “Not there.”

Friend: “Yes, I worked that bit.”

Me: “I wasn’t there. I’m at the—”

Friend: “Hockey tournament.”

(There is silence. Then I hear, just before she hangs up:)

Friend: “WHO THE F*** WAS I TALKING TO?!”