Friday evening. He came home from work and was sitting in the kitchen, slowly picking at the remains of the fried eggs. Something tired today, even Friday is not happy. And my wife looks, too, without much mood. Sits, the show overwhelms. Okay ... now in the shower, you look and relax a bit. Get away from work. I prick the last piece of scrambled eggs on a fork and suddenly the doorbell rings. I hear Natasha gets up from the couch, goes into the corridor. The sound of the chain, briefly asks something through the door and shouts towards the kitchen:

- Alyoshka, come here! This is for you!

Strange. We'll see. I walk up to the door, take off the chain, open the door ... e-may!

- Lech!

- Sanya!

We love to hug and clap each other on the backs.

- Sasha! - I firmly squeeze the hand of a friend, and drag him to the apartment. “Where the hell are you?”

- Yes, I'm only from the train my friend. Right now I will tell you if you have time. Incidentally, I did not interfere?

- Come on in! Come on in! What prevented? Relax, come on in!

I am sincerely glad to see him. We were friends with the institute. Then they served together in our valiant army. We survived a lot together. And after the service somehow disappeared from view. He went to his parents home. I got married. And now, three years have passed. Time flies fast.

- Natasha! I have guests. Do not pay attention to us! - I'll drag a friend to the kitchen.

- Hello, - only manages to throw a glimpse of Sasha.

And I already seated him on a chair, in parallel I put in a kettle and scooped up everything that is from the refrigerator.

- Wait, - Sasha gets up, quickly goes to the corridor, opens the front door, takes the bag that was forgotten on the landing and goes back.

A minute later, there was a snack and two liter bottles of vodka on the table.

- OOOoooo! - I pull. - You prepared!

- And then, my friend! - Sasha is pleased with the impression. Quickly opens the bottle and pours over the first. - Well, for the meeting!

Quickly knock over glasses. Vodka, by the way, is not huhra-mukhry. With my salary at the factory can not buy this. I do not even know how much this costs. In that corner of the hypermarket where there are such beautiful bottles I don’t even go.

- Well, tell devil, how are you here! - Sanya vigorously bites and pours more.

- Yes that I, - clap the friend on a shoulder. - Nothing like that, home-family, work at the plant. You are better about yourself!

- We will have time! - Sanya winks and raises his glass. - Give for parents!

- Come on!

Vodka is drunk surprisingly easy. Need to have a snack!

- Will you introduce my wife? - Sanya crunching cucumber. - And it is inconvenient somehow.

- I will acquaint, introduce ... Where did you go?

“Ah,” he says, “at first my parents had a year.” Then drove to the north. Worked in one place, moved to another. Seven watches without a lock. Now here is a vacation for 3 months. I decided to jump in on you.

- Hammer! - respectfully I pull. - Normally earned?

- And then! - Sanya pours more. - Here I think to buy an apartment! I did not decide, however, where I will settle yet.

- Wow...

- What's all about me ?! - Sanya raises his glasses and passes me mine. - How are you? Have you got a children?

- Nope ... - I pull, this is a sore subject in our family. - My wife does not want to.

- This is not order! - Sasha waves his head disapprovingly. - Children are holy! Come on for the kids! For the future!

- Come on!

We knock over glasses.

- Eh ... Lech! - my buddy pushes the chair closer to me and puts his arm around my shoulders. - How did I miss you, damn!

“I’ve fled somewhere myself,” I smile broadly. - All my life count conscious together, and then disappeared!

- Ah ... - Sanya waves his hand. - Give one more!

- Come on! - we still drink a glass and in our head begins to make a noisy noise.

- What is so stuck for a long time in the north?

- Yes, that's it, - Sanya cuts the sausage in circles, simultaneously chewing a piece. - at first there was nothing to do anyway. And now that's sick. Tundra yes taiga! Wilderness! There are practically no people. I think it's time to relax!

Sasha laughed.

- Still a little, and a polar bear married!

We laughed.

- I imagine! - I wiped my tears. - Have you always been a womanizer ... how did you stay there ?!

- Oh her, - Sasha made a terrible face, - I don’t want to remember! You have no idea, while sitting on the hills, I saw all my women ex in a dream!

He laughed again and started pouring vodka into piles.

- Institutional all. The wife of that summer in parts. - he took a sip of vodka without clinking glasses, and I followed his example. - Do you remember how we burned last year ?!

“I remember,” in a low voice, squinting at the door of the hall, I nodded and threw a piece of sausage in my mouth, “you were popular.”

- Oh, come on, - Sashok spread his hands wide, - say you were in the loser!

- Sanya! - I pulled up a friend in a conspiratorial whisper. - Keep it down! My not in the know of all these adventures.

- Yes? And what is not told? - laughs Sanya. - Well, ok, ok ... I understand. Secret! But still we had a stormy youth!

What is true is true. And my friend was special in this regard. With a normal appearance, he managed to frame any girls. And not just kadrіt, he also got them for me. I don’t know how this was possible, but the girls who were raised with the look of Sanya, agreed to much. And they allowed this much not only to him, but to me, Sasha's friend. It happened to us and with one to sleep at the same time, and with three. And about the wife of that young lieutenant in the unit where we served together, and which we roasted together in her office of the medical unit, I am completely silent. Grilled literally on the second day after arrival. And fried the whole life. There is something to remember.

- Llleha ... - Sanya, swaying rose, - and let's go for a smoke, huh?

- Well, let's go, buddy.

We walked along a corridor not quite straight and went into the hall.

- Zdraaaste! - Sasha gallantly greeted my wife and extended her hand to her. - Alexander.

- Natasha. - my half didn't quite friendly, seeing our condition.

- I am very pleased! - the culprit smiled our state. And I hurried to open the balcony and pulled my friend away from my wife's angry gaze.

We went out into the fresh air and I hurried to close the door tightly. In the fresh air I felt a little easier. Sasha lit a cigarette.

- You have a beautiful wife. - Sasha praised. - Well done. Where did you meet?

- Yes, yes, - there was nothing to tell, - mutual acquaintances introduced.

- M ... For such a hostess you need a drink! - Sasha, as a magician, has extracted a flat bottle of cognac from somewhere behind his back.

- From where? - I was surprised.

- Ah ... you need to be able to! - Sasha with a contented smile unscrewed the lid, and, taking a sip a couple of sips, handed the bottle to me.

“What a scoundrel does ...” I uncertainly picked up the bottle. - interfered udual?

- Stop it! - Sasha waved his hand and lit another cigarette. - This is vintage. In the morning you will be like a cucumber.

- Here is a scoundrel ... - I repeated and sniffed the contents of the bottle. - If so continue, I will soon fall!

- I do not understand? - Sasha strictly looked at me. - Where is the training gone? Or do you not want to drink for your wife ?!

- What are you talking about ... how I don't want it? - I said and kissed the bottle.

A minute later in my head rustled stronger than before. Sasha told me something, but I already understood him poorly. And his tongue strayed, and my head was noisy. I caught the phrases, agreed, we laughed, and not noticeably finished the bottle. By this time it was dark, cars passing far down the road, turned on the headlights.

- Ta-ak ... Lech ... - Sasha took me by the shoulder. “Good with you, but it's time to ... it's an honor to know ...”

- Yes? - I tried to understand what he just said.

- Yes! - nodded friend. - It's too late ... I'll probably go ...

- Where? - I was surprised.

- How much ... - Sasha took the balcony door handle, - well, this is ... right now to the hotel ... Aha!

- Nah ... - I clung to a friend - you chooo ... stay with me! Fact!

“Nah ...” Sanya repeated after me, “it won't work.” We will ... sit down tomorrow.

- Pff ... - I twisted my head ...