You call Tate to say that you are unable to hang out on Friday because formulating a text that says the perfect thing seems too big a task.
"Hey. I'm so sorry, but I really can't miss work, can we do it another weekend?"
"I mean I guess that's what you say every weekend, so yeah. But I only have so many weekends left here, and it'd be nice if you'd follow through. Talk to you later."
Continue.