The day has arrived! Despite his initial plan to spend at least 4 months getting to know Jenny before asking her out, Mark decides that he knows enough to at least ask her on a first date.

It is about 3 o'clock, and the workday ends at 4:30. Mark walks over to Jenny's office, past Abbey's office (which this time sits vacant), and to his great disappointment, he finds that her office is also unoccupied! Where could she be? The light in her office is on, so she probably has not left, but the workday is almost over, and he has summoned all of his courage to ask her on a date.

Back at his desk, Mark opens Microsoft Teams and sends Jenny a message that is completely innocuous; it definitely does not scream "hey, before you leave I want to ask you out on a date!" (Somehow, inexplicably, Jenny gathers the aforementioned meaning from it anyway.)

Mark goes back to her office around 4:00 and casually makes conversation with her. (Again, due to the innocence of his earlier message, he has no idea that Jenny has inexplicably anticipated the question that he wants to ask her.) She, concerned he isn't getting to the point and wanting to offer some gentle encouragement, asks him if there is a specific reason that he wanted to talk to her.

Suspense!!!!! Mark summons all his courage and asks her if she would like to grab coffee with him the following morning.

She doesn't seem to hesitate, or to need to think about it. It is almost as if she has already been thinking about how she would answer if he asked. It means a lot to him that she gives her "yes" so quickly and so readily.

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