Okay, what's been going on around here?
What hasn't!
The auction is just around the corner,
and the lines will be too!
Raising money for a great cause, everyone dresses up, and Jane Fairfax might even get a social life. 
Everybody gets a better life! 
And, speaking of Jane and laptop-gate, 
that girl most certainly covers her
tracks. 
Not that I step into her office after hours, ha. 
That would be crazy. 
Alex did NOT get her that laptop. 
I mean, he won't even spend more than
thirty dollars on a pair of khakis. 
He would never drop a few grand a new
computer for someone else.
And even if he did you get it for her,
there's no way would be a secret!
It would be on the expense reports. 
On the books. 
What am I even talking about!
The idea of Alex and Jane together is the
craziest, insane-ist, most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. 
But, in my quest for personal growth
as you know, 
I have been working on
listening.
Just because an idea seems completely, astronomically ludicrous, 
that does not mean I should immediately discount it. 
It's just worth a closer look. 
So I can get proof, and then prove Annie
wrong. 
Harriet, will you send out an invite for an executive
meeting at noon today, my office.
Of course, Emma. 
It begins. 
Isn't the meeting supposed to be in here? 
That's what my calendar said. 
Did it get moved?
Or Emma's just running late to her own meeting. 
 Well, she's a very busy person. 
Hey, it's Emma's world, we're all just
living in it. 
So. 
How are you liking it here? 
It's wonderful. 
Aside from, this. 
Haha you'll get used to it. 
Birds get used to living in cages too, but
that doesn't mean they shouldn't fly free. 
But you can certainly try to talk Emma out of it. 
Do you want me to?
 I wouldn't mind. 
She's definitely headstrong. 
Yes, but you are stubborn. 
I'm gonna choose to take that as
a compliment. 
An you should! I remember when you petitioned the school district to offer vegan lunch options.
Are you even vegan. 
Everyone deserves equal
access to healthy food options. 
And that is exactly why you're here.  
You want me to bring veganism to the office?
No, please don't, we already have enough
strange pseudo-alternative foods. 
You are here because you fight for what
you believe in. 
Thanks, Alex.
Mhm.  
Oh. 
Oh what do you know, 
Emma is running late. 
Harriet and I had a problem with the printers. 
Guess we'll have to reschedule. well
Well, this was a very productive meeting. 
I feel like we accomplished a lot here. 
I think I'm gonna go get myself a cup of vegan coffee, do you wanna come?
All coffee is vegan. 
Not the why I like it. 
Well, there you have it.  I've seen for 
myself that there is nothing to see.
Sure Alex and Jane are friendly with each
other, and they have things in common,
but it stops there!
There are no sparks, no chemistry,  no
fireworks.
Actually with those two, if you were
waiting for sparks, you would be out in the dark for a very long time. 
Alex obviously cares about her and wants to see her do well, but so do I!
It's just a professional courtesy. 
Unfortunately, I still need proof. 
And that didn't give me anything definitive.
The only thing left to do is get an
answer myself. 
Oh, now look who decides to show up
for the meeting. 
There was a problem with the catalog for
the auction. 
Hm that Harriet couldn't take care of?
Not this problem. 
Okay, what was it?
It doesn't matter, but it gave you and Jane 
a chance to meet on your own. 
We didn't get very much accomplished. 
 Really, I heard you were very productive. 
And how did you hear that? 
I just heard that you and a certain stubborn person walked down memory lane and then got coffee together. 
together
Did you call a fake meeting so that you could spy on us?
Why would I do that! 
I don't know, you
tell me. 
Well, I'm not one to gossip  - Ha!
But, there have been rumors. 
About me and Jane. 
Certain parties think you'd be really cute together. 
Yeah so are Maddy Bates are your father,  but that doesn't make them a couple. 
Alex, be honest with me, friend to friend. 
Do you like Jane?
Yes, of course I like Jane, she's a very
charming young woman. 
But I could never date Jane. 
Why not?
Because, she's all business. 
So are you. 
Exactly, we would be all work and no play. 
You'd be very productive. 
You'd do your taxes on the weekend and come up with profit projections over dinner. 
Profit projections? That's what you think I do in my spare time.
You climb rocks, she can too. 
Who thinks we're cute together? 
Annie. 
Great, just what we need around here,
another matchmaker. 
Hey! 
Look don't get me wrong, Jane is sweet and generous and patient, kind - 
No, keep going, this is fun. 
Look, she has a lot of great qualities but I just don't LIKE like her. 
Okay. 
Did you win your bet?
What I would never bet on -  yes I totally wont the bet!
But you still have to be willing to bet
on Jane, just in case. 
If she ended up with someone awful, 
she would never forgive me. 
Fine, but same goes for me.
 I don't know how I'm going to compete with 
Frank Churchill and his fancy hair cut. 
Hey, not everyone can pull
up ten dollar hair cut. 
So you're saying that I can.
Don't get too full of yourself. 
No, you just said that I have better hair than Frank right?
Ha okay.
That's what you just said. 
I heard it. 
Sometimes, the only way to know for sure
is to ask. 
And I'm glad I did. 
Annie just let her
imagination run away with her.
It happens to the best of us. 
Still nothing a little open communication couldn't solve. 
See Jane?
Openness. 
See how that works?
Communication... you should try it sometime. 
Still can't hit a cue. 
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