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Mindy stared silently out her window. Being this quiet wasn't usual for her, in fact she felt sort of out of place not trolling through the halls for the latest gossip with Shauna or trying to understand the weirdness that is Morgan. But then again she wasn't feeling like her usual self. After the entire fiasco with Josh at their, no, her Christmas party, Mindy really just wanted to keep to herself. Every time she put herself out there, every time she was willing to give a guy a shot, they would do something to ruin it and she would always feel horrible in the end. It was almost enough to make her swear off men forever, but not quite. Yet she would be lying to herself if she said she hadn't been seriously considering it. When would she find that Prince Charming that would finally make kissing all these frogs worth it?

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Danny couldn't think of anything to say. He knew that he should go talk to her, but he didn't want to intrude on her personal space. She was in a really delicate place right now and he just didn't want to say the wrong thing and possibly set off the tears. He really couldn't bear to see her cry, mainly after seeing her so depressed after they had found out the truth about that jerk Josh. It still angered him to think about that bum. How dare he be so deceitful and manipulative? Especially to Mindy. She is so sweet and cheerful; she sees the bright side to everything, even if it borders on annoying sometimes. Taking advantage of her would be like cheating a child out of their Halloween candy, it's just wrong. Danny slowly walked to the doorway of her office and peeked inside. She was staring out her window. She looked so calm and beautiful. Danny smiled as she brushed some hair away from her face, allowing her full brown eyes a clear view of the city rushing outside her. He mimicked her as she slowly bit on her lower lip. He could tell that she was thinking about something, but what? Suddenly her body shifted as she slowly turned around to face him.

"Hey Danny, can I help you?" Mindy asked. She didn't seem annoyed but was definitely wondering why he had been standing there so long.

"Um, well I…I wanted to make sure that you…you seemed kind of…you know…" He tried not to look too awkward as he fumbled with his words. Talking about feelings was never his strong suit and it was weird trying to get Mindy to talk about hers, she's usually updating him on every emotion she experiences throughout the day whether he wanted to hear it or not. Mindy chuckled as her colleague tried to form a coherent sentence.

"I'm fine Danny, thanks for asking. I just think it might take me a little time to get over this, you know. I really liked Josh and everything was just going so well. Too well I guess, sometimes I wonder if I even deserve someone to love me. I suppose I'm just unlovable," she sighed. Even though he knew it was because of the depressing mood she was in, Danny didn't like to hear her talk like that. She was completely lovable, at least to him. She just had to stop picking the wrong guys. She had to find guys who were interested in the same things she was, maybe on the same career track as her and even quite possibly working in the same building she did…

"Well that's just stupid. You're plenty lovable."

"Uh thanks?"

"No, I'm serious. You're life is like one of those horrible movies you keep rambling on about. The girl doesn't meet the right guy at first but then Leonardo Di Caprio or Tom Hanks shows up and then she knows she's found love."

"First of all, those movies are genius and secondly, thank you Danny, but I can't keep kidding myself. There has to be a reason none of my relationships work out. I'm not in my twenties anymore; I can't go out to clubs and bars every night with the hopes of finding someone. I'm always here working and as I get older it is only going to get worse, if I don't meet my soul mate soon it is practically destined that I am going to end up alone."

"Well maybe you should stop looking for your 'soul mate' in bars and clubs. In case you haven't noticed, a lot of douches hang out there and you deserve better than that."

"Do I? Because in case you haven't noticed, I only seem to be able to attract jerks and guys who are "afraid of commitment," at least if it involves me…"

"Ok, Mindy stop. You are beautiful, smart, successful, and you can be funny sometimes. Any guy would be lucky to have you. Cut yourself some slack ok, so Josh wasn't your Prince Charming. Some guy will be and trust me when he finds out what he's won; he will never want to do anything to risk losing you." Mindy stared at him so intently after he finished, Danny was scared that she might have figured him out. He held his breath.

"Can be funny sometimes? What does that even mean? I am HILARIOUS, Daniel. People are always telling me like all the time that I should be a standup comedian and I'm like no, I'm too busy being a doctor, which usually gets me another laugh. So I would recheck that "sometimes" Danny because you are obviously mistaken." Danny smiled.

"Yea I guess." Mindy stood up and started ushering him towards the door.

"Oh my god, seriously? I can't even take this right now. You need to get out of my office, I have work to do or maybe I'll write a standup routine and prove to you how funny I am, I don't know. Anything could happen." He was almost out of the room until he quickly turned around so that his face would be literally inches away from hers. He stared into her eyes and gave her a small smile.

"You're right. Anything could happen." Mindy chuckled nervously while blushing slightly.

"I'm right? Wow, what's gotten into you?" Danny then realized that this distance from her, he could properly appreciate the scent of her perfume. Vanilla. Mindy slightly stepped back. "Dr. Castellano, are you okay?" Oh god, she called him doctor, he must have really freaked her out. He tried to regain her composure.

"Yea, I'm fine. I just got to get back to work. Glad to see your feeling better." Mindy offered him a small smile.

"Yea, I guess I am. Thanks for that."

"No problem." He replied in his best apathetic voice as he left the room.

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Mindy slowly closed her door as she watched him head back to his own office. Before she could lock it, Morgan rushed in.

"Hey sexy, I need to talk to you." He declared. Mindy stared at him.

"Excuse me?"

"Uh, I mean Mindy. Dr. Mindy? No wait, Dr. Lahiri, may I speak to you please?"

"Go ahead, Morgan," she laughed.

"Ok, so I know you've been in a funk since this whole 'Boyfriend was cheating on you with another girl, but was really cheating on her with you-Christmas party thing'-"

"Is that what you're calling it? Ok, let's not make that a thing," she interrupted.

"Anyway, we wanted you to feel better and since we have the day off tomorrow, we were thinking that you should come with us to Coney Island!"

"Wait, we don't have the day off tomorrow," she answered, skeptically.

"Oh right, I'm going to need to take tomorrow off. I think I'm coming down with something," he said as he suddenly broke out into a fit of coughs.

"You know it's not really smart to lie about an illness to a doctor."

"Come on Mindy, I really deserve this and more importantly, you need this." Mindy stared at him for a minute and then caved.

"Okay, sure."

"Yes! Hey guys, she said yes!" He shouted into the lobby. Mindy laughed to the sound of cheers erupting from outside her door. "Thanks Mindy, you should get some work done, we have a busy day tomorrow" Morgan smiled as he walked out her office and closed her door. Mindy smiled as she sat at her desk. Come to think of it she was actually excited at the thought of taking tomorrow off, but she had to do something first.

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Danny sat in his office wondering if he should head back to Mindy's office. He felt like they hadn't left on the best terms, but it wasn't always easy to tell with her. Why couldn't it ever be simple? Did she always have to be so complicated? But it wasn't all bad; it was her enthusiasm and complexity that drew him to her in the first place. It's just time like these when he didn't know what she thought of him that worried him a little. It was almost like she was purposefully ignoring him, like she didn't even think of him as a possibility for….no, he couldn't go down this road again. He couldn't waste any more time thinking about the beautiful Indian woman, last time he ended up spending the whole day among his thoughts and fantasies, no work got done. It was his job to keep this business a float and now was the time to get back to work. On that note, his phone began ringing – it was Mindy.

"Hello?" he asked hesitantly.

"Hey Danny, what are you doing tomorrow?"

"Working, same as you."

"About that…wouldn't you rather come with me to Coney Island?"

"Just you and me? Like a date?"

"Oh, ha ha, when I said 'me', I meant the entire floor. We should take the day off, you know, promote interoffice bonding! Wait, why would it be a date? Do you want to date me Dr Castellano?"

"No, that wouldn't be professional. Just like skipping work wouldn't be professional."

"Oh come on Dan, please! You know February is usually a busy month with vaccinations and stuff, we deserve to rest up before that."

"Why don't you guys just go?"

"Because it wouldn't be the same without you." Danny perked up a little.

"Really?"

"Yes. I would miss you. We all would miss you, you know after we got over how much fun we were having and how you would just complain." Danny ignored her last comment and just focused on her first couple of words. I would miss you.

"Ok."

"Ok?"

"Ok!"

"Yes! This is awesome Danny! You won't regret it I promise," she exclaimed.

"Alright, I hope you're right."

"Aren't I always?" she laughed.