It was a gorgeous fall day in DC, but nobody really noticed because everyone was hurrying off to their different jobs.
Myles Leland comes in
Myles:Sorry I'm late I had car trouble.
Bobby:Your not the only one, Jack just called me he as a flat, & just called a towtruck he won't be here for another half hour to a hour.
Myles:Hi too you do Bobby.
Bobby:Hi.
Myles looks around the room, his mouth drops open
Arlene:Morning Myles.
Myles:Hiiiiā¦.
Arlene gets up & goes to the lady's room
Myles:What is she doing here! Where's Lucy?
D:Lucy sick today & we're stuck with Arlene, I mean we get Arlene for the day, just ignore her when you can & when you can't just try & be nice.
Myles:Ok, by the way before I forget Annie would like to have you all over for dinner tonight.
Bobby:Count me in, I have no plans.
D:Have you thought about dating again, its been a few months & Darcy isn't coming back.
Bobby:I'm not ready to get back in the dating game yet.
Myles:Your not the only one.
Bobby:What do you mean?
Myles:Anybody remember the last time Jack had a date with a girlfriend?
Bobby:Months.
Arlene comes back in & sits down
Myles:My point exactly.
D:What about you Myles, your love life any better then those Twos?
Myles:Unfornityly no.
Bobby:If you think about it just about everyone on this time as no love live, save you & Tara, & Tara's boyfriend is only here for length of times.
D:Keep your chain up, your meet the right one someday.
Myles:How do you know it's the right one?
D:Believe me your know.
Sue who had been watching the conversation add her thoughts
Sue:You mean like God tell you who he or she is when you finally meet the right one?
D:That's exactly what I mean.
Tara waved her hand to get Sue's attentain
D tipped Sue on the shouder & pointed to Tara
Sue looks over at Tara
Tara:Hi guys, Don't you think we should get to work?
Everyone want to their desks & started in on paperwork
30 minutes later Jack comes in
Jack:Can somebody just shoot me?
D:Good morning to you.
Jack:My morning as have nothing good in it.
Bobby:Want tell us about it?
Arlene:Boys back to work & Jack if I had a gun I'd be happy to shoot you.
Myles:Muttering Thank goodness the burea never gave you a gun.
Jack: Ignoring both of them I wokeup this morning to find a water pipe was broken, I had to go down to the gym to get a shower, I stopped for some breakfast & then headed here when my car started to die, when wanting for the tow truck to sawup Howie saws up.
Bobby:Oh you have had a bad morning.
Sue:What did Howie want?
Jack:You know Howie nothing important, something about having girl trouble & that's not all, it appears Howie feels bad for me & whats to set me up on a blind date.
Tara couldn't help but burst out laughing
Jack:Its not funny!
Tara:Sorry.
Jack:So is Howie the only one that feels sorry for me or is there more I should know about?
D:No, Nobody else feels sorry for you. We think you & Bobby should get back into the dating game, but we're not going to push you.
Jack:Thank you & why are we picking on me?
Myles:We won't picking on you, your picking on yourself & that hurts us to see a friend we care about do that to himself.
D:Hi Myles, watch it, you tough image is going down the drain. Smiling
Myles:We wouldn't want that would we.
Ted comes in
Ted:Are you people actually doing work or just sitting here?
D:Work.
Everyone goes back to work
Ted:Jack I need your med reports from your exam.
Jack:Their here somewhere.
Jack looks through his papers
Jack:Where are they!
Arelene comes over
Arlene:This it?
Jack:Where did you get that?
Arlene:I was cleaning up your desk earlier, & thought it was trash. Do you make it a habbit to scrabble on paper?
D:Only when his on the phone.
Ted:Thank you. Back to work everyone.
Ted leaves
End of chapter 1
