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:Hiiii….

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