"Hey, I'm here to see Joanne Jefferson." Roger said as he approached the desk.
"She's in a meeting right now. Is she expecting you?" the pretty blond asked looking up at him. As his green eyes met her blue ones he smiled. It was the first time he had really done that since Mimi died. Smiled at a pretty girl, and she was pretty. He was taken aback at how pretty she was.
"Um, yeah she's expecting me. I'm um her friend Roger. I just um have some papers that um our other friend needs her to um look at." he said nervously as he stumbled over his words.
"Hi Roger, I'm Alexandra. You're a musician, right?" she asked smiling up at him.
"Um yeah, that's me. How did you know?" he asked smiling back at her.
"Joanne talks about you guys all the time. You play in a band, right?" she asked beginning to twirl her hair.
"Yeah, we play at this club in the village. It's not great, but it's fun. Do you like music." he asked looking down at her.
"Yeah, I like music. A lot of the associates here would be shocked, but I like hard rock." she said whispering before letting out a small giggle.
"That's what we play. Um, would you like to um maybe come to the club and um see us play. I'm sure you'll have fun." he asked as Joanne came down the hallway.
"I would really like that. I'll ask Joanne what club you're playing at and when you're playing and I'll see you there." she said smiling at him as Joanne approached him.
"Hey Roger. Are those the papers Mark needs me to look over?" she asked as he looked up at her.
"Um yeah they are." he said letting his smile drop.
"Do I have any messages Alexandra?" she asked looking down at Alexandra who was still smiling up at Roger.
"Oh, um no. Just Maureen, but she just said to meet her at the cafe after work. Something about her and Collins doing a project together and they needed to ask you about legal ramifications." she said reading off of a pink While You Were Out sheet.
"Oh geez, that can't be good. It's a sad day when you're my sanity Roger." she said laughing as she touched his bicep which had a t-shirt tightly around it. She noticed he was flexing it and she found it odd.
"Yeah, sad day." he repeated smiling back at Alexandra.
"Um, Roger. Do you wanna come into my office? I could use a few minutes to catch up." she asked smiling at him.
"Sure. I'll see you later Alexandra. It was really nice to meet you." he said smiling at her before following Joanne into her office.
"Roger, what was going on out there?" she asked smiling at him as she kicked her shoes off under the desk.
"What do you mean? You were in a meeting and I was just talking to her." he told her sitting in one of the chairs on the other side of her desk.
"Roger, were you flirting with my assistant?" she asked sitting on the desk in front of him smiling.
"No I wasn't flirting with your assistant. What makes you think I even know how to flirt? Geez Joanne, just because I was talking to a beautiful woman, it doesn't mean I was flirting with her." he said trying not to make eye contact with her.
"AHA. You think Alexandra is beautiful. You were flirting with her. I knew it." she said hopping off of the desk laughing.
"So what, I think she's beautiful. But that doesn't mean, I'm gonna date her so forget it." he said getting up.
"Who said anything about dating her? I just said you were flirting with her. So you wanna date her?" Joanne asked sitting in her chair and leaning back.
"No I don't want to date her. I was just talking to her while you were in your meeting. And why were you in your meeting? I thought Mark called you and told you I was coming." he said looking up at her.
"I am at work, you know." she said laughing as he got up. "So what did you talk about?"
"Music. I think I invited her to the club to see me play." he said rubbing his forehead before running his fingers through his hair.
"You invited her to see you play?" she asked looking up at him as he looked down at her.
"I gotta be nuts. I mean, I just met her and I invite her to the club." he said turning around.
"Roger, face it. You like her. It's OK you know. You deserve to be happy." she said getting up to approach him.
"I like her, yeah. But I'm not looking for a relationship right now." he told her looking at her.
"Who said anything about a relationship? Just be friends with her. It's OK to just be friends with a girl you know." she said looking up at him.
"Whatever. Mark said you can bring the papers to the cafe later when you have time to look them over. I gotta go. I'll talk to you later." he said leaving the office.
"Bye Roger. I'll see you at the club. I'm looking forward to seeing you perform." Alexandra said looking up at him.
"OK. I'll see you at the club. I play on Friday night. Just ask Joanne where it is." he said smiling at her before leaving the office.
"OK I will." she said smiling at him as Joanne watched from her office window.