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1. Normal?

The basement was empty when Jen arrived for work. She was glad of the solitude for a few minutes before the lads arrived for work. The only thing that struck her as slightly strange was the face the red door was open, suggesting that their resident Goth hadn't arrived for work that morning. Shrugging her shoulders she went into her office to prepare herself to start her day. Sat at her desk she buried her head in her hands as she tried to think about what the boys would say when they found out she had been on yet another date that was memorable for all the wrong reasons.

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"Moss?" Roy lumbered into the office just behind his best friend.

"Yes, Roy?" Moss tried not to sound as though he was about to be interrogated.

"Are you alright?"

"Me? Fine, never better, happy as a sandboy. Why?"

"Your mother didn't give you an apple."

"She doesn't always do that." Moss sighed. "In fact I am surprised that you have even noticed."

"Oh I notice." Roy smiled. "And she does. She also buys you those ridiculous ties. Who wears clip on ties at our age?"

"I do." Moss stated, not in the least bit offended by the remark. "Oh. We aren't the second and third in today. It would appear we are the fourth and third. Richmond and Jen are here."

"So?" Roy slumped at his desk. The phone there began to ring as he studiously ignored it. Moss picked up his plain white mug, berating the fact that his clearly easy to identify plain white mug had been used by someone else. Roy ignored him as he let the phone ring another twice before answering it.

"Have you tried turning it off and on again? Ok, well is there a green light on? The GREEN LIGHT. It says the machine is plugged in and turned on. You have checked it is plugged in?" He shook his head in disgust as the caller hung up. "Well really!"

"Oi." Moss looked up as Richmond appeared from behind the red door.

"You've arrived."

"Yes. It is." Roy sighed. "ten past nine."

"You know then?" Richmond nodded towards Jen's closed office door. Both men frowned before turning to look at the closed door to their left.

"What?" Roy was beginning to lose his patience. He had a hangover and was trying to forget a particularly horrible date that his cousin Dawn had set him up on. Richmond shook his head.

"Our Relationship Manager. Jen Barber."

"We know who Jen is." Moss frowned as he tapped the computer keyboard in front of him. "I am going to fix her computer. I told her I would do it today."

"She has been crying." He sighed. "I don't know much about women but Jen is one and I know crying is rarely a good thing."

"Crying?" Roy seemed genuinely concerned. "Why? What did you do?"

"I have not approached her. I felt it would be wrong to offer the musical genius of Cradle of Filth at this time. After what happened at the funeral before." He looked off into the distance as both men ignored the melodramatic man. "I thought it best you approached her."

"Us?" Moss looked terrified.

"No." Richmond laughed. "Roy."

"Me?" Roy looked incredulous. "Why me?"

"She likes you and you are more in tune with normal people than Moss and I."

"Oh."

"She does like you." Moss sighed. "Not like she liked the security guard though. Daniel."

"No." Roy sighed. "Not like Daniel." He didn't know why that thought hurt him so much. He decided not to analyse it. "So, I should just go in there and see if she's ok?"

"Yeah." Moss stated. "Go on."

"Ok." He knocked the door once before opening it and stepping through. Moss and Richmond glanced at each other, clearly worried.

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a/n first IT Crowd story. Hope its ok - please review