It had been a couple of days since Tony had started up the 'You've got mail' idea. The night he first messaged her they ended up talking for an hour or so. They had decided not to exchange any really personal stuff about themselves such as names, addresses, phone numbers anything along those lines. But they were gonna continue to talk.
Kate walked into their office area, hung her stuff up then sat down in front of her computer. As it turned on it said 'You've got mail' aloud. A smile rose to her face instantly knowing who it would be from. She opened up the message to read.
Agent007:So I was thinking last night about what we last talked about, how some close friends end up dating and you said you think it could ruin the friendship they already had, but that's not always the case right? I know a few people that dated after being good friends and it worked out. Well what about co-workers. Do you believe they shouldn't date or is it ok in the workplace? Is dating a co-worker different to dating a good friend? Would you ever date a co-worker or a friend?
It was only a short message but she loved it. It seemed that with this guy she could actually have a conversation with someone about something along these lines. The only place here she could have a conversation like that would be with Abby, and they only rarely got the chance. But it seemed different with this guy, maybe because it was only through messaging but still. She considered what they had said the other night and the questions he had asked here. She contemplated how she was going to answer then began typing.
Todd75: I think that the relationship between co-workers and friends is different when compared to one another though. You can't really compare a relationship between some one you work with and some one you are good friends with. It also depends on what the people you work with are like. Some times the relationship between friends does work out but I don't know of any cases myself. I wouldn't personally date a friend, a friend is a friend and that's it. A co-worker on the other hand isn't likely to know you as well as a friend would which gives you the chance to get to know each other which would be the start of a relationship. And then again it depends on where you work. We work in NCIS, so we could be dating someone from another state or we could be dating someone in your 5 man team and they would still be called a co-worker. I think that dating a co-worker is better because you know the stress they have within their job which some people don't understand the way we do. They don't understand that sometimes there's a high price to pay, we miss family dinners, we risk our lives and get called out in the middle of the night. I would personally love some one who understood all that. But not someone I worked as closely with. Especially not the men I work with.
What about you? Any preferences on whether people should date co-workers?
She quickly re-read what she wrote and hit the send button.
Tony yawned and leaned back in his chair. He turned another page of 'Blond vs. Brunette Babes' when he noticed a little box pop up on his screen saying 'you've got mail'. He had muted his computer so Kate wouldn't hear that whenever she sent a message he would instantly get a PM sound alert.
He looked up at Kate and smiled at her, who returned the smile. She seemed in a rather happy mood this morning.
He opened up the message and glanced at it. Could you have written a bigger essay Kate?
He let out a loud sigh and began reading it to himself. After a couple of minutes he got to the end
'Especially the men I work with'
He re-read the last section a couple of times to make sure he had read it right. His face frowned after reading the third time. Well I can see what's wrong with McGeek but what's wrong with me?
He instantly opened up a new message and began typing. This time he had no problem thinking about he needed to put.
Agent007: I think any relationship is fine, whether it's between friends or co-workers. If you really like the person you can make it work. Although I do think co-workers are better because like you said they understand the stress. Some of my previous girlfriends always complained about me being late and leaving in the middle of the night. Anyway you said especially not the men you work with. What's wrong with them? Are they all fat fifty-something year old men?
As soon as he hit click he sat back in his chair staring at the computer waiting for a reply, he was desperate to find out what she really thought of him. Every now and then he would look up to check she had read it after he heard the 'You've got mail' sound alert come through. Within two minutes she was typing away again. So he sat, he stared, and he waited to read about his own faults.