It wasn't often that there was a quiet day of work at Shulman & Associates. Typically there was some sort of fiasco – usually of the Mindy Lahiri variety – to disrupt the day. Yet lately things had been so calm and monotone. Almost a little boring. There hadn't been much excitement following Christmas and to top it off, on this particular day, Mindy had barely stepped foot outside of her office let alone caused any trouble.

Danny had to admit he was concerned. This wasn't like her at all. When he finished seeing his last patient, Danny moved to knock on Mindy's office door only to find it already partially open. He stepped inside.

"Mindy?"

He found her sitting on the carpet, cross-legged, staring out the window. She didn't even turn to look his way as he entered, seemingly lost in thought.

"Uh-oh, you're on the ground again, Mindy? Don't tell me you had another breakup!" Danny joked, closing the door and deciding to take a seat beside her on the floor.

She gave him a half-smile. "How did you know?"

He paused. "Wait really? You broke up with Cliff?!"

"Yeah."

Danny was a little bit perturbed. He had never witnessed a Mindy Lahiri Breakup that was so...undramatic!

Something was up.

Danny swallowed, feeling as if he was treading into dangerous territory. But this was important. "So what happened then?"

Mindy finally turned to look at him, exhaling softly. "Cliff wasn't the One, I realize that now. And I think it's time I took a break from dating."

Danny gaped at her calm reply.

"Mindy are you feeling okay?" Danny placed his hand on her forehead feeling for a temperature.

"I'm fine, Danny!" She insisted.

"But you never stop dating. That's...your thing!" Danny's eyes narrowed slightly. "What did Cliff do to you?"

"Nothing. Honest." Mindy sighed. "I think I just need some time to myself. I need time to..." she bit her lower lip, shook her head dismissively. "I need to really figure out the kind of guy I'm looking for, the kind of guy I want."

"Well none of the tools you've been dating so far are it, that's for sure." Danny muttered.

"Exsqueeze me?" Mindy exclaimed.

But damn him, he was right. No more douchebags on the Mindy Lahiri Roster of Datable Men!

"Never mind." Danny backtracked. He paused before giving her his most sincere look. "You sure you're okay?"

Mindy nodded resolutely. "I'm not even going to take any of my Heartache Days."

Danny grinned back at her. "That's good to know. I'm here if you need me, okay Min?"

She smiled, the brightness returning to her eyes. "I know, Danny."

With a squeeze of her shoulder he got to his feet and quietly left her alone with her thoughts.

Mindy took in a deep breath, squaring her shoulders. It was official now; the words were out of her mouth and now it was real. No dating. Not for the time being at least. First she needed to take a step back, to reflect, to see where she kept going wrong and fix it.

And maybe after, once she'd truly sorted out her feelings, maybe she could talk to Danny about –

But it seemed that After would have to wait for just a little while longer.

This is pretty much something that would never happen on the show. Mindy not dating. And taking the time to be self-reflective and work on herself. It doesn't make for good comedy! ;) But I needed it in my fic so there you go...