Neil
Come on, Kim, you can’t ignore this.
Kim
I already told you, I don’t want to talk about it.
Kim
We fell back into something convenient and comfortable.
Neil
Stop - that’s the thing.
Neil
You’re not just convenient and comfortable to me.
Neil
And I don’t want you to feel like I took advantage of you.
Neil
I did. You just said it - we were drunk.
Kim
Neil, I really don’t think we should talk about this on IB.
Neil
Like that’s ever stopped you before.
Neil
We talk about everything, Kim.
Neil
And God, if I took advantage of you while you were drinking…
Kim
You didn’t, ok?! I wasn’t that drunk.
Kim
I knew what I was doing and did it anyway.
Kim
Obviously I should be the one apologizing.
Kim
Don’t make me feel even shittier, ok?
Neil
Wait - you wanted that to happen last night?
Kim
Ugh, yes. Don’t get all conceited about it.
Kim
I was upset about my day
Kim
And you were there and so nice and…
Kim
I don’t want to talk about it.
Neil
Come on, you ran out this morning.
Neil
I didn’t even get to make you breakfast.
Kim
I didn’t WANT you to make me breakfast.
Kim
“Breakfast” doesn’t work for us, remember?
Kim
We’ve tried that before.
Kim
Look, I don’t want to hurt you, but…
Kim
Are you kidding me right now?!
Kim
You seriously thought this was a good idea??
Neil
Um… I still don’t know what you’re talking about.
Kim
Don’t play dumb with me.
Kim
I know you sent me these weird… stick things.
Kim
Are they supposed to be flowers?
Neil
Kim, I have no idea what you’re talking about.
Kim
A delivery man from the florist just dropped off these sticks for me.
Kim
They smell really good, actually.
Kim
They’re like, green and kinda dusty looking.
Kim
Neil, you don’t need a picture because you sent them!
Kim
You already know what they look like.
Neil
I. DIDN’T. SEND. THEM!!
Neil
What the hell else do you want me to say?
Kim
All right, all right - don’t get your panties in a twist.
Neil
YOU know better than anyone that I don’t wear panties.
Neil
Shit, I’m being an asshole.
Neil
Maybe we just shouldn’t talk for a while.
Kim sits completely still for ten full minutes, staring at her screen.
Sure, she has contracts to write, but she doesn’t want to draft them.
She wants to talk to Neil.
So she does the next best thing - she draws. And she draws for hours.
She’s completely consumed by a sketch of Lorna, the receptionist,
When she hears a man clear his throat behind her.
Brad
I see you like the eucalyptus I sent you.
Kim
YOU sent me these sticks?
Brad
Not sticks, eucalyptus.
Kim
Potato, po-tah-to. I still don’t understand why you sent them to me.
Brad
I wanted you to know that I think you’re beautiful.
Kim
Does that line seriously work on anyone?
Kim waves her hand in front of her face, brushing away the question.
Kim
You’ve never even spoken to me before.
Brad
No time like the present.
Kim
Okay… well… is this even allowed?
Kim
Don’t you work in HR?
Brad
I do, but I’m not assigned to you.
Brad
Besides, they’re JUST eucalyptus and…
Brad
And how about a date?
Brad
Yeah, you know, after-work drinks?
Brad
Something casual to get to know each other?
Kim
I’m not sure I’m in the “dating” place right now.
Brad
I’m not sure “the dating place” is even a real thing.
Brad
Look, why don’t you take a couple hours to decide?
Brad
You can call my extension when you do.
With that, Brad strides off down the hall and Kim can’t help it…
She tracks his lean form as he goes.
She looks back at her computer and finds a string of IB’s from Neil.
With her heart racing in her chest, she reads.
Neil
Kim, I can’t ignore you.
Neil
And I know you can’t ignore me either.
Neil
Come on, how many people do you know who can stay friends after dating, like we did?
Neil
That’s gotta mean something.
Kim
And I don’t want to minimize our friendship…
Kim
But even you need to realize that this thing between us…
Kim
Maybe we can’t be friends.
Neil
What? You don’t think we can?
Kim
I don’t. Not if we’re both single.
Kim
Look, Brad from HR asked me out.
Kim
He’s the one who sent me that delivery.
Kim
I’m going to say yes.
Neil
You don’t even know that guy.
Kim
It’ll be a good thing.
Kim
We probably have a better chance at being friends…
Kim
IF I have a boyfriend.
Neil
Are you kidding me right now?
Neil
I know you. This isn’t you.
Kim
You obviously don’t know me as well as you think you do…
Kim
Because this IS what I want.
Kim picks up her desk phone and looks up Brad’s extension.
She presses each button forcefully, convincing herself that
Kim
I’m in - when and where?
