C5 Part 6

It took a few minutes to register that I woke happier than usually and I think I actually had a smile on my face. I don't recollect that happening before.
I didn't mind going to work today. I had a date with C5 and was happy about it. I have no clue as what we are going to do, but I will worry about that later.
I have seen and watched several office romances. About 99.99% of them did not turn out good. Some were so bad that it actually divided the office. It was a drama that I expected to leave behind at high school. Would this turn out to be one of those? I had a crush, a crush is something that is fleeting. It's one date, if it went poorly then we could avoid each other. Not a hard thing to do.
I logged on to my computer and clocked in. The paper in my IN box had multiplied over night. I had been working for a few minutes when I heard a knock on my divider. I turned expecting to see my supervisor, but this was not the case. My heart instantly did a pitter-patter dance. There, leaning against my divider was Cube 5. I couldn't decipher the look on her face. Her face said, "Dude, Don't mess with me. You are in plenty of trouble." Her eyes said something else, something softer.
"Brian, I am suing you for damages." She put her foot against the edge of my desk, and proceeded to lifter her leg. There, was nice patch of black and blue the ran about 6 inches up the side of her leg; and was about 2 inches wide. I felt my face pale.
I instantly went into that unintelligible words thing again. "I'm so sorry." finally exited my mouth.
"Here's the deal. At 12:30 this afternoon I will be standing in this very spot. You and will proceed to the ice cream shop down the street. There YOU will buy me whatever my heart desires. As for you, you get to sit at the table and watch me eat it. If you're a good boy I may let you buy yourself some ice cream."
"Okay."
And she went to her whole in the wall.
It took me several minutes to recover. It took me several minutes after that to realize that I had just been "manhandled." I didn't being manhandled, even if it's by the girl that I happen to have a crush on. As the day wore on my frustration grew. Not necessarily towards Carly, but my wimpiness at letting her "manhandle" me.