Cube 5 Part 4

"Why did that have to happen?" I asked myself when I was alone. "I'll pay...what an idiot...are you stupid or something? She must think I am nuts, pathetic or something. I'm pretty sure you can come up with your own description of me at this moment. Please keep them to yourself. My self confidence has sunk lower than I can remember in years.
I think I'm calling in sick tomorrow. I'll email her and tell her that I will be washing my hair on Friday night. What chance do I have with her?" I realized that I had been talking out loud to myself. I told myself out loud that this was the second time in less than ten minutes time that I have been so stupid. I quickly looked around to see if anyone was around, or eavesdropping on my conversation with myself.
I have two days to plan a date. Did she even say yes?. I really think she didn't give me an answer. Did I just walk away? What do I do now? I am in some serious trouble. How do I know if she answered me? I can't just walk up to her and say, "Did you say 'Yes' when I asked you out on a date? I had to find a different route back to mu cubicle. There is no way, no how I was going to walk by her cube in the next two days. I would go to one of the other floors to take my breaks and eat lunch. I That will take care of the part. I will have to be late for work and leave early so that she won't see me either. I think this will work.
"Brian, what are you worried about? She didn't even know you existed before now. She'll forget all about you asking her out. She won't forget the head on collision, she'll feel that for the next couple of days." My inner self told me. My inner self keeps things in perspective (or maybe not). He's the one that reminds me that I can be an idiot.
After returning to my cube, I was able to bury my outer self in a pile of mindless work. Therapeutically, this was good. It gave me some reprieve from the disaster of the afternoon.
It was quitin' time when I heard, "Hey, Brian, you didn't give me a chance to accept your invitation." Oh, CRAP! She heard it.
"Play it cool man." was the only thing my inner self told me.
"And how do I do that?" was my outer self's reply.
"Um...sorry about that, and knocking you down. Are you okay?"
"I think I'll live to see tomorrow."
"I'm glad to her that Cube Fi...Carly." Did I really just do that? Did I really call her Cube 5? Brian you are more than an idiot.
"Who's Cube 5? "
"I um...um..." Brian, you are such an idiot. She took a step back from my entry way and counted the cubicles between her's and mine. Yep, there were 5 of them including hers.
"I take it that's my code name that you use when you talk to your friends." The smile on Carly's face was truly from ear to ear. The look in her eyes said, "I have you over a barrel and I kind a like that."