HARRIET: Here's the list of all the bachelors and bachelorettes for the auction. 

EMMA: I see all my contacts are in. Why is there a question mark next to Frank's name? 

HARRIET: Well...we don't have his photo, so I wasn't sure whether or not to include him in the catalog. 

EMMA: I thought he brought it in the last time he was here.

HARRIET: I searched for it this morning, but he never gave us one. 

EMMA: Huh. This auction is really important to Frank, why would he forget this tiny detail?

HARRIET: Well, he seemed in a hurry when he left Jane's office. 

EMMA: He's a busy man.

HARRIET: And I asked Jane, but she didn't know anything about any photo. 

EMMA (forced laughter): Of course she didn't. (Pretending to be Jane) I'm Jane Fairfax and I have no information whatsoever about anything that may be of interest at all.

(Intro.)

EMMA (normal voice): What? She lived in London. 

HARRIET: Emma, are you sure you like Jane? 

EMMA: Of course I do! She's competent, efficient, hard-working. But I've tried to talk to her a few times this week, and she shuts me down. She tells me nothing.

HARRIET: She told me she'd write the intro speech for you if you'd like. 

EMMA: I'll do it myself, thank you. Why wouldn't she ask me personally? 

HARRIET: You were in your meeting with Mr. Churchill. 

EMMA: It wasn't a meeting, it was a...conversation. So, you and Jane are becoming really good friends then.

HARRIET: I'm just helping.

EMMA: Harriet, it's okay. I'm sure she appreciates having a friend in the office. 

HARRIET: Well, she gets along with Alex.

EMMA: Alex is a good guy, but it's always good to have girlfriends. 

ANNIE (knocks): Am I interrupting?

EMMA: Annie! I haven't seen you in forever! 

ANNIE: Well, you have been kinda busy with all of the restructuring and the hiring.

EMMA: I still have time for my friends, though.

ANNIE: Oh, speaking of which, your new friend Frank gave me a photo for you, for the auction...? 

EMMA: See! He didn't forget! 

ANNIE: He's very sorry about not bringing it in person. He had to leave town unexpectedly.

EMMA: Shocker.

HARRIET: Will he be back for the auction?

EMMA: He will. Harriet, scan this and send it to the printing house. 

HARRIET: Oh, right away. (Leaves.)

ANNIE: So, tell me, how's Emma Approved's new business direction going? Do you like it? 

EMMA: Immensely, it's great to feel like we're actually making the world better. 

ANNIE: And how are you liking the new hire? 

EMMA (takes deep breath): I like Jane enough, but I feel like she likes everyone better than me. 

ANNIE: I'm sure that's not true. 

EMMA: She spends all of her time with Alex, going over boring businessy stuff. No surprise there, I guess. 

ANNIE: Oh, so Alex and Jane are spending a lot of time together? 

EMMA: Yes, it's their job. 

ANNIE: Speaking of, I didn't see Alex in his office when I came in.

EMMA: Uh, he's out to lunch with Jane. 

ANNIE: Is he? 

EMMA: Wait, Jane and Alex? (Laughs.) Annie, how can you think that? 

ANNIE: It's from spending too much time with you. You're a bad influence. 

EMMA: I would never match Alex and Jane. That's crazy. 

ANNIE: Think about it. They spend a lot of their time together, they share similar tastes and hobbies.

EMMA: That doesn't mean anything. Relationships can't be born when people are too similar. 

ANNIE: Yeah, but you have to have some common ground. Shared goals, time spent together. Isn't that what you write about in your blog? So I have an idea. Why don't you use your bet from last fall and set Alex up on a date with Jane? 

EMMA: What? No. No way. Besides, I already used my bet to make him participate in the auction. 

ANNIE: Then just suggest it to him. 

EMMA: Can you imagine a date between Alex and Jane? Him picking her up from Maddy's house and having to listen to Maddy's stories while Jane gets ready? (Laughing) Poor Alex. 

ANNIE: Alex likes Maddy, they get along very well. 

EMMA: Then they would have the least romantic date of all. (Imitating Alex) It was such a good idea to leave the car at home and take the subway, even though the stop was a mile away from the restaurant. (Imitating Jane) Well, that's why I wore my sensible shoes. (Normal voice) I'm still working on my Jane impression. 

ANNIE: Don't quit your day job. 

EMMA: Besides, I'm not sure that Jane is entirely available at the moment. 

ANNIE: Oh really? 

EMMA: This is not gossiping.

ANNIE: Oh, of course not.

EMMA: But, last week Jane got a new laptop. A very expensive laptop, and I think it's a gift from a secret admirer. 

ANNIE: But a laptop is not a very romantic gift. 

EMMA: But it came with flowers. Flowers are romantic. 

ANNIE: But a laptop? Which is more useful than, when say, coming to work. 

EMMA: Well, maybe Jane's secret admirer knows how important her job is to her. 

ANNIE: Maybe Jane's secret admirer values efficiency as much as she does. 

EMMA (laughing): I see what you're doing, Annie Weston-Taylor. And you have no basis! You can't just invent an idea and run with it. 

ANNIE: Oh, because you never do that. 

EMMA: Well, the difference is I know when two people are well matched, and Alex and Jane are not. 

ANNIE: If you say so. Don't hate the player, Emma, hate the game. 

EMMA: What was that? 

ANNIE: I don't know. Ryan says it all the time. 

EMMA: Clearly! (Both laughing) But you're wrong and I will prove it. 

ANNIE: Okay, you want to make another bet? 

EMMA: Remember, I always win.

(Outro.)