He does.

The worst she could do is say is no, right? As the red-haired girl finished scanning out his books, Mark did his best to work up the courage to ask her out. He felt like Charlie Brown asking the little red-haired girl out on a date after she had grown into a gorgeous woman.

“Here you are,” she said, handing Mark his books, “If you need anything else, let me know.”

Mark lightly places his shivering hands on the stack of books before gulping down the large lump in his thought. “Well…there is one more thing,” he started.

The girl gave him another friendly smile and leaned forward against her desk, giving Mark another glance at her breasts. “What can I help you with?”

Mark did his best to ignore the cute smile on her lips and the small hin of cleavage poking out of her blouse as he tried to talk to her with little success. “There’s a…party tonight,” Mark started struggling to get the words out, “I…I was wondering if you would like to be…my…date.”

As award as he sounded, he half expected the girl to laugh at him or run him off. As the word date escaped his lips, the young woman's eyes went wide, and her cheek turned a bright red. “Oh, I…I would like that…Mark was it?” she asked him, giving him innocent doe eyes.

“Y-yeah,” he said with a smile and a quick nod. The moment the lovely woman said yes, he felt like a huge weight had been lifted off of his shoulders. “So, should I meet you at your dorm, Miss?”

“Emily,” the girl replied. She was giving him a softer smile than last time and was lidding her lovely eyes. “Here, let me text you my address.”

After Mark and Emily traded phone numbers, she texted him her dorm and room number. “So, how long have you been working here?” he asked her.

“Since my second semester,” she replied, “I’m on my third right now.”

“So, you’re almost done?” asked Mark, “What are you studying?”

“Legal,” said Emily, “You?”

Mark and Emily continued to get to know one another for another fifteen minutes until the redhead suddenly remembered that she was still on the clock. After helping Mark pack his books into his pack, Emily told him that they would talk more during the party.