Black Monday

You'd think that when you have a certain level of interest in a lady, everything seems to point to her 'interest' in you as well. That wasn't so this particular day.

Being a holiday, he decided to go check on his 'lady of the lake' and try to progress in his quest to capture her heart. Sure enough, he finds her there. After the customary pleasantries have passed, they settle down to watch a movie.
Everything's going on smoothly until he decides to get up and go sit right next to her. But in that instant, there's a knock on the door. Enter Derrick. They hug, he sits next to her, still holding hands. In better/bitter words, 'the other.' She actually has a boyfriend! This kind of, well no, it actually throws him off-balance. And she knows it...