Still, I thought she was really cute. When we were both in the computer room working on school projects, I started sending messages to her across the room, asking her not to stop any of my programs that were running at a higher priority, and her replies were friendly enough. I asked her out to dinner. She said, "I can’t. I’m engaged." But I had learned from my hacking not to give up easily; there’s usually a way. A couple of days later I asked again about dinner, and told her she had a beautiful smile. And whaddaya know? This time she accepted.